The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-03-12

aeAafy's - design Epd cosccrt ~ setiet
au"nF lss CHEF mnsier workers frou
: the beginning
bu' 10 far congress unly had aciei
and IN Endorsement ~ the pecnic. rcal
w aisl'Hneui VA. Indispensable a. save
thr P'ioi Hlready gained and give
rhanrr Tor mare. The nov year ~
iN'A found slavery excluded from
more ihaa bali the states ~ state Goa.
~siintlnns and from most ~ The mn.
honai Territory BY congressional nro
hibllinn i'onr days later commenrcd
The struggle which eadei IN rlwnllne
That congressional prohibition This
ofrned al the national Territory 10
slavery and was the FIRST l.olui Enincd
This ne~ssliy had not teen over
looked. ,ui had bcen provided Tor NJ
well ns might 10 IN the notable argn
'nenl ~ saustier sovereignty other,
wise called sacred right II SELF gov
ernmeni' which latter phnsc though
expressive ~ the only rightful basis Of
any government. was ~ perverted IN
this attempted us. Of IL rs 20 amount
10 Just this that II ans Que man
choose 10 enslave another no third man
shall he allowed 10 object That ar
gument was Incorporated into the Ne,
braska bin itself IN the language
which follows u being The true intent
and meaning Of this act not 10 legls,
late slavery into any territory or state
nor exclude II therefrom. but 10 leave
the people thereof perfectly free 10
form and regulate their domestic Insti.
tntlons IN their own way, subject only
10 the constitution OF the United
States
Then opened the roar Of loose dec
lamatIon IN favor Of 'squatter sover.
eighty and sacred right Of self gov.
eminent
But said opposition members, let
us he more specific let us amend the
bin SO as 20 expressly declare that the
people OF the territory may exclude
slavery Not We said the friends OF
the measure, aud down they voted the
amendment
while the Nebraska bill was pass
Ing through congress law case In.
voiying the question OF negro's free
dom by reason Of his owner having
voluntarily taken him first into n free
state and then n territory covered by
the congressional prohibition and held
him as a slave-for long time In
each-was passing through the United
States circuit court for the district OF
Missouri, and both the Nebraska bill
and lawsuit were brought TO decision
In the same month OF May. 1854. The
negroes name was bred Scott. which
name now designates the decision final
ly made In the case,
Before the then next presidential
election the law case came TO and was
argued In the supreme court Of the
United States. but the decision OF II
Stlll, before the election Senator Trum-
bull on the floor OF the senate requests
the leading advocate OF the Nebraska |
bill to state Ills opinion whether n PEG. |
pie OF territory can constltutlonally |
exclude slavery from their limits, and |
The latter answers, That Is n question
Cor the supreme court
"The election came Mr. Buchanan
was elected and the Endorsement. such
as II was, secured. That was the sec
0nd point gained The Endorsement,
however, fell short OF clear popular
by nearly 100000 votes and
30 perhaps was not overwhelmingly re.
liable and satisfactory. The outgoing
president In his last annual message
as impressively as possible echoed
back upon the people the weight and
Of the Endorsement
'The supreme court met again. did
not announce their decision, but Or
dered reargunent. The prestdenuai
came and still no decision
Of the court. but the incoming presi-
dent In his inaugural address fervent-
~ exhorted the eople TO abide by the
decision whatever II might
be. Then In few days came the de-
cision
This was the third point gained.
1.-THE reputed author Of the Nebras-
ka bill finds an early occasion TO make
a speech at this capitol indorsIng the
bred Scott decision and yehemently de-
nounclng all opposition to It. The new
president. too, seiZes the early occa-
sion OF the Slliman letter TO indorse
and strongly construe that decision and
10 express his establishment that any
different view had ever been enter.
tanned At length squabbe springs
up between the president and the au
thor OF the Nebraska bill on the mere
question OF fact whether the Lecomp-
ton constitution was or was not In
any Just sense made by the people OF
Kansas, and In that sguabble the lat
ter declares that all he wants Is fair
vote for the people and that he cares
not whether slavery be voted down or
voted up. | do not understand his
declaration that he cares not whether
slavery be voted down or voted up to
be intended by him other than ms an
ipt definition OF the policy he would
impress upon the public mind, the
for which he declares he has
suffered much and is ready TO suffer
o the end.
"And well may he cling to that prn-
.iple. II he has any parental feeling.
well may he cling TO It, That princl-
,le Is the only shred left OF his original
Nebraska doctrine. Under the bred
Scott decision squatter sovereignty
'quatted out OF existence tumbled
Town like temporary scaffoldlng; like
he mold at the foundry, served
through one blast. and fell back into
Dose sand; helped to carry an election