...departure from the original doctrine of our American institutions, and that we adhere immovably to the principle of "nonintervention" by Congress, with slavery in the States and Territories, as declared in the "Kansas Nebraska Bill," and openly disclaim fellowship with those, whether at the South,...

...and, in addition, the bills contained a declaration that "section 8 of the act of Congress of 1820, being inconsistent with the principle of nonintervention...in the states and territories, as recognized by the Legislature of 1850 (commonly called the Compromise Measures) is hereby declared inoperative and void,...

...Missouri Compromise of 1820 was inoperative and void, because "it was inconsistent with the principles of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and Territories as recognized by the Compromise of 1850." The bill of Mr. Douglas further declared that "its true intent and meaning was...

...act preparatory to the admission of Missouri into the IMion, approved . . . [March 6, 1820] . . . , which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention...and Territories, as recognized by the legislation of eighteen hundred and fifty, commonly called the Compromise Measures, is hereby declared inoperative...

...February Douglas offered an amendment, which was carried, by which the Missouri Compromise was declared "inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention...Territories as recognized by the legislation of 1850."*, His division of Nebraska into two territories has given rise to the belief that one was intended to...

...February Douglas offered an amendment, which was carried, by which the Missouri Compromise was declared "inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention...and Territories as recognized by the legislation of i85o."2 His division of Nebraska into two territories has given rise to the belief that one was intended...

...clause or section in the Douglas bill on which the slave power relies is section 14, which says that the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the states and territories, which was recognized by the legislation of 1850 and known as the Compromise measure is being declared...

...Kansas-Nebraska bill justified voiding the Missouri Compromise restriction on the grounds that it was "inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the territories" as embodied in the Compromise of 1850. During the legislative debate, Douglas went even...

...of Nebraska as elsewhere in the United States, except the 8th section of the act preparatory to the admission of Missouri into the Union, approved March...hundred and twenty, which being inconsistent with the principles of non-intervention by congress with slavery in the States and Territories as recognized...

...determining when territories would be admitted as states and expressly repealed the Missouri Compromise as "inconsistent with the principle of nonintervention...Congress with slavery in the States and Territories.'" The consequences, political and constitutional, were substantial. First, because the Act repealed a...