How we cite our quotes: (Section.Sentence)
Quote #1
And Be it further enacted, That the executive power and authority in and over said Territory of Nebraska shall be vested in a Governor who shall hold his office for four years, and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the President of the United States. (2.1)
Noticeably absent from this document is any mention of the word "she." We're not trying to start a pronoun war or anything, but it totally bites that a "she" wasn't even thrown in as a maybe. Women holding public office? Not today, Kansas and Nebraska.
Quote #2
And be it further enacted, That every free white male inhabitant above the age of twenty-one years who shall be an actual resident of said Territory, and shall possess the qualifications hereinafter prescribed, shall be entitled to vote at the first election, and shall be eligible to any office within the said Territory […] (5.1; 23.1)
Looks like voting and running for office are strictly for the twenty-one-and-over crowd. The free, white, male, legal resident twenty-one-and-over crowd, that is. Sorry, women, Native Americans, African Americans, and all the rest of you who aren't white and/or are too poor to be a legal resident of anywhere.
Quote #3
And Be it further enacted, That the provisions of an act entitled "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters," approved February twelve, seventeen hundred and ninety-three, and the provisions of the act entitled " An act to amend, and supplementary to, the aforesaid act," approved September eighteen, eighteen hundred and fifty, be, and the same are hereby, declared to extend to and be in full force within the limits of said Territory of Nebraska. (10.1)
So even if Nebraska (or Kansas, as lined out in Section 28) decides to vote no on slavery, they still have to help return escaped slaves to their rightful owners, regardless of how they feel about the whole thing. Guess 'popular sovereignty' doesn't overrule federally institutionalized caste-ness. That's right, caste-ness. It's a word now.