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But Douglas said that the Compromise of 1820 had been repealed by the Compromise of 1850. So he proposed that the settlers of Nebraska should say whether that territory should be free soil or slave soil, precisely as if the Compromise of 1820 had never been passed. Instantly there was a tremendous uproar.
但是，道格拉斯說1820年的《折中法案》已經被1850年的《折中法案》所廢止，因此他提出由內布拉斯加的殖民地居民來決定這里是否容許奴隸制，而根本不用考慮1820年的《折中法案》是否被通過。此言一出，立刻引來驚人的騷動。
351. The Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854.
351．《堪薩斯-內布拉斯加法案》（1854年）
Douglas now changed his bill so as to provide for the formation of two territories. One of these he named Kansas. It had nearly the same boundaries as the present state of Kansas, except that it extended westward to the Rocky Mountains. The other territory was named Nebraska. It included all the land north of Kansas and between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains. The antislavery leaders in the North attacked the bill with great fury. Chase of Ohio said that it was a violation of faith. Sumner of Massachusetts rejoiced in the fight, for he said men must now take sides for freedom or for slavery. Some independent Democrats published "An Appeal." They asked their fellow-citizens to take their maps and see what an immense region Douglas had proposed to open to slavery. They denied that the Missouri Compromise had been repealed. Nevertheless, the bill passed Congress and was signed by President Pierce.
此時道格拉斯改變了他的議案，他要為形成兩個地區規定出條款。他把其中一個地區叫做堪薩斯，除了向西延伸到落基山脈，它和今天的堪薩斯州幾乎有同樣的邊界。另一個地區被叫做內布拉斯加，它包括堪薩斯以北及介于密蘇里河與落基山脈之間的所有土地。北方的反奴隸制領導人憤怒地向這個議案發起攻擊，俄亥俄州的齊斯認為這違背忠誠，馬薩諸塞州的薩姆納為論戰感到高興，他說，或者站到自由民這一邊，或者站到奴隸制這一邊，人們現在必須做出選擇。有些獨立的民主黨人出版《一個呼吁》，他們要求追隨他們的公民們打開地圖看一下，道格拉斯提出的接納奴隸制的地區是多么大的一個區域，他們否認《密蘇里折中法案》已經被廢止。盡管如此，國會還是通過了這個議案，并且總統皮爾斯也簽字通過。
