Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-03-01
WASHINGTON, d. C.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH !, 1854.
THE SOUTHERN PRESS.

The oOUTdEhN fhESS.
Some Of the Administration papers in Vir-
ginia are calling upon the Legislature OF that
State to pass resolutions sustaining Mr.. Douglas
and his Nebraska bill against the :" tide Of
Northern fanaticism" setting 80 strongly
against him. "The voice Of Virginia" they
say, the prond old mother Of the GracchI,
must have potential influence over the settle
ment Of the question: The classic illusions
Of our Southern contemporaries are not always
pertinent Tho Graoehi were radical Land
Reformers and Abolitionists, and they fell VIC
Tins 70 their opposition to the usurpations Of
tho large Land and Shareholders. srpA
The paper from which we quote this CLASH
cal allusion, grandiloquently remarks that ut
was from the soil Of the Old Dominion, that
the cry Of Liberty or Death rang ont and
gave an impetus to the struggle waged against
tyranny and usurpation.D Slavery or Death "
seems to be the motto Of the Old Dominion
now, and it 10 somewhat doubtful whether it
will prove quite so potential as the noble war
cry OF Patrick Henry--"Give me Liberty, or
give me Death"
The Soutk Side Democrat Of Petersburg, Va,
calls loudly for Legislative resolves, to meet
those Of the North. Let the South" it cries,
g speak, from Maryland to Texas. Let the
Representatives Of the People in the Southern
States dare to act with the courage Of their
constituents, who have consigned to eternal in
fanny the Clemenses and the Foote's Of 1880,
and let us have unanimous resolve to press
the Nebraska bill as one alternative; and, if
need be, disunion as the other" So mote it
be. The sooner snoh an alternative shall be
presented, the better The temper Of the
Ruling Class in tho South is we'll illustrated
in the following extract from an editorial in
the Same paper:
Eve must expect that in this crisis men will
be found in the South. recreant to the rights Of
their section, and traitorous to the ties Of BIRTH
kindred, and associations. Such man we
would have brought out before the camp, and
while bis treason is proclaimed to the assem-
bled People, while women scof ut him, and
children syllable anathemas against him, he
should DO hanged in chains, as an example
and warning 10 traitors and his name and his
memory should be q reproach among us for
ever. We counsel no half measures with re-
gard to such man. Ii it were possible, we
would recompense his treason with the gnaw.
ing agony Of Promotions in life, and the end
les labors Of Sisyphus after death. All rules
Of warfare should be suspended. An enomy
can be tolerated--a traitor never. We con-
ceive that this is not the time to mince mat
ters, or hesitate about terms wherewith to ex
pgess oar feelings towards those who may rise
In our midst, to strike parrcidal blows against
their section. We have neither the time nor
the inclination to select our words and round
our periods Let traitors meet traitors
DOOM
The Same tolerant and humane feelings are
exhibited by the Richmond IVA Examiner:
aMuch, nay, almost everything, depends upon
the unanimity OF the South in this grave crisis.
Let M show no quarter to backwardness or
hesitation among our own people upon this
question. Let US hang, draw, and quarter,
without judge or jury, the Southern traitor
that skulks now. Let MS recognise our trne
friends ut tho North, Of whatever party or
classification, embrace them cordially, and
treat their enemies as our enemies"
The Daily Transcript, published at Ports
mouth, Va, exclaims al Ia iaaterns 10 oil
sectionalism that opposes tho Nebraska Bill ~
IL is by fsrocions threats that all opposition
to the Bill 10 the Sonth is to be silcnced, and
the Southern People, no matter how indisposed
10 sustain this outrageous aggression Of the
upon tho rights OF the North, arc
to be dragooned into its support. The Press in
the slave region represents the Ruling Class,
mot The People
The journals Of tho Shareholders are in the
habit OF speaking Of the Bill as test--a test
Of the fidelity cf the Administration, Of the 10y
atty Of the Democratic Party, Of the soundness
Of the Northern Peopls--in reference to what!
The Slave Power and its Policy This Bill, /"
says the Columbia Is. c. Carolinian, in what
ever shaps il comes up, win develop who are
and Who arc not friends Of the SOUTH
The South Side Democrat says:
"A fair opportunity is now presented TO the
son Shell wing Of tho Democratic party Of
New York TO redeem the pledges they 81 freely
made on paper They signed the bond, and
the President generously took them to his con-
lidsncs. Will They break their bargain and
rspudiste their obligation, or will they come up
like men, and too the mark"
The State Rights Democrats Of the South,
VINO veheshentIy opposed the legislation Of
1850, subsequently passed resolutions simply
sSquiescing in il but declined 70 give any ex.
preston Of opinion in appreciation Of H. They
we're ~ once received into fellowship by the
% called National Democratic Party, on the
ground that by-goncs we're TO be treated as by
cones no requisition should he made upon
thsm 70 disavow any opinions formerly held By
tAsa--ali that was needed was, simple acqui-
ssosnss. The State Rights Democrats Of the
North, who had opposed tho Legislation Of 1850,
asrssd also 70 acquicscs 10 4, and say no more
about The past They supposed that tho same
folera>ion would DO shown to them as 10 their
pltra oonfsdsrates in the South--that they
mover would be called upon to disclaim or ak
ufsin, but that simple acquiescenco would en-