Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-02-25
DAILY NATIONAL ERA.

:" There is Deep settled, and firm determi
nation pervading every free State Of the Union
to uphold the Compromise Of 1920, and those
Of 1850 The Wing party are united ~ one
man IN this, throughout She free States, and .
vast majority Of the Democracy are with them
on this question. Neither party will consent
to an advance Of Slavery towards the North
They will be content to leave it where il III, but
they will not consent to It's further progress"
The Monroe nv. ~ Democrat says:
"A large and influential meeting Of the citi-
zens Of Syracuse, Of all parties was held in that
city on Saturday evening. Mayor Mccarthy
presided, and speeches were made by several
prominent individuals The following resoln-
ton was unanimously adopted
" Resoiued, That we, the citizens Of Syracuse,
without distinction Of party, do unitcdly re-
monstrate and protest. tgains the organization
of Nebraska and Kansas under the law now
proposed in the Senate Of the United States,
because it permits dedication to Slavery Of
that territory which our fathers consecrated 4,
Freedom
OF the meeting in Towanda, Bradford coun-
ty Pa, the Bradford Reporter administration
paper says;
the meeting held in the Courthouse on
Tuesday evening last, in pursuance OF = call
signed by several hundreds If our citizens, of
all parties, despite the inclemency Of the wealth
er, was one Of the largest and most respectable
ever held in that place. It was distinguished
by the earnestness which pevaded the assem-
blage as If those who had met there to protest
against the preparation Of a great wrong were
fully sensible Of their high duty to their ooun-
try, and Of the serious and woighty business in
which they are engaged. There was not SO
much OF the noisy enthusiasm which usually
marks political gatherings, as there was Of
that earnest but determined action which dem
onstrates the fulness of conviction, and the dis
position TO express sense Of right.
Upon no question Of public Importance has
there ever been such unanimity Of sentiment
as in regard to the proposed repeal Of the Mis-
souri, Compromise. It's advocates are the ex-
ceptions. Even those who have maintained the
right of tho South to participate in the occupa-
ton of Territory, view this proposition with
alarm and adherence, as violation of SOL
emn covenant and the indication Of DISPOSE
ton to trample unGer foot all compromises
when they are supposed to initiate against the
free spread Of Slavery"
Ertracl Of letter, daied Marlboro, l1iddieser
CO., Mass, Feb. 20, 1854.
AN adjourned meeting has been held at our
town hall, this evening to protest against the re-
peal Of the Missouri Compromise. The people
are arousing, and woe to the Northern man in
Congress that falters The most conservative
Wings and the most bunker Democrats united
in the above meeting with the most "fanatical
Free Democrats, and adopted q series OF strong
resolutions, which are to be sent to the Era for
publication. The President Of the meeting
was o Democrat, assisted by two Wing Vice
Presidents All parties feel that is question
upon which they can unite, and not all the
edicts Of Caleb Cushing, or the Administration,
can crush out the rising hostility to this gross
outrage upon the sacred rights of the North
and Of Freedom"
Illinois is as much agitated as any other of
the free States. The demonstration made in
Chicago has been followed in other parts Of the
State. A few extracts from the newspapers of
Illinois will show the temper Of the People:
Douglas and TIE Nebraska BiH-Being
born and reared in the far South, amid all the
practical workings Of the peculiar institution,
we profess to know sufficient of Southern char
acter to venture the assertion, that there is
not one Congressman from that region, that is
so utterly regardless Of pre-existing law, 80
utterly reckless of all the pure, patriotic feel
ings and sentiments OF the American People,
and so essentially mean, traitorous, and dis
honorable, as TO propose, directly, bill, to in
troduce the awful curse of Slavery into Ter
ritory which not only God and all Nature
have pronounced free, ut!also, which the SOL
emn enactments of the American People have
long since consecrated to Freedom. But it is
human nature, when prejudice, selfinterest,
and all the peculiar associations of long life,
draw hard upon an individual, though in many
respects worthy, not to scruple to employ an
other to do an act, from doing which himself
he would shrink with utter horror. Illinois
Times.
The Western Press on the Nebraska Bill
AS far rs there has been any expression Of the
press of this State, there are but two papers
1.-THE State Register and Quincy Herald that
have the audacity and presumption to openly
advocate the course Of Douglas on the Nebraska
question.-Ibid.
Were the proposition for the repeal Of the
Compromise Of 1920 made openly and above
board, were the plan of throwing open that
large tract of country west of Missouri and
north Of SO deg 80 min. 70 the occupation OF
Slavery brought forward as distinct propo-
sitisn, they could both be considered with more
patience. But subterfuge and cheat are
made to bare the brunt. We are to be coaxed
into the support Of his measures under the
pretence that We are only applying the princi-
Piles Of 1850, by which we have all agreed to
abide, The trick is as shallow as the object is
transparent. Slavery to-day exists in Nebras-
ka in defiance of law; it's Equalization and do
mestication there are the true objects Of the
scheme Mr.. Douglas has put on foot. We
cannot swallow the dose. 'dlena Jefersonian,
(Democrdtic
The object is to introduce Slavery into the
now free Territory Of Nebraska. The land is
free, the soil Is uncncumbercd with no law TO
bind the slave to bis master. On the contrary,
tho law Of Congress, ever since 1920, has shut
out and forever prohibited Involuntary servi-
tude on this soil The curse is abolished by
the National Legislature for all time to come,
so far as the Congress Of 1920 had power to
effect the great and benevolent object. On
this question Of Slavery in Nebraska there is
to be no trifling. The North is fixed unaltera-