The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-05-12
APPEAL TO THE SOUTH.

IL Is said and we know not Win no" ihuch uuuh 'A'
OF the southern representatives apart nom those
openly committed hesitate about portion Of the Neoras
ka bill II stands before the House We are rank 70
say that hope there is mistake in this nc present
had no other element il oorty q southern support
dc fact thai has Consolidated he constitutional party
Of he country should Be enough for any southern man. II
there involved in IL the formal recognition OF
great principle which from Congress the cause OF
constant irritation TO the South and refers to the people
the whole subject Of slavery in the Territories under the
constitution the union and the resolution Of the northern
democratic majority, which stands like impregnaole
fortress against the present and future designs OF the abo
ionists should command for the bill the united support
Of the South In this place cannot refrain once more
inviting southern TO read and to ponder the mastery
and statesmanlike speech of Hon. Thomas H. Bayy of V
GINA on Wednesday last in the Housean argument which
shows the grounds upon which he southern democrat
and southern man. has given his cordial support TO the
bill now before the representatives Of the people
If the principles of this bill ended with Nebraska and
Kansas-if they did to apply TO all future
quisonsf they did not rally of all sections of the
Union and prepare northern sentiment for those great
events with which the future teems--we might more
fully understand the hestancy and doubt of some Of our
southern friends if such doubt and hestancy really exist
When Cuba is admitted into the Union in the Of
thckcomng she is bound to be admitted and when
the South turns to the great constitutional party OF the
North already committed to that great act for aid and for
COUNSEL let not be compelled to find the seats in Con-
ges occupied by aunch friends Of the rights Of the
States filled by abotonsts anu northern wings elected
to the national Legislature by the refusal of the South in
the present issue recognise great principle upon which,
in all time the friends of the Union might stand and defy
the worst combinations of northern anacsn.
We learn duty from enemies in this emergency.
The New York Tribune of Wednesday furnishes volume
of admonitions the whole country, and to the South
particularly in the following incendiary appeal against
the Nebraska bill:
the throes and commissions which nevita
bly, follow this infamous act have abored and shall labor
and this end If there shall prove TO be
majority of the House in favor Of the final consummaon of
this scheme advocate the determined resistance of the
minority that contamination This bold and astounding
assault upon the of liberty and of progress should be
by northern representatives in Congress in the spirit
with which freedom in its most lofty mood has
sisted oppression 1t is solemn duty which devolYes
upon them without agency of theirs to bring about the
crisis that enjons their action. We know that it is
easier shrk it than discharge it. But in clear
case, it culpable to refuse to engage in the
only procedure which gives any hope of arresng the na
For whatever results shall follow such
cheerfuy share of the responsibility.
Whatever that result shall be- unheatingly say let it
There greater evils than conflict between two
parties the legislative branch of the
evils than temporarily blocking the wheels of public affairs,
than producing shock which shall precpitatey send the
members of Congress home to their constituents And clearly
among them in estimation the fatal and farreachng
the passage Of the Nebraska BILL We urge,
therefore unbcnng determination the part of the north
members hostile to this ntocrable outrage, and de-
mand of them, behalf of peace in behalf Of freedom in
behalf of justice and humanity resistance to the last Better
confusion should ensuebotcr that dscord should reign
national eosnc-ber that Congress should break up in
,eid dsorderoy, better that he Capitol seJ sho"d blaze BY
the torch Of the incndiary, fall ond bury all it, inmates be
meath It's cruBIiing unsthan thai tbs peridy and nrong
should finally accomplished We feel that these eonyic-
ton shared by northern millions and that wherever the
northern mind has unresraned action and utteranco il will
declare them In pursuing the Indicate the friends
of freedom in the House viii be sustained by the press and by
the people, and believe, in whatever form support
shall be demanded We devouy urge them to be faithful to
their in this great emergency and to confidently rely
upon popular sympathy that viii treasure their deeds as
the of martyrs. Such will the support
Of who win hold their lives cheap in the maintenance
the righteous which that minority called
fend"
This is no fancy sketch nor do we copy it into these
columns alarm any southern 1t is the deliberate
foregone long-cherished design Of anacm here openly
and boldly avowed. What fnaticism is capable Of the
past can tell But for the fierce and unremtng
Nous OF the OF SOuin THESE
zeot there would be epprehcnsons felt by those Who
otherwise would live happily in the midst ofther slaves But
for these abolition wretche the borrd rites oserve insur-
reetions would be contemplated but for them the
wives and daughters Of the South would every few
years be startled by the fendsh threats Of ignorant men
aroused desperation by the dclusions Of impossible
reform How utterly before those practical and oldsh-
Toned truths the hesitation Of sincere and wedsposcd
representatives in the South dwindes into nsignfcance
We know that out Of just such violence Greeley
mends Congress and the country born the oppo-
sing evils Of disunon and secession. But in Gods high
providence there be disunon IL the brave true
Of the South not blind the duty Of sustaining
themselves by standing by their brethren aud their friends
of the North The threats and Vaccinations Of such traitors
and incendaries the aboIitonisa win then be scorned
and disrcgarded the rawlings Of many madmcn We
shall 40 In conquerng march greatness knitting
the States together with bands Of iron and uniting the
extreme ends Of the country by the maryes daily and
hourly correspondence Then also win there lie such
union Of hearts win gapp citizens each other
with hooks of steel and obitea all distinctions q North
and South and bud up, in deed and in fact grea,
country animated by motive controlled by consti
tuition, and marching to one destiny.
THE PRESIDENTS VETO
The NcwbuFypor Herald docs not agree with its whig
contemporaries the Presidents veto of the INDECENT in