Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-06-28
Repeal of the Nebraska Bill.

An Address to the people of the United Stats
by the members Of Congress opposed TO the Ne
braska bill. is published in the National Intelli-
gencer. 1t is signed BY Sulomon Foot, Chairman,
and Daniel Mace and Reuben E. Fenton, Secre-
taries After reviewing the various compromises
in reference to slavery and the history of the Ne.
braska bill. the Address says:
"The object of the Administration, as we be-
lieve, and of many who represent the slave States,
is 10 prepare the way for anneXing Cuba, at what
ever cost, and like annexation OF half dozen Of
the States of Mexico. To be ADMITTED also as slave
States. These acquisitions are 10 be made peace
ably, ii they can be purchased at The coat OF hnn
dreds of millions; if they cannot be made peace
| fully, then at the cost of war with Mexico and
war with Spain, with England and with France
and at the cost of an alliance will Russia scarcely
less repugnaat. Unmistakeable indications ap-
pear, also, of purpose 10 annex the eastern part
of San Domingo, and so to sabpgate the whole If
land, restoring it TO the dominion ofslavery. And
this is 10 be followed up by an alliance with Bra
I'll, and The extension Of slavery in The valley oil
the Amazon. 1t is for you to Judge whether.
when slavery shall have made these additions to
the United States, it will not demand unconditon-
al submission on the part OF the free States, and,
failing in that demand, attempt withdrawal OF
the slave States, and the organization of sepa-
rate Empire in the central region OF the continent"
The Address concludes by declaring that those
who issue it are ready TO do all that shall be in
their power to restore the Missouri Compromise,
and 10 execute such further measures as the PEG
pie in their wisdom ''shall command, and a, may
be necessary for the recovery Of the ground lost to
freedom. and to prevent the further aggressons
Of slavery.
Whether the Administration contemplates the
vast scheme described, is secret known only 80
those in the confidence of the President aud Cab
met; but the ground taken by the Address III ia
vor of the repeal Of the Nebraska bin IS 4 highly
important fact For weeks pas, the united voice
of large portion Of the Northern press has been
crying out for ''repeal," and there IS no longet
reason 10 doubt that a formidable party is orgaDi
zing to effect that object. The following extract
from long article on the subject in the Baltimore
American fully expresses our views:
I'VE cannot profess TO have any strong interest
IN the Nebraska bill, or TO have recognized in Its
passage triumph over which the South had
much cause for congratulation. AS free-will Of
terng from the North to the Sunth, and cordial
acknowledgment oil a rule of poliiy conceded by
the Justice OF one section 10 the claims Of the 9TH
err, il would undoubtedly have been valuable but
the circumstances OF It's passage and the acrlmon-
Gus feeling it has evoked forbid the hope that 1t
will confer any substantial benefit. We candldly
admit this without abalng In the slightest degree
our conviction Of the justice Of the cardinal prh-
ciple of the obnoxious bill, What then is the
triumph which the North seeks from its repeal,
for which she is eager to proong an excited con-
iroyerSy. and 10 nnurish bitter sectional antag-
onism until, perchance. it bears fruit that must
prove no less bitter and huriul 10 her than to the
South il will not be 10 settle the question:
whether slavery shall 90 into Nebraska ard Kan
sas, for that will be practically and irrevocably
determined BY the occupation Of the territory as
free-soil long before new Congress can be cho-
sen, and the re. enactment Ufthe Missouri compro
mise then will be far moIs larcical than imposing.
1t will be then struggle not for any compensa-
ting object, but one merely 10 satisfy The anon
propre of the North that iancies itself wounded
by The passage Of what it considers an inlqnitous
measure-a struggle which may cOnvulse and pos
sibly rend asunder the Union 10 crafty section
al pique, and to enable the North to say that 1t
has conquered because it wlled to do SO. And is
this proper object on which TO stake results so
momentous Is a breach to be opened between
the other two sections SO wide that it cannot be
brdged because the South has accepted bill that
was introduced by Northern man and passed by
Northern votes II is moi 10 be believed. We
cannot accept the position in which the North
would thus place herself, or credit the prePoser-
Gus idea that in momento angry disappointment
she will commit herself to so unjust and unrepub-
lcan course"