Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-03-08
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55en WEDNESDAY. MARCH 9. 1854
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= rtIEz SOUTH LOSING STREN0si
10 - .hat the South isweaker now than she
Is II uav :; her conflict With the abolitionists
was e - Then. the law the
ana Ill feature of the SO Tar as sne
essen'a a.od and the billscrganizing Utah and new
is tbe principle of nonsintervention, passed
hleh'V .,,o Senate but the House by commanding
not 0n then, though the fugtiYeslaxe law re-
mq)0il'oo ~ votes from the Wing party of the free
ccit'U tho Senate as the Nebraska bill has recel-
Sfa'es from that party that quarter on its pas
'eu .l.onob that body, still three Wing members
ase uouse from the free States voted for the for
oil 'ne .,,re and it was sustained to some extent
n presses and Whigstatesmen in those States
Wy. &c it now ? Thus far no Wing press sthezlree
r's.s has declared for the Nebraska bi7no y ing
tnr or convention has approved ting ny ing
- from thatuuarter voted for it, and 1t appears
=. rooarded as a fixed fact that no Wing member
49,. House from any free State will support 1t!
~ lii must pass the House, if it pass at all, by the
'aod Southern vote and the votes of Democrats
w., free States In other words, the "compro-
NV Of 1850, so called, hadthe support of such
IL, &c Fillmore, Webster, Brooks, Everett, and
.an,e Of the Wing masses and presses of the free
whereas, this bill, which but adopts and con-
''o, one of the provisions of that compromise,
- which is nothing more nor less than PROPOSE
SON declaring the equality of the States under the
Constitution finds no favor, support in the Wing
,rtv in the section referred to. Mr. Fillmore, the
srorite of Southern Wings, a pproved the "com-
.-,mise of 1850 as sa final settlement, in princi-
III and substance of the question of slavery; but
nou when such men as Cass and Douglas, backed
Inv the Administration, arestruggng for the preser-
,.ton of one of the leading features of this CON-
nromise" and exposing themselves thereby to the
hatred and the insults of freesoilers and abotionists
ur Fillmore is silent-no word Of cheer or COM
rendation emanates from him, while his State, rep
resented by Seward and Fish, votes in the Senate
. be States are not equal under the Constitution.
So far then, as the Wing party is concerned we are
,ompelled to admit that the South has lost ground
since 1850 onthe question of slavery.
Rut how is it with the Democratic party of the
Ire. States? The recent votein the Senate for the
Nebraska bill is quite as strong as was that IN the
same body from the same quarter for the fugitive
Isye law; but then it must be borne in mind that
This bill has the active support of the President of
.n his Cabinet including such men as Marcy, Camp
BELL Cushing and McClelland from the free States
that Pennsylvania susains it through Mr.. Brodhead
bIr Buchanan having been one of the first in 1916
lead off for the Constitutional rights of the South
and that the powerful energies of Douglas and Cass
have been exerted in its support. Both the Sena-
tors too from New Hampshire, the Presidents own
Ente, voted for the bill. 1t is easy to perceive what
would have been the fate OF the bill even in the SEN
lie but for the inf uences to which have referred;
h the House the result is certainly somewhat in
ioubt Another element ofsstrength in the bill in
e Senate is the fact that that body is representa-
Eon of States; and the members were, therefore,
boe disposed than those of the House will be, to
pe their course so as to establish the equality of
|he States under the Constitution.
The Democrats of the free States, it is apparent,
pc doing what they can for the South in his enler
Ency. We fear, however, that they will lose ground
b account of their national courses but such loss
/ the bill should pass, must temporary. Reason
Fns return with the ablishmcnt of right for
b one who understands any thing of the letter or
Eprit of the Constitution, will calmly and deliber
Ey insist that the Missouri restriction is in accor
fmcc with that instrument 1t is palpably unconsti-
FniOnal, and the slaveholdng States have not been
he equals of the non-slayeholding since the day of
is adoption. 1t was passed by the Northern vote,
pHd was acquiesced in by the South only as the price
It that day OF the Union of the States; andeif, in
passing bills to organize Nebraska and Kansas, Con-
press should refuse to abrogate or repeal it. it
fnderTtood to be abrogated orrepcaed by the "com-
romise of 1885, the people of the South will feel
flth tenfold keenness the mark Of inferiority put
pOn them in 1920 especially it is not anticipated
Flat domestic slavery will ever be permanently plan
Fed in those Territories. But, it is answered by
rtOn Of the Wing presses of the South, why insist
Fp0n this feature in the Nebraska bill if slavery is
pot likely to go there? We insist upon il because
FEeat principle is involyed-and is there nothing in
FOncple? What is the writ of ha6eas corpus the
h' OF trial by jury, the rightto be secure against
|AANiul searches and seizures, but embodied, act
" principles? The Declaration of Independence,
constitution ofthe United States latare these
" formal and solemn announcements of great
mclpies? What urged our for theirs to seven
:" sconhict with the strongest power on the earth?
aS " the ptiful sum they were required to pay as
1A on stamped paper and on tea Mott was
ANclPLE!-it was the right to- be heard in Parlia-
SAl and to have voice in their own affairs
vas the result of demand on their part that they
'lio not be less than other British subjects Will
south learn nothing from such lesson p There
Oe no surer indication Of thesdecline of a;free
.n pe IMAM growing disregard Of principle, espe-
aly when it is joined to love of lu xuries and "a
lrSt for gold
nhe South losingshas she lost Strength on this
SSuon? Calhoun, Webster, Clay are dead. Mr..
n.y. II is true was the authorof this unjust restric.
~ and his leanings were afway for he was
u1an-to the free States, where the Wing party