Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-05-16
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RICHMOND WING.
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1854.
To CORRESPONDENTS.
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The Game OF tho Factionists.
0e recent scenes in Congress, growing out Of the
bus opposition Of Northern men to tho passage Of
the Nebraska bill, without parallel We believe,
in the Legislative history of the country That the
conduct of these unprnciped agitatorswi meet with
the sternest condemnation at the hands Of the cons
sentative and rejecting portions Of the people in all
sections Of the Union, will not permit ourselves
to doubt. To entertain doubt that just retribution
will be visited upon them, would be to distrust the
patriotism and intelligence Of the people, and sIr-
render all hop, of the preservaio ion of the Union.
Acting in obedience to the inccndiary commands Of
Greedy, the opponents Of the Nebraska bill in Con-
gress seem to consider no means inappropriate which
may tend to compass their nefarious objects. Not
willing to submit the usual mode Of conducting the
public business, they appear to be bent on adherng
to the plan they have adopted Of resorng to psrlia-
mentory craft and revolutionary expedients The
public WISH expressed through the mouths Of the
peoples representatives, they no longer regard
Finding themselves outvoted upon plain question
Constitutional right and justice they would have re
course to fraud and violence. And yet these are Il Q
men who affect such reverence for the faith Of con-
pacts These the men whose superior piety and ptt-
rotism induce them to thank God that Il ey not
other men. Can anything be more conclusive Il
their shameless hypocrisy and depravity, than their
late conduct upon the floor Of Congress! Processing
all along to insist only upon fair discussion of the
merits of the Nebraska BILL and then willing to leave
its decision to the judgment and conscience of the
country, we find them, when beaten in argument and
about to be outvoted deliberately taking refugebchnd
free and violence factiously determined to rest the
question: not upon reason, but uronthe relative capa
city of the parties for physical endurance This is,
indeed novel mode Of legislation, due entirely to
Abolition ingenuity and desp eration, and worthy OF
the sevcrcstreprobation by every rightminded Amer
lean.
We confess we were not prepared to see Grceley's
suggestions readily adopted and faithfully carried
out We had supposed that Northern members OF
Congress, notwithstanding their fierce opposition to
the Nebraska BILL would evince self-respect and indc-
pendencc enough not to acknowledge the leadership
of such VIGOROUSLY infamous character. But in
this we were mistaken. They fell to the foul work
assigned them with all the aacry of obedient
and cowardly slaves. Their master had issued his
orders, and they were compelled to obey. They
feared the lash of the Tribune more than the
fortunes of conscience, or the Indignation of the
country And henceforth, without assertr any will
y to register the edcts of that ncendiary Sheet and
do whatever Greedy, in the boundessness Of his una
scrupuous fanatcism may suggest Such craven
submission aud fear exhibited before in
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Northern men, in the Congress of the United States
to reach that clover deep" of degradation and nfa.
my, by surrenderng their representative indepen-
dencc and integrity, and become the base and SUBJ
servient tools Of CO rardly traitor
We reproduce an extract from Greely's sugges-
tionsas to the Northern men should pursue in
the House in their opposition to the Nebraska bill In
sprevous article he had advised them in rather more
moderate tone to resort to what he called the sex.
teme right Of the minority" But in the followil
paragraph, he adopts wilder note, and suggest the
burning Of the Capitol ITSELF This is his language:
Better that confusion should ensue-bctter that ds
cord should reign in the National Councils-btier that
Congress should break up in vid dsordcr-nay better
that the Capitol itself should blaze by the torch the
incendary fall and bury all is inmates beneath its
crunbing ruDs-than that this perfdy and wrong should
be finally accomplished.
"In pursuing the course we indicate, the friend. OF
freedom in the House will be sustained by the press
and by the people, and, believe in whatever form
support shall be demanded. We devoutIy urge them
70 be faithful TO their trust in this great gency
TO confidently rely upon popular sympathy that will
treasure their deeds the acts OF martyrs. Such
course will secure the support of men who will hold
their lives cheap In the maintenance Of the righteous
csuse, which that minority is called TO defend"
The Baltimore Patriot, commenting upon this para.
graph, and the declaration Of Wendall Philips in his
late harangue at New York, that the Abolition OF
slavery could only be effected by dissolution OF the
Union has the following remarks
"Such the Objects and such the language of men
who direct the abolition movement. The one declares
that the Union ought to be dissolved the other that IL
Congress sworn TO obey the Constitution shall break m
In wild disorder, To prevent the regular action OF the
representative department, nay il the Hall of legislation
shall be burned IL will be justified by the object that
those who do this act will have whatever support NAV
be demanded" by who will " hold their lives CHEAP
in the maintenance Of the righteous cause"
Z" Here lie gratuitous treason Why should the minori
~ Of Congress break the session Of that body pre-
vent the passage OF law. Should this be done IN all
cases 10 which the forms of Legislation be brought
70 correspond with THU wishes Of minority was the
government made TO carry the wishes Of the smallest
number? Because II the minority veto be proper, the
operations OF the government should be stopped when
small number OF obstinate or Interested members
choose 70 do So We say il gratutous 1901 for If the
shall have been fraud pracsed upon the people OF the O.
States By the passage Of particular law the people are
competent 70 correct Il by repeal Of the law by
ting signal and summary vengeance upon their faithess
representatives Who then Is TO Judge Of the compliance
with representative pledgesi bowling orator, and
foH white vered iuoHndares whose fathers either skull
ked nom the battlc fields Of the Republic fought on
the British side OF contesa0r the sworn % rem
resent their constituents and held 10 their by the
bondsof character, property and destinyY gratu
ltous ueason-ior " the Nebraska bill be Tepudiaed by
the people, II NAV be repealed before the privilege to the
people who are 70 inbab, inurc any That bill
does not recognize slavery does authorize its intro.
dnoor u onlv ah'm' thai the citizens forming q new
bae may have or not they choose. IL the peo
pie OF the United States choose N elect President and
Congress which thinks otherwise Slavery pronoun-
ced positively Illegal by the power In tho mean.
time there u no c's which would-if any could-nstify
The resort TO this lobby notification We do not pause 10
take into consideration the capacity Of these sunons
70 carry out their threats Perhaps " civil war shou
come, Mr. Phillips would be surrounded by le-gusrd of
elderly maiden ladies, and protected by rampant Of
vbslsbone and cotton waddDg Ills co laborer in the
might perhsps sell file or old newspapers 10 aid in
firing the Capitol but would scarcely march upon war o
INVASION Men who hold the great bonds Of society the
honor OF the country, and the lives Of other people 90 very
Cheap have been always according to observations
particularly economical OF their Own csrcasses."
Mr.. SlIdell's Proposition.
The Democratic press feem not to be at all agreed
a. 10 the proproty Of the recommendation recent,