Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-01-06
DAILY NATIONAL ERA.

condition Of the repeal Of the Missouri Com
promise, they felt that the Slave Interest while
pretending to deprecate the agitation Of Sla-
very had, by its own act, revived that agita.
ton, not now ON the stale prctext Of defending
its rights, but with the audacious purpose Of
converting Territory guaranteed free, by law,
into Slaveholding Territory, so as to augment
its power and perpetuate its domination. Yes
the conspiracy of the Slavery Propagandists
now is, TO abrogate the Missouri Compromise,
to make all the Territory, west Of our bor-
der States, Slave Territory, out Of which to
erect Gordon Of Slave States around the Free
West! And this conspiracy is to be carried on
under cover Of the bill reported in the Senate
by Mr.. Douglass.
We said the provision in il which gqaran-
ties the admission Of any State or States which
may hereafter be organized, into the Union,
with or without Slavery, does not touch the
territorial relations Of Nebraska to Slavery, 80
long as it remains Territory, aud that those
relations have been defined and settled { for
ever by the Missouri Compromise. But, aohy
was such provision insertedi The PROPOSE
ton Ii to organize o Territorial Government
for Nebraska. Why attempt to anticipate
any question concerning the organization Of
STATED out Of it? Why not let each Congress
determine for itself what course shall be pur-
sued on the practical questions calling for its
action9
The task Of this Congress is to form Il Ter
,itoriai Government for Nebraska not to act
upon q proposition for its admission US a State.
Why iusidiously connect with the bill to organ
ize Territorial Government for Nebraska, q
reafirmation Of that part Of the Compromise Of
1850, which declares that State applying for
admission to the Union, shall be received
whether with or without slavery? IL it sup
posed that such declaration can pass now,
any more than it did then, without hot Discus
sion and contention and is this the entertain
ment to which the Pro-Slavery Party, with It's
winnings against agitation, invites the country
The truth is the effect, if not the intention
of the bin is to remove Nebraska from the
ground Of the Proyiso Of 1920, and organize it
upon tho basis of the Compromise of 1850,
placing it in the same Category with Utah and
New Mexico, leaving it an open question
whether il be exempt from Slavery or not
This Question, shut by the Missouri Compro-
mise, is now, after lapse ofthirty three years
to be again opened. In the name of the God
Of the Oppressed, we ask, arhy2 Who is to be
the gamer? If the shareholders really wanted
peace and quiet why did they not suffer the
Territory, Free by Law, TO be organized as Free
Territory? lfMr Douglas and his Committee
had really been opposed to agitation, nothing
was easier than to avoid it on such question.
They might have done what was done last
winter in the House-framed just such bill
bill for the simple organization of a Terrific
rial Government, without allusion to Slavery
Instead of this, we have first report going
over all the issues passed upon in 1920 and
1850, and then bill with certain provisions
in it relating to Slavery, which evidently con-
template tho possibility that this new Territory
may fall under tho domination of the Curse
And all this gratuitous provocation to the agi-
tation of the Slavery Question, comes from
those who are pledged to resist all attempts to
renew such agitation
1t may be said, if the provision in the bill
concerning Slavery, doesnot touch the relation
Of the Territory to Slavery, SO long as it shall
remain Territory why be disturbed, why
agitated by it? We have already answered
the question in part in another number We
shall answer it in full
Meantime, let us admonish the country,
that, by tho action Of the ProSlavery party,
every issue passed upon by the Compromise
measures Of $780, is again submitted to dis
cussion, the Missouri Compromise itself is
again dragged into the political arena, the
whole question Of Slavery is forced upon the
Federal Legislature and that the object this
time is not to protect existing Slavery, as was
the case in 1920, not TO propagate Slavery into
territory acquired by conquest, and whose CON-
dtion is undetermined by American Law as
was the case in relation to New Mexico and
California but to convert into Slave Territory
vast tract Of country which for thrty-thrce
years has been consecrated by American Law
10 Freedom and Free Labor.
IL the non-slaveholders Of the Republic sub
init to this last exaction, to the wisdom and
goodness Of the All-wise alone shall we look,
to rescue them from the deep damnation Of
their apostacy and servlity.
THE KoszTA AFFAIR