Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-10

PARTY uAMfB.
A friend in Illinois suggests that the name
OF the new Party Of Freedom In process Of
formation, should be, !" the Peoples Party0
This is pretty good But he adds that the OPP
posing party ought to be designated the "Party
Of Hypocrites" This is rather hard
PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS, &o.--Reports
OF many Anti-Nebraska meetings were sent to
us while tho Bill was under consideration
Some we published, some were crowded out.
In looking over the report Of q meeting Of citi-
zens Of Boonton, New Jersey, we find the fol-
lowing resolution in regard to Mr.. Shelton,
one Of the steadfast opponents Of the measure
in Congress:
/" Resolued, That our sincere thanks are due
to Mr. SHELTON from New Jersey, for the ahle
manner in which he has opposed tho Nebraska
bill in the House of Representatives"
Let the friends Of freedom of all parties re-
turn thanks to Mr.. Shelton, by returning him
TO HE seat.
Qua VENERABLE FRIEND AT LocKPoRT,
N. Y, who wrote to us some time since, appre-
hending that the champions Of freedom might
be discouraged by the odds against thcm, need
net fear. They were never in better spirits,
never more determined upon the re establish-
mont Of the Right.
A CoRREspoNDENT speaking Of commu-
nication of his which did not appear in the
Era, remarks, Perhaps it was not worthy Of
being published It was not published, for the
reason that we do not publish all our edito-
rails in the Weekly Era--a0ant Of room. He
may think that sometimes things appear Of lees
intrinsic merit Very likely but the proba-
bIty il, there was special want in some To-
cality to be met by their publication.
If We were to write for a newspaper, and our
articles were not forthcoming, wo should say
thSt they had been overlooked, or their ohirog-
raphy was illegible, or they were too long, or
they we're not exactly pertinent or there was
glut in the market or they had miscarried,
or been mislaid or that the editor was unfor-
tunately too much pressed with business to ex-
anime them carefully, or that he had not quite
30 much good sense as we had given him credit
for. Az for surprising that our Communications
had not merit enough, we should not permit such
an idea to trouble us for a moment We ad-
wise our correspondents, whenever their favors
are not forthcoming TO take refuge in ono Of
these hypothesis
Mr. KEPHART writes to us letter, in which
he says-"The letter in the New York Tribune
was not written for publication, as stated to
MIR. Greeley in q note at the conclusion. The
object of tho letter was to furnislsa few facts
in relation to Kansas Territory especially,
which might be Of some use to emigrants about
to remove thither. These facts in relation to
SOIL localities, SO, told the editor he could
use, if he saw proper. The part Of the letter
you have quoted in tho Era was merely incl
dental and did not expect it to be publish
odn
He says our comments upon it aseom to
charge an Intentional misrepresentation We
did not intend to charge the misreprescnta-
ton as Intentional "-nor did wo do SO.
Mr.. Kephart proceeds
aThe editor OF the Era has, however, fallen
into one error. He says, Mr.. X. held that
Slavery would 90 into the Territory in spite Of
it, (the Missouri COMPROMISED IL it is meant
that expected Nebraska to be constituted n
slave State, with the Missouri Compromise still
in force, that was certainly giving me credit
for q great deal OF stupidity. | fully believe
that, unless more virtue and moro of the spirit
of manly resistance can be aroused in the
North, tho present free States will become
slave States and that before many years, IN
spite of, the Ordinance of 1887, or any other
present safeguard of freedom. But hope DR.
Bailey does not suppose me 80 stupid a. to
think such transition from Freedom to Sla-
very will take place, and these safeguards, at
the same time, remain. certainly did believe
that tho Missouri Compromise would be TO
pealed, or the Same result attained in como
other way, unless the public attention could be
turned 10 the subject in time, and the North
aroused 70 resist it, II was upon this point
that | thought DR.. Bailey, and other friends
of Freedom 10 whom mentioned those fears
thought them groundless.
sI confess, however, that the repeal Of the
Missouri compromise, IN the manner a soas
done, was NOT the mode by which | had sup
posed the Slave Power would gain possession
From what had seen, ! was led to believe that
their plan was to gain possession by pre- occu.
pancy, and then make the eristenee Of slavery
there kind Of pre- emption right for its con-
tinuance. Thus they would forestall freedom
in that Territory until State Government was
to be formed, when there would be another
compromise in which slavery, as usual, would
triumph. | did not suppose the decision would
be made for perhaps ten or fifteen years yet to
come. In all this | was, Of course, as greatly
deceived in the recent hurried and astounding
transactions of Congress, as any one else"
Wchave presented the only material portions
Of Mr.. Kepharts letter. They leave the case
precisely MS Our comments presented IL, except
70 far rs MIR. X. represents us ~ unapprehen-
sive Of the introduction Of slavery into Nebras-
ka. SO far from this, we we're full Of anxiety
on that point, and expressly advocated the form
alton OF Territorial Government as hold
ing out the best prospect for excluding it.