Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-01-28
DAILY NATIONAL ERA.


and it was So that when those Ephraimites
which were escaped said, Let me 60 by;
that the men Of 7Gilead said unto him, art
thou an Ephraimites lf he said, nay, then
said they unto him, say now, Shibboleth; and
he said, Sibboleth for he could not frame to
pronounce ii right. They then took him and
slew him at the passage of the Jordan"
The Shibboleth was not yet found to test the
"Hardsn and aSofts both could frame to pro-
nounce the original Bill Of Mr.. Douglas This
would never do--the Shibboleth was yet to be
invented.
few extracts from the special correspond
ence Of the Richmond (Ha) Enquirer, will serve
to show the stimulants applied to the inventive
genius of our bunker politicians The writer
is probably y member Of Congress from vir-
ginia, or one of its editors.
This Nebraska bill, 1.-THE original one,) 1will
il is feared reopen all the fountains Of bit
terness, which it was hoped were forever closed.
Those who will attempt to use this perilous
element Of discord as a means for promoting
their own political, ambitious ends, should be
acell remembered By the country"
A formidable threat coming from the lead
ing Democratic paper of the South
He doubts whether it was necessary to intro
duce any bill; but if il were necessary, "why
is it attempted to be done in such q manner as
is not only offensive to very large portion Of
the Southern Democracy, BY ss-enaeting 'ohat
they never endorsed but only acquiesced IN for
the sake of harmony, and as final settlement Of
disturbing questaonss Or why is il now, thus
early, again proposed to perpetrate foul injus
tice on the South, by excluding Slavery from
the Territory as long as it may remain Terri
tory thus depriving one section of the country
Of the right Of taking their property there?"
Rather cruel, thus to be reproached fer OF
tempting to re-enact the Compromise of 1850
the master-stroke of the Bill, as its projectors
fancied
He proceeds to speak Of the profound sensa-
ton among Southern members, and their de-
voted friends from the North and announces
g the South will demand the insertion, in the
proposed bill, of some such amendment as that
offered by Mr.. Dixon, of Kentucky, repeating
the Missouri Compromise Of 1920. Many of
the sound men Of the North viii sustain such
an amendment upon the general ground taken
by the Washington Sentinel of this morning
on this subject | have no doubt that the Ad-
ministration, rhich has manifested such a dispo-
sition of strict adherence to- and strict construc-
tion Of, the Constitution, wiH be found still en-
erting its influence to sustain the rights Of aHo
A hint on which the Administration subsc-
quently improved
He denounces the Missouri Compromise az
unconstitutional" an exploded thing of the
pastn--it must be repealed-the North will
not, he is sure insist upon pressing it At oil
events, "the policy of the South, at this juno
ture, is plain and unequiyocal The North as
split and divided into factions-each bidding for
Southern support, and depending upon 81 for
eristencs. Let Southern men know this, and
realise it J. let them demand, aoithout noise, but
NTH the calm Jfrnness ,ohich belongs 10 a Just
cause, The observance Of their rights, and they
cannot faii now TO secure them When the
drum beats let every Southern man be at his
post The temptation to enlist under the ban
ncr Of some aspiring chieftain should be stern
ly resisted, as poor exchange for the sacrifice
of the rights of any constituency. Who will
be recreant?"
The NORTH is SPLIT AND DIVIDED INTO
Factions, EACH BIDDING FOR SOUTHERN SUP
PORT, AND EACH DEPENDING UPON 1T FOR Ex-
IsrENcE!" The North split, the South o unit
When has II ever been otherwise in relation to
questions Of Slavery In this single sentence
we have the key to the political power of the
Slave Interest. The lizards" are bidding for
Southern support, and the presumption is, that
the Softsu will not suffer themselves 10 be
outbidr
The North is in the shambles, we can have
il at our own price This is the language Of
the Slave Interest-ths, its policy; this the
stimulant applied to the projectors Of the Ne
braska Bill.
Early in November last, commenting upon
the miserable divisions of tho North, we pre-
dicted just this state Of things. Referring to
the relations Of the Administration to Mr..
Dickinson and his friends, we wrote:
aDo not deceive yourselves More will be
required Of you. The Hards mil bid ADORE
you for Southern support. They will demand
as condition to Office, not only fidelity to Sla-
very in mans present relations but in his
antecedents. They will require not only no
opposition to Slavery, but positive active sup
port Of Slavery. 1t will pot do to believe that
Il is an evil although you may have your faith
to yourself; you must believe and act upon
the belief that it is, in the circumstances, a
good--not an evil TO be restricted, but good
to be extended. The Slaps Interest mill sustain
the Hards in these eractions, and you must en-
dorss them, or your porer is at an end"
1t has endorsed them. Read what this same
special correspondent says in his next letter:
at is known now, beyond all doubt, that
the Administration is in favor Of an amenda-
tory clause in the Nebraska bill, repeating the
Missouri Compromise. In my note to you, OF
yesterday, stated that such would surely be