New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-05-20


favor, they care nothing for public opinion AMI sre
ready to risk the infsmy and eli the other conse-
auerces OF treachery.
IL is in vain to argue or 10 remonsfrste Win men
who look no further than to the bride they are to re-
ceiye for their votes. On them we shall waste no
words. We have no rewards to promise no Offices to
give, and of course can have no weight with such
men compared with Messrs. Douglas aud Pierce.
But TO all those, whether Of the North or OF the
South, who give in their adhesion to this measure
under the idea that the North can be brought to sub
nit to it we have word of solemn warning 10 utter.
1t is an injury wrong, and especially considering
the manner Of its passage high-handed insult to
which the North cannot and will not submit. The
perpetrators of this measure may screw up their
courage to the sticking point by repeating to them
selves, after Macbeth, d" If il were done when It's
..done, then twere well ii were done quickly" but
they will find, as Macbeth did that the consequences
will outlive the act and that what they toudy
imagine to be the end and hope to make stepping
stone to their ambition. will be attended BY results,
both to themselves and to the country of which they
little dreamed
From the moment that the Nebraska bill passes-if
it is topsss-he politics of the country will be placed
upon new footing. The interposing partition OF
compromise being removed, Slavery and Freedom
in other words Despotsm aud Democracy. will stand
face TO face for desperate and deadly struggle. The
commencement of this war will be the act Of the
shareholders 1t in vain to set up Mr.. Douglas and
Mr. Pierce and the northern mercenaries in their
rsy. as it's authors Mercenaries, whether in politics
or war are never principals and are the authors ct
nothing. They act and fight for somebody else, and
for some object dear to somebody else. In this case
these traitors to Freedom and the North act for the
shareholders and in the expectation of being paid by
the slayeholders or, TO speak with more exactness,
Mr. Douglas and Mr. Pierce so act, while all the sub
ordinate northern traitors look to them, expecting at
their hands generals of the mercenares, the pay
men and rewards for which they have stipulated and
which southern favor WILL it is calculated put it Into
the power of these srch.traitors to grant.
The passage of the Nebraska bill can then be re-
garded in no other light than declaration Of war
by the Shareholders against the North. And this
declaration of war will be attended by some very
argravsting circumstances. Advantage will have
been taken of the treachery of number OF northern
Representatives to snatch from the hands of the North
great tract of territory yielded up to them by solemn
compromise. and upon which they have ever fondy
reckOned as their own. 1t is very easy matter TO
commence war; especially between parties so tunda-
mentally hostile in all their ideas and prncpesa the
arstocraic Shareholders of the South and tho repub-
lican freemen of the North. 1t has cost not little
effort on the part Of the friends of union peace ana
harmony, to prevent this struggle from breaking out
before now. But to end war once begun, to rees-
tabish peace aud harmony between two belgerent
parties, is not so easy Every motive OF prudence
ought it would seem, to restrain the shareholders
from provoking contest in which they have so much
to lose and really little to gan unless indeed, they
imagine that the wretched political traitors of the
North are fair specimen of the northern people, and
that having set themselves up to play the domlneerIng
master the only contest at the North is henceforh to
be competition to secure their favor Let us assure
them that in this respect they are mistaken. The
politicians at Washington represent themselves not
the people of the North. The passage of the Ne
braska bill will and must be- regarded out of Wash
ineton, as precisely what have already stated-a
declaration of war on the part of the shareholders
Against the northern section Of this Union aud its
most cherished feelings institutions and principles
Let those who have chosen to commence this war
take the responsibility OF all its consequences From
the moment of the passage Of the Nebraska bill such
q war VIII eNlst. NNeTe IL VIII tuu WIN can tti
In a case like this, where few political adven-
turers choose to turn the tranquility, the settled pol
icy the very good faith Of the nation, into counters
for the desperate game which they play, the minority
in Congress will surely be justified in resorting to
any and every means in their power to prevent con-
summation so much to be deprecated. That oppOsi-
ton il not factiOus, the only object of which is to
prevent surprise upon the people. The power
vested in the minority to continue, as mere strug-
gle of ply steal endurance, that which they are no
longer permitted to make intellectual contest
many be compared in many respects to the veto power
vested in the Executives power no doubt, capable
of great abuses but the due exercise OF which upon
proper occasions is of the greatest safeguards of
the peoples rights. And surely never was there
case in which this power could be more fifty exer-
csed. Let US make for moment the extravagant
supposition that all the repugnance exhibited to the
passage of the bill is but mere show, and that the
magic wand Of President Pierce will be able after
few wayings, to lay all this tumult. In that case
the Nebraska bill be passed at the next Congress-
and nobody snfer the least harm by the postponemen
On the other hand, to pass it now by surprise as it
were upon the northern people and against their re-
monsrances even If it could be repealed by the next
Copgress-and the Senate and President Pierces
Veto would stand in the way of that-woud still leave
blot Of reputation and bad faith on the legislation
of the country which ought, BY all means and at all
hazards, to be avoided Let every member, then, Of
the opposition remember the glory and the part of
Fabius, who saved his country by delays.
sLAvE-BREEDING DIPLOMACY.
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