Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1854-02-08
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RALEIGH. SATURDAY. FEB. 1. 1854.
THE NEBRASKA QUESTION.

Dir. Senator Douglas commenced and concluded,
On Monday last, his remarks this question. The
reader will find summary @ his remarks under our
Congressional head. He was severe and justly so,
upon Chase Sumner, Wade, and other abolitionists
who have arrayed themselves against the abrogatio
Of the Missouri line and who have been engaged in
efforts to iniure the character of public and to
revive the slavery agitation queted by the 'compro
mise" measures of 1850. In full report of his
Speech as we find it in the Union, he charges both
msanncss and falsehood on these men, and holds
them up in indignant terms before the country as
hypocrites and as enemies to its repose and welfare
and has added much to his reputation as statesman
and friend of the constitutional rights of the South.
The Washington Union of Tuesday says:
Senator Douglas opened the debate on the Ne
Lraska bill ON yesterday. The Senate chamber was
filled with an audience eager to hear the speech of
the Illinois senator. The anxiety OF members OF the
House to hear him rendered it impossible to keep Il
quorum in the other wing of the Capitol He spoke
under great excitement and with an energy and power
which made an impression that Was manifested in
way unusual in the Senate. He felt that the authors
Of the late abolition appeal on which We comment
ed few days ago. had conspired to do him griev-
Ous wrong and in terms neither mild nor soft he laid
bare the wickedness Of the plot We doubt wheth-
two senator's received so terrific excoria
ton in that chamber that to which Messrs Chase
and Sumner were subjected on yesterday; and we
are very that, when the speech of Judge Doug
las is read, the Judgment of the country will be that
they deserve just such an exposure. The argument
in support of the principles Of the bill was ovcrwhe
hing Judge Douglas met the question fearlessly
and promptly. His speech will make profound
lnnrp tho NH; md nd will ih,Jta
largely to the establishment of the great principle
congressional non-intervention in the slavery ques
ton. As the speech will be eagerly read through
ont the country, we forbear to make further com
ments.
The Washington Correspondent of the Richmond
Enquirer says: The bold and manly stand taken
by Judge Douglas on this subject entities him to the
gratitude of every true patriot in the country, but
especially every person in the South. It requires
bravery, nerve, and, to some extent, selfsacriice
10 occupy the position he docs 1t is very different
with US of the South, where there is no difference
Of opinion, and public men 90 not risk anything
We should therefore be ungrateful and unjust to
selves failed to give "aid and comfort" to every
man from the free States who occupies the true ma
tional ground. !"
The Washington Correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun says
The debate on the Nebraska bill was opened in
the Senate with most powerful speech by Judge
Douglas, chairman of the committee on territories
which fully sustained his high reputation as states
man and debater. He proved three things, conclu-
sVey, which sufficient to establish the merits of
The bill 1st That the Missouri line was practically
aepudiated by the action of Northern men in 1915
&c That it was virtually abandoned by the comprc
mise measures Of 1885, which, if honestly interpret
Gu must apply to the future as well the past and
od That ell legislation for against slavery in new
cIrtorles is practically imperative; this question
oeng solely determined by climate, SOIL production
anu the wants of man. Judge Douglas argument
was irresistible, and told well upon the Senate. Half
'he House was in attendance
The free-soil document which was sent to various
papers, but especially to the New York Tribune and
lines was only signed by abolitionists. An at
.einpt IS made to nvege other democratic members
S 1ae State Of Ohio into it. but the majority of the
uIsegation will stand firm by the compromise of
There is some qualmishness visible among some
!, Tue members of the New England delegations !;
m D.' sickness was expected in that quarter, and is
accompanied by any dangerous symptoms to the
confederacy" sa,' - -. r.s..s, IS sss.s
ar. Dickinson's letter, published in the Bing-
I'D I'D upton Democrat andcopied in yesterdays Union
ae .no"s where the 'hards" Of New York will take
5 er stand. On the whole, this mark of regard for
MI. dickinson, on the part of the Administration or
gan refreshing 1t augurs, heard it .said in fa-
csa resolution, taken in very high quarter, to
~ M whipping the willing horse, and apply the lash
S ~ Nhe rearing animal full of oats which, as ret has
~0us no work except kicking in the harness.
81 The Hillsborongh Recorder Of the 25th, Jan
uary says: "It is highly probable that counsel
YDs the leaders of the Democratic party has led