Washington sentinel., 1854-03-05
AnoLITIon REmonsraANcEs.

have poured In so coptinuous stream into the
Senate. Agitation, constant, unceasing agta-
ton is the great and almost only instrument
which fanaticism ever uses in all countries and
ages, in working out its purposes. 1t is parti-
cularly SO with the sect, which, in this country,
" lives and moves and has its beingn in politi-
cal abolition.
He who believes that the petitions which are
daily sent to the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatves, demonstrating against the passage
of the Nebraska bill, are, of themselves, evi
dences that even the northern feeling runs in
that direction, is sadly mistaken. Any one
who SO thinks, knows comparatively little either
Of the history or'tactics Of ofagitation. The abo.
Ition corps of this country,is, in some respects,
a we'll appointed one. 1t has great CELEBRITY of
movement. If its guns are Of small calibre, its
entire force, at the word Of command can be
thrown in the Napoleon style, to act upon any
one designated point, with all the rapidity Of
flying artillery. The central directing author
ity during session Of Congress has its head
quarters in Washington. 1t sits here, like an
enormous spider, in the centre ofhis web, work
ing every minute fibre ofthe network with con-
summate skill b pisY ot aE
" Orders are transmitted by mail, telegraph,
and active agents in. every direction. They
are forwarded to abolition societies, abolition
preachers, abolition Sunday school teachers
runaway negroes and strong.minded women.
The receipt Of q petition by one Of the agita.
tors here, is as much Of irregular business
transaction, as the consignment of goods to a
trading merchant by northern house, in an
swer to an order previously given. The size
and character Of the remonstrance- Its body
and bones are made up according to the re-
QUESTION sent on BY the agitator for the time be-
ing in Washington City. These philanthropists
having but one idea, Of course labor for it
with untiring zeal. The lever which elevated
them to a congressional seat, is faithfully
worked by them afterwards. Owing to their
position in public life to the slavery agitation.
and knowing that its duration is to be measured
by the success or failure of the abolition move
ment, they are primarily interested. in every
thing which tends to sectional strife. ANY
healing measures Of peace, any proper adjust
ments between the north and south, of course
encounter their decided hostility, for if these
prevail, then indeed is their Occupation gone
Every thing must be done to prevent such a
catastrophe to them. Are not their seats com
Portable? Hence orders are issued for as mucl
public demonstration as possible; meetings are
to be called; resolutions to be passed; windy
eloquence to be let loose, and a teapot tempest
raised H.
According to the accounts of these agitators,
all their meetings are enthusiastic, all their re-
solutions eloquent and forcible, and all the
speeches received with unbounded enthusiasm,
and tremendous applause" Men of all par
ties are represented as joining in protesting
against the passage of the Nebraska bill, and
a state Of public feeling SO feyerish and ex
cited announced, as one would suppose, on the
consummation of the measure, would explode
in some outbreak. All this is mere fame,
sketching on the part of the philanthropists
These telegraphic accounts and these report,
of their meetings are written by themselves
and entirely for effect. We have certainly n
disposition to misread or misunderstood the
indications of popular feeling in the north o.
this question. Itwould be worse than folly So
to do. 1t is the part of wisdom to know the
worst, that we may prepare for it. We believe
that outside the abolition and freesoil organi,
zation, the great mass Of the northern people
approves the principles of the Nebraska act
sense. We should be sorry to be persuaded
that the "substantial men" of staid Bostor
approve the rowdy aud vulgar demonstration
recently made in that city, in suspending the
iefigy of the author of the Nebraska bill from
the flagstaff Of Boston common. Weare also
far from believing that the good people of the
north, who stay at home and attend to their
own affairs, have any sympathy with the fa-
natics who get up these demonstrating meet
ings and herald them forth as indications of
popular feeling .. ..I..
We are truly glad to see the temper of the
democratic northwest on this question. The
almost unanimous vote of the senator's from
that section, in favor of the Nebraska bill, is
the completest guarantee Of peace that the
south has received for years. In this home of
future populous States, which will hereafter al
most hold in their hands the legislation of the
country, we are proud to see the determination
to sustain the rights of the south SO sub
stantially and Enthusiastically shown. The
Union will be ever safe while the great north
west throws its weight in the scale Of justice.
Agitation viii be harmless, petitions and re-
monstrances will be waste-paper, and the high
flown eloquence and swelling defamation of
Tabernacle and Faneuil Hall orators will be
merely "east wind"
A GREvIOUs ERROR.
One would conclude from the following para
graph extracted from the Augusta Maine,) Age,