Washington sentinel., 1854-07-16
FUSION.


Under this modest phrase the wings, free
soilers, temperance men, and know nothings,
are to merge all interests into the one allabsorb
ing object Of Nebraska repeal, and furious
attack on slavery
The ertremest effect Of the Nebraska bill, in
cluding the repeal of the Missouri compromise,
and assuming as incontrovertible the right of
the south to 60 with its slaves into all territory
south of the northwest territory, would be to
leave open to competition between settlers from
the north and from the south, the question
whether all, portion, or none of the Territories
shall be slave territory. fit gives opportunity
to make slave territory of Kansas and Ne
braska, it gives also opportunity to make not
only these free Territories, but also to make all
the other portions Of territory free.
1t is rule which works both ways. But, on
the other hand, this fusion of parties, to repeal
the compromise, to abolish slavery in the Dis
triet of Columbia, to repeal the fugitive slave
law, and to prohibit the entrance of any new
slave State, is vindictive attack on the con-
stitutional rights and material interests of the
south it is a one-sided matter. 1t is to be
made paramount to every and all other inter-
ests. The party lines OF whigism, aboitionsm,
freesoilism, temperance, and know-nothingism
are all to be obliterated, and every special In
terest of each of these parties is to be sacrificed
on the black altar of abolitionism. There is
no pretext that any interest will be protected,
or reasonable expectation that the cause of
philanthropy will be promoted by this measure.
But, under the blind dominion of deformed
prejudice, wild and wicked crusade is to be
raised against the rights and interests of the
southern portion of the confederacy.
Is the very questionable advantage to be
gained by the south, at no sacrifice By the north,
so distasteful to the northern portion of our
common country, that they are not willing to
exercise towards their southern brethren can.
did judgment in legal acts, while their presses
TEEN with apologies, for the multitude of illegal
outrages by other countries Daily do the
abolition and freesoil papers deprecate and de-
nounce, as wicked, any alleged purpose of our
government to seek and to insist upon redress
for manifold illegal outrages upon the rights,
interests, and persons of our citizens, yet these
same papers remorselessly assail just, legal,
and equitable act passed by joint action of the
south and the truly national men of the north.
Is there no interest which requires attention?
Is the only subject worthy of the notice and
care of the American people, the change Of
negro residence? In the repeal of the com
promise, the south attacks no northern interest.
All that can be said is, that it puts both Sec
tions on par. But the attempted fusion
would be a wickedness paralleled only by its
folly. And bitter would be its fruits to those
merging every patriotic consideration, and every
question of interest in hostile attack on
southern interests.
The democratic party stand fast on national
grounds, knowing no north, south, east, or
west. The whole aim and purport of the repeal
of the Missouri compromise is to strike out
the only indication existing, making distiDc-
ton between sections Of the country. The re.
peal of the Missouri compromise should have
for its title the following: can act to abolish
the only existing evidence of sectional strife
which disgraces the national records"