Washington sentinel., 1854-05-27

usual variety. Llke al Oi MT. lIctcher cnofbo
| it is marked and peculiar We can safely re-
commend it to our readers as an able and in.
structive speech.
FINAL PASSAGE OF THE NEBRASKA
/ BILL.
| Although we have announced the virtual
passage Of the Nebraska bill, yet our feelings
will not permit us to omit to congratulate our
readers on the actual, absolute, and final pas
sage Of measure of SO much importance to
the peace of the confederacy. When the diff
fculties which factionists and demagogues,
and evil disposed men of many hues and
stripes, had thrown in the way of the Nebraska
bill were overcome, we knew that the great
battle had been fought, and the great victory
had been, achieved by the friends Of the Con-
| stitution, md the supporters of the Union.
When the decision Of the House of Represen-
tatives was announced, we could not restrain
feeling of inexpressible JOY, although the great
| work was not then completed-was not then
finished and perfected. Yet we felt that the
| great obstacle had been overcome; and we had
| implicit faith in the action of the Senate, not
| withstanding the difference between the bill
which passed the House of Representatives and
| that which was sent from the Senate. But yet,
whilst there was anything to be done we felt
| that all was not accomplished. Rendered sus-
picious by anxiety, we were distrustful for fear
| that the brooding brains Of factious men might
bring forth some stratagem which might
| thwart good men in good work, and furnish
an opportunity to arouse and infame sectional
passions.
1t was, therefore, with great JOY that we
| heard the final vote of the Senate, few min
ues after one o'clock, yesterday morning; nor
did the full voice of rejoicing artillery give any
thing but a pleasant sound when the great tri
umph Of nationalsm over sectionalisn was an
| nounced. 1t is needless for us to say. that,
from the beginning even before the be-
ginning, we urged the passage of such bill
| as has now passed both branches of the ma
| tional legislature. From that time to this we
have done oil we could do to accomplish the
great result which has been accomplished. We
allude to these things, not for the purpose OF
claiming commendation, but for the purpose of
proving the deep qualification we feel.
That graf fcation would be more profound,
| however, if some of the past events had been
| differently ordered But still the modification
| which portion of the representatives of one
| section of the Union has caused u.s. has been
fully compensated by the gallant bearing of
| men who represented constituencies in the
other section of this confederacy. The failure
of a few Of the southern members, mostly wings,
! to stand by the right, was met by strong pha-
lanx of northern democrats whiclsqnhred the
| victory
And at this point it cannot be amiss to di.
rect attention to the political character of those
| from the north who sustained the Nebraska
bill, more especially when the character of the
| opposition to it is considered. 1t should be
borne in remembrance that not single whig
member Of the House Of Representatives
| from the north sustained the bill, because Of
their hostility to southern institutions, and
their fear of the abolition Sentiment which is
| hostile to the Constitution. On the contrary,
| forty.odd democrats from the north-fearless
of fanatical abuse-stood up manfully for the
right, not giving silent votes, but working
day and night to uphold and maintain those
great compromises of the Constitution, on
whose preservation depends the prosperity
of the confederacy. We have often heard
southern wings say, and we have often seen
southern wings presses state, that there was
| no constitutional soundness in the north Ad-
hitting the rottenness of their own allies
they have attempted to cast the taint of un-
soundness on the northern democracy.
Many honest and true men have been de-
ceived by this artifce; but now they must be
blind, indeed, if their eyes are not opened to
the fact that the great democratic party stretches
across sectional landmarks and binds the
Union together-that it is the only efficient
barrier to the formation of those geographical
parties which have 50 long threatened the coun-
try with the ineffable woes of civil discord. If
our ear did not deceive us, more than one abo-
tion senator declared, just before the final vote,
that the whig party was destroyed as national
organization, and intimated in terms so pointed
as TO have the force of direct and positive asser-
ton, that the wings of the north would now
unite with the abolitionists of the north in an
anti.slavery crusade>under the black banner Of
abotionism.
We trust that the wings of the south win
ponder this fact-especially that portion of the
southern wings who opposed the Nebraska BILL
We earnestly hope that they will, after due
consideration, be convinced that the demo.
cratic forebodings of the last fifteen years are
about to be fulfilled, unless they pause, con.
slider, and turn back from the path they are
following. Any time within that period the
wing party of the south could have checked
the abolition tendencies of their northern
allies, by frmness and resolution. 1t may