New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-25

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nothing another Is worhessit tends more directly than
any other within knowedge TO create dssen
sOns between the North and scnih and to breed questions.
calculated 20 dissolve the Unioa. We speak OF the bill
only "a far a. it nopeais tie Missouri Compromise
This measure uncaed for and has been crowded
through Congress in despotic and still IN eowardiy
manner-the minority huTyns IL through by setting ASIDE
other unss % tlai tie voice OF the people coud NOT
reach affect iis passage. Net Senator nor Repre-
sentative who voted ti bin elected vita reference
10 H. lie issue has been carried over the heads oil inc
people, and in most desFoto and insulting manner
F-5n. TIE Ne-.TIs,ea Paii,duaa. .wh.sl
We not diseppointed-and do not know after all
that ought 20 mourn over The resu-ior If the CcmPro-
misses Of i--0 and 1880 hrd been adhered - fltlfuy by
the North and the South the people Of the country would
have quietly rested under the bighn, shadow Of this
aCcurcd institution Of slavery. In fact to their shame
be il said they had generally agreed 70 be gagged on the
subject TO refuse TO make themselves acquainted with
the that spreading corruption and disease
through The whole system OF the body polite The repeal
the Missouri tompronc has taken tho gag from every
mans mouth and left him free 70 speak his mind and
heart upon the evils of slavery and he pehdy OF a. sup
porters Nor f must b. c0rrca INTO Carfh9ec. Sa'-
nv and ay holder. must be shown MP all their defor-
niiies. Let them vince and threaten much a. they
please and they choose 20 cut loose W HcD SO-Out AZ
an events lei them be piled With TIE truth until thcy II
and fear it. The time 10 compromise with system OF
rank corruption hss gone 10y forever. OR con-oa-
ton that there Prov idencc hat shapes te destiny Of
The country. well n 0i individuals. and that he Will
bring GOOD out Of this monsfrous evil.
From Th. A.bsn. Regs-sr oIIsnser whs1
The Compact Of ls2o has been annuled the Compro-
uists oi 1870 have been thrown TO te winds. Every bar
er against he adv Of slavery has been broken down
and the question home 10 the people OF the free
stse as to what is to be thir future scion IN vie" OF the
tha; have recently transpired at Washington That
the Nebraska law will be regarded binding enactment
long a. remains upon The statute BOOK ~ the people
# the North nobody doubts. They pecting
and laW-sbiding people. But will they suffer It to re-
main terel This Nebaska measure was sprung upon the
people of lhe North time when they wholly un
prepared for its The Congressional elections
were held without the e't suspicion OF tie pendency
Of Inc events Which have since transprcd Nobody
dreamed that questions OF such noIo ntous Importance
would arse during the present session Gen Pierce was
elected without the remO'est reference g. them. lie Wa'
regarded ~ the compromise candidate. and for
cement suspected that were he DISPOSED q, be traitor
the sentiment tn ough the strength of which he became
President That nporuniy could by any possibility be
presented fcf the betrayal OF those who carried hun
into his present position Had there been In the public
mind conviction that this Nebraska sCho ne would be be-
Congress for its action had that que on entered into
the last Congressional elections not ten men coud nave
bees returned To Congress from all the North who were
let pledged against H. Had entered into the last Pres
DENTAL election and Gen. Pierce had ayowed hs intention
TO do this subject what he has done he would have besn
defeated by overwhelming majority
There is lesson involved in these events which should
The northern people should for moment hereafter
forget that l. through their lack Of caution thar the
compromises have been swept away The south are al
ways yigiant always the alert always ready 10 take
advantage OF the csreesrcss of the North to push their
peculiar institution forward and build up its power, and
because they the North sleeping, because they
the succession because they Senators and Representa-
whose palms itched for the brbe. that they struck
Tor Inc abfogatlon "i copacs ana 'hs 'oaoh vi Spi
promises when they did No such opportunity sloud pe
permitted in the future. The North should never
b. found sleeping again. No should be elected to
position of importance in the Union or IN the free
States who pledged against the extension OF human
slavery and the repeal OF the Nebraska law No man
should be elected Congress who il pledged against
tile admission of another slave state into the Mon lhe
conservative OF the North should take the lead ID ths
matter, FOR they have been most deeply wronged most
cruelty betrayed They have suffered most IN defense OF
southern Institutions lhey stood Dy me Oonsu,ul9h
when anaticm attacked with its greatest fury the South
threatening invade and nulfy the guarantees OF that
sacred instrument. They incurred censure ana conumeiy
for their devotion to the Constitution and their defense OF
the rights of the South under it, They suffered repr0ach
home for their adhcrance 10 the compromises. They
were conemned and Prosecuted hunted from office and
influence, because they remained firm 10y those COM
pronise which the South have been foremost IN sweeping
away. =,
The South have banded together against the North and
for the of the institution of Slavery They
"A unit in all matters relating to that institution Let the
people of the North be true TO themseVe' Iher Poson
is of their choosing Let them unite in favor
Of free labor and free institutions. Let the North be
unit ngain-t the extension OF human slavery Let uei
the power they possess to drive back the aggressive
spirit of propagandis If agitation shall come let The
great battle between Slavery and Freedom must one day
be fought and it may well begin al any time.
II commoton shall follow If conyusiOn- shall ensue from
n union of the North for se-proecon then couInohon
and convulsion be it, Ii the union .f the states shall be
shaken if the Institutions Of the country shall be made to
rock and reel upon their deep foundations be II so We
repeat tho POSITION Of the North is not one OF Their own
choOn. They forced to by their southern brethren
and the responsibility of whatever may .nsue, will rest
with the South The glory the shame Of the fsture Of
which the passage Of the Nebraska bill il the beginning
will not rest with the North II the historian shall speak
Of the dissolution Of this glorious Union, aud trace ITS
origin the transactions Of the present session OF Con-
cress il lie shall have 10 record the wreck Of great con-
ederacy Of free he viii also record that that con-
ederacy while it proessed the largest liberty and me
d.epesi regard for human rights, wrecked by the
insdns the siupendous f,y Of the Propasandlsts OF
human slavery.