The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-06-21
REVIVAL OF AGITATIoN-REPEAL OR ACoUIEs-
CENCE

The only objection TO the Nebraska bill which had the
merit of plausbity that first promulgated with phar
saca hypocrisy by leading abolitionsts and afterwards
adopted and pertnaeously insisted by the National In
,sLigeac-to wit that Il would lead unnecessary
and dangerous revival OF the slavery agitation II
be forgotten with what mock soemnity Senator Chase
mourned the prospect Of seeing the placid surface
public sentiment again disturbed by the unpariode
dueton by Senator Douglas of the Nebraska bill can
forget with what dgnifed regret the National In
eltgoeo ehimed in with Senator Chase, and thereby
threw the weight of its influence into the scale of abo
tonism That 4thc wish was father to the thought with
Mr. Chase ought at once have been known and pro
tonists that the htelBgucr should be imposed upon
and then lend itself TO the verfcaon Of the abolition
prophecy matter for special wonder.
That the objection only cunning trick Of abo-
tousm is now susceptible Of demonstration so clear that
to doubt It Is to lend approving countenance to the
reasonable plans and objects Of political anaticism II
the opponents Of the Nebraska bin who manifested 40
much ayersion to revival Of the slavery agitation were
honest and sincere in their objections they had it in their
power aoqu themselves Of all suspicion their mo
lives by prompt and cheerful aoquesconce in the law
when passed by majority Of Congress and approved by
the President Throughout the entire debates on the bill
It's friends both from the North and the South frank
y and earnestly declared that II part their object
introduce slavery into the Territories Of Kansas and
Nebraska and tina, the laws Of climate and production
constituted barriers 10 is introduction permanently which
no of Congress could remove On this point there
scarcely division Of opinion amongst the friends Of
the measure, whilst its more candid opponents freely
conceded the thing. so general was the admis-
sion that slavery would and could not 20 into the
Territories, that the enemies Of the bill seized upon the
concession and with agood deal Of force asked the qnes
ton II slavery cannot 40 into the Territories why the
cessy Of repeating the restriction in the Missouri act
The southern and the national was that BY the
legislation Of 1850, policy naugurated which recog-
niscs the right Of the people of Territory settle their
domestic concerns embracing the question Of slavery in
their way This policy was designed to be Of univer
sal and permanent application and depend upon The
question whether the laws Of climate and OF production
vored forbid the existence of slavery The hill there
fore rearned this policy accordance with the spirit Of
the legislation Of 1850 neither legslang slavery into nor
out Of the Territories but submitting its existence or non
existence 70 the people immediately concerned in the ques
ton TO prove to the enemies of the bill that they were
actuaed by no spirit Of its friends
frankly declared that they had expectation that slavery
would he introduced into the Territories as permsuent
institution whether the Missouri restriction repealed or
not and hey earnestly asked their opponents to receive this
declaration guarantee that they advocated the bill be-
cause Of the principle which Il rested and not from any
expectation wish that slavery should be extended 10
Kansas and Nebraska They added further that the Mis-
sour restriction offensive section Of the Union
because i assumed that its citizens were not entitled to all
The rights Of their northern brethren whilst unjust
and degrading to the citizens of the other section OF the