Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-03-22

Bill because ii fDGS NOT understood hdt the res
ident had determined 10 regard opposition 10 u
as Incompatible with friendship for has Adm''-
istration,n when the President, through that
very journal, on the 9TH Of March last, pro-
claimed that opposition 10 the Bill aoas not an
compatible Nth friendship for has Administrd-
tion Yes-to save the Administration party
from an utter rout in New Hampshire, the Ad-
ministration press Of that State gave the lie
direct to all who proclaimed that the Nebraska
Bill was q Democratic Issue, and the organ
Of the Administration in Washington, on the
5th Of March last emphatically announced
that Democrats might oppose the Bill, and yet
be recognised as orthodox members OF the
Democratic Party Now, after all this trick
cry has failed, and the State has either been
carried by the Opposition, or by the Admins
tration by so small vote as to be equivalent
to defeat, we are to be told that the reason
Of this result is, that the Democrats did not ac-
cept the issue on the Bill, rendered by the OPP
position, and make the support of it test OF
Democracy! In other words, the President is
convinced that he committed q blunder He
ought to have made that test in the election
he was afraid to do Thence the calamitous
result
Let US again bring to view the contradic-
tions and tortuosities of this Administration, as
revealed by the Washington Union which,
while disclaiming right to speak by authori-
ty, is forever exercising this right.
From the Washington Union, February 26M.
[Speaking Of the approaching election in
New Hampshire, and the election Of United
States Senator from that State T.
"This, together with the other fact that the
issue presented by the Territorial Bill for the
organization Of the Territories Of Kansas and
Nebraska, now pending before Congress- HAS
BEEN FREELY, PROMPTLY, AND BOLDLY Ac-
cEPTEp BY THE DEMOCRACY OF New HAMP-
SHIRE AND ADOPTED BY ITS DEMOCRATIC
Press, has cordially united the Wings, the
Abolitionists, the Free-Soilers, the Maine Law
men, and all the other deluded and fanatical
racy.0
Meantime the New Hampshire Patriot, the
Presidents organ in Concord, came to hand
with the following:
aThe Abolition organ, with it's usual men,
dacity, says the Pdtrlot proclaims the Nebras-
ka question to be the issue in our election A
more deliberate lie was never uttered! We
have proclaimed no such thing but eractly the
contrary We have declared that it has and
should have nothing to do with our election
The Wing and Abolition organs, having no
hope of making any show of opposition to the
Democracy upon the real issues, are seeking to
make this question the issue in the election;
and that zoe haze denounced, and shall continue
to denounce."
Then, March lst, the editor of the Union
was elected Printer to the House, by the votes
of Nebraska and Anti Nebraska members of
his Party.
From the Washington Uaion, March Cd.
at is not ito be the issue for many reasons !;
and, chiefly, because there has been no way
since the question arose by which the Party
could authoritatipeiy announce it as the issue.
There has been no State Convention holden
since Judge Douglas reported the bill.
From the same, March 5h.
"We have never been 80 far misled, how
ever, as to regard every man as an Abolition
ist who could not reconcile it to his convictions
of duty to support the bill. That any Demo-
crat or Wing should be coerced by his convic-
ton to withhold his approval from the meas
ure and thereby find himself cooperating in
the opposition with Abolitionists, has been one
feature in the controversy which we have
much regretted. We are aware that there
are Democrats withholding their support who
| stood side by side with us in 1848, in advoca-
ting the principle of on-Intervention av0wed
by our candidate Tor the Presidency and who
have ever been the jealous supporters of the
Compromise of $780, which recognised and
enacted that principle. We arc aware that
there are other Democrats who objected to the
Compromise of 1850, when it was passed, but
who have since faithfully acquiesced in it, who
are not prepared to sustain the Nebraska bill
| In our Judgment it would be as unDise as it
would be unjust to regard and treat such oppo-
nents of the measure as thereby abolitionizng
themselves.
aSuch Democrats, as we understand them.
recognise the principle of non-intervention as
sound but they are not satisfied that it should
be applied to the Nebraska Territory We
cannot agree with them in the views which
control their decision Of the question but be-
cause of this difference Of opinion as to the
application Of principle in which we agree,
We cannot bring ourselves to denounce them
as Abolitionists."
March l4th, the election was held in New
Hampshire.
From tie same, March 18Th.
Not only, therefore, are the Democrats to be
onoc more rallied as distinct organization, in
favor Of the great principles of Congressional
non Intervention and popular sovereignty (both
being the vital elements Of the proposition Of
Senator Douglas) but the high duty will be
confded to them Of preventing the enemies Of
that proposition from making il source of
deep and widespread sectional division.
n
.sIn such time as the present therefore,
the Democracy becomes, by the resistless force
Of circumstances by the involuntary opera
ton Of evcnts--the opponent OF every scheme
looking to the Acknowledgement Of any portion
Of the people, or TO the weakening of any por-
ton Of the common bond 1t is impossible in
such a state Of things, to avoid the issues
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