Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-09-23
WESTERN ORTHODOX DEMOCRACY.

The % Free Press" of Detroit is one of the &c
knowledged orthodox organs of the Democratic
party in the West 1t exhibits its joy on all occa
sions at what it considers ~ practical victory Il
the North Tin the working of the Nebraska act
And this is the key to the readiness with which
many of the Western Democratic meetings fall into
an approval of that measure They very cheerfully
endorse " the principle of popular sovereignty,
which works out results SO adverse to the "spread
of slavery" The Press says it always contended
that the inevitable consequence would be to make
every Territory hereafter organized FREE" Let
it speak for itself, as follows:
Some of the most prominent Wing papers Of the Union
which have famed the abolition flame that has been
een;nc over the North have suddenly changed position
and are now raising voice for peace Their original
objection to the Nebraska Kansas act was that it open
ed vast territory to the spread OF slavery This the
Democratic press stoutly denied as our readers well
know and contendcd that Tie inevitable consequences Of
aloptiag Tie principle Of popular sovereignty m the Territories
mould be 10 make crey Territory hereafter organized FREE,
whether it should lie north sorth Of the Missouri
promise line We believe there are at this moment few
so blinded by prejudice to apprehend that either Ne
braska or Kansas will be slave territory The vctory
then, of tic Democracy is already complete"
The Cleveland i" Plandealer" is another of the
regular Democratic organs that plays upon two diff
ferent keys. 1t keeps up a fire upon the Adolf
tonists in one column, and in the other it sounds
soft note for "freedom." Here is one Of its
latest and to appreciate its force we must state that
elections are soon to come off in each of the States
named: ILL.,
KEEP IT BEFORE people, that the repeal Of the
Missouri restriction opened freedom territory lying
south of the line of 500 30 large enough to make States
equal in size to New York. Pennsylvania Ohio, Indiana,
and Illinois"
In the Columbus district of Ohio DR.. OLDs and
his competitor, Mr.. GALLOWAY, have had discus
sion, as we learn from the State Journal, on the
merits of the Nebraska bill, the Missouri compro-
mise, &c. The latter is decided anti-slavery man.
but he found it hard work to keep ahead of his Dr.
ponent DR.. OLDs declared "thcre was no danger
of slavery going into Kansas Nebraska The slave
holders don't emigrate, but the Yankees sharp and
more quick and will always beat the South at this game
Foreigners here with prejudces against slavery,
and they 60 into the Territories opposed to it." In
speech at Circeye, in APRIL the gentleman took
the ground that by the laws of population and emgra
ton Kansas must be free State" !" We gain much
(said hey by rubbing the line of 36' 30 because,
by doing free States may be established south of that
line. The repealed compromise was that all south Of
that line to be regarded as slave SOIL and he did
not believe that Wings would agree to restore the
promise with this understanding attached to it"
This is the way the South is Knocked by its Hna-
tural allies" when they get out among their anslave
ry constituents The shareholders are too slow, the
Yankees will always beat them