Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-06-09
THE NEBRASKA BILL PASSED!

rcpealing the na,ioual compact Of 1850 BY
which involuntary ser,itude was forever eN-
eluJeI from al the remaining territory oC the
Union, passed the I. 5. House oCRrepJsseu-
ia,iyes BY a vote oils To 100 and on Thurs
day he same bill passed. the SeaaIe by a vote
or9J to 10. This being an administration
measure il will receive the executive sane
ton.
Thus again has the dangerous question OF
Sllyery been deliberately rc-oPeued IN Con
rtcss and throughou, the country, by men M
power claiming To b. ncmccJais, Who public
" pledged themselves IN the most explicit
mannsr.--by the Blltimuye Platform, the In
aurural address, and IN huojrei other ways
-aeain,, "any attempts Of The Aboli,iouisis
or o,l.r," to renew this agitation. Thus
have the men in whom the Democracy with
unparalleled unanimiiy have rcposcl confidence
and the highest political power on carih'
grossly aud most Wickedly betrayed their high
trusts and The people, nv violating a solemn
national COMPACT ana Thereby materially weak
e-ed 4 no, utterly destroying ~ the cOu6-
dcnee which the people have hitherto rePo'ed
in the Compromises Of Congress as well As IN
the politician In power.
The shameless. totally iaeXruSlblc aud
dangerously impoliic act ofPeJ6dy has been
accomplished, las We shall prove IN future
numbers Of thi. parrr) BY a Coalition Of h's
National A3aigisiraii,H rih ne NlH''frH
pr0-,larery FrprUALIsrs, o.d BE- o. SO Of NE
sIccuiirs patronage ffhs gorrr''sHi 70 a'
,rt-r' md ,ri'i an cnorH,'y 'Trcr ',iorf hfars
Of Il presents 2 NOS, melancholy and dis
reputable example % the Psr,ers'on of ;he
government, and executive patronage by na-
uonal Administration and rs sycOphaa,s TO
na,ionalips and extend ,ha, barbaroas system
Of involuntary scriiulc ia the South, against
which our incorruptbIc and patriotic rcpubli.
ran fathers protested As rclCiously and ear
ne,,ly - acalns, the u'urpations oftnc Brit
i,h Crown and their allies, the Tories, IN Ihis
eoviiry.
This &C, is, moreover, a fatal Boo 70 hr
or.ls,sriiua ofils National Democratic Par'g
which placed this Administration IN power
under such glorious auspices, Il is the OF
spring Of the head Of the Administration who
has stepped cot Of this appropriate sphere,
become the sponsor of ih.s banIltus Of the
slave power and 10. interruptions supporters
Who are aspiring to Poser, against which be-
has .o'erunly aud voluntarily pledged bis per-
,pnal AMI Official influence. lie has how
forced il through Congress hy the enormous
ROVER orc1ccuion patronage, gaining cor u
the votes Of members, % r1nuu, be doubted,
against their solemn conyc'iors ofucht anj
duty AMI to c1p thc clir1N ufpcrGdy De has
forced this bijrous thing, thus conceived Boo
SIN and bccotcu in tn,quily, upon Ihc nation
al democratic party az 20 tsr Of 5.alorratr or
ho,'oIv and tsl,otr,iip' Ycs, reader, 0, Is a
nrl thar this act. This violation a national
compact, unprecedented ln suom,iy, So il,th-
les anj iu,riusically Urou. and insulting iu
every conservation, and high minded friend OF
civil freedom unc which Ni,h all ,hcpowcr
81 government patronage a,ils disposal could
not Command a. majority artls regular drHo-
cratic poals-s n "a H1us. from the irec
States, .nd which could uo' hare i,u o1uisd
~ Courrst riilog' a Coalition o'HS1inuris-
irai,or fir1d, rni hr SoyrmE> llAws
royl,S Fprr,tlsrs,-has been forced upon
the national democratic party by 'he Admiul,-
tra,ion and It's recognized paid organs, As
rrsr OF National Dcmocracy
Submission 20 such aa ol,cus, ant.rcQlbli-
can test By the dcmpcrary ofuumbrrs, by thu,c
Democrats who &C, upon principle and do the
voting. would Be- a deep drs,aace Il is there
fore utterly impossible. The great body Of
the democratic party will improve every or
rortunity To repudaic ths cNira-iudcal, uu-
authorized ,cs, Of parry fellowship; aud ii
that other portion Of the party which has lor-
med this federal coalition AMI Shich has just
row acquired undue power by stealing the
Administration from Us platform Of national
principles and with il 40 the executive patro-
na,e, shosM persist ln aclinr opp Co this test
a. we believe they viii, Nha, hope Is shsrr
Of reunion Of the old national democratic
par,yl
Mos, uuwilliurly 10 We bg1r this testimony
agaisst an Administration Which We cordially
aided into power by our vote and ihe influence
ofthis paper but truth aud canjor and our
whole duty TO our democratic readers who
labored with u, TO place this Aduis,ra,IOu iu
power, and with whom 10 ,Lls hour Of bc,ray-
al aud deep disgrace We are called TO symTa-
,hi1e, require US TO belr such testimony
though With extreme cllgl and reluctance.
This We pledge ourselves 20 present, a. Ne
Aayc Opportunity, % the satisfaction OF every
candid mird, Or retact What wc do not, 90
the nl6Ilmeut Of our duty, clearly establish.
With the general course oltbe Aimiuis,rl.
ton. 10 relation To questions Of national pol
~. We have agreed aud given D, due credit.
We shall continue Ia support 1t iu al acts
which ne deem just and democratic; bot
while doing ,hIs ", ,lllI not lail 90 cuuj,mn
its every at that dec, not thus commend i,-
sslfio or utgemH,. THs lls,aci Ue deem
an outrage uroo the cation, accnmPl she'd by
such means as wos'I NIKE sucd mlu a. JEFF
Efrsou or Jackson a,haug. Of his country, and
fatal to the asccnIcrcy ct thc national demo
cratic ?ariy. We to uo, subscribe TO thc
doctrine. that "lhs King can De 90 wrong,
which the newspaper Prsss under abe ra,ru-