Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-01-10
WILL THEY NEVER LEARNI

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WILL THEY NEVER LEARNT
"A burnt child breads the fire. ? is proverb
that does not always hold good Of politicians
They are apt to rely too much upon cunning,
too little upon the lessons of experience. One
might suppose that the Compromise Measures
Of 1850 had proved the death Of 80 many, that
there would be little disposition to revive the
issues then passed upon, and reenact the ar
rangements then forced through Congress.
Who has been the gamer by that settle
mentD as il is facetiously styled2 Where IRE
the men prominent in bringing it about
WEBSTER, heart broken by the disappont-
ments and endorsements in which it involved
him, sleeps in the grave. CLAY was saved from
the same fate, only by death. FILLMORE was
unable to obtain the vote Of a National Wing
Convention, against rival candidate who had
performed no signal service for the Compromise.
CAss BUCHANAN, DICKINSON, DoUGLAs, were
thrust asdejn National Democratic Conven-
ton, to make room for one who had taken no
part in the great labor Of Union. saving CoBB
is politically dead, by the hands of members Of
his own Party. FooTE is defeated in Missis-
sippi, and rated by the organ" while his
rival, DAVIS, distinguished for his opposition to
the Compromise, holds a comfortable seat in
the Cabinet, beside NANCY, the head Of that
section of the New York Democracy that origi-
nally upheld the Wilmot Proviso, through
whose influence, Dickinson, 1.-THE Chevalier
Bayard, as the Compromisers used fondly to
call him. and his lesser Chevaliers are outcasts
from Executive favor.
We can easily understand why the Admins
tration is 80 jealous in behalf Of the Compro-
misc General Pierce and his associates are the
only politicians who have profted by it, SO far
as the emoluments and distinctions Of Office arc
concerned; but it is marvellous that Cass,
Douglas, and all that genus, should evince 80
profound devotion to it, as to seek it's reaf-
tirmation. They certainly gained nothing by
the " settlement Of $780, and we can tell
them they will gain o great deal less by the
attempt to unsettle Nebraska They are West
ern men-men from the free States of the
West-their constituents will not thank them
for countenancing conspiracy to plant sc
ries of slave States along the track of the Pa
cifc railroad, between them and the Pacific
ocean.
There can be no pretence, in this case, of
Nationality, or devotion to the Union. Party
lines have not been drawn upon the Question.
II has hitherto scarcely been made a Question.
The country has not been agitated-the Union
imperilled. All that was needed for the organi-
xation Of Nebraska was quiet, settled pur-
pose on the part Of members representing the
non-slaveholding interests to put through both
Houses simple bill for that purpose. No agi-
tation was necessary. Such bill passed the
House last year, and not q word was uttered in
regard to Slavery. 1t was too clearly right,
to be opposed by any organized hostility among
the Southern members. Many of them voted
for it, feeling doubtless, that opposition from
them would be too hagrantly sectional. Had
the same policy prevailed among Northern men
this year, there could have been no serious diff
iculty. Beyond all doubt Nebraska would
have been organized, with almost ss little dis
cussion as took place in relation to the Terrific
ry Of Washington, or Minnesota. 1t would
have been regarded free, as a matter Of course.
Who has broken up this unity among North
ern mena Who has Matched this Internal plot,
to disorganize the North, and invite Slavery to
new aggressions? For what accursed object is
this Pandora's box opened? Thus always is
Freedom stabbed in the house Of her protested
friends Thus always come from the North
the brain that deyises, the hand that infcts
dishonor and injury upon it.
We hope Mr.. Douglas is not the author Of
that Report, or Bill-that as chairman Of the
Committee, he acts emily as its mouth piece
we hope that, as an individual member Of the
Senate, he will take occasion to review this
whole matter, and, ere il be too late, relieve
himself from all responsibility for measure
which must sink any Northern politician who
shall attempt TO support it,