The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-07-13


"Recollect, the editor who talks thus devout-
" OF the Baltimore platform, speaks OF the
equal eriminaity of friends and foes Of Slavery
IN lashlng the country into lamentable agita-
ton, and assumes that the creed of Democracy
Is embodied IN that platform, was thorough
and constant exponent Of the repeal of tho
Missouri Compromise, and il indignant at as
conSUnlmGfIon! He represents large class of
sO-called Democrats. But let us put the ques-
tcn plainly-is it among such men we are u
look for true and efficient opponents Of the
Slave Power, it representatives of the free
States, at such an hour as this %
To which the Ags replies:
"The Era is right Ii cannot look to such
Democrats rs those whose views the Age repre-
Eents, to join in tie plans and purposes Of the
Abolti0nists against the South any more than
their support can be counted on to further the
schemes Of the opposite class of agitators, who
are intent only on aggrandizing the Slave
Powern
To restore the Anti-Slavery restriction of the
Missouri Compromise, to repeal vile, an inhu-
man Fugitive Slave Act, to establish the Princi-
pie that there shall be no Slavery within the ex-
elusive Jurisdiction of the Federal Government,
and thus disable the Slavery Propaganda, and
bulwark the rights Of pon-slaveholders
against the aggressions of the Slave Interest,
are measures stigmGtized by the Age as hos
tile to the South, the precise counterpart Of tho
enoroacbmonts and sinister purposes of the
Slavery Conspirators Now, that such paper
and the mutilated Party it represents, should
acquiesce in the Nebraska outrage is Just what
might be expected. What does it propose, in
the present crisis? In an editorial June 22d,
it calls upon all Democrats to stick to their
! organization, TO tolerate no new combination,
to set their faces against ali agitation of the
Slavery Question, and TO rally in support OF
the great NATIONAL ADJUSTMENT of 1882
Hear its lsudation Of this Adjustment and of it's
Wing authors:
"To that great measure Ct peace and cOncilia-
tiOn-in the establishment of which the high
est patriotism Of the Congress Of 1850, ire
spective Of party divisions, was evoked to
which Clay, the great statesman Of the South
with the ardor of patriotism, and with an elo-
quepce unsurpassed by tho best e orts of his
earlier days, devoted the last and most pre-
cious hours Of his political and mortal life; to
which Webster, the equally exalted statesman
| OF the North, With power OF augmentation
and an earnestnoss Of persuasion rarely equal
led even by himself lent the weight of his pom
| derous intellect and the influence of his
| mighty name-tO such measure formally
RATIFIED rs it has been by the two great polit-
cal parties Of the country, and approved by tho
| voice Of tho American people let us consecrate
| ourselves anew. Let VS. cling to 1t rs the ark
| Of cur political safety. Fashioned after and
moulded upon the Compromises Of the Consti-
| tuition, we cannot desert 1t if we would, with
safety to the glorious political edifce erected
| by the wisdom and patriotism of our fathers.
| Let us, therefore, enjoin all good Democrats,
| by the Considerations We have already urged,
by the hallowed memories of the pass, by tho
imperative necessities Of the present, and the
potent incentives Of the future, to faithfully
abide by the Compromise Of 1s50-tO abide by
the platform erected by tho Democratic Re-
| publican party n lS52-rstihed by themselves
| in their capacity political organization,
and gloriously confirmed By tho American peO-
] pie"
To that Adjustment, and to the Baltimore
Platform, affirming it Us q fnality, the country
| is indebted, for Franklin Pierce, the repeal of
the Missouri Compromise, the border war
threatened by Slavery Propa saniis!s in Mis-
souri,, the Gadslen Treaty, and the stupendous
scheme Of Slave Empire now in process Of or
gonizaton, with the Administration az its ex-
ecu.ige agent! And the highest ambition Of
this professeyly Democratic paper Is, to see
the Adjustment and the Platform once more
rooted and grounded in the affections Of the
| Democracy!
That such Journal should favor the scqui-
siton Of Cuba, with political institutions to-
tally adverse TO ours; with feeble white pOpu-
lation, brought up under desposism, belong
ing to q different race, and speaking foreign
tongue; with a horde Of imbrused s!aves,-a
measure demanded by the Slave Interest, to
augment its power and facilitate its ulterior
schemes Of aggrandizcment might be expect
! cd. Quoting a long letter on the subject, from
the Washington correspondent Of the Journal
of Commerce, it follows it up with the follow
ing significant comments:
| at is rnapifest, that should tre acquire Cuba,
the settlement Of all the questions started by
| the writer Of the above, az well as all others
which might arise, must be adjusted on a basis
required by the equities, the Pecu.idrIties, and
necessities, Of the case.
"We trust however, that if our Government
propose ct this time to renew the effort to ac-
! auire Cuba, al IgiH not damage the question, 0s
| Texas, By plating The question on sectional IN
stead Of national gJOuads-on the ground that
it is wanted for the security and advancemsnt
| Of local interest, instead of for the security
| and advancement Of the general welfare Of tho
| Republic. We have confidence that the Gov
ernment will not be guilty Of such folly in this
| instance"
Confding simplicity! "Nust be adjusted"
| Sc. BIu,t be When hiss your Northern De-
mocracy, so called, ever dictated terms to the
Oligarcby that governs you "Hopo it viii not
damage the question, by placing the acquisition
on sectional grounds -" Have confidence. The
Government will not be guilty of sueh folly! /"
Of oourso-an Administration that passed the
Nebraska Bill, will be very national and very
wise It will urge the acquisition of Cuba for
high reasons OF State. Shareholders ncEer
labor for their own aggrandizement-hk their
great co-laborer, Nicholas, they work alono
for the public good-of course, Cuba will be
acquired for the benefit of the shipping inter-
est of the North and the Agricultural interests
of the West The Slave Power Will content
itself with such petty gains as the command
of the West Indies, an addition of six hun
dred thousand slaves to the thirty-two hundred
thousand it now holds a political preponder-
ance in the Senate, and few more items OF
the same sort
Enough for to-day-we thought we should
be able complete our "showing mp" Of the
policy of the leaders Of tho so-called Democ-
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