Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-01-28

Evidently the Administration and the Terri
torial Committee took the same view Of the
state Of affairs, as was taken by the Slave In
terest The South was united--the North d.
vided The former had agreed upon its ulti-
matum-the latter was agreed upon nothing.
The entire vote of the Southern delegation,
aided by the Hards" and by such OF the
Softsn as would stick to the Administration,
would force the repeal Of the Missouri Com
promise, and this accomplished, the hopeless
ness Of attempting its re-enactment, and the
power OF Executive patronage, would soon put
a stop to agitation, and the country would
gradually settle down under the unquestioned
supremacy Of the Slave Power" King Maker
and King Killer"
Under the pressure of all these influences,
the Nebraska Bill was at last matured, and
announced in its present form. Since the FORE
going letters were written, says the Richmond
Enquirer, Senator Douglas has fully rsmoUsd
all doubt on The subject and defined his position
and zee bslisve, that Of tie administration and
Of tie South, and Of all good patriots, By intro
ducing from the Committee on Territories a
neW bill ON the subject.0
After statement Of it's general provisions,
and printing, doubtless with profound exulta-
tion, the l4th section, as follows
"The Constitution and laws Of the United
States which are not locally inapplicable, shall
have the same force and effect in the said Ter
ritory Of Nebraska as elsewhere within the
United States, except the 9Th section of the act
preparatory to the admission of Missouri into
the Union, approved March g. 1920, which was
suspended by the principles of the legislation
Of 1850, commonly called the Compromise
Measures, and ID hereby declared inopera-
tiven--
1t adds
" The same provision is applied to the pro-
posed Territory Of Kanxas, and declares in ex-
press terms that the Missouri Compromise Of
1890 was superseded by the principles Of the
Compromise Of 1850; and is q definite and dis
tinct repeal Of the Anti-Slavery restriction Of
the Missouri Compromise.
"We are glad to see that both the Union
aud the Sentinel express their confident belief
that the Administration stands upon the plat
form Of this new bill, which is but an act of
simple justice to all sections of the community
1t presents plain, palpable issue-a clear test
Of princple-by which the country may dis
cover the true friends Of the Consultation aud
the Union. Ii is the cause Of justice and equal
rights and privileges to every portion of the
Confederacy, md those who may be arrayed
on the other side cannot be regarded as friends
Of the Constitution or the Union.n
SO the Bill has been matured--the Shibbo.
leth has been found--the surrender Of the Ad-
ministration to the Slave Interest is ut last com
plete. People at the North, without access to
the political press of the South, and to political
movements in that quarter, have been wonder
ing we doubt not at the varying phases of this
Bill, and the vacillation Of its trainers. The
extracts we have submitted to them furnish the
Interpretation of the mystery
The question now is, will the Northern mem
bers Of Congress frame to pronounce this Shib-
boleth2" 1t is q test by which their loyalty
to Slavery is to be tried. II they pronounce it
they are friends Of the Constitution, the Union,
and Slavery; if they cannot, or will not they
are enemies. Mr.. Smith, Of Virginia, after il
was understood that numbers Of them from
New York and Ohio had declared against il,
was considerable enough to warn them Of the
consequences They "must come up to the
scratch was his elegant paraphrase of this
new test, cor sink 40 low that the hand of res
direction cannot find them!n This is the first
crack Of the lash We shall soon see whether
Plantation Discipline will bring them to terms