Washington sentinel., 1854-06-02


from the foes of the bill I; and every observing
man knows that it will come, if it comes ut all,
| from freesoilers and abolitionists
The source of agitation being thus plain, is
! it not astounding to see men, who can prefer no
claims to consideration but as national demo-
Gratis, giving aid and encouragement to the agi
tators Is it not really sickening to see them
engaged in an attempt to wound those who
have stood by them, and to remove just re-
sponsibility from freesoil iactionists and red
mouthed rampant abolitionists Is it not try
| ing to the patience, even Of the most patient,
| to hear such men affirm that the course pur-
| sued by the majority was "hardihood and au-
dacity never surpassed in legislative tactics? ?"
The majority in favor Of the Nebraska bill
was calm and composed, only wishing to bring
| question Of legislation to the test Of fair
vote. That majority made no faetious motions;
it exhibited no excitement--no temper. 1t
only persisted in voting down the factious move
ments of a minority The violent and revolu-
tionary conduct of that minority, under the
lead Of freesoilers and aboitionists, disgusted
and drove off from it many of those who OPP
posed the bill, until there was but handful,
with Campbell and Giddings at their head,
who persisted in attempts to stop the wheels
Of government. Is is not, therefore, gross
perversion Of facts and a grievous outrage, on
the public intelligence, for men who profess to
be national democrats to undertake, in the face
of the nation, to stigmatize the cool, calm,
deliberate majority, and thereby sustain the
factious resistance Of freesoil and abolition
minority?
But the quintuple address shows plainly,
according to our Judgment that the objec-
tions which its authors urge against the Ne
braska bill were put in merely as make-weights.
We feel perfectly sure that the real, true, and
controlling motive which influenced them is
better represented by those passages Of the ad-
dress which speak Of the action of the Execu-
tive. They complain that the Nebraska bill
will give additional patronage to the Execu-
tive. They complain also Of the exertions OF
the Executive to carry that bill through Con-
gress; and they make statements on that point
which cannot fail to give great satisfaction to
the freesoilers and abolitionists, and fill the ma
tonal democracy with feelings of shame and
modification.
Without due reflection, the signcrs of the
address believe that others sympathize with
their bitter and vindictive feelings. They seem
to think that they can prejudice the true, ster-
ling, and honest national democracy against
wholesome measure by connecting the admin
istraton with it. Such an attempt must fail
it must sink like lead into the mighty waters.
We have stood by the national democracy OF
New York in their seyerest trial. We have
been denounced and maligned on their ac-
count, and therefore we speak freely when
we see any Of them enter upon iactious
course Of opposition. We permit no man and
no set of men to coerce us into the support OF
wrong policy. We suffer no man or set OF
men to drive us from the right. We had
hoped that the same spirit actuated every man
whom we have supported and sustained. Five
members from New York have disappointed
us, and we leave them to settle the matter
with their constituents under the firm belief
that when these gentlemen see how they have
strengthened those whom they sought to in
jure, how they have injured those whom they
ought to have strengthened, and how their adj
dress has been censured by their friends and
commended by their enemies, they will repent,
in sack-cloth and ashes, that they have per-
mitted their personal grievances to pervert
their judgments, and mislead and betray them
into such a position that nothing but fight or
treason can save them.
We turn with great satisfaction from these
FIVE, to those Others Of the national democrats
in Congress who value the Constitution more
than they do the indulgence Of a rancorous re-
venge, and who make patriotism, rather than
faction, their guide. These latter are the true
exponents Of the New York national demo-
Gratis. They have faithfully carried out the
principles they professed. They have not dis
appointed their constituents, their country, or
their friends.