New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-16

thst majority nost be allowed supreme swss over th
ysst interests Of the present aud the future siAcas
thai majority nsy be acting in defiance cftbe s know
will OF ,hose wtOn they represeut, or ever be corrgP
and purchased majority. Whence came this bIstsr,
doctrine that majority Of Congress must be SUB
mittej to- although il be known ths: that minority il
sctirg against the wishes aud in contrsentol Of tht
rights Of tie people Who are lie sOvereigns in thi,
eountry-tLe people or their representatives. All il
tie latter prove fAthess shad not the people cain
their night that measures OF the greatest sad most
during consequence, TO which tAey unslterl5y op
posed shall rot be coDsumms.od by their reacLerous
public seIvsnts II il time this right should be
asserted The cIsis demands H. And who shall
CppOse i. Is il tie iaiaess representatives them
selves We hsd a. well listen TO the reIBonsranees
Of = eulprit against his arrest. We ssy. that
the existing Nebraska majority is madf MAORI
ty. That il ID a majority manufactured out ci MI
nority We cay unLesitatingy that there was no ma
iority for the repesl OF the Missouri Compromise in
Congress at the opening of the present sessiDn We
but declare the public conviction when say that no
represeUtative OF the free States would have dare
to svow himself in favor of that measure in the
yass pending his election. We iterate perfectly we'll
known fact when We affirm that the existing majority
for the Nebrasks bill in the House is reluctant ma
iority, and composed OF men who 90 not IN their
hearts approve this measure; that they are men WHO
have at one time or another since the opening of this
controversy ayOwed their earnest regret that the
oues,on had been brought up, and their desire to
escape the necessity of supporting it, But through
weakness, through improper influences, through want
of force to resist the of an unscrupulous Ad
ministrstion, sufficient number have yielded their
opposition and gone with the gina minority to form
majority And we even more fearlessly assert that
he constituency of every representative district in
he free States, with scarce single exception is to-
lay totally opposed to this measure.
Shall it be said, then that such majority must be
,llowed to triumph without appeal to the people
" hat sort Of Democracy is that which claims an i'm
nuniiy in outrage upon the popular sentiment What
ort of Democracy is that which rejects the sway of
he popular sovereignty and would force obnoxious
through Congress tie ground thar if ii be
,nce passod such is the sobrcty Of the people and
uch are their high qualities Of citizenship, chat they
s acquesce therein, no matter how repugnant 1t is
\ hat sort of regard for popular sentiment is
hat which exercises itself in seeing how far it
an impose upon the people without exciting re-
tllion or revolution What sort of al apology |
Dr an Objectionable measure is it to say. The |
people will acquiesce, the people will submit, when
ii has once become a law" They will submit. and
NY Simply. it is urged. because resistance in
Dives heightened and weary process, ant men faint
y the wsyside in long efforts and protracted sirug
les.
We say it Is time to resias this mode Of pressing ard
i;c liz hon ia
ne OF such enduring consequences and vast relations
the Nebraska bill, We say it is time to contemn
nd resist the efforts of men who are acting in known
ppositOu to the wishes of their constituents. 1t is
me to repudiate the conduct of aithl,ss representa-
yes and to demand that they shall not insult the very
lea of popular government by successful perfdy. /
md there is and can be, no more fitting time than |
ow upon this Nebraska question. Forty-one repre-
entatiyes from the free States. whose names be-
ore the reader in another part of this paper have
We believe grossly violated their trust and betrayed
be interests of their constituents and now en-
sped in irving to consummae their deed OF treachery
" acts Of ine1cusable const.aint and violence In
Jew Of the existing state OF things it is incum-
,ent upon the various constituencies of these |
neu to meet in convention ard demand that their rep
follow their instructions resign their
eats FOry-oue men Of ordinary abilities, like those
whose daily spread before the reader havea
Consequence and a very significant consequence when
citing as representatives. and backed by their several
Constituencies But their claim, and their sole claim
o consideration rests upon this fact. II they notor
usly nsrepresent their constituents then that regard
nd consideration yanshes and becomes of no account
5hatever. 1t absolutely ceases. They become no
lore than any other foryone on the street, and
ave rightui claim than they to set up their
ldyidual will against the will of the people. II is
eriectly notorious that large number of these
,rty-oIe men are in this latter category 1t is
le case with the three representatives from New
.ngland 1t is the case with most if not
H. of the representatives from Pennsy vana and New
ork II is the case with most of those from Indiana,
nd with all from Michigan. But need not partic-
larize. No man questions that large majority OF
be forty -one are acting in defiance of their eonsttu
nts on this Nebraska question. 1t is under these
circumstances and with these views that we urge IN
easing efforts to battle all attempt. to press that
leasure until il can be submitted to the test OF
opuar vote Ii the majority of the people are for it
We shall have not one word to offer against a direct
ote upon it, But we do most strenuously object TO
eing sold out by traitors
THE TURKISH WAR.