Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-02-10

amends for the past by long course OF good
,.ots, without pay; but they could not endure
that they should be installed at once in the
highest posts, and rewarded with the conf
denco Of the Administration. They knew well
the jealous and exacting temper Of the South,
and saw clearly that the thing to be done was,
to arouse its suspicion of the fidelity Of the Van
Buren, men, to provoke it to increase its de-
mands and to intimidate the Administration
by the imputations Of Free-Soilism. They
pursued this policy--separated themselves from
all political fellowship with the Van Buren,
men-charged them with still harboring the
sentiments and purposes in reference to Slavery
they had openly avowed in lS4s, while they
masked them under false professions for the
sake of apublic plunder suggested doubts
Of the fidelity Of the Administration to South
crn interests--complainc Of the ingratitude
with which they had boon treated by slave
holders, and limited to them, that let any emer-
gency arise, or new test Of loyalty to the Com
promises become necessary, and they would
soon learn who were their true friends at the
| North.
The Slave Interest was aroused--its jealousy
was excited--its more jealous champions be
gan to question the policy of the Adminstra-
ton in appointing to office men who had for
merly been prominent Free-Soilers and to
hestow their sympathiss upon tho old Slavery
Democrats or Hards,o as they now were
called.
The result showed how ounningly these men
had laid their plans. The Administration was
| frightened The nomination Of Dix was aban-
doned demonstrations Of great zeal in execu-
ting the Fugitive Slave Law were made; Ca
lcb Cushing, in behalf of the President, an
nounoed that it was his purpose to crush
OUT the Anti-Slavery sentiment Of the coun-
| try; and the policy Of selsoting those who had
once made themselves conspicuous as Free
Sellers, for prominent Offices, was no longer
persisted in.
But this was not enough. The Hards Y
still maintained their organization, and, as the
polls showed, were, numerically, at least as
strong as their opponents. Their sympathizers
multiplied in the South. The schism began to
hpreau lnCO Otner Ctate5
Ii was under these circumstances that Con-
gress met Here was the South, with it's sus-
picions against the Administration, not indis-
posed to subject it and its Van Buren, support
ers or the 1SoftsD to some new test There
stood the g Hards,n INSCRIPTIONS as to Slavery,
ready to accept any test that could be invent
ed-and there, the Softs,o determined not to
lose their hold on the Administration, and yet
dreading the trial to which they might be
subjected As to the Administration, " doth
not the OK know its owner, and the ass its mas
ter's crib?o It knew the Power that control
led il, and dared not defy it.
Now, let us supposs that just at this moment
some profoundly calculating Northern politi-
clan, sympathizing secretly with the Hards. or
ambitious to succeed the present incumbent Of
the Presidential Chair, or devoted to the pecu-
liar interests of the South, or prompted by an
extraordinarily disinterested purpose to redress
an imaginary wrong, done thirty three years
ago to that section, should step forward with
project, never before Matched in the brain of
man, to repeal the Missouri Compromise, and
lay open every foot Of United States territory to
Slavery-what would naturally be the relative
positions towards ths schemes of the several
parties just designated
aGood!n exclaims the South we csn now
accomplish two objects Of vital Importance to
our interests; test the fidelity Of the Admins
tration and the Sofia and blot out q Statute
which fastened upon Slavery stigma and shut
I il out from vast portion of the Territory of
the Union. We stand by this scheme to the
bitter endV
aGoodin org the Hardsn ave are true
to the Compromises Of 1850, to the Baltimore
platform, to the rights Of the South, and cheer
fully accept the test. Let il be applied-it
will separate between the true and false friends
Of the South, the sheep and the goats. You
will soon zee who is The National Democracy
aAh-hum-let us see-well, perhaps-aye
aye-very good! drawls the Administration ;
Eve were not exactly thinking Of this; but of
course, thers is nothing in reason that we are
not willing to do, to yindicate tho confidence
reposed in us by our Southern friends Yes
yes--capital! The Missouri Compromise, it
must be repealed"
Rather hard" interpose the Softsn--
not 10 the programme--did not contract for
this-not in the Compromise Of Is50-against
the Baltimore Platform--no fnality, then, after
all--oan't stand il, and yet--the Administra-
toni Where is it, Where shall we be 2
We can't stand it--but, there are tho Offices;
and the aHardsn scoundrels, they will take
our plsce--lct us see--not exactly practical
question--after all Slavery will not 70 there
perhaps il may be well 70 take the test ;--ah !!
the People, the constituency! Confound it,
we are damned il we do, and damned if we
don'tl 0, that we had not given up Buffalo
for BALTIMORE
DO we caricatnres Have we not given truth
| ful picture Of the Introduction OF the scheme