Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-09-20
INCREASE OF SECTIONAL FEELING.


openly proclaimed that slavery shall be circumscri-
bed-that is slaveholding States shall be
admitted into the Union; and it is also proclaimed
that the fugitive-save law and the Nebraska acts
sLa!. 6e repealed. These are now the elements of
strength in the Wing party Of the free States. They
have just carried Maine on these issues and the ap
prehension is that they will sweep other Democrat
c States Allied with the spirit of the old alien
laws, or in other words Know Nottingham these
clements present themselves in the most formidable
and dangerous aspect
We refer to these facts with profound regret. And
it is matter as we'll for alarm as regret when we
see whole communities arraying themselves almost
as one against the cherished institution of SO
large portion Of the Union and uttering threats,
which, if executed, can result no otherwise than in
dissolution and probably civil war. But the South,
v insist, is more censurabe now than in 1850.
Then she received in the celebrated compromise"
but little of substantial character beyond law,
based upon the Constitution, for the reclamation of
her fugitive-slaves; and now, because one of the
principles of that compromise" is re-assered-the
right of the people Of the Territories to say wheth
er or no they will have domestic slavery-she is
sailed and denounced in larger measure and with
fourfold bitterness. But why, we are asked by even
some Southern men, this storm raised? Where
fore did Judge Douglas introduce the principle re-
f5-red to in the Nebraska bill? The answer is plain
to the point, and conclusive: As Chairman Of the
Committee Territories in 1850 he brought for
ward that princpleit received the approval of such
men as Clay, Cass, and Webster, and became part
of the 1" compromise" Of that year, in which the
country generally acquesced; and if he had failed
to report it in the Nebraska bill, he would have been
regarded and justly, disposed to yield to the de-
mands of fanaticism and to abandon the Constitu-
tonal rights of the Southern States He but simply
discharged his duty-he trod in the path marked out
in 1885, and it is for this that he is vifed in the
free States, insu!ted, and denied hearing at
h own home in Illinos
The Democratic party proper of the free States
have thus far maintained themselves with much gal
lantrvland frmness. We honor them for this. We
can appreciate the Importance of their efforts in
behalf and we see that they sustaining them
selves as an organization only in that they stand
ing the bssis ofthe Constitution. The great doc
tine Of tile rights Of the States and Of the people
is the doctrine, and that alone which enables them
to breast the storm Of sectonalis and to preserve
their organization for the safety of the Union now,
and for proud triumph to the cause hereafter. That
there is defection-that many falling away-that
the ranks are being thinned here and there by de-
sertion by those who too selfish, ambitious,
cal to hold on and hold out good soldiers of
the national army of Democracy, cannot be denied.
But if detection exist in the Democratic ranks, dis
organization itself is the prevailing feature in the
Wing ranks in the same quarter The Wing party,
as national party, has ceased to exist.
One of the Washington Correspondents of the Bal
timore Sun says:
''The increase of sectional feeling in the coun-
try manifested in the present elections and news
paper disc ussions is much to be deprecated. The
old lines of parties erased The portion of the
northern wing party that can be brought at any
future time act with the southern wing Of it will
be very small and uninHuntial. Even the combina-
ton between northern democracy and the South, so
long relied upon to the Union, is to be shaken
New York is likely be thrown out Of the old line
of democracy, and Pennsylvania is shaken accord
ing to present appearances by the prevailing lsns
Of the day The interests of commerce will be,
however, bond of union and harmony, long after
party ties shall be severed The great railroad that
is to connect the Gulf with the Ohio is not stopped,
as am glad to notice. either by the political the
business panic; and the ultimate connection that is
to be established between the Southwest, and the
Northwest, and their mutual dependence will keep
the country quiet though both Of the leading
political parties should be overthrow. The great
Mississippi valley is soon to give tone and healthy
one, to our political system, and render har mess all
mere sectional agitation"
We see it stated that Judge Douglas spoke at Nor |
ris, in Grundy Co. Illinois, Tuesday last, and |
was listened to quietly; after which the meeting |
adopted Resolutions condemning his course on the |
Nebraska question Another evidence of bitter
tonal feeling. The treatment he received at Chica-
CO. when he attempted to speak in vindication of
his course, is fresh in the public mind
Lieutenant Governor Willard, of Indiana, is |
young man of surprising ability popular orator,
filled with enthusiasm for national principles and
bold and eloquent in uttering his opinions. The
last number of the Chicago Qll.) Times Announces
that Governor Willard had arrived there on an in
vtation to address the people in the Nebraska bill
and with the result described below. While read
ing this spirited sketch says, the Washington Union,
it occurred to us that the Governor had got into
despotism instead of among liberal people; that he
was talking to audience filed with Austrian hos
Titles to popular sovereignty; or to crowd OF En-
gishmen, who hated the American Union, and
particularly the sages and patriots of the American
revolution 1t will be seen that this mad and insen-
safe mob groaned the constitution and the Union,
and Missed the memory of Robert Morris, the pa
trlotlc Quaker who furnished Washington with
money in the darkest days of 1776:
- During the last week we announced that the
eloquent Lieutenant Governor Willard, of Indiana
would address meeting of the democracy CT Chicago
On saturday afternoon at Dearbon Park. On Satur-
uay' the weather being unpleasant for outdoor
ticeung, the assemblage postponed till seven
CLOCK, and then to meet at North Market Hall.
- =, At the hour appointed, though it raining
~ lne ume, the hall was pretty we'll filled, and the
",lioSC order prevailed Governor Willard COM
inehced his address by saying that he intended to