Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-05-18
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THURSDAY. MAY Is, 1854.
The Post.

i" 1t is understood that the freesoilers, wings,
&C., who oppose the Nebraska bill, will unite
to sustain the recreant democratic members of
Congress for re- election. Of course they will
democratic deserters are always made whg,
captains, as Bell and White of Tennessee,
Wicklife of Kentucky, Tallmage of New
York, MeDuftie of S. Carolina, and host of
others, were in Jacksons day, and as Hale
and Tuck were in New Hampshire at more
recent date and as their in,itatorS will be now.
But there ia a mighty low, dark, deep, politi-
cal gulph beneath them, and into which they
are as sure to lodge, finally, as scorn is to fol-
low treason.
The Boston Post of Wednesday, contained
the above article. 1t seems to us to be a unique
production. 1t bears striking moral resem-
blance to the Irishman's pig. There is a
streak of fear, streak of wrath, and streak
of prophecy in it. The eminent sinecurist of
the Navy Yard, is evidently afraid that the
northern people will not acquiesce in the Ne
braska swindle, though the purchased MAORI
ty should consummate it. And he is also APP
| prehensive that the northern constituencies
will unite to sustain honest men, independent
|
ont the bitterness of his heart on the north
ern democrats, who will not sell themselves
and liberty to the administration and threat
ems to have them wallow in a "mighty, low,
dark, deep, political gulph" for their treason.
The Post denounces the northern democrats,
who have opposed the repeal of the Missouri
compact as recreant;" and it distinguishes
their opposition to the Douglas bill as
"treason.' We can neither perceive the re-
creancy nor the treason. This Nebraska bill
has been a fatal affair to the democratic party,
even in a strictly party sense. New Hamp-
shire, Connecticut and Rhode Island, were
sufficient evidence of this fact. The politicians
look upon the presidency as being, all the
time, up at auction. Douglas being an aspi-
rant, bids Nebraska for the Southern vote,
whereupon Pierce makes the same Offer and
throws in Cuba. The democratic party, so
! called; that is, thepeople composing it at the
North, were not taken into consideration at
all in the affair. Douglas, Pierce, & Co.,
were rivals for place and power. They expect
rank and file whithersoever they pleased; as
they had formerly led them, but they could
only hope to woo the Southern chivalry by
bowling before the Jugernaut of slavery, and
eating Southern dirt. They have, therefore,
for selfish purposes, proved recreant to their
duty as Legislators, to their faith as democrats,
and to their honor as men. 1t viii not do tor
one of their paid partizans to brand the only
individuals in that party, who have remained
true to liberty and right, in spite of the out
rageous appliances of the administration, as
recreant democrats and reasonable Americans.
And what after all is treasons Is it the repu-
diation of the sovereignty of an audacious
demagogue, or of the sovereignty of the peo-
pie! The people are opposed to this bill, and
Frank Pierce is in favor Of it. Is he traitor,
therefore, who votes for the people, and who
does not vote for Frank Pierce; The Post
and its friends will probably have practical
solution of this question before they are many
years older.
We trust that this Nebraska atrocity has
sufficiently aroused the Northern people to
perceive the menaced danger to the nation,
from slavery, and also to the necessity of uni
ting, irrespective of party, to put down the
traitors and conspirators, who have deceived
and betrayed the country. A united, strong
aggressive Northern party will, we trust,
spring up, like a phoenix, where the wall that
repels slavery from Nebraska, is broken down
by the administration of Frank Pierce.