The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-03-24


(" consoiani TO the spirit Of republicanis@."
The carrying. out Of these principles IF
non.interseniion, and leaving the people the
right TO establish slavery il they wish, de-
says%ill quiet the exciting quss-
ton Of slavery. Futile hope Pass the
Nebraska Bill, and the sea Of agitation will
only become more purturbed. II will break
down all the ancient land marks, and add
new fuel 10 the Are. There will be no
quiet where slavery is spreading itself oyer
the fertile soil of Kansas and Nebraska
The North, with the fragments Of the brok.
en- compact goading them on, will agi,ase
with still fercer spirit, and the struggle
for mastery and power between the North
and South, between Slavery and Freedom,
will be more intense than ever before, and
j, is easy to SEQ which in the end must ri!
umph. Freedom is strong, Slavery is weak,
the former may, aud does often, submit TO
bearable restraints, but when aroused to
action BY multiplied wrongs, it cannot be
overborne; the latter may flourish by lole.
ration, bu, i, has no inherent strength, and
when lis eyaclions are pressed 10 an un-
won,ed length, their exactions only pave The
way for its ultimate downfall. Pass, this
Nebraska Bill, and the very next Congress
will be theatre OF a more deadly strife
than ever before. Every application for adj
millance OF States, formed out Of this or
any other territory, would be resisted, un-
less Slavery was prohibited, and the public
sentiment of the free States, outraged by
the destruction of the pligh,ed faith, would
demand and accomplish in the end, not only
the res tora,ion OF their own rights, bu, even
more, probably, the destruction of the sys.
TEN Of slavery itself. iIo", .a,r y
We have said tina, The Compromises Of
1850 established no principles which had
any application beyond the questions which
they Immediately settled, the Congressional
non.inerven,ion was limited 10 the territorial
governments established. This is no parii-
IAN idea. Papers, whose claims 10 democ-
racy rest upon as solid foundation as does
the Democrat, agree with us, and we do
but reitera,e their arguments. In this
State for instance, the Age, with power
and boldness which is crediiable 10 lis con-
ductors, takes strong and manly ground
against such an Interpretation. i, counsels
the House Of Representatives in an able ar.
licle, published March l6, "io allow no
fanci!ul theory Of confederation, achieved
by direct Intervention, and involving bad
national faith, TO cap,ivate lis Judgment
no specious pletex, Of establishing squat.
ter soreragnty' in the territories, in con.
tempt Of pop aiar Sovereignty in The States, 10
swerve it from It's duty" and says that this
new Interpretation of the Compromise Of
1850, such as the Democrat says i, I" heartily
concurs in, is destined 10 encounter spirit
Of opposition ,ha, will nol down al The bid.
ding Of party presses, or party leaders. II
is an Interpretation dgai..a The honest senti-
ment .of the people and the expression Of
tina, sentiment canno, be siihed or controlled
1t will find vent; and if not allowed TO do
so in legitimate remon,,rance and profess
ta,ion, the danger is, il will find il in a
more excep,ionable mode. ''.."
The Age is right. "h piR find cent"
and the public money and the public news
paper that stands in the way Of its current
will be hurried to swift destruction, and to
damning infamy. The Age says, and there
is manliness in the declaration: .s....
There are certain loads we can carry.
and there are certain other loads we cannot
carry, if we would and this Nebraska load
is one of them. The sentiment of the poo
pie is fxed and immovable on this question,
beyond the power Of the press-which is
omnipotent when right, but impotent when
wrong-to change or repress it," 't',
The Democrat has taken load which it
cannot carry. 1t may try, but it will stag
ger and reel like drunken man, ard like
him at last fall into the ditch, and lying
there become the scott and sneer Of the
passers by. .., ...-...., Sn. n. ...
In the preparation Of this article, we have
not busted ourselves to present any Of those
minor circumstances connected with the
congressional history Of the bill under con-
sideration. The great fact that it abrogates
the solemn compact of 1920 for the prohibit
ton of Slavery north Of 500 80 and, as ex-
pressed by leading southern papers,gives the
South, ''trhat Il did not possess before, a
chance TO colombo ~ The territory,J Nebras-
ka," and thatit is supported by Southern
men in Congress for this avowed object,
overshadows every thing else. It is this
great fact which stamps il with the seal Of
iiniquity, and which will brand with IN
enduring infamy the public man from the
free States who gives it his support, - !.
! Mr.. Spofard in his speech published in
our last, relates the fact tina, during one oil
the terrible days Of the frs, revolution in
France, a Frenchman stood al The bar Of
the National Convention, and cried for the
space Of an hour, az demand tie arrest Of
knares and dastards." Should similar
cry be raised a, this time. in the Capitol a,
Washington, wouldn't no, fall with startling
Significance on The public ear, aud strike