The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-11
The Nebraska Biu.-The Prospect

No greater fatal error could be committed than
to that all who profess give to the Nebraska
bill jealous support its real friends and sincerely
desire lis passage. When Judge Douglas made his re-
port the 4th Of January, accompanied by his original
bill. congratulated ourselves upon the fact that he had
planted himself upon the Compromise OF 1850 final
settlemeRtno final merely the Territories then in
dispute, but final TO all future legislation for territorial
governments. Having adopted this as the basis OF his
action he had applied the great pacific principles of the
compromise of 1850 10 the bill for organizing
the Territory of Nebraska We INDUCED the confident
hope that the propositions submitted in the report and bill
would be unhesitangly affirmed by Congress- and we
added that "hey present practical test OF the sincerity
Of the covenant entered into by the democratic party a,
Baltimore" We then looked, we still look 10 the
passage Of the bill by the united democratic of
aors and representatives as the final expulsion OF the
slavery question from party organization The oc-
cason suspicious for the restoration of cordial union
in our own ranks In all that have written on the sub
ject, we have had eye the cultivation OF fra
ternal feelings betwx those Of our party who had been
estranged from each other.
Here was measure that was based upon principles
which every member OF the party pledged to sustain
as fundamental articles in our political creed. II required
only the sacrifice of anpabes and preiudces engendeed
by past dssenson, enable all democrats to harm onze
cordially upon the ground of intervention, and there
by 10 blot out all for future discord 1t required
great political forecast TO that the abolition sga-
tors would promptly seize the opportunity for nsnuac-
turing sectional panic II be regretted that
the abolonists were to be the foremost and most
camorous opponents OF the Their opposition
furnishes presumpve evidence that the bill is right
since they have been found uniformly opposed to every
proposition which had for its object the pschcaton OF the
public mind the slavery question. II was not by
abolioniss that the Of the could be
dangered bu, the real danger from the beginning existed
ia the obstacles cordial union of democrats growing
out Of recent local and personal dssensons
There danger thai whose feelings had been
imbittered towards each other, and OF whom bad
become imbitered against the administration could not
be induced let by cones be by-gones," and come
geher for the purpose OF giving 10 the measure their
united and support although that measure was
based upon principle which they all readily and cor.
daily assented Our fears this subject have been re.
allied and confirmed by the of number OF Jour.
mails which profess be advocates Of the bill Who now
fails TO that such papers the New Hampshire State
Reporter the New York Herald, the National Democrat,
and their several sympa,bzers, concerned TO
have The administration defeated injured than TO see
harmony and union restored 10 the democratic party by
the triumphant passage Of the Nebraska blll
II has been announced again and again. in a manner
that precludes all for doubt, that the administration
is earnestly and unreservedly in favor Of the measure
There however, much to believe that the efforts
made by some protested friends OF the bin to excite
doubt and dstus TO the position of the administration
proceed from settled purpose either defeat the meas
ure or the of s passage, to deny TO the exeoo
tive the legitimate credit which atiacbe. to The success
OF one Of the measures sustained by II and identified
with its policy These lnsinualions against the firm.