Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-03-01

patrimony Of Freedom secured TO ~ by that
Compromise "a fair opportunity is now
presented" they are told, to redeem the
pledge"
A Democratic ~ paper, published At Rome
Georgia, says
Il aThe people of The North ioiH be put 10 far
test on tins biH We shall see aeho al as that mil
stand up for the constitutional rights cf me
south We admOnish the people OF Georgia,
and especially tho Democratic Party, ut tins
crisis, to cultivate harmony and good feeling,
and present on unbroken line of battle. Let
no one falter. Let them plant themselves upon
the granite basis Of the Constitution, and, IN
the language Of Roderick Dhu, exclaim
Come one, come all--ths rock shall fly
From its firm base as soon as l."
The South Carolina Daily Standard remarks
Of the issue presented by the Bill" Unimport-
ant as it ia, it is still an issue which will con-
vince ,ls, as we'll as any other, whether s0e can
rely upon he plighisd Jaith Of associated States,
or whether we must rely for the protection OF
our rights upon our ability to defend them"
The Shareholders are always training the
North to fetch and carry" calling upon It to
perform the most surprising feats, sometimes
for no other purpose than to keep up whole
some discipline and habit Of prompt obedi-
ence. The policy Of q atest +" has always been
q favorito one with them AT one time, the
test is, g a gag rule in Congress; at another,
a censorship Of the Post Office; at another,
pledged veto in advance against Abolition in
the District; at another that conglomerate OF
platitudes, lies, and absurdities, styled Balti-
more platform; at another, the repeal Of the
Missouri Compromise. In every case, no mat
ter what the test,n it is vital to the interests
Of the South, and the alternative solemnly pre-
sented IL, submission to ID or dissolution 81 me
!, Union. The cry is, now, Let us have unani-
NOUS resolve, to present the Nebraska BiVds one
alternative, and, If need be, disunion as the
0ther"49
Possibly, the North may submit, as usual
It may consent for the sake Of peace, and
trade, and to prevent the grass from growing
in the streets Of Boston and New York, as a
Southern editor says, to repeal the Missouri
Compromises, and let shareholders people Ne
braska with slaves; but its knee-bending fac
uIty would soon be again called into exercise.
year would not pass before the invention Of
another "test0 The express repeal of the
Slavery proyiso in the Constitution Of Or
egon would be demanded; or recognition OF
the claim Of the stakeholder to carry his slaves
with him into any Of the States OF the Union,
at his pleasure; or the adoption Of more strin-
gent measures in relation to fugitive slaves; or
the suppression Of freedom Of debate in Con-
gress on the subject of Slavery; or forcible in
tervention in the affairs Of Cuba, to prevent
emancipation, under the pretext of counteract-
ing the alleged interrogation Of England and
France. as
Let the North yield this time to an aggres-
sion 30 enormous that nothing but its shame
fal apostacy in 1850 has emboldened the slave
holders to attempt, and in the Judgment Of
the South there win be- no limit to Northern
servility 4s