The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-06-15
VOL. VIII,
DEMOCRACY - TIE BALTIMORE PLATg0gv
THE NEBRASKA ISSUE.


from the free States who voted foT the .s,.
of the Missouri Compromise. That IS li,,.
Men of all parties in the North and W.,..vl
love fair and honest dealing, ought to unit. &,
that purpose-ought to unite for the Fa.,
of dsmissng forever from public life lyar7u.
of those members. To reach the Senator. %.
must regenerate the Legislatures OF the 81.
they misrepresent, and through them -st,
the passage of resolutions requesting then
resign. As to the Representative, should o..
of them dare to come before the People En-,
election, let there be a union Of voter, b..
spectively of party, against him. It void,
shameful to suffer any party preiudica. Or 81
theory, or metaphysical abstraction. 20 s, 7
disunion and promote his re election.
Again: let us send back, it is said sy,.
Senator and Representative who voted aga,
the repeal. This would be gong LITTLE d,
far. 1t would secure the return Of some ng.
bers who, while favoring the prcgr.s- u,a
Bin in it's preliminary stages merely record
their names against it or the ina' ua.,.-.
save their position with their csa.tr-rr
Such men are worse than thy.e wf, 49,.
openly and consistently for The Bli and ia.
no more claim to reelection. than coward
hypocrisy, and treason, have prospect and .-
fidence.
Nor, in selecting candidates for araI
Congress, should we confne ouyselgcs to- 4
single issue presented by this Bill The So
Power will put forth new demand. giving a..
to other questions of far greater nomea. tL.-
the repeal of the repeating clause Of ;uc r..
braska Bill. Let US have no irlgmcatlry. hi.
way men; give Us complete Rep.cscatuy.
ready to confront the Slave Power IN s
length and breadth Of its demands and
strip it Of its usurpatiops.
A leading paper belonging to tie Admin.
tration Party in Maine, which has stcaaa.,,
opposed the repeal Of the Missouri Comm.
mise and now withstands the attempt to MAX
adhesion to this measure test Of party gy,..
doxy, denounces the Washington Uai1n Fl.
cially, for its course in this respect-lu. "a
what ground, think you? On the gro4niaa
such policy would violate the Baltimore pa.
form Hear it:
"The Washington Union cannot fr.glte--
drive Democrats from the Baltimore gr'f
or int infdeiity 10 tic creed Of tie Damon
part4, by its senseless rant about Ahal.t.
That paper has done more within the la., :.
months to swell the ranks OF the AJ3litiD-ls
than a regiment Of such men az Cons
Phillips, Greeley, Seward and Fred. Don.
could have accomplished IN q lifetime
whole labOrs have 'enured to the LergE
the common opposition to the Democrat ...
ty' While the Union has headed q c7u.
against the Territorial portion Of the Cum!,
mise of 1850, its counterpart the Additions.
initiating its example, have commenced ,-
sGde against the fugitive stare lecture OF 2.
Compromise. BetWeen them both. Hfy Lr.
dashed the country into d HdUerg Cgl;q'e.
aUhich threatens destruction alike to the rera
the country and the Unitg Of the Dsma.a
party; and as if to make sure work of The
shipwreck of the party, the Union has the f.r.
ity to persist in making an approval of q waa
ton violation Of the Baltimore platform. 5,.
of party fealty. The Democracy Of the Nyr..
spurn this test, and deny the power OF d u1
.jOrity of the members Of Congress nr q TIE
Union, in their name. to usurp the far.t.s.
of the Democratic National Contention "
changing the creed Of the party"
Recolloct-the editor who talks thus dlJut
ly of the Baltimore Platform" src-ks oiae
equal criminslity OF friends and foe Of ST.
very, in lashing the country into lamerm.s
agitation, and assumes that the exceed # De
mOcracy is embodied in that platform va.
thorough and constant opponent Of the REGAL
of the Missouri Compromise, and IS ini-.
at its cOnsummaiion He represent, ar-.
class of so-called Democrats bur. lrt us ,
the question plainly-is it among such men %.
are to look for true and efficient opp3aus
the Slave Power, fit representatives cl the FIRE
States, at such an hour as this $, tr Is
opposition to the Nebraska Bill goes they a-
honest, bat they seem to have no Con,ep,1
of the real source of this mischief or of ,s
necessary and eternal autagonisra bataar
Slavery and Liberty, between the NlavcaH
ing Oligarchy and true Democracy he.we
the necessities and ambition Of the Slave Dr.
terest, and the necessities and laws dc.cuHr
ing and regulating the Interests o. Free La5r
"The Baltimore Platform What base
we to do with that yillanous compound u ..
surdities, platitudes, and dia5oiism5' $.
what a blessing it has been to the country
has given us n President and Congress, to Wh.
we are under obligations for the repeal Of L.
Missouri Compromise, and for the auEIn'ra
ton of Sectional: Interest that threatens
convert the People of the Free S.2.as iai
mere hewers of wood and drawers O. T-.r
And is Z" the Democracy to be cailei o..
do the same work over again return BIZ
the dog to its vOmit, and the SOW to Ec. rl'
lowing in the mire?2
"The Baltimore platEornl" To it the c.ar
try owes the continued degradation o, q,
Democratic name, the continued prostitute
the Democratic power, the increasing arrosa
and voracty of the Slave Interest, ami I'll
gigantic schemes Of cong lest and slave cmp.'
which now menace the peace, power and A
istence, of the Union.
The memory of the Public needs refreshing
now and then. Here are some Of the sacred
articles of that blessed Democratic crcod. i1
Baltimore PLATFORM
"That Congress has no power under the ta
stitutiOn to interfere with or control the done-
tic institutions of the several States and th-
such States are the sole and proper judge q
everything appertaining to their own atIi,
not prohibited by the Constitution thai o.
efforts Of the Abolitionists or others made
induce Congress to interfere with questions
Slavery, or to take incipient steps IN relate
thereto, are calculated to lead to TIE ms
alarming and dangerous consequence. AL
that all such efforts have an inevitable toFi.7
cy to diminish the happiness of the people sa-
ondanger the stability and permanencY o. O.
Union and ought not to be courtonanCot y
any friend of our political institutions.
Resolved, That the foregoing proroza..a
and 1ras 3D., ughr.'