The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-10-31
MR.. MOBILES RECORD ON NEBRASKA.

Somebody has sent us the Coldwaier Senti-
mel containing vindication of the Hon. DAVID
A. NOBLE from charges made against him of
being treacherous to freedom i'm Congress-
The defence embraces four mortal columns
ALL David, up among the Berkshire hills
where you were brought up. did you never
hear of the old adage. that ga stitch in timc
saves nine " Four bold ,cords, from you, and
Chamh,sr'ain and Lindsey. and five or six 9TH
pu, his heel on the Douglas infamy, j; should
be political death to him, would have saved all
these four columns of explanation.
Besides, this very defence is conformation.
Mr.. NOBLE votod to suspend the Rules, in
order to take up the Nebraska Bill. sppercc-
ding eighteen other bills. Mr.. MOBILES aplo-
gist says-
$50 far then. as voting TO tako up the bill is
concerned, it was only question whether it
should be taken up then, or three or four tceeks
| a(trrtcards'
Those were the vital weeks. There the for
trcss WIS surrendered. So The Administration
regarded il. SO the whole country regarded
| IT, 1t is true that Mr.. NOBLE claims that he
expected 10 SEQ substitute adopted. II nov
or was. Suppose it was an error Of judgment
| in Mr.. NOBLE, it WAS ono of th0se terrible err
rors that cnnst ucnts are not likely to tolerate.
There were two other occasions when Mr..
NOBLE cagcd, first in the midnight fight, aud
second in tho vote to terminate the debate.
| Tho great question doubtless among Mr..
MOBILES constituents is did he, on all and on
every occasion. bat,lc Douglas and the Admin
straiion. condcmniug alike the principles o
The bil and tho insult and violation of pledg.
cs in its introduction or did no not again and
again declare it harmless. claim that it wa:
misunderstood. and confine his opposition to
| his mere votes. Certain il is, that while tho
Administration marked ont for vengeance
MACE, Nichols, BANKS. and others, they have
been willing 10 SEQ NOBLE and LINDSEY and
CHAMBERLAIN rctnrned again tn Congress- al
though their record was apparently and essen.
tally the same.
| In the Ohio election il was not sufficient tina
a man could present n record that could b,
whitened into something like truth to freedom
1t was necessary that n man opposed first, las
ALWAYS the whole plan of Slavery Propagan
dism tha, he condemned every net by wort
and vote. directly or indirectly tending to tn,
creation of moro Slave States. Mr. NOBLE has
one. Mr.. NOBLE probably will fratcrnize a
Washington with tho Pierce and Gushing con
trail clique. and will be an Administration man
such an one Ms they can depend on. lie vii
work cheek by jolc with CALEB CUSHING. who
has proclaimed that tho free thoughts Of free
men must ID" ''cruSn"u out. Wncn OngrcSs
assemblies NOZZLE would belong to "tho party.
and voc for the party's Speaker, even if lik,
LINN BOYD, hs is Slavery's cats paw. choser
on purpose. to place Slavery Chairmon on threc
anf Slavery majority on three Of tho iou
most important Committees of tho House, al
he did before. Wo do not know how it is il
Michigan, but in Ohio. Pennsylvania and In
diana. tho people have concluded to have M
moro Linn Boyds for Speakers. and they hav,
concluded not to submit the legislation Of
groat nation to the narrow arbitrary discipline
of purely scctional party control.
Mr.. NOBLE is a very clover gentleman. bu
his C0ldvater Sentners sieve won't hold wa
ter. Ifhc had thrown himself and all his fac
ulties. his weight. aud his Influence into ih
breach, one ringing sentence Of defiance, on
emphatic dcnunciation of ireachcry. ono wore
So n'fcant that tho world could see that be
tween him and tho policy OF propagandisn
there was impossible gulf, then his constit
uents would havo snid swell done. thou goo
and faithful servant" and like MACE and Men
OILS he would have been almost unanimousl
approved. Blade.