Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-06-30
DAILY NATIONAL ERA.


for such of the Northern States as have not
yet fully conquered their prejndices'"
The Post itself, considering it's clear views
OF the enormous aggressions OF Slavery, and
its forecast Of future usurpations, maintains
remarkable equanimity and does not seem
disposed to counsel any plan Of redress or pre-
vention, With great deal Of sound abstract
philosophy, it is patient waiter on Provi
dcnce, and is clearly inclined to let things
take their usual course Practically, It's posi-
ton is now, what il was pending the last Pres
idential caucus. 1t does not recognise the ne
cessity Of any other combinations than such as
in 1850 gave us the Fugitivo Slave Act and
in 1854, opened to Slavery an empire shut
against it for thirty three years. II in conse-
quence of the play of these combinations, the
Slave Power should 90 on increasing IN
strength and arrogance, till bold enough to
punish as Treason the expression Of Antl-Sla-
very opinion, M it has already made it a cause
Of Acknowledgement, we suppose it's philosophy
will remain unchanged We find it embodied
10 the closing paragraph of an editorial which
appeared in it's columns two or three weeks
since, as follows:
at is proper for us to add farther our con-
viction, that no party can be durable that is
based upon single question of public policy
and that the people can take no more fatal
course than to run candidates for the Presden-
cy who do not reflect the wishes and opinions
Of the majority,
Whether those opinions are such as are
lenominated Wing or Democratic does not
vary the case if the country prefers tho
Wing policy. it is better that it should have
Wing President till it learns the folly of that
preference Ii it prefer the Democratic policy,
lot it have Democratic President till it learns
the folly of that but any amalgamati0n Of the
two policies or parties, for the sake of directing
public Indignation against n particular abuse,
ia unnecessary and unwise There are enough
in the country qualified for the duties of the
Presidency in both the great parties, who rep
resent the sentiments Of all political sects with
in that party. There are enough Pro- Slavery
and Ant-Slavery Whigs, and Pro- Slavery and
Anti Slavery Democrats; and there are enough
free trade and protection Wings and free
trade and protection Democrats, to furnish the
country with Presidents for the rest OF the
century. There is no necessity, therefore tor
Anti Slavery Wings to vote Tor free trade
Democrat, nor for an Anti Slavery Democrat
to vote for Wing protectionist. Both parties
abound in great men, and the way to get
good President is for both to nominats good
candidates. The people will take good care of
the rest"
The practical operation of this policy of the
Post was to give us Van Buren,, the Pro-Slavery
veto and the gag in 1896, Tyler and Texas in
1910 Polk and the Mexican war in 1914,
Fillmore and the Slave -cstching Act in ls48,
Pierce and the notification OF the Missouri
Compromise in 1852. Let us not be misunder-
stood Territorial expansion is the law of our
being as a nation. With such free institutions
and energies as We have, and with popula
ton so rapidly augmenting every year from
foreign accessions, territorial growth is ne
cessity But it should have been gradual and
peaceful, in harmony with natural laws and
with Justice, always for the sake of the good OF
the whole People, and never made tributary to
the special aggrandizement of sectional ex-
ceptional and odious Interest. And thus it
might have been, had it not been for the prev
alence Of political philosophy and policy that
have divided the Shareholders, and, through
their division, given ascendency to that Sectional
Interest Not Of Territorial extension, but of
the manner in which it has been conducted,
and of one base purpose to which it has been
perverted, do we complain.
"There are enough free trade and protection
Wings and free trade and protection Democrats
to furnish the country with Presidents for tho
rest Of the century, says the Post Certainly,
but that paper knows that, Wing or Democrat,
free trader or protcctionist, no man goes into
the Presidential chair, unless committed to the
support Of Slavery-and wbyf Precisely be-
cause the great majority of the voters of the
free States have said, with the Posi-, !" there is
no necessity for Anti-Slavery Wings to vote
for free trade Democrat, nor for an Anti-Sla-
very Democrat to vote for a Wing protectionist"
This would be true, if the slave States did
not aipoys unite in requiring every candidate
for the Presidency to concur in their views Cf
policy in regard to Slavery, or, If the question
of Slavery were no more important than that
of free trade and protection. We know that
the Post will admit that the slave States al
ways unite in such rtquisition. We are
therefore left TO infer that in its sober iudg-
mcnt the Slavery question is o subordinate one.
Only ON this ground can we explain it's advocacy
of the election Of General Pierce. Ii knew that
he was pledged to a Pro-Slayery policy, and
yet supported him bccauee he entertained
"sound = views in relation to a Tariff, TO Banks,
and tho administration OF Government.
Was not this subordinating the question OF
Slavery? And what has the cause Of Democ-
racy gained, in tho Judgment of the Post, from
the policy it and it, associates pursued Has
the Tariff been reduced, or is 1t likely TO be
reduced? Has the President vetoed any Of the
Land BiIls giving away immense portions of
tho public domain, to railroad monorolies ,
Did he show scrupulous economy in offering