The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-06-02
The Sentiments of National Wings on
Nebraska.


Nebraska
Tho Albany Register was established as
an organ of the " National Wings" lisup.
ported the Compromise of 1850, and labored
earnestly in favor of Mr. Fillmore or Webster
as the whig candidate for the Presidency
II has the following IN relation to the repeal
Of the Missouri Compromise. ~
"The compact of 1920 has been annulled,
the Compromises oflS50 have been thrown
to the winds. Every barrier against the ad.
vance Of Slavery has been broken down. and
the question comes home to The people ol
the free states us TO what is to be their future
action in view ut the events that have tran.
spired at Washington !, That the Nebraska
law will remain binding enactment so long
as Il remains upon the statute book by the
people of the North, nobody doubts. They
are q law.respecting and law.abiding pe0.
pie. But will they suffer 1t TO remain there
This Nebraska measure was sprung upon The
people of tho North at time wh,n they
were wholly unprepared for its occurrence,
The Congressional elections we've held with.
out the remoiesi suspicion Of the tendency
Of the events which have since iranspired.
Nobody dreamed that questions of such mo.
menious importance should arise during the
present session. Gen. Pierce was elected
without the remoiesi reference 10 them.
He was regarded as the compromise canti-
date, and no man Tor moment suspected
that were he disposed 10 be traitor 10 the
sentiment through the strength Of which he
became President that an opportunity could
BY any possibility be presented for The be-.
ilayal OF those who carried him into his pres.
eni position. Had there been in The public
mind conviction that this Nebraska scheme
would be before Congress lor lis action had
that question entered into The last Congress.
sional elections, not Ten men could have
been returned from all The North who were
no, pledged agains, it. Had il entered in
10 The las, Presidential election, aud had
Pierce avowed his intention 10 do on this
subject wha, he has done, he would have
been defeated by an overwhelming MAORI
~.
There is lesson in these events which
should be carefully studied aud applied in
the future by The North. The Northern
people should never for moment hereafter
forget that it is through their own lack Of
eau lion that The compromises have been
swept away. The South are always visi-
liant, always OIL the alert, always ready 10
take advantage of the carelessness Of the
North, TO push their peculiar institution for.
ward and build up lis power, and il was be-.
cause they saw the North sleeping, be-
canse they saw vail and ambitious Presi-
dent ready 20 bargain for The succession, be.
cause they saw Senators and Representa-.
iives whose palms i,ched for the bribe, that
they struck for The violation Of compacls
aud The abroga,ion Of compromises when
they did. No such opportunity should be
permitted 10 occur in the future. The North
should never be ionnd sleeping again. No
man should be elected 10 any position Of i'm
p0riance in The Union or in The Free States
who is not pledged against the extension Of
human Slavery aud 10 the repeal oflhe Me-
5raska law. No man should be elected TO
Congress who is no, pledged against The al.
mission Of another slave State into the
Union. The conservative men OF The North
should lake the lead in this matter, for they
have been most deeply wronged, most cru.
ely betrayed They have suffered mos, in
defense Of southern institutions. They
stood by the Constitution when fanaiicism
attacked with lis greatest fury the South,
threatening TO invade and nrlli(y the guar.
anlees Of that sacred instrument. They in.
CURED censure and conlumely for their de-
,oton TO the Constitution, and their defense
Of the rights of The South under il. They
suffered reproach at home for their adher-
ence TO the Compromises. They were con.
temned aud prosecuted, hunted from Office
and influence, because they remained firm
BY those compromises which the South have
been foremost in sweeping away.
The South have banded together against
the North, and for the extension Of the insii.
tuition Of Slavery. They are unit in all
matters relating 10 that institution. Let the
people OF the North remain true 10 them.
selves. Their position is one no, OF their
own choosing. Let them unite in favor Of
free labor and free institutions. lie, the
North be unit against The extension of hu.
man Slavery. Let them use the power
they possess 10 drive back the agg. essive
spiri, of propagandism. II agitation shall
come in, lie, il. The grea, battle between
Slavery and Freedom, must -one day be
fought, and i may rs well begin now, MS al
any time. II commoiion shall follow, If
commissions shall ensue from union Of the
North for sell.proiection, then commo,ion
aud convulsion be il. II the uuion of the
States shall be shaken, iflhe institutions Of.
The country shall be made 10 rock and reel
upon their deep foundations, be il so.--We
repeat the position Of The North is not one
Of their own choosing. They are forced 10
il BY their Southern brethren, and the re.
sponsibi!iiy OF whatever may eilsue will
rest with the South. The glory or the shame
Of the future, Of which The passage of the
Nebraska bill is the beginning, will moi rest
with The North. 1.-THE historian shall speak
OF The dissolution of this glorious Union, aud
trace lis origin 10 The transactions Of The
present session Of Congress, il he shall have
TO record The wreck of great confederacy
OF Tree states, he will also record that that
c.oniederacy, while il professed the greatest
liberty, and The deepes, regard for human
rights, was wrecked by the madness, the
stupeSSdous folly Of The propagandists ofhu.
man Slavery"
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