Washington sentinel., 1854-03-07

passed In what way, then, will it interfere
with the citizens of the north 2 If southern
man should 90 there with his slaves, what
then? He purchases his ground, and on it
exclusively employs his negroes. They harm
no one--they interfere with no one. This is
the head and front of the offence; it hath this
extent, no more. If the Missouri compromise
allowed slavery anywhere, it was compact
with sin, for Mason and Dixon line cannot
make the same thing virtue on one side and
sin on the other.
at must be observed that the entire basis
upon which is built the opposition to this bill
is the wrongs and sufferings inflicted upon the
negro slaves. This is the opposition, and his
alone, for they express perfect willingness to
let the south take all their slaves into the Ter
ritories, if the south will admit that they then
become free do this, say the northern oppo-
nents, and take all your blacks with you.
"Now, take note take note take good
note that after all the narrowing pictures Of
the sufferings of the slaves, after all the elo-
quent denunciations of the wrongs endured by
the slaves, when the question comes direct,
will the migration by southern men with their
slaves into this territory, augment the suffer
ing of the slaves-will their wrongs be aggra-
waited? Do not their owners go there because
slave as well as master is to be benefited? The
answer is distinctly avowed, that it is not be-
cause of the aggravated injuries and sufferlngs
of the slave which induce them to oppose IT.
but because the whites do not thrive IN slave
States thus if there be such q thing as Gods
truth, the whole of this opposition to the Ne
braska bill, the whole Of the jeremiads over
the sin and wrong of slavery, resolve them
selves into the conclusion that we do not pur
pose to benefit the slave, we do not expect by
our opposition to ameiorate his condition; !;
on the contrary, we admit that by allowing the
extension of area, we add to the comfort of the
slave ! but, as the white man does not thrive
in a slave State, we prefer that the slaves
should continue to endure, without alleviations
all the evils they now endure; SO that we OF the
north secure exclusive possession of the COM
mon territory. No man from the north has
pretended to sAo,o that the passage Of the Ne
braska bill acas cruel to s1ares, on acas nyu-
.,ious to them. Perhaps no man will doubt that
if the question were left to the slaves them
selves, they would vote for an indefinite liberty
Of extension.
"To oppose the bill is oppression to the
slave himself; and no friend of the slave
would or could oppose it.
"The only ground of opposition-and let it
be boldly and openly taken-is, that it is the
wish and interest of these men that the slaves
should continue to suffer, rather than that they
should be deferred from entering the Territory
by the presence Of slaves"
We have thus endeavored to present plain
historical statement of this whole subject. In
regard to the facts exhibited, there can be no
doubt; and we think there can be as little
doubt that the anti-Nebraska advocate, in
addition to the humiliation of defeating his
own argument, is most mercilessly handled by
his opponent Such stranger as we have
supposed to be an attentive listener to their
debate could not for moment doubt as to the
decision to be rendered