The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-10-19

upon the development OF the Tree country Oh
the Mississippi, not upon the back population
of its own State Were Missouri free State,
as densely peopled as productive, as energetic,
as Illinois, the growth of her great city would
be unparalleled. The wonder is, that there is
not courage end intelligence enough in the
State to throw off the incubus of Slavery, which
Mr.. Atchison and his multiplying associates have
contrived to place in the ascendant, subjecting
to prescription all who do not swear by its
name.
GOVERNMENT BY The PEOPLE, Or BY A Pc
CULIAR CASTE-WHICH sHALL II BET
Slsveholding politicians begin to be troubled
at tho agitation in the free States They did
not believe that the People at the North
would react against the Nebraska outrage.
Their submissive conduct in 1850 led them to
suppose that Its forbearsnce knew no limit
The Northern psrtisans of the Administration
shared in the delusion; and members of Con-
gress, sitter short sojourn among their con-
stituents would report on their return pre-
vailing sentiment among the People in sup
port of the policy of Pierce and Douglas
Nothing could exceed their self-confdence, or
the audacity of their slaveholding allies. Ev-
erything was now possible to them. They
could seize Cuba, extend the Law of Slavery to
the free States, carry out their favorite scheme
of Slavery propagandism in California, gain
foothold in st. Domingo and perpstuate indef-
nitely tho ascendenoy of the Slave Power
What was their surprise and modification
to see all their calculations in danger of being
bsffled-to observe everywhere throughout
the free States indications of reaction they
had supposed impossible-to hear the cry
shouted from East to West Indemnity for
the Past, Security for the Future!" They
wondered, expos.ulated, protested. Why can
not you, People of the North, DO quiet? was
their language. We are not excited-why
should you be. All talk of disunion has
ceased among us-why should you talk Of dis
union? We are satisfied with the Union
why will you put it in jeopardy We wish
to live on fraternal terms with you-why all
this i'll blood on your part'
Yes chimed in the tribe of quistists-it was
all wroug-we opposed the measure while there
was any hope of defeating it-but what is done
cannot be undone.. Submission now is the die
tate of common sense and patriotism. Your
brethren of the South are quiet and peace
ably disposed-why not make up, and be
friends9 Why foster these sectional discords!
Let all truo national men set their faces against
agitation and fsnaticisml
The People of the free States were stubborn.
Their language was-you have broken faith
with us, and we will not trust you. You
have trampled on our rights, and we will
resent it. You have despoiled US of our pos
sessions, and We demand indemnify for the
outrage, and security against its repetition.
If you love the Union, give up your base
attempt TO make it subservient to Slavery. If
you would have peace, be just, and stop your
aggressions. If you would avoid agitation,
quit being agitasors. If fraternity be 80 de-
lightful in your eyes, abandon your dream of
Slavery supremacy. Meantime we shall pun
ISL those who have misrepresented US, supply
their places with true representatives, and
substitute for the miserable sectional Admin
istration now pandering to your propaganda
ism, a national Administration, pledged to
maintain the Union, establish justice, insure
domestic tranquility, provide for the common
defence, promote the general welfare, and Sc
cure the blessings Of liberty to ourselves and
posterity."
How well they have kept their word, so far,
let the elections in New Hampshire, Conneot-
cut, Rhode Island, Iowa, Maine, Vermont,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, bear witness.
The November elections viii speak the same
language. The rawlings of the Union, the soft
speeches of the Intelhgencsr, the sneering dis
pleasure of the Richmond Whig, are alike
uncared for. Party bands have been snapped
asunder-men who have fought one another
on other issues all their lives, forget their pre-
JUDGES, and unite in solid phalanx On this new
question. The Party now in the ascendant in
the free States is an Anti Slavery Party, COM
posed of Wings, Free-Soilers and Democrats:
and the prospect is, that the impulse which is
placing it in the control of every one of these
States, will continue to act until the Federal
Government be subjected to its power.
1t is this new aspect of the question, this rev.
citation of purpose on the part of the nom
shareholders of the country to assert their
rights and assume their just weight in the Gen.
cral Government that has at last disturbed the
complacenoy and self confidence of the Slave
Power. Its language is now changed from ex-
postulation to menace. IL talks with oracular
solemnity about tho priceless value of the Union,
and how it is endangered by this sectional agi-
tation at the North. II reminds the free States
that there is something moro precious than the
Union-that the South will bear much, but not
everything-tbat there is point, when resist
snce at all h;usrds and to the last extremity
becomes duty-and that the conduct of the
North and West is fast driving the South to
that point.
The advocates of Slavery may as well save
their breath. They viii find themselves Is
much mistaken concerning the effect of such
appeals, as they were in relation TO the results
Of the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. The
masses of the People of the free States care not
straw for their threats. They do not intend
10 dissolve the Union, nor will they permit it to
be dissolved; bat they do intend to make them