Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-01-10


The Union was shaken to its foundations in
ls20--the friends Of constitutional liberty had
the majority, and they repeatedly refused to
allow Missouri to come in as Slave State,
feeling them as the Independent Democracy
feels now, that the extension of Slavery, and
the multiplication of Slave States, were not con-
templated by the trainers Of the Constitution.
it is unnecessary now to specify, they agreed to
the admission of Missouri as Slave State, but
only on condition that, thenceforth there
should be no Slavery forever in Territory
north Of the line so often named And now, after
having derived all the advantages from this
compromise or covenant which they We're enti-
tied to, the Slavery men, with Mr. Douglas at
their head, coolly resolve to abrogate the only
stipulation in it in favor Of Liberty, the only
condition which reconciled the Anti Slavery
men to it's passage!
This is honor, this is good faith, this is ohiv-
airy
| 10 Some remarks on the appointment Of
the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad
are reserved for tomorrow.
READERS OF THE ERA IN The SOUTH
| We are often asked whether we have read
ers in the South? There are several snbscri-
bers to the Era in nearly oil the Southern
States, and our exchange list ia that quarter is
very extensive Some readers sympathize with
us, cordially; others hold opposite We've, but
desire to keep themselves well informed. We
| give some specimens Of the latter class A sub
scriber in Alabama, renewing his subscription,
says
g have used diligence to circulate your valu-
able paper in my neighborhood, but have yet
| failed to get any to join me in subscribing for
| it, My friends are fond Of borrowing it, and
lend freely. am tolerably free yet, and wish
| to read both sides, especially when | pay for
what read Because live by the labor Of
slaves and say to one, 60, and to another, come,
and have paid my money for them, and do my
duty in feeding, clothing and making them
comfortable, is no reason why ! should not
hear what other men think Of this matter.
| did not make them slaves; and If do a good
part by those under my control, | shall receive
the credit of having done my duty. take the
Saturday EUening Post and the Dollar Gazette,
but the Era il number one It spares nobody,
not even the President
There are people in the South, as well as the
North, who Iowa plain speaking.
| Another subscriber, also renewing, who lives
in Georgia, writes
off had the leisure, | would write you at
length on the subject Of Slavery, and show you
that while it has been no injury or disadvan-
tage to the Africans, but great benefit that
it alone has built the cotton factories, and the
immense machine shops Herewith Connected
has made the railroads and the improvements
! Herewith connected-has sent the steamships
across the ocean-and, in short made us what
We are. Without cotton, these would never have
been, and that without slaves we never should
have had the cotton. But on these subjects, |
seldom speak or write and as the Era is edited
in the right style and spirit, and as it is, to my
TASTE one of the best newspapers in the country,
| cannot consent to part with it, and more
pecially as wish to continue my acquaintance
with the Abolitionists and Free-So Who
is Bell Smith ?'n
What follows is from the pen of a citizen of
Virginia, one of our sympathetic Southern
readers, who lately furnished us an article on
the Richmond (Va) Dispatch.
aAn article recently published in tho Ma
tional Era commenting upon one in the Rich
mond Dispatch, is asserted by the editor Of the
latter paper, lwho certainly should be unques-
| tionable authority on all matters of fact to be
! from the pen of Professor Charles d. Cleveland
| This statement has given rise in our mind
to considerable doubt as to our own identity,
for we had supposed ourselves to be the writer
of the article in the Era, but whoever else we
may be, we decidedly are not Mr.. Cleveland.
According to the best Of our knowledge and
belief that gentleman is not aware Of our ex-
istence, and is as ignorant of tho authorship Of
the article in question as is the editor Of the
| Dispatch
| "Moreover, az to our being fanatic we
are generally considered of q sound mind, and
are also in good and regular standing. We
are not on Abolitionist, in the obnoxious sense
Of the term neither are we q Down East book.
maker, having never either written printed
| or published, school book in our life or been
connected with any one thus engaged. The
| allusion to one who has never set foot on slave
soil, certainly fails to apply to our case, az for
many years we never set foot on any other.
With regard to money making, the editor must
have formed much higher opinion Of our
finances than we ourselves, il he supposes that
TO have been our ongrossing pursuit.
One more word, and we have done. The
Dispatch seems to be considerably exercised con
corning the style Of our article but the fact of
his having attributed it to the pen Of 80 ripo
scholar aud accomplished gentleman as Mr..
Cleveland is, perhaps, rather better calculated
to give rise to feeling Of 'selfcomplacency,'
than the structures Of the editor Of the Dispatch
are to produce an opposite state Of mind Evi-
IDENTIFY however, our forte, 10 his opinion, lies
not in style, any more than does his, in our
| opinion lie in biblical criticism y
10 A bill before the Georgia Legislature
contemplating a moderation Of the condition
Of the slaves Of that State, stipulates that in
estate sales babes under five years old shall
not be sold away from their mothers, unless
division Of property cannot be effected without
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