New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-11-14
THE NEBRASKA B1L,

g49ii THE N&bkASAA ohxA
The political smoke and dust arising from the
nnblication and passage of the Nebraska Kan
"a hill having measurably subsidized, and some
Of Its consequences having developed themselves
IN the late State elections, we are enabled 70
concerning it what We have hitherto reiraineu |
from. @ @8S ggs5ss
Our remarks may very appropriately pc pre-
faced by a statement that the two frst ana mos.
important considerations IN every nauonal
measure are and ought to be the perpetuisy 81
Tho In;on. and, so far as the South Is concerned,
tba nreseryation Of existing institutions what
ayer voes to advance the interests OF either is |
useful and deserving Of our approval Whae-
aver has contrary tendency ought to be con-
damned. Ii the Nebraska bill in any way
added to the strength and cohesiveness Of the
nation, it is entitled to national regard. Ii II
advanced the interests Of the South, 1t should
be- defended by the South If it did neither, 1t
should be thrown aside if it weakened rather
than strengthened us, and renewed old dimoni-
ties instead Of suppressing Them both it ana its
authors deserve the deepest political condemna-
ton. gts9l h S5i5s VEN sa65, .
With TepaTu TO bu0 CUIAS opAo5osS-
ple involved in the Nebraska Dill We pehese
that there is but one opinion, Every state POS,
sesses the right of declaring its own course Oh
po]ioy and making it's own municipal laws. LIZ
can adopt slavery or Danish it; advocate tenn
| nerance or forbid it, The Nebraska bill as
serted nothing more, effected nothing more, ana
| in its farthest results cannot accomplish any
thing beyond what was already unquestionable;
the right Of the citizens Of the new State to de-
termine whether they would admit the instltu-
| ton Of slavery or not 1t was In fact the mere
| assertion Of an abstract truth generally recog-
nized. The only point that can arise is whether,
the assertion being right, it was also timely
prudent and useful
We are ali well aware Of the state Of feeling
that pervades different portions Of the Union on
the subject Of slavery. One-half Of the States
are interested in its perpetuity, and the other
half are opposed to its existence. Between the
i two there is no other bulwark than the Constl-
tution-equally revered by both Whatever
llessens the strength of that sentiment which,
deferring to the compact Of times past, keeps
i us still united, ought to be frowned upon ana
condemned whatever weakens our feelings OF
4 brotherhood ought to be thrown instantly aside.
In 1850 this question Of slavery came more
prominently forward than ever before. 1t occu-
pied the attention 81 Congress to the exclusion
If almost every other subject, and aroused IN ths
prayest fears Of thinking men throughout the
country. Fortunately for the permanenee o.
| our institutions, the ablest men Of the nation
proved themselves true patriots, and, BY step
ping bravely into the breach, succeeded II
saving us from disruption and anarchy. Fol
! 1.-THE time being, and as was hoped for all fntur
time, the question Of slavery was disposed OF 2.
, the Compromise measures satisfactorily TO tn
) moderate men Of the North and Of the South.
Ii was disposed of--but ittle-minded men
! solicitous rather Of their own interests thai
the interests of the nation, and observant Of tn
!, popularity which had followed those who save saw
q the Union from disunion, felt bound to max
J, | capital by the same means A Northern Sena
& tor stepped forward to conciliate Southern
/ votes by Southern measures, and win Northern
!. support by patriotic conduct. He Introduce
the Nebraska bill and succeeded in obtaining it
/ | final passage.
. The history Of that bill and its effects are no'
/, public It asserted o principle that was true
4 but in its assertion accomplished nothing valu
= able to the South, while it gave new life to til
e fanaticisa of the North. Nebraska is not an
never can become slave territory. We have a
Y ways wondered that Missouri and Kentack
q remained SO long and SO steadily true to Il
= principles OF slavery 1t is doubtful whether
u IL for their interests, and we find daily eviden,
,g that they are recsding from us. The reason
IN for the introduction of our institutions I'M
= Nebraska and Kansas are far less than the
i are for their continuance in States alread
H. allied to us.
MS But aside from the uselessness OF the N
q braska bill to the South, it remains to be ga
= that it is absolutely injurious Ithss awaken
an agitation once allayed, and given new pab
lum to an exhausted excitement Those P
of litical demagogues who live only on false a
!, : fictitious issues have seized upon it and su
=. ceeded in arousing, throughout the North,
he new agitation little less fearful than til
to quelled by Webster, Clay and Cass in 1sE
y Northerners forget that the bill was not bred
10 the South, nor raised there They only 10
Y at its existence, and forthwith proceed to CO
denim the grasping spirit Of slavery. We q
IN to-day farther from tranquility than we We
ga four years ago, notwithstanding the labors q
= exertions Of our oldest, ablest, and most d
j. tinguished statesmen, notwithstanding the hol
ps Of the South and the expectations Of the Nort
z The result Of the late elections in Ohio, II
nois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Michigan, N
Jersey and New York is proof of the correctn
40 Of our opinions. Old parties have been 81
es dered on this very question, and candidates he
= been marked as Nebraska and anti-Nebrasl
Y instead of Wings and Democrats New issu
chiefly concerning slavery, have been introduc
Of that would not have been had this indiscre
"a ipiudicious and unoailed for measure have be
y left unmooted. A strong feeling of antagoni
.isi to the alleged grasping spirit Of the South
by been awakened, uDjustly and unnecessary
DDS The Nebraska bill was not Of Southern orig
y. and was not passed By Southern votes. Itv
N. born Of Northern demagogues, and passed
dy Northern votes No one here cares for it,
aes desires its permanency, Many Of our abb
public men spoke, wrote and voted against
. Should the question of its repeal ever Co
sn- before Congress, we have no doubt that Sont
ne erners would be found side by side with Nor
Ter erners, and shareholders sympathizing W
sse Abolitionists for its repeal; not because