The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-03-15
From Ae Washington Union.
Abolition Opposition Advantageous
TO r syegod s.ssvsge

ator Douglas. in rebuke Of the vulgarities of the
manifesto of the abolition caucus against the
Nebraska bill, is forgotten by those who heard
and by those who have read it. The fearless
Senator from Illinois has always been among the
first to anticipate the public feeling on great
questions. His celebrated speech on the Mexi-.
can war, ia reply to Delano, was the earliest
elaborate effort in Congress on the subject, after
the passage of the act declaring that "war exist
ed" and it became the textbook to the demo-
cratic party. OF the same character was his
bold and well-timed defiance of the infurated
local feeling at his own home in Chicago, when
the abolitionists attempted to crush him for his
votes In favor of the fugitive-slave law.
Such man, and those who are associated
with him, cannot fail to excite hostility in adj
verse and protesting quarters. The abolition
press, however, surpasses itself in the violence
and falsehood of itsdenunciations Led by the
New York Tribune. and cheered on by the Gar
risons, the Beechers the Hales, and the Burleighs
the crusade is marked by coarseness and bru-
tdlity from which every decent reader recoils
with undissembed disgust The Tribune even
goes so far in its madness as to apply terms Of
personal reproach to such Senators as Cass, But
Ter, Mason, Hunter, Thompson, Stuart, Shields,
Badger, Clayton, Benjamin, Sldell Gwin.
Bright, and other friends of the Nebraska bill
as If statesmen like these, sworn to support the
Constitution, distinguished for the probity of
their lives and for their patriotic services to the
country. shonId be called to account by the or
gan of that desperate faction which can no Ion
ger safely deny that ii is bent upon the destruc-
| ton of the constitution.
But there is something in these reckless as
saults upon the bill of Senator Douglas, and up
on those who support it, from-which an instruct
i've moral may be drawn That cause cannot be
wrong which arrays the whole abolition party
against it, and which rallies the same time the
first and purest men of both parties ia It's favor.
/ That cause cannot be wrong which arousest the
bitter animosities of men who seelsto obliterate
all veneration for he Bible and all sacred rela-
tions Cf social life. That cause cannot be wrong
which includes among its opponents the bold.
bad men who baspheme the glorious covenants
of the past, and SANDER the illustrious names
that shine upon our history not only exam
pies to ourselves, but as beacon lights to the
Edown-trodden throughout tbs world.
What benefit have these agitators, now seek
ing to arouee and to alarm the North by vain
vaporings and profanities against the Nebraska
bil-what benefit have they ever conferred upon
the country? They have never ameIiorated the
condition of the slave. They have never con
tributed to the success of any measure necessary
J to the common welfare. They have opposed
without exception every real reform, and with
, wild and savage Inconsistency have literally de
manded liberty for one race and chains for ano
ther. While our free institutions flourish apact
while tte progressive spirit of the people car
ries our equal lays to the urthest corners of tht
contnent-whiIe free States are springing up OF
Ievery hand-the abolition leaders and their ia
natical followers will see nothing but clouds il
the sky, nothing but letters ifMthe earth-nc
patriots and no benelactors but themselves
, The attempts of such men to galvanize deat
and buried passions and prejudices will signally
. fail. The noble expression of public JOY ant
gratitude that swept these elements of discorC
into oblivion after the success of the compro
mise measures of 1850 was not the evanescen
feeling of day. That expression came from
the hearts of the masses, and the great motive
that animated them on that occasion and stirred
their country is still alive and active, and as
ready now as then to- vindicate the great princi-
pie that gave us peace and harmony more than
three years ago. 1t is not for the infdeI preach
ers and demoralizing demagogues, who refused
to submit to the ma iestic decree of the people
: which ratified the Compromise measures, again
to attempt to mislead that same people into the
paths of faction and disunion. Let those who
heed the cfoakings of these ravens of discord
these birds of evil omen-let them pause before
yielding to the dark philosophy which, with all
the vigilance of hate, plots the overthrow Of a
republic whose growing greatness is the wonder
of the world. The end of the present movement
4 will be like that which has overtaken all former
combinations against tbs peace of the country
and honest men will consult their own reputa-
| tion and their own comfort by standing aloof
/ from the reasonable companionship of those
who publicly rail at the purest men in the land,
and whose revolving schemes are once more and
shortly to be repudiated by united and indig-
nant people.
IMMENSE GROWTH OF THE COUNTRY.
The Report Of the Secretary of the Treasury ex-
hibits most wonderful evidences of the giant
progress of the confederacy. In 1876. ending
June 20, the total imports were $l21, ,69l ,797
and the total exports S1I3, ,488, SIG; in 1852, to-
tai imports 1912, ,673, ,645; while in 1852 the to-
tai imports were $267. .97S 647, and the total ex-
ports 1890, ,452, $50. Thus the total imports OF