Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-03-29
THE RRFERERCE OF THE NEBRASKA BILL
THE REWARD OF NORTHERN "ALLIEs"

The REfERENCE OF THE NEBkASkA BILL
THE REWARD OF NORTHERN "ALLIfs"
. The Richmond Eram.nsr of the 2sth inst
says:
"We heye no disposition to palliate tho con-
duct OF Mr.. Cutting as we have no purpose OF
reposlng the slightest faith or trust in any Of
the New York politicians at Washington. We
judge all BY their works only--thc tree by its
fruits and Judging thus, we certainly have no
panegyrics TOR any OF them except Mike Walsh,
the only man from that State who voted against
Cuttings motion to refer. Tho bill can be
taken out of the Committee OF the Whole MT
any moment by the vote of a majority and il
there DO . majority pledged to vote for ii, moth
ing is palmer than that the bill must pass and
that its recent reference signifies nothing. But
we shall count on that majority only when the
test votes upon the bill shall have disclosed it,
We shall consider Northern men sound in re-
gard to it only when their votes shall have sec
onded their professions"
So there is still chance left for Northern
men TO illustrate themselves and to elevate
themselves to the alttade Of Mr. Walsh in the
esteem of our Southern chiyalrous fellow-citi-
zens.
The Richmond Wing Of the 2sth inst says
Washington papers friendly to tho passage
of the Nebraska bill tell us that it will yet
pass, and that the vote on referring it to tho
Committee OF the Whole is not to be taken as
any sign Of its defeat. On the othor hand,
the opposition papers crow Justify over this
vote, as equivalent to defeat of the bill. They
insist that it is q test vote, and that it puts an
end to the passage, ut least for this session.
sWe trust the predictions Of the former may
ha uarsfiad hnt xuoc fInaa fhak xvo urn
strained to look upon them as a forIorn hope
The first step in the House Of Representatives
has been attended with consequences too fruit
full of causes for rejoicing among the enemies
of the bill, not TO produce the most serious ap-
prehcnsi0ns OF alarm among its friends that it
will ultimately be defeated That end may
be accomplished as efectually by smothering
the bill in the way the House have commenced
their action upon it, as by directly killing it
on final vote. There is too much ground for
entertaining the belief that the House intend
to stave off the bill, for the purpose Of avoiding
The responsibility Of n vote on it's passage.
awe have all along entertained and ex-
pressed fears of this result, for the plain rea-
son that we could not but mistrust the sources
from whence Northern support to the bill
came. We have seen instances enough Of pro-
fessions on the part of Northern men with
Southern feelings to know by this time what
dependence to attach to them. We have mover
believed that those Of the North, with, per-
haps, a few exceptions, who profess to be in
favor of the repeal OF the Missouri restriction,
are sincere in those professions and we have
stronger reasons now than ever for doubling
whether they intended from the first to meet
the issue fairly and squarely on this question
In the first place, the Administration never
gave the bill an honest support. Ii assumed
an equivocal position, with the pretenson on
one hand of favoring Southern rights, and the
secret apology on the other that it is a propo-
siti0n in faUor Of freedom II had lost gronnd
at tho South by its palpablc Free Soil sympa-
thies in distributing the spoils Of Office, and to
cover the loss pretended to assume Southern
position on this bill. Its organ was one day
making the support of the bill a test Of Demo-
cratic orthodoxy, the next day taking back
everything it had said to that effect, and CIV
ing full permission to the party to side with
the opposition, and still enjoy tho smiles and
favor of the Administration.
off the Administration is sincere in its pro-
LESSONS Of friendship for the South on this
question, why is it that, with party majority
OF eighty odd members in the House Of Repre-
sentatives, it cannot secure favorable hearing
for bill it'prctends to support on the ground
Of doing Justice to the Southern people. Ii
argues one Of two things. The Administration
is too imbecile to command the strength Of ts
own party, or it is playing trcacherous part
to the South Its friends in this quarter may
take either horn Of the dilemma they choose
The cool blast from New Hampshire may have
had a wonderful effect in chilling the newborn
love of the Brigadier for Southern institutions
since the days no hated and loatbed Slavery
with such n holy horror. Let the cause be
what it may, the indications for the passage OF
the Nebraska bill have become most unpropi-
tious Of late.
"The proof Of foul play on the part Of tho
Administration and our Northern allies h
beginning to show itself too plainly to be longer
questioned at the South. jSohe Of our Demo
cratic friends are beginning at length to have
their eyes opened to the fact. We fear they
will have stronger proof Of il y,., before this
question il disposed OFF,