Washington telegraph., 1856-06-18

General Dodge, of Iowa, one of the
warmest supporters of the billEa man
high in favor with the National DemOc-
racy-Heaven save the mark-asks -
"NOw, what will be the practical ope-a-
ton of this bill 2" And proceeds to an
swer the question as follows:
81 will tell my friend from Missouri,
{ Mr.. Atchison) and his constituents what,
in my opinion, it will be: 1t will free
several hundred Missouri and Arkansas
negroes, just as certain as Kansas and
Nebraska are in proximity to those States.
x If the Abolitionists were
sincere, they would be the best friends of
this bill"
Here in these extracts from the Opln-
ions of Northern Democrats concerning
the provisions of the Kansas-Nebraska
legislation, and the nature of the doctrine
of Squatter Sovereignty, you have an in
sight into the motives which impelled
Northern men to the support of the bill,
and yet you contend that it is measure
favorable to, and recognizing the rights
of, the South, and assert that the Aboli-
tionists desire the repeal of the measure
and the restoration of the Missouri Com
promise line. Why, Senator Douglas told
a crowd of the most rabid Abolitionists
at the North, who were ready to immediate
him for the part he played in securing the
passage of the bill, that they did not
know what the bill was. Said he-"DO
you call the Missouri Compromise line,
barrier to slavery-it is rather barrier
to freedom" And he SO eloquently enforc-
ed that view of the matter that he was at
once restored to their confidence. And
it has been the same case with all of the
Northern Free Soil supporters of that
measure. We cannot pause here to en-
quire into the motives which induced
Southern men to support this measure
Suffice it to say, that it was emphatically y
choice of evils-a disposition to yield a
point rather than dissolve the Union
But besides the testimony which we have
introduced to show why Northern Free
Soilers and Abolitionists support and en-
dorse this iniquity of Squatter Sovereignty,
there is still more overwhelming proof
that proposition to restore the Missouri
Compromise line would excite their ire to
hitherto unknown degree. Passing,
with mere reference to the fact-the
indignant scorn with which Northern men
refused to accept the ultimatum of the
Nashville Conventionists of 1S50-the
extension of the Missouri line to the
Paciic--we invite your attention to the
action of the Ohio Legislature, a Freesoil,
Abolition body of fanatics We take
this statement from the Memphis Eagle
& Enquirer:
"THE Missouri COMPROMISE LINE.
4 vote taken in the Ohio Legislature, a
few days since, reveals, in striking light,
the hypocrisy of the Abolition outcry
against the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise line. That body is known to be
'sFree Soil in both branches by an over
whelming majority, yet a resolution In
favor of the Missouri Compromise could
obtain, in the House, only twenty three
out of ninety FIVE votes. What COM
mentary upon the professions of horror at
the alleged violation of plighted faith, of
which we have heard 50 much"
And yet you say the Abolitionists are
IN favor of the restoration of the Missouri
Compromise, and that the national men,
among whom are many of the fathers in
your Israel, as we have shown above, who
are opposed to Squatter Sovereignty,
are the allies of the Abolitionists Just
think over these things, neighbors, and
tell US if, on Esober second thought"
you do not arrive at a very different con-
clusion
We have already extended this article
to such a length that we must postpone
the further consideration of the fruitful
theme until next week In the mean
time we expect to have learned how the
Cincinnati Convention settled the great
question of "Squatter Sovereignty" and
then we'll know whether you were a
prophet of the future. You certainly did
not prove yourself correct historian of
the past