Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-05-06
= No them Deuocr alto View Of the Kansas
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nil 10 be q measure in favor ut Freedom raises n
sort of halieiujah ever the results. grand. per
maueut and glorious" that saustter sovereignty
and fcreign immigration are to accomplish in the
premo,ion Of free soil. The Southern reader
may Iears, from what IL says, sencthiog of that
=. .ouud Northern democratic seesimen,'' which
susisins the Kansa. bill We copy its article :
.Al the valuable land open to settlement j.
already .s,sked ont and clmmeS.' and eternal
DEGREES cesid not make freedom more sure.
Nor /. this the beginning and end Of the chap
ter. Enough this mi eht be thought enough by any
reasonable man II Is nov proclaimed by anti
Nebraska papers that such y tine rush OF efnigra
ton in this direction that, like the too abundant
rains which swell the rivers, II viii overflow lie
sa,ural banks. and passing on tn the immense
territery of Texas, make two or three new free
States out of .o which had been devoted to sla.
very, German emigrarfs az, universally anil
siarery men. both from prinript, and from taste.
being unable 10 endure eosioef NTH the ooiored
race and already occupying the western par, Of
Texas, they will unite with the emigrants from
the North and West IN organ,zing free States
ON the sell Of slarery'
Nor il this ali, e,ea, and good ms it is. /, is
stated that Missouri 10 awakening TO thoughts OF
freedom. Slavery was never strong there. AMI is
mainly confined to the rich bottom lands of the
Mississippi, while the western portion Of the Slate
il almost exclusively occupied by free men Du
ring the last fe " years the aunber of slaves has
been diminishing. as things then were; aud now
when TIE State shall be nearly surrounded by free
States. and the escape Of slaves become 50 ensy,
and when 50 large portion Of the people are OPP
posed to il. both from interest and principle. II Is
theught by.iaose we'll acquainted with the state
Of public feeling that slavery will give way 10
surrounding circumstances and Missouri ifstD
Join The sisterhood Of free States around hett
Should not such prospects satisfy the most yea
lous aboliiionistsi Should not the part only
which is moral certainty create the most desout
thank s0yiagl Uiob, New Mexico, Nebraska
the territory of dozen future ndepe Ddent States
and Kansas, all sure TO be free. besides two OF
three TO be carved from Texas, and Missouri
itself 10 be free Who could expect so much 7
WAo asks for monl The abolitionists have
harangued for freedom preached for freedom, and
as they say. prayed. for freedom over this vast
Tertiary. Should they not thank Heaven and
be content when they receive what they asked
Indeed they admit almost without an
exception that such results have been secured by
the N.braska bill. results, grand. permanent and
glorious, such AS single act Of Congress has
ever before secured"
The Nebraska bill porks gioriousiy and fri
umphantip for fteedom.--No act OF any presi
dent or any congress has secured much and
40 suddenly and so easily for liberty
Tbis.is the kind Of support given the Kansas
Nebraska bill by the Democratic party of the
North. and the motive for il. For such support
we are called on TO render thanks, and 10 put
our confidence in those who give IT, We can do
and will do no such thing! We are sincerely at
tached to the institutions of the South, and claim
moi 10 be ignorant Of her true interests. We
have long been satisfied that she has nothing to
expect from the "poiiiieians" of the North Of
any party least Of all that party ,lniscaed dem
ocratic, which makes Of the slavery issue mere
foot ball OF party If the union is to he saved
and public tranquility established on the basis
OF just equitable and national system, it must
be by the intervention Of Northern patriots as
contra distinguished from Northern politicians;
II must be by the agency of those who prefer the
welfare Of the country to the success of party,
and seek for themselves rather the enduring glo-
ny Of having served in the cause of public virtue,
than the vulgar triumphs of a present elevation
and transient popularity. Much the larger half
Of our existence as a nation, the party now in
power and those from whom they claim to have
descended have had control Of the government.
If they were qualified and competent to dis
pose OF and determine this sectional trouble. they
have had abundant opportunities of doing But
instead Of quisiing, it has grown steadily and rap
idly under their management Of public affairs,
from cloud no bigger than mans hand to
portentous and muttering blackness oversbad.
owing the whole horizon. The only time of late
years that we have the calm clear sky was
under the administration Of Willard Fillmore. -
Scarcely was his successor in office before the ele.
ments became again confused, dark and stormy. II
may well be doubted whether the democratic lead
ers do not prefer these scenes of agitation and cha
os. For the most part their leaders are men of an
ambition far exceeding their capacities. They
find in excitement and revolution the readiest
means of rising. The meanest dunghill fowl may
+ fotter upward in the Storm but the strong eagle
, only can soar heavenward in a calm. We trust
that the conservative feeling of the country will
concentrate in the coming election and make its
saving power felt If it yet have power to save
E Theoccason demands it, and the nomination OF
Willard Fillmore affords rallying centre
The republic can furnish no citizen who is a
filter embodiment of the sentiments and prin-
ciples of the conservative statesman and pat.
riot than he. Moderate and clement in his
feelings-clear, comprehensive and perfectly
poised in his intellect-catholic and tolerant in
his party creed. experienced in state affairs regar
ding obedience to the constitution rs above all
earthly obligations. looking upon the whole broad
expanse OF our territory as his country, and inn
.bued with thorough devotion to republican gov.
eminent and we'll regulated civil liberty he ma,
be trusted in any emergency in which human skill
would avaii to shield from danger the Institutions
framed Tor us by the great men who founded the
republic. This is no time for experiments. There