Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1856-04-10
THE NEBRAsKA /

The Nebraska bill is a practical imbodi-
ment Of that truly national sentiment which
knows no Noth, no South, no East, and no
West, but looks 10 the Union as one and in
divisible. It is eminenuy a measure Of JUS
tice-iust alike 10 every Stale and to every
section OF the eonfederacy. II Iecognizes no
distinction in the rights of different States, but
regards them all as standing upon The same
platform. II removes from the common prop
efty Of the Union all restrictions upon its COM
mon enjoyment, and ploclaims to the southern
equally with the northern man The right 10 his
inheritance. ANY restriction upon this right
p,esupposes an inequality in the citizens of
different sections and necessarily carries with
il the idea Of degradation on the one side, and
Of superiority on The other, The justice of
the Nebraska bill is illustrated by the fact
that it repudiates all such inequality, and re-
moves forever all cause for sectional jealousy
and irritation. A measure thus recommended
to favor-ihus appealing to the purest senti-
men,s Of pa;rioiism-thus looking 10 the res
~.oration Of these ~fTaternal feelings which can
alone bind our confederacy in an indissoluble
union-could not lose strength by full, tenn
perate and 6ispassionate discussion. So, nei-
ther The Nebraska bill has that bill which
was so bitterly denounced, and out Of which
SO much political capital has been mannfac-
tured against the democratic party. is losing
its terrors and fast becoming a popular mea-
sure, and is now admired by many who we're
its bitterest opponents. Senator DOUGLAS has
passed through the ordeal, and most nobly and
calamity has he borne himself. Calm, self
possessed, determined, and fearless, he has
dared 10 encounter the hottest fire Of abolition
agitation. He has the nerve and ability 10
win o signal triumph, and the lovers of true
courage and genuine patriotism all over the
country will unite in the congratulations
which crown lis triumph. He could not help
but triumph. He fought for the eternal prin-
ciple of self. government. He stood upon The
platform on which our fathers fought for indie
pendence, and his victory was IS certain as
that "truih crushed 10 earth will rise again."
As one OF the signs OF the times, in this re-
spect, read the following extract from the let
Ter Of the Washington correspondent OF the
Cincinnati Times, an anti democratic paper
at does not require a very sapient judg-
ment TO foresee that the Nebraska bill is fast
becoming, aud WILSON be,a popular measure!
Tile feeling in and out Of Congress, The signs
OF the times in every State, is ample evidence
OF this fact. And il is perfectly clear that agi-
iation upon the subject is only kept up by
Strenuous efforts, iiorced and unhealthy!
feel confident that resolution in favor Of The
restoration Of the Missouri Compromise would
. not command in this House a respectable
vote! Another evidence is, the change OF
feeling towards Mr. Douglas, so sbund,ntly
manifest throughout! the country by lligent
and rational men, 10 whom the Nebraska bill
has lost its ;errors. The people are rapidly
coming 10 their senses again; and. noting that
neither ruin or desoiatiou shocks our country,
as was predicted-llat Mr.. Douglas, in the
language Of The great Daniel, "still liyes;'
thai upon a sober second tfloughtthe Nebrask;
bill benz fits the North far more than the South
that demagogues are making capital OF t6'
whole matter for their W ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
that the overwhelming influence Of the North
its wealth. its industry, its tireless enterprise
renders slavery in Kansos perfectly impossible
noting ell these self-evi5ent facts, the Poop Le
| confGen tIy believe, are looking upon IN,
Kansas. Nebraska bill in a more deliberate AM
reasonable manner"