The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-12-07

Il shs sstessisnaf ssstslesa u 1854, ~ W
tor Of this atsIcIA was ID fteouena alno9f Aal1v
Intercourse, with B6a6hsfS 2 1sH tefef vhy ~
most 70 do With ths Fspssl of ne Missouri ro-
strict)oo dAnA she so1ososos ef1hg E.es.ssl51,
brsska bill. The views Of these gsssle.es were
epsns ayessd, end saeniReass - shs sssjsss
then under discussi0A n The 1.-Two Aoaseo e
Csngresa They insisted, Asse of Ill o. s,s
repeal Of an unconstitutionsl and odious dis-
esininatien against their section, and We only
| do them justice when We sAy sbss they would
have lbeen con.ens with . simple rspesi Of shs
restricion in question, and With leaving iss
Justice and propriesy 70 the good sense and
patriotism Of tho Northern people. But, NJ.
Douglas, the ChAirnsan 81 the Territorial Co0.
mittee in he Senate, muss needs give his vsa-
sons, q il they we're plenty % blacAbsrrisss'
while every ene who remembers the occur.
| rences then taking place, will recoIlect that hb
three different reports % the subject, o., in
other words, bis 'rsAsons,' we're .all in direct
and irreconcilable conflict with each other.
We do not desire 70 reflect ungfsci0usy on
the course Of Mr. DOuglas We sbeievs hei
mesns % be . COED Democrat, and in reality,
notwithstanding biz Bancombs speeches in Hill
nois, that he u - much in favor, and believes
truly in the right and justice Of the so-cAlled
Slavery, ~ NJ. ToOmbs Or Ar. Clingman. or
even the editors Of the New York Day Book
But his numerous and different reports on the
subject complicated Il to an extent that com
PEELED Southern men to take . new position on
the question. II the last report Of Mr. Douglas
was TO be accepted by the country - the srea.
som OF the repeal, then il followed that the
rights Of Southern men had received no recog-
milton Whatever, for il were far better thst
Southern citizens should Be excluded, and their
property con6scated BY Congress, when their
Representatives could defend their ghts, than
tssh he nff hn he
lied or unorganized rnobs. We repeat, then,
that this last report Of Ar. Dougla. opened up
new ground and forced Southers men into new
position. They did not expect that the indus.
trial Law would ever BE- reversed, or that
Slavery" would ever flow back from the South
to the North. But they did believe that n
things we're left TO their natural tendencies.
slavery" would be extended westward indeH.
nitely on the parallel with Missouri Ea
1t was desirable to she whole country that
such should b the case, - it would give pro.
lection TO Missouri from the 'fanatics' Of the
North, until the nstion was ready to extend our
Southern border, and thus permit the whole
tier Of transition s ates to falI back in column,
when the time had arrived, mot to get rid Of
slavery" bu.- Of their negroes. Hence the
Southern men demanded change in the pro-
gramme, and instead Of simple N.braska bin,
that there should be Kansas-N ebraska bill,
b "
which should be Southern and the other North.
srn. or one intended for "slave" State and
he other given up At once to the so-called
friends Of freedom. This was the bargain, the
distinct understanding, among the leading sup
oorters Of the Kansas Nebraska bill; and though
Mr. Douglas and his friends were publicly mute
On the subject, it 10 well known to every one
hen in Washington, and acquainted with pub.
ic affairs. that they promptly and universally
Issented to il.
Of course, no well informed person supposed
hat Kansas would be filed up with "slAves,"
,ut 1t was believed that the Territories being on
line with Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, &C.,
hat emlgrants going frem these States would
'e permitted to carry with them their "slaves,"
md receive every protection for their slave
property, accorded to all and every other sps-
:es Of property. The bill passed, the cannon
numbered on Capitol Hill and in the Presidents
grounds, but scarcely had its reverber.tions
eased when the growl Of the Abolition tiger
ent thrill of terror to the hearts oil its North.
rn supporters and they ran away from their
work, like naughty school boys caught in fa-
'rante deiicto by stern and tyrannical ped
gogue.
The Day Book, in the same spirit Of frank
less, goes on TO define the principles and pur-
'oses OF the Black Democracy, as follows:
"Such is the history and such the consequences
# the Nebraska bill, or rather the great
'rinclpie' that Northern politicians saw, or fam
ned they saw, embodied in that bill. Mean
While, the decision OF the Supreme Court has
orn aside the veil, that placed slavery" and
Anti Slavery truth and falsehood, in that
pen, direct, and irreconcable conflict, which
he repeal OF the Missouri restriction rendered
Inevitable. Kansas may be substantially dis.
osed OF, but the same problem is to be solved
n the Indian Territory, New Mexico, Arizona,
indeed on broad belt Of Territory extending
o the shores of the Pacific Ocean. Southern
itizens must have the same protection for their
slave" property accorded to all other Jeces
property in the common territory, and the
mpe question for every Democrat to ask him.
elf is, whether the Northern people shall be
heightened on the subject, and be made to un-
erstand that ''Slayery" goes and only goes
mere it naturally belongs, or whether they will
ontinue TO blind and delude themselves with
be worn.out humbug of Territorial Sovereign.
y, and bring upon their party overwhelming
nd disgracetul defeat in 1860? Nebraskaism
dead; Lecompton is dead; Squatter Sovereign.
: is worse than dead-it stands exposed,
isgraceiul imposture; let, then, the dead bury
heir dead; let all honest and patriotic Demo
rats rally on the platform OF the Dred Scott
ecision, under the standard of the President,
no has accepted that decision, and with open
nd manly front prepare to meet the great
uestion before the country on its merits"