The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-07-02

Tho Missouri Compromise-The Slavery Agitation.
The time has come, when every man who loves his
country should take his stand in favor of final adjust
ment Of this most agatng question is the only
which has ever endangered the Union 1t is the only
one which, in all human probability, expose it
to danger Let the brave ship but escape the breakers
ov and she is safe beyond the reach of accident Of
design We remember the storm of the Missouri contro
versy twentyeght years ago. hope never to witness
such another The Virginia legislature were then in ses
sion It's membersas we'll every clrlzenwee excited
and agtated beyond description Scarcely mail arrived
that did not expect it to bring the account that the
southern members had left the hall not to return and
that Congress had broken up Fortunately, compro-
mise was proposed and accepted, and the Union was
saved from the agitation 1t with great difficulty
that the south could be reconciled to lis provisions
But they acquiesced in time. and they compelled
to admit the necessity of the arrangement The same
difficulty occurred in the OF Texas But again the
compromise offered and was accepted; and this
of peace, which has been twice sanctioned by
Congress and the people, has been proposed by Senator
Bright; and we cordially join the "Pennsyvanan and
the Richmond Enquirer" in haling it, they do, in the
two following articles, as the rainbow of peace:
The Missouri CoMpRoMIsK.-At the moment when there
slaveyproduced more, fear, by movements looking
party than by those looking countywe hail the motion
of Hon Jesse D. Bright, in the United States Senate
Tuesday, in favor of the Missouri compromise the rain
bow of peace upon troubled sky The south having
pretty generally agreed accept this the settlement of
the question of slavery, applied territory, why
should not the patriotic unite in dsposng of controversy
which, for practical purposes whatever threatens the
worst OF consequences Our glorious Union Mr. Bright
deserves high credit for having this great
to the Senate the peace in this interesting
crsis.-Pew~sy lpaniam.
We hail the movement of Senator Bright of Indiana to
introduce the Missouri compromise into the Oregon bill,
as the rainbow OF peace in the contendng eements-he
harbnger Of fraternity and good feeling among tho different
portions of vast conederacy. May kindly but firmly
be pressed, and may It succeed-Richn'omd Enquirer
In connexon with these extracts, we give the follow
ing appropriate article from the New York Journal Of
Commerce:
The SLAVERY QUESTION. few months since, OBJ
lection made the purchase of New Mexico and Cali
fornia the ground that 1t would cause the introduction
of slavery into territory exempt from that curse,
stated belief that the objection would be found much
less formidable In practice than appeared In theory be-
cause, in the first place. had doubt but the south
would extension of the Missouri compromise
line Qat 36A) tho Pacific ocean and secondly because
the territory lying between that parallel and the southern
limit Of the provinces mentioned, of such nature
forbid the introduco of slavery extent and con-
sequenty whenever it should be erected into State
States large majority of its inhabitants Gas in the case of
Ilnois) might be expected decide against the SYSTEM
and provide for its extinction. We have seen, rs yet no
change opinion any OF these points, not
wthstandng the hue and cry which has been rasod as 1t
all California New Mexico, and Oregon wore in danger OF
being given the dominion of slavery nay were to be
settled and with slaves and Shareholders, 80 that
there would be no chance for free labor except on terms OF
degradation which ought be submitted to by honora
BILE men, Now Just look the facts
The southern line of New Mexico and Upper California,
established by the treaty with Mexico IL,
ago. about equivalent latitude 49, Tho northern boundary
of Oregon latitude 49, Here, them territory (west of
tho Rio Grande and tho Rocky mountans) extending
through l6 degrees of latitude If the Missouri compro
mise limo at S6 is adopted it will leave l2i degrees of
latitude forever exempt from slavery whilo in 81 degrees
OF latitude slavery may exist. II take into view the
xsater breadth Of the country the morrill, the proportion
against slavery 10 than four to But what slave
holder would take his slaves into strip of territory
bounded both sides by FREQ territory, and adapted neither
tho cultivation Of cotton. rcs sugar. and much Of not
adapted the culture Of anything Surely tho danger of
great prevalence OF slavery in that territory under any
circumstances, 10 extremity small.
But we may b asked what assurance have we that the
South will consent to adops lat - - the northern limit
Of savef In the first pnns sevsral southern members Of
Congress have publicly declared their willingness TO do
This identical proposition presented in the Senate