Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-08-04
THE BULLYING, THE COMPROMISING,
THE CHEATING.

It is only few days since, that the saveh oders
we're in full blast, and prepared either TO fuse
dissolve, as the case might be, the Union and any
thing else which the case should require, in order
to their enjoying in all our old and new territories
"lree trade and (slayerys) rights According to
Mr.. Calhoun their right to take their slaves with
them to New Mexico and California and hold
them there in slavery, is every whit as valid and
UNREASONABLE as is the right of any one to 60
here with "the Protestant reli gion The right
to extend slavery, he maintains, rests on basis
equally sound and universal the right to promul-
gate the Protestant religion
This taking high ground, very The right
to be stakeholder every where within the terrific,
ry of the federal government, never to be con
coded one inch, or hairs breadth, any more Than
the right OF conscience in the matters of religious
faith and practice. OF course, he, and all who hold
his doctrine do no less, than to carry out their
sentiment of devotion to the "corner stone" insi-
tuition, TO the extent of martyrdom, if the case
should so require Just ask Protestant to COM
promise his right to take his religion with him =
aud fine has a modicum of the spirit of Zuingllus
or Knox, or Wesley, you could not offer him
higher affront
But look now a at once the shareholders
t. e, their chosen and trusty agents at Washington,
come forward with proposal TO bargain away
their sacred and nalienabIe right the right to car,
/ ~ their lavonte institution every where Allow
us they say, to ENJOY our sacred and inalenable
right, south of certain geographical line, and We
voluntarily yield. relnquish, abandon, and forever
quicllim, to the exercise of that right north of
said line The craven Wretchcs! Those who thus
consent to bargain away the rights OF free rcpubli-
cans, are foul dishonor, infamous scandal to
the name Even if they had been base enough to
be willing 10 do it for themselves, what reproba-
ton and adherence do they not deserve for con-
seutug to do it in behalf OF their constituents and
OF generations yet unborn Who is not recreant
to all principle that can thus calmly, aud even vol
unfairly, barter away of the most sacred rights
OF Tree republicans And it is the chivalry that
does this. The high minded chyalrv OF TIE
south The men who, Of all others most clearly
understand their rights, and make war to the
knife blade sooner than compromise the least
part OF them. 1t Is from the chivary, itself, that
! the proposal comes. They propose, and state the
terms of the bargain with the fanatics of the north
by which they surrender the rights of the south TO
hafthe new territory. Here now, is a plain case
in which words express thing and actions the
contrary. The buster, and storm, and threaten
ing in Congress declare Iii all ours; and never
10 TIo ,fr
declares, We will be content and thankful if YOU
will concede to us halfo what we contend for
Is that done like chvalry1 Suppose our revolutions
airy fathers had done the like in their contest for
independence Who would not have scofied and
missed al their claim to the high character of high
minded reemen' And yet the proud and arrogant
south is always forward in the matter of compro
mise for mole slave territory. She snatches at
such an opportunity as greeiy as does a starved
hound at a dish OF refuse meat. The whole is al
ways theirs; by the clearest and fullest provisions
Of the constitution, and by every imaginable light
But generous they, peaceaby inclined, so
forward to sacrifice to the common good, so devot.
ed to the Union, that they are, in all such cases,
ready TO yield one haif OF what all the world must
know is theirs. Some here at the north regard
their iorwardness yield half as satisfactory de-
monstraton of them consciousness that their whole
claim bogus.
ANOTHER suUFFLE AND ANOTHER DEAL.
| The result of the sabbath labors of the
committee of eight is, as might have been
expected from a cOmmltte in which Bright
( 4 Dickinson were selected to represent The
[ free States and the cause of freedom-an
unqualified surrender to the slave power.
1 The bill reported by Mr.. Clayton, iudg-
ing from the statement made by him on pre-
senung II to the Senate, abandonS the ordi-
nance OF 1887 rs 10 Oregon,and virtually sur
renders the immense territory of New
Mexico and Upper California to the eXcu-
slve occupancy of the shareholders. 1t also
attemptsto place the duty of Congress tole-
gislate under the mantle of territorial iudg-
es, and to dlvcst Congress and the Exocu-
tive OF excluding sla'ery from territory now
free. at Is the scheme of non interven.
ton" says the Union, or as the Senator
from South Carolina would say, of"master-
ly inactivity" ut is" saws Mr.. Clayton.
Ito avoid the decision of this distractjng
question, leaving it TO be settled by the ST.
lent operation ofthe constitution ilselE"-
The silent operation of the constitution is
the repose OF tyrrnny.
The device under which this is sought
to be accomplishments most cowardlv one!
The responsible Legislators ofthe land finch
from their du'v and skulk behind the life
Judges and the Vice Royal Governments
they have provided for the conquered ter
rtores. False to the duty of legislation,
= the authors of the scheme are false to their
] own construction ofthe Constitution. The
opinions of Gen. Cass, the different con-
struction of Mr.. Calhoun, the position of
the luminous Dickinson, are all abandoned,
The committee determine that Congress
r may establish freedom for some three
months in Oregon, and then surrender the
| question TO the territorial legislature and
that in California and Mexico, the local go
vernmpRts shall not exercise this power