The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1848-07-15
NO COMPROMISE.

committee was ordered 10 be appointed in the U.
s. Senate on Wednesday, TO consist of four members
from the free States, and four from the slave States for
the purpose Of agreeing some compromise in relation
TO the extension of slavery to Oregon and The newly
quired territory. That committee has been appointed
with ninth member, taken from the slave States for
chairman-thus giving the majority the committee to
the slave Stales letter from Washington TO one of
the New York papers, says that t'S nsures the
extension Of the Missouri Compromise to the newly ac-
CURED territory. So the free States are again TO be
humbugged they have been for the last thirty wears
Why, the line of The Missouri Compromise Sc 80 would
only give about half of Upper California 10 Freed m
and much of that unnhabtable desert while all the
remainder Of California together with the vast terrific
ries of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Texas would be
given over to perpetual Sllvery. Is there feeman IN
the free States that will submit this or that will ever
consent to the extension OF Slavery the first rod
territory now free? We trust not but We shall see
Much is said, in these days, about the compromises
of the constitution" Now, if there was any comprom
in favor of slavery it extended only TO The States in
which already existed, and ;here an express un>
Outstanding that should he extended no farther Con-
gress under the confederation had already provided by
the Ordinance of 87 that slavery should be forever
Guided from all the territories of the Union aIthoug h
most of that territory ceded by slave holding States
Tns ordinance was confirmed by subsequent legislation
after the adoption of the constitution
The violations of this compact have all been on the
part Of the slave States and for the benefit of the slave
power. On the acquisition OF new territory Louisiana
was admitted without any restriction of slavery But
when Missouri applied for admission, ii proposed to
restrict slavery This gave rise the contest which re.
suited IN the far>tamed "Mssouri Compromise which
pretended to make fair division of the territory be-
tween the slave holding amp free States In this dvis
ION the Tree States were cheated, of From the
territory acquired before The compromise, four slave
States, Louisiana, Missouri Arkansas and Florida have
been admitted into the Union with eight Senators while
only one free State, Iowa, has been admitted Subse
quenty, the vast territory Of Texas has been acquired
and admitted as a slave State.
Allowing that there The slightest right in claim
on the part OF the slave states 10 division of newly
qulred territory The yielding TO them of the whole of
Texas is more than an equivalent for the comparatively
barren and worthless territory acquired under the late
treaty with Mexico But we deny any such right to
them Yet granting it, they will still have no claim TO
any further extension Of slavery.
In whatever point therefore il IS viewed il becomes
the north TO stand firmly together in support Of freedom
and right; to declare, from the housetop that thew
will admit Of NO COMPROMISE, that slavery shall
never be extended any territory nov free that no
new slave state shall be admitted into the IJnion and
thatif any act Of Congress shall sanction the further ex
tension of slavery, "REPEAL" shall be our watcbword
never to be abandoned, till the obnoxious provision
shall be erased from the statute book.