New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-03-15
III. very in the Territories Compromising

slavery In the Territories - Compromising.
From the Albany Auas
The Editor Of the ~ Y Tribune himself member
of the lats Congress- addressing his constituents tells
them that III 10 70 be- disguised denied that the
session has been q failure" As regards
the W,lmot Proviso he consses his readiness aud his
specific offer TO compromise. 20 meet the South Jey
haU pay and jasthes this By the plea that though
friend Of Free Soil he could not forget tha, ns was
mainly chosen rs "a friend Of the incoming Adminis
tation and no could not consent 70 blast the hopes
of those who voted for him by making the Cause
n source Of needless embarrsssmcnt 70 the Admins
tra,on and he adds repeating the cantDg accusation
of the slsveholders) "of danger 10 the Union The
apology is the most pitiably lame one we nave ever
seen, even In those hospitals OF muul.tsd principles
aud msngled professions the Taylor and quasi ylor
presses
II If The Atlas had allow ed its readers to see
what / did say on the subject referred to, would
gladly have allowed its harsh Judgment aud I'M
civil epithets to pass unnoticed. As it is, copy
them in full, and will ask my assailant to do the
same by this rejonder
Itis not true that was ever willing TO yield
one inch on the Free Soil question for the sake OF
anything but Free Soil itself ! certainly did not
choose to make the question Of Free Soil mere
weapon Of attack upon and an engine Tor the
annoyance Of those whom the People have Just
called TO tho Administration Of the Federal Gov
eminent; I did not desire wantonly to defeat
the General Appropriation bill, leave that Gov
eminent destitute, and force on the President the
dire necessity of calling an Extra Session OF Con
gress. All such results sought to avoid in dele
rence to the manifest will Of my constituents, as
well as the dictates OF my own sense of duty and
public interest II any did desire thus to plunge
the Political elements into anarchy and confusion
in order to achieve personal notoriety and promote
sinister ends, certainly was not of them
But | voted and abored uniformly for Free
Soil throughout the New Territories, and for secur
ing it by specific safeguards. | never voted TO
waive the express exclusion OF Slavery from Cali
fornia yet / would have done so on one condition
and for one purpose--namely to secure its practi-
cal exclusion from ew-Mexico, where | greatly
fear it may be established. ! do not believe
California can ever be Slave State, though,
would like to make assurance doubly sure with
regard to it. But New Mexico is, In my judg
ment, ;mmnenty exposed to the giant curse, not
through any action concurrence OF its own peo-
pie, but through the subjugation OF that people to
the rule of slaveholding Texas. And by whose
fault Has The Atlas no remembrance OF party
which not many years Stree declared the hio
Grande the rightlul Western boundary OF Texas,
and went to war with Mexico on the lying assump
ton that by her soldiers American blood had
been shed on American soil 7 Does The Atlas
know of stipulation in the Joint Resolution for
Annexing Texas to the United States that any
new State which might be formed out of that por'
ton of Texas lying North Of 36o 3V North latitude
should be non slave holding Does 1t remember
whether Senator Dix and others OF its present as
sociates voted for that Joint Resolution And can
it fail to see how forcibe is the implication that
Texas actually stretched Northward of So 80, and
20 absorbed or included neary all that is habitable
of New Mexico Does it not know that the Ad-
ministration it helped TO create has for some time
stoutly maintained that Texas covers all OF New
Mexico East OF the Rio Grande J And that the
recent Msps issued under Executive (Polkl au'
thority in Washington all concur in that assump
ton : presume The Atlas is informed on al
these points.
Icould not disregard them. feared that, while
Slavery was making a sham fight for the abstract
right to exist in California, she was preparing foi
an actual, practical resolute clutch at New-Mexi
co, under the speoious pretext Of concedng t'
Texas the boundary won for her in the War will
Mexico. |, therefore, desiring rather TO limit snC
exclude Slavery from what is actually and right
fully Free Soil than to make parade of hercell
resisting il, as willing and offered 10 waive th'
Proviso with regard to California If could thereby
secure independent organization of New-MexI
co with her ancient aud righ,iu boundaries, thu
saving her effectuslly from the imminent grasp o
Slavery while leaving California no more exposed
toit than she now is. should OF course have beer
widely denounced and execratcd ihereupon as
betrsysr OF Freedom. but could have borne that
even though the truth had never been made lali.
apparent II were playing a part in this matte
and had some other end to secure than the reslric
ton Of Slavery so far as possible, should have
hesitated to make such an offer. Whether thos'
who manifested more obsireperoas zeal for Free
Soil than did really did and dared more for th'
cause than mus. be judged by the impartial.
bide my time, in the fullest confidence that no
only are the epithen Of The Atlas wholly unde
served, but that the truth will yet be made mani
feet to ell. C.
NExioAS CLAIMS CoNsisslossss.-rhe appoint