The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-06-12

that great aud all prevailing iateres, of suri.
culture which exists from one end Of The
country 10 The ober. Well, sir, when al,
these enumeraii"ns are combined together
with the possibility ot the fnal resort 10 arms.
what further securities can be sough, for, or
with what would those aho are feaifl and
dsconienicd be Satisfied There is all rea
sonable security against any abuse uf power,
any int"isr"b'e use Of power, arising fror,
causes which YOU can 90 more arrest iian
YOU csn check the beams " uhich are darted
daily from that luminary OF the system Of
which our plane, forms par,-or ,haa YOU
can stop up and make llaw back AGAIN upon
the Rocky Mountaias. The Mssi.sinpi river.
1t is utterly in vain TO hope ,ha, YOU can ever
procure HAT equilibrium Of which we h,ve
heard snme speaking a. This session of Con.
gress, between the slave holding and The non.
slaveholding States. ! hope and believe
nat II IS unnecessary but necessary or un.
necessary. /, Is utterly urot,airable, from
causes over wh!rh you have no, the slieh,es,
control.
conclude hy urging that the plan Of tho
committee proposes TO close and heal The five
wounds from which the country is bleeding.
by comprehensive Compromise. know,
sir, what will lie said. | know that il will
be said that the agiators will, even after The
passage Of lhese measures, continue 10 api.
tate the two extremes With their CRY for
these respective favurlte measures; that the
Wilmot Pruviso will be proposed 10 be added,
by a supplementary act, 10 The territorial
governments; or that il will be required TO
be inserted IN the constitutions which those
territories may adopt. have heard it said,
even upon his noor-pass all your measures,
Mr.. Clay, and we will cry out, repenl. re.
peal. But lhnsk know something of the
nature of my country men. speak also
tiom the authority and by the aid of history.
AT the time when The memorable Missouri
Compromise agitation ELECTED more intense
Anxiety throughout The country than here ia
now, The whole country was in an upfoar---
one half on the eide OF the exclusion Of Mis-.
sour, the other on the side of her admts-
SION. Every legislative body in the twenty.
three or lweniy.four Staies--l do not recol.
lect the precise number of States thcn-had
denounced or approved the measure. The
final settlement was carried Toto The House
OF Representatives, where The grea, sirugels
took place, aud the .lc,ory ven by small
majority. What was the consequence! D.
Eseryw was JOY, esu'iatian and tf,criph
that the unhappy controversy was quietly set.
tied, aad The man who would have dared Ia
interrupt The universal harmony which pre-.
vailed throughout the country would have
suffered reprodch and re5uka from the indiq.
nant voice of his county. And now ven
ture to say, that if luis measure ol compro.
mise goes to the country with the sanction
and itfueuce which ii will carry if il nfe.
walls, the opiniovof this Committee or Con.
gress, and Of the Execuiiy. in its favor, and
calculated as ii is to bring peace, harn,opv
and happiness again 10 the people Of the sew.
eTai Sia,es-l ventura 10 ssy that if il is
passed sn3 goes to the country, that seila-
ton is ended. They may croak and howl.
as they please. L, is only few ,nissrAbls
traders IN agitation-nen who live By means
OF agtaiion-men who are not satisfied until
they can place themselves c, the head OF a
litIe ci'qe OF followers whom they attach 10
Their coat tals-and with whom thew can
come to the Democratic party, and say,
:" take me, am good Democra,--I can
bring TO you this capita! "--or who will 90
10 the Wing party, and say 10 il, ",ske me
i have this little balancing power--I will
enable you 10 triumph over your sdversa.
lies 1T is only such men as will raise
cry against it. | will venture 10 say that if
this Compromise is passed, and goes to tia
country, all such agita,or will be Iebuked BY
The public Indignation into silence. have
done. l will ,respass upon the limo Of the
Senate no longer, as have said more than l
intended TO have said when commenced.
WOMAN