The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-06-27

For these reasons, the Compromise bill is re-
jeccted, but the Address intimates that the Mis-
souri, line Of $50 80 extended to the Pacific, with
the express recognition Of the right to hold slaves
below that line, would not be unacceptable.
"The South, in our opinion might accept one
other compromise, not because it is co-extensive
with our rights, but because it has been twice
sanctioned by those who have gone before US. If
the North offers the Missouri Compromise to
extend to the Pacific ocean, the South cannot re-
ject it, provided distinct recognition of our right
to enter the territory south of $50 80 north lati-
tude is expressed in the compromise We should
take this line as a partition line between the two
sections of the Union and, besides this, nothing
but what the CONSTITUTION bestows. Although
the Northern States would acquire by this COM
promise three-fourths of our vacant territory
they will have renowned the insufferable preten-
sion of restricting and preventing the extension
of the South, whilst they should extend indef-
nitelyp
The Address closes with the announcement Of
the purpose to meet six weeks after the adjourn
ment Of Congress, to consider what then may be
necessary to be done.
We have thus presented an abstract Of docu-
ment which will hardly produce the impression
thors. 1t is hard to believe that they are sincere
and aggressiveness of the Northern States, and
the danger to be apprehended to Slavery from
their usurpitions Of political power. Look at
every Department of the Federal Government );
is it not under the complete control Of slavehold-
ers2 The Chief Executive, STAKEHOLDER, the
Chief Justice, stakeholder the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, STAKEHOLDER, the
chairmen of all the important committees in both
Houses of Congress, shareholders or their depend
ents-in a word, the Executive, Legislative, and
Judicial departments of the Government under
the domination Of Shareholders! And yet the
North is a fierce, an unrelenting, overbearing
Despotism, under which the South groans, in
danger of being crushed to powder!
la view of such facts, to charge the North
with being despotic and aggressive, indicates
astounding infatuation, or rank dishonesty How
is this Despotism constituted The South has
generally furnished our Presidents-always Q
majority of the Judges of the Supreme Court
for the last twenty-five years the Speakers of the
House Of Representatives, with two exceptions
ana in tie senate 1t. possesses an equality OF
votes Where then is the despotism7 Note the
language Of the Address:
D." A Sectional Despotism, tOtOliy irresponsible TO
the People Of the Somh-constamed Of The Repre-
setatipes Congress Of henon-slapeholding S0tes-
ignorant of our feelings, condition, and insttu-
tions--reigns at Washington!p
That is, the free People of the non-slavehold-N
ing States, numbering twice as many as the free
People of the slaveholding States, have majority
in the House of Representatives of thirty-nine,
and these non-slaveholding Representatives are
responsible to their constituents, Totally ire
sponsible to the People of the South p That is
all-that is the irresponsible Despotism under
which the South is degraded. On an equal ratio
Of representation, it cannot cast many votes IS
the North Grievance unutterable! How can
such an aggression on the part of the North he
pardoned2 True, we do not suffer much from
this irresponsible Despotism. We can generally |
bride, divide, or outwit the majority. We con-
troll, of course, the organization Of the House
we shape the Committees to our liking-we brig |
forward what measures we please-snd, if we
cannot carry them through, we can block al
legislation. Besides, we hold a veto power frs
in the Senate, next in the Chief Executive, and
revisionary power ultimately in the Judiciary !
Still, until the six millions of Southern freemen
can cast as many votes in the House of Repre-
sentatives as the twelve millions of Northern
freemen, or the representatives of the latter be
made in some way responsible to the former, it Ia
clear to the dullest vision that the South is In
subsection to Noticeable, detesiable Sectional
Despotism
We wish the Nashville patriots speedy de-
liverance from their lamentable hallucination.