The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-04-06
Shall We Compromise .

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sisted 10y the South aud but cpldly looked unon
IN she North 1t ]. not tina, both sides are inf,u.
atel and refuse reasonable settlement Ru, III q
sK'li OF Alr' Clay has evidently not touched the
seat VI disease, lie either has not perceived or
ms mol Thought 1t ezpedlent to meet the real is.
sue now before the people of the United States
ne struggle gong on Is struggle whose depth.
le IN the organization Of society in the North and
south respectively; whose causes were planted
IN the Constitution There are two incon natIIl.
and mutually destructive principles wrought 10.
gether IN the government Of this land Hitherto
like Esau and Jacob, they have striycu together
IN the womb. Now they are born, and that feud
has begun which shall drive the one or the o,b,r
10 the wilderness To attempt 10 settle a radical
opposition OF policy, by easing off the rub here
"'u mere leaving the great principles in full WIG.
or Is as 1t one should hang Tenders and sand bag.
along the side Of hostile ships that came crushing
together, instead Of putting the helm about and
going another tack. slavery /, night and "Slays
ry Is wrong Slavery shall live" slavery
'hail die Slavery shall extend" SLAYER, shniI
hot extend ARE these conflict. to b.. settled Ly
any mode Of pargltng out certain territories -
Now tie battle RACES at one rout Bv and lv
1t wall rage at another Tle-c uppuluaut Gle,
mcnts Slavery and Liberty iuher. ut IN our uOljti.
S'H system anlmatmy our Constitution cLcckerip,,
our nuIli. n.Iir, lre.,l;,,,, =. -,. "0' '''s
principles oi government, and making our whole
wisdom "I public Legislation on many Of the
greatest questions crosseyei and cuntralstrry.
these elements are seeking each other, life one
or the other must Gle
We give Mr., Clay sincere praise for de,irinr
peace. We think it worthy Of his reputation IN
have declared that he would never vote for the
extension Of Slavery. If his compromise had tn.
would then have come nearer 70 "nr oi. PONY ne ne
leader which our time and orr diaic,io. ~, .'',
1t is no .portiye .t ,,non ,c, ar
zn- The ,hiel If t{o claI'onar '','''on :, :"
no bluutcd lance Iil, Iv,rlo1 ',, I'i.,I H. Nv ~.
been Glad had Mr.. Cla, .,rpcl, tlo hill - ~,
Bos Gilbert with the .Lar, I,nco JooI ;.i ". iy.
earnest battle. One .trJrl, G,ruo,I s,,,at,
gaiust the extension of Slavery bassd nn, ,',,'',
political reasons but ON the Irc,t ,,,;,o - ,r
humanity and Justice. one ,l,vin,, oi,,oai ~. a.
whole nation 10 take tLa strJ w. t,,, '"o
sonaiiy taken. acpcr 10 .,,e t,r tLe s,,g,.s.l.
Suicry on eifI,r si{e of am, lj,,,. tIi, ,r,,iI
have been noble state.man.hin mad cra,r,'a,i
the last wears Of the reyrraJ so,o ,r Astl,,,l,.i
the brightest glory Of Ii. Tf,' ''''
Let no man suppose that tbo co,.o-,;,,y -.l;,,.
now ngitate the land have ,,rr,,, fr,, ,l
procedure Of few men-tLr Lot LnoJ. o;,I.r -
tie North or Of the South We IN, ,Io NIL,
Of collision not of men I'm. Of rr;nc;,Ios a,,J
political institutions. The iprviaI, ;'''s
fairs has been developm, the ,rsrIt. f,r ,ri,,i,
provision was made, first in the oryapiIation If
society and then in the structure Of the Con.tih,'
ton No harvest ever onswcr.I ,,,oro o,I,'
the husbandman's seed, tlan do orr 6iaicYltia. w
the original sowing.
The North adopting tie tbeorv of l,,,,,,,,,,.
organized all her civil aal industrial in ,i,,,i;,
upon that basis Every man the love-, ,lcI,.,.t
the highest and best, had one common ni,tforrn of
rights. The South, adopting the theory or oris.
tocracy, made two platlorm,-,he one for the
governed the other for the governors. The nuc
and the other began at once to exhibit tbrjr 70.
suits In the North, labor was voluntary honor.
able, and universal; in the South i, was copupl.
sorry and made dsrepu,aJlc b. being fastened mn.
on abicct class. OF course the laborcr had dif
ierent valves In the North, lac was a citizen ca.
pable of any honor framing his own laws rnokirr,
lis own rulers, and 50 an integral element of the
state. In the South, he neither voted nor deter
mined he had norights he WAS slave Labor
nnd Laborers are the foundations Of a community
The strength, the virtue, the civilization Of com.
ml,unIty must be measured by the condition of its
la6orers, and not by the polish on it, surface.
lhe whole structure Of society conormel to