The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-06-11

cd LI the compromise, and thus that it will
have all the effect of the Wilmot proviso. Is
it not, then, manifest that Northern men who
support it will be arragned for surrendering
the principle Of the proyiso, and that South
ern men who support it will be arraigned for
surrendcring the rights of the South, for
which they had pledged themselves to con-
r tend so sfrenuously? Can a measure lie
this give harmony and tranquility 10 the
country? Is it not rather to be feared that,
if adopted, it will prove a prolific fountain,
from which will flow continued agitation and
discord That plan for the adjustment OF
this question is the bcst which takes the sub.
iect of slavery out of the political arena,
and extnguishes it as political issue in tho
party contests of the times In this respect
0e humbly conceive the Presidents plan
superior 10 any that has been suggested,
The Presidents plan, if adopted and carried
out, can be attended with no such conse-
. quences. 1t will leave nothing behind it I'd
agtaIe about. Il gives fnality TO this vexcd
question of The inhibition or admission Of
slavery into the territory acquired from
Mexico, and in no wise conflicts with the
other measures contemplated in reference to
fugitive slaves and the slave trade in the Dis.
trict Of Columbia-boh of them subjects Of
high and grave importance, and neither of
which is any more dependent upon the a.
dopion Of the territorial portion of the com.
promise plan than it is upon the adoption of
the Presidents plan. Either or both NAV
possibly be defeated, though the Compro.
mise bill should pass. If the Compromise
bill should pass and the fugitive slave
/. bill be lost will not the Southern supporters
Of the former imputc bad faith to its North
ern supporters And if the Lill respecting
the slave trade in the District of Columbia
should fail to become Il law, will not those
Northern members of Congress who support
the Compromise as a Whole, make loud COM
plants against its Southern supporters ?
VIII there not, in either of these cases, 10
mutual imputations of bad faith and mutual
examinations and rccrimna'ions Where,
then, will the harmony, the absence Of which
the Senator from Kentucky so eloqucntv
deplores? May there not, in either case. he
a startling addition to the five bleeding
wounds so graphically described by the SEN
ator?
Upon full view of the whole question,
and upon candid consideration of the rcas.
ons on both sides, we are wholly unable to
see that superior remedial potency in the
compromise plan over that of the President,
which is claimed for the former by its sup
porters Certainly such superiority, if it in
deed exists is not so manifest as to Justify its
supporters in requiring the President to a.
bandon his own opinions, deliberately form
ed and expressed, and actively exert his in
huonce to defeat the principle of adjustment
which he has deliberately recommendcd,ani
which he still believes to be. the best calcu.
lated 10 overcome all the difficulties growing
out of our acquisition of territory from Mex.
ico' Such course, on his part, would be
incompatible with selfrespect, and could not
fail to diminish the confidence Of the country
in his firmncss and wisdom.
When the Presidents plan was first rec
commended to Congress, it was almost uni.
versay hailed as plan of deliverance and
f safety by patriotic mon of all parties,
, and we think it is 10 be deplored as ma
tionsl misfortune that any thing has occurred
to disturb the unity of sentiment which then
, prevailed in regard to it.
, We desire it TO be understood, that il is
J not our purpose to indulge in reproaches TO-
wards any one, least of all to the distinguish.
ed Senator from Kentucky. In pursuing
the course which he has pursued, he has but
obeyed the law of his nature, and welded 10
, the irexorablc coercion of circumstances
In leaving the tranquil shades of Ashland
TO reappear upon the storm, theatre of pub
|, lie affairs at time like this. the veteran
statesman and renowned orator did not. II ia
7 to be presumed, propose TO play a subordi-
. nate part. He did not propose that his sem
atorial achievements now should be less dis
q iinGuished than those of thepast He came
= to lead, not TO follow. He came to originate
+ measures of compromise and paci6ca,on, not
n to adopt sach as others might recommend.
q Already distinguished as The author of two
+. compromises which hal pacifed the
/. country at periods of great trouble and df-
A hculty, we conceive that We 10 him no in.
?, justice when we suppose that he came hither
= at the present crisis with the natural and
c landable ambition Of approprating 10 linn
self the glory of a third compromise In
@ SAYING this it is not our purpose to impulo
d unworthy motives 10 the distinguished Sena-
C tor. On the contrary we regard such am
j. blion in him, under the circumstances, as
l. both natural and laudable but if We are
j. right in our conclusions, they account. in
I some degree at least, for the absence, if such
e be the fact Of that "spirit OF peace and
S concord, and of mutual confidence and CO.
J. operation, which ought to animate the diff
? ierent departments of the Government" :"
p and which the Senator adyerted to in his
!, speech on Tuesday last.
/ A PosER.-One person abusing an
J. other IN the presence of Churchill, the
N poet, said-'lIe was so extremely stupid.
=. that If Won said n Good thing he couiJ