The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-10-01

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M. Editor Let those who suppose that
the California aud other bills Of The same
stripe, which have lately been forced through
Congress by the action Of a lawIess MAORI
~. has settled the slavery agitation, read
aud reflect upon the following article taken
from a Northern paper Of extensive c%ircuIa-
ton and influence;
From tie ". T. Herald, Of Sept H. 1850.
THE SLAVERY AeITATloE-ITs PROBABLE RE.
EEwAL.
From the present appearance Of things al
Washington aud elsewhere. we are very
much inclined to believe, that notwithstand.
ing the passage Of the Territorial bills by
Congress, within a few days past, the agi-
tation on the subject Of slavery is not yet at
rest, but il is destined 10 be continued for
perhaps an indefinite period.
Immediately after the adoption Of those
measures, ard as if done for the purpose of
conveying the determination of the faction
lists to the public, Mr. Chase, in the Senate
at Washington, gave notice OF a bill to pro-
hibIt slavery in the new Territories, and
William II. Seward, Of New York, follow
ed him up when the bill abo,ishiug the slave
traffic in the District of Columbia was nm.
der debate IN the same body, by offering an
amendment IN the form Of a substitute for
that bill, declaring the freedom of all the
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propriatiEg a large sum Of money as com.
pensatlon TO the owners OF the slaves thus
proposed to be liberated. A portion of the
WING press IN this city, and throughout the
Stale, ale taking a similar course, and the
result will be a re-agitation a the subject,
and the certainty, almost, that before long
another considerable, if not formidable, com.
b~iuation of factiouists will be found who will
demand the prohibition of slavery ir Utah
and New Mexico. There will be no rest
from this question, and no immediate end to
the excitement. Such leading wings in
Congress, and Throughout. the country,
as may agree upon continuing the f%actionaI
movement, will in all probability succeed in
folsting 1t on the party with which they are
identified. lfthey do, the wing party will
plant themselves on this principle, and very
likely they will go into their elections on
such n platform. All the old issues-bank
tariff, internal Improvements, sub.treasury.
distribution of the public lands, &c.-have
been consigned to the tomb of the Capulets,
and are now dead and obsolete, aud the
wings may force this new one on the oppo.
site party, for want of another.
Ifsuch should be the case, the next inquiry
is, what course will the democratic party
probably pursue? If the issue be forced up.
on them, they will be bound to respond in
some way or other. From what we know
of that party, and of their past history, we
are inclined to believe that they will 60 in an
opposite direction, and instead of relying up.
on the settlement Of the agitation which has
recently been effected, they will advocate a
further extension of our territory, by pur.
chase, conquest or treaty, and throw them.
selves on the count y, with the annexation
of Canada, Cuba, the British West Indies,
and further settlements on the Pacific, as
their watchword and rallying cry. Ii we
know any thing of their temper and DISPOSE.
ton, we feel confident they will take this
course, in case the wings should adopt as
an issue the prohibition of slavery in the
new territories, and force it upon them at
election time. The democrats have always
been opposed to sectional or %factional pro-
lects of government. Their principles have
always been liberal, broad, and cumprehen.
slve; and if they should adopt such a plat
form, in opposition to that of the wings, they
could with reason appeal 10 the masses for
the public mind of this country would sup
port them IN such a stand, rather than en-
courage the wings in their sectional move.
ments. The extension of our territory has
always been popular with the great mass of
our population, and, for aught we know to
the contrary, will continue so, until the
whole OF the two continents, from the north
pole to Cape Horn, shall be under the do,
mlnion of the United States, and become a
vast aggregation of republics, with com.
mon centre, similar to the government at
Washington at the present day. Such a
gigantic project would be fastened and &C.
celebrated if the wing party should make
such an issue as that to which we have re.
ferred.
Such being the prospect, therefore, it is
easy to see that instead of the slavery agita.
ton having been finally settled and disposed
Of by the passage of the California and 9th.
er bills recently, by the two houses of Con.
gress, it will probably be renewed by the
Stewards and Chases of the wing and free.
soil parties. Indeed, we are satisfied that
its renewal has been already commenced in
the movements of those gentlemen in Wash.
'ngton, backed up and supported by a por.
ton OF the northern wing press. 1t is easy
to see the result to which it will lead the
country and political parties before many
years, and the i'll will and hostility which it
will cause between the northern aud southern
sections of the republic. Tie wings will
endeavor to gain the Observation-Disclosures to
their side, and the democrats will advocate