The southern press., 1850-11-02
r5N-The ereat Onion and Compromise msa

about six thousand persons out of apopulation
of half million.
Next to the astonishment that u Southern
man must feel at the passage of the Compro-
mise bills by Congress- will be his surprise that
it has been found expedient to call a meeting
in the North to sustain them, and next, that such
meeting consisted only offragments, only, from
the two great parties Of the State, and with all
the influence of wealth and trade could only
muster six thousand in city where there are
more than hundred thousand adult males.
There were more than that number Of strangers
in that city at the time. The meeting, however,
represented the property and commerce of the
city, not its labor. The Morning Star paper
favorable to the movement, says:
''The meeting at Castle Garden last evening
was large gathering not so large as the assemo-
lage on any one of the nights of Jenny Lind's
concerts, but yet numbering, we think, full 5000
persons. The audience was quite as fashionable
as that which greeted the Nightingale on her first
appearance. Indeed, we have never seen so large
number of wel!-dressed men assembled on any
occasion of public interest in this CITY,. The mer
chaots were there in great force. Wealth was
numerously represented. We recognized ship
ping merchants, bankers, wholesale dealers, and
professional men of the highest standing, together
with pretty strong delegations of influential poll
ttions from the conservative Wings of both po-
litical parties. But from some cause or other the
mechanics and working men, the bone and sinew
of the country Were not on the ground We do
not think that out of the 5000 persons assembled,
more than 600 belonged to the working classes.
Whether this circumstance arose from the fact
that the call for the meeting did not appear in the
Tribune, Sun, and Star, the three papers having
the largest circulation among the industrial portion
of the community or from the idea that special bus
ness interests had as much to do with the move
ment as patriotism, we cannot say but SO it was
The fact is undeniable."
The property of New York has too long given
countenance to attacks on the property OF the
South. We subjoin the resolutions:
l. Resolved, That we revere the wisdom and
patriotism Of our ancestors which framed the
Union of the States under the Federal Constitu-
ton, that we attribute our power, dignity, and
prosperity as nation, the full possession and en-
oyment Of civil and religious liberty, the security
of property, and the means Of moral and inteec-
lual elevation which are the birth-right of every
citizen, and all the magnificent results of our
growth as people, to the Union under the Consti-
tuition; that the maintenance and extension OF
these great blessings during the present genera
ton, and their transmission to posterity, are Sc
cure only by faithful adherence to the Union,
and implicit obedience to the Constitution.
2. Resolped That the fabric of our General
Government was the product of reciprocal conces-
sion among the conflicting interests of different
sections OF the country of mutual respect for the
diversities Of opinion which prevailed among the
citizens and the sincere affection, begotten by
their common origin and the common perils,
tolls, and sacrifices, through which their common
liberties had been won: and that the General Gov
ernment can be sustained and perpetuated only
upon the same basis Of concession, respect and
affection.
3. Resolved, That we cordially approve Of the
recent measures of Congress for the ad ustment
of the dangerous questions arising out of the ac-
QUESTION of territory under the treaty with Mex
leo, and that in consideration of the various dis
cordant interests to be affected thereby, we hold
that the compromise is fair one, and ought to be
sustained by every patriot in every part OF the
land.
a. Resolved, That the heartfelt thanks Of this
community, and o. the whole nation, are due, and
on our part are hereby rendered, to those emf
nent statesmen and patriots, Clay, Cass, Web
ster, Fillmore, Dickinson, Foote, Houston, and
| others, who, when they saw the Union in danger,
threw themselves into the breach, disregarding all
personal consequences, forgetting all party predi
! lectons, and willing to be sacrificed, if need be
for the good of the country. Resolved, that by
this patriotic devotion to their country's good in
crisis momentous, they have achieved for them
selves immortal honor, and for the Union, we
trust, an imperishabe existence.
| 5. Resolved, That those members of Congress
from this State, who, against influences the most
unfavorable to the exercise of a sound judgment,
sustained the peace measures by their votes, have
conferred lasting obligation upon their constitu-
ents, and upon the whole country.
| 6. Resolred, That while we do not impeach the
motives of members who opposed, during the
passage through Congress, those measures in our
,ipifn ind, tn nPnce
of the country, we do especially condemn the con-
duct Of those, who, after the happy settlement OF
these dangerous questions by the Compromise
bills, and while all were congratulating themselves
and each other that the era of good feeling had
returned, have sought, by again agitatlns the sub
| ject to throw new fire-brands OF mischief INTO
Congress and the country.
7. Resolved, That the fugitive slave bill is in ac-
cordance with the express stipulation Of the Con-
sttution of the United States, as carried out by
the act Of Congress of 1888, signed by Washing
ton, and in force at the time when the present law
was passed; and that Congress, in passing law
which should be efficient for carrying out the
stpulations of the Constitution, acted in full ac-
cordance with the letter and spirit of that instru-
ment, and that we will sustain this law, and the
ex ecuton of the same, by all lawful means.
| g. Resolved, That, in the opinion of this meeting,
further ag .tation of the slavery question In Con-
gress would be fraught with incalculable danger
to our Union, and that we will support no candi-
date at the ensuing, any other election, for
State officers, or for members Of Congress, or OF
the Legislature, who is known or believed to be
hostile to the peace measures recently adopted by
Congress, or any of them, or in favor of reopen
ing the questions involved in them for renewed
agitation
9. Resolred, That we regard our obligations to
the Constitution and the Union superior to the
ties of any of the political parties to which we may
Hitherto have belonged, and that on all future oc-
casons we will range ourselves under the banner
of that party whose principles and practice are
most calculated to uphold the Constitution and to
perpetuate our glorious Union.
CUBAN PRISONER DEMANDED.-.A Havana
letter, dated 18th ult, says the British govern
ment have demanded and obtained the release of
the Scotchman who was taken with others of
Lopezs expedition at Cardenas. 1t is something
to be British subject after all.
MILTON BANK RoBBERY.-Lincoln Dudley
has been committed at Boston, in default of sSs,-
600 ball. for receiving $500 of the 100000
stolen form the Dorchester and Milton Bank.