Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-13

The Beginning Of the End ;

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q Oh the 2sth ult4, the United States
lSenate rejected Mr.. Sor,le sainelMlneft to
the Compromise Bill by d vote OF So to
lilo. 1t will be recolltcted that the amend
meilt thus overwhelmingly rejected was,
Hin effect, the old Missouri compromise
Zine of sc deg. 81 min, The following h
tile vote, by yeas and nays:
Tus-Messrs. Atchlson, BarnWell, Beffien
1Butler, Clemens. Davis of Mississippi, Dawson
xDowns, Fpote, Houston, Hunter, King, Mason
Morton, Rtsk, Sebastian, Soule, Turney, and
aYulee-l9.
Navs-Messrs. Badger, Baldwin, Bell, Benton,
\ bright, Cass, Chase, Clarke, Clay, Cooper
3Cortyin, Davis Of Massachusetts. Dayton, Dick.
Hinson, Dodge of Wisconsin, Douglas, Felch,
AGreen, Hale. HHtn1in, Jones, Miller. Norris
aPearce, Phelps Pratt, Seward, Shields. Smith
aSfurgeon, Underwood, Uphaut, Wales, Walker
4 webster, and Whitepn1b=-3b.
Three Southern Senators, Borla1A,
: Mangum and Sprnauce, and two Northern
Senators, Bradbury and Dodge, were
VI ulu IlDI NDbt,
One feature in this vote should strike
every southern man fofcibly and, no
matter how ultra or how moderate he
may be, should inpel him to reflect, to
study, and to consider profoundly, the
consequences Of a rejection Of the Com
promise presented by the Committee of
aThirteen. It will be seen that e,c1Y
I Northern Seliator present voted agtihst
Mr.. SonIe's amendment. This is z%ositite
+ MISUNDERSTANDING that admits of neither
{ misconstruction or misconception--that in
no possible event can the Missouri line
ever receive the sanction of the Senate.
Then why press an impossiblllty
This action of the northern Senators
was to have been expected. They have
planted themselves st firmly upon the
doctrine of non-intervention that they
cannot rocedc, even were they so disposed,
with safety to their regulations, or with
Iout endangering their political fortunes.
The Missouri line absolutely psohibHs
slavery north, aud permits it south of that
degree of latitude. BY voting for this
lime they would abandon the principle of
Observation-Disclosures consequently de-.
aprlve themselves of the high constitution.
NJ ground they have ASSUMED for refusing
ito legislate SO as to ercIuIc it from the
territory bclptc 35deg 30min. Therefore,
the u%nanimity of the Northern Senators is
not at all surprising. 1t is useless to expect
that such men as CaRs, Webster and Dick
!inson, are mar going to replidiate the ex-
|alted position they have occupied during
the present session, neither is it wonder
|ful that the whole North rallied around
them when the vote was taken. But it as
wonderful, it Is astonishing, it seems in
credible, that a large majority of Southern
Senators with bills before them prohibtthng1
Congressional interference with slavery III
the territories, should reject them, and
require positim interference as the only
mode of settling the existing sectional
difficulty! But such is, nevertheless, the
case. The Compromise Bill of Mr.. Clay,
leaves the whole matter to the people of
THE Territories, where it properly belongs.
THE adoption of the Missouri line admits
THE right of Congress to prohibit slayeryI
north of 3Gdeg 3Omin. What miserable,
folly is this. II Congress possesses the
constitutional right to prohibit slavery
|noytA of a particular degree of latitude,
the power certainly exists to prohibit it
|s0auh of that latitude, to say nothing of
the additional evil to the South which
would result from the division Of California
into taco free States, which would newt
able follow the adoption Of the Missouri
lime. And then, the important principle
THE power of Congress to interfere with
the subject of slavery-would be admitted.
Late intelligence from Washington has
surprised us not a little. 1t seems that
Mr.. Clay's Compromise Bill is in some
danger of defeat owing to the insane policy
Iof the Southern imprncticables, in throw
ing every obstacle in the way of its passage,
and demanding, as a sine 1ma nan, the,
adoption of the Missouri line. We al,
most begin to fear that southern imprac-
|ticability, acting, if not leagued with
northern abolitionism, will overthrow the,
only plan of ad jastment which has the,
smallest possible chance of success. If
they succeed the prospect is black--it is,
terrible. There will not be one CLEAN of
light athwart the gloomy sky of the future
|if the present Compromise fails.
The responsibility that these men are
taking upon themselves is really awful!
What do they want? The vote above,
given shows the Missouri line to be abso-)
lutely unattainable. If they defeSt Mr..
|Clay's bill what do they propose to do !?
What measure of peace are they prepared;
Ito advocate? Do they wish to see the
angel Of domestic concord ever wave her;
peaceful wings over q land where frater-|
nal love and harmony shall prevail And
finally, are they prepared to meet the in,
|evitable results which will follow the fall