New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-27
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,,r,ssA rho s.,ouoded world that oar Union hsh
bar. n week more b live unless the south Las
,, ri,hts meantime in the matter of the .'''
.oye, Mr. Clemens besligusnt extensi 10 O.
me for whole week longer ~ rePreye
which permitted US 10 draw breath quite natora'y
.,si, INT then came Mr. Buffers grave nonition
that the day had gone By for cornpromises-'''e
s,oeh mu,t now have her will IN oil the New Ter
r,,or,e. or satpetsr rH explode, in spite n the
chemists, On the back Of these Cassaudra-hke pre-
visous came rumoFs on rumors OF new Comp'on'
ses where with the brains Of puzzled Senators ~"
,.ering including report that Mr. Webster hos
a MAN IN preparation which will hush the storm o.
faction and give peace 70 the country
We dont believe the first word OF IT. why
shoald we ? Mr.. Webster is great man, but he
cannot perform mpossibilties. lie may eau
spirits from the Vastly deep, but their pe'iormances
when raised will more resemble that OF the water
bearing goblin conjured up by Goethe Masiciap
Appyen,ice than the lscile cvoluuOns OF tie Wen
nese Dancers In fact tins question OF slavery
Extension has got beyond the control OF POM.
clans. or even Statesmen. fany man can ride Tie
whriwind Henry Clay is that man, and ms pros
naet H. at this moment by no means tattenng.-
For another 70 suppose that he can succeed where
Mr C. il likely to TAIL is to evuce far more audacl
~ than discretion No-thc case Is past surgery
There can be no real compromise, and any other
would bat aggravate the present difficulty
What IS that difficulty , What need IS there OF
Compromise When the adyersares OF Free la
Dor had the power, did they ever accord compfo'
mise 10 its champions When Louisiana slave
holding territory almost as large as civilized
Europe-was bought with the Treasure OF the Ma
tioa and annexed 10 this country what share oil !"
whit counterpose to it, was given or ohered 10
Free Labor When Florida was bought what
was done Tor the North in requital When Texas
wac thrust into the Union. what was the conces
sion 10 Freedom There was indeed preten'e'
a show Of giving the territory North OF So 80
but in the hrst place Texas had rghuully no acre
within hundred miles of that line, and in the next
place If she lad had no foot OF IT was secured 10
Freedom. An was to be Slave Territory until
Texas should choose to slice it OIL into a separate
Free State-that Is. until the sky shall fall, making
larks as plenty as musketoes. No-savery las
never yielded al inch by way OF Compromise when
she had power to hold it 1t is only when the
strength is against her that there is talk of Com
promise
Now il anybody imagines that Daniel w ebstcr
can be battered or cholcd into proposing to run the
hne Of 90 80 to the Pacific, or even to make two
new Slave States out OF Texas, or ANYTHING else OF
IKE nature. he will find himself egregiously ms
taken. There is no justice, no reason IN any such
setting wrong against r right TO keep matters
straight and even. California has right 10 come
into the UnoE--shc stands the intrinsic Justice
Of her claim. and that only She ought TO have been
admitted before this, and every day OF her exclusion
10 al added injustice Three tiths OF the entire
Congress are IN favor OF her admission absolutely
an without delay or bargain why is she still
kept out Simply because Slavery breads pre-
ponaersnee OF Free States III the Senate Is tha
q reason Rotc is she kept ont BY outrage al,
mensce-by shameless abuse and perVsrsion o
the Rules OF the House And shall ireemen b,
ballied into treachey TO Freedom 10y such appi
snces
Mr. CLAWS propositions heartily sanctioned an
ooacurred in by the South, might be accepted b.
the North but not without such ooscurrencc. he
Texss, Arkansas and Missouri unite IN Mr. Clay
declaration that Slavery has now IN legal kotins Il
the New Territories. o0nsentnc the while to a. Gu
elusive esta bhshment Of the rlghtful boundaries Q
New Mexico, and we could assent 70 the unpalsts
bic provisions Of Mr. Clay's programme. But L
have these passed by substantial! Northern
vote. with tbe aid Of Delaware. kentucky and c 81
Maryland while Texas. Arkansas n Go. should re
''st and vote No, they refusing to be concluded b,
Ne adjustment--tAdt would be no Conpromiss-n'
Il concession, We want no bargain to bn'
srs Clay, Underwood. Wales and Spuanc,
net to extend Slaver-we know well that the!
have 10 mind 10. Ills Of the Foote's Atcheson
and Clemenses that VIC desire guarantees, aud
they are no forthcoming, there is no reason sr con
eeding anything on COR side Why then. shou.
the Admission OF California be postponed a sing,
week lonser