The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-08-20

have no longer 10 combat Mu deceptious In
ammen, Of our willy foes bot are lefi with the
field clear Of al propositions 10 assert our
nghts and maintain them. Il matters not by
whose fundamentally tins clearance has been
accomplished whell er by a junction Of those
who thought it gave too much with those who
thought It gave too little 90 the South or by
the sense Of justice and patriotism Of the whole
body Of the Senate. II the one both were
right, the latter absolutely, the former accord
ing to their method Of belief If the other
were the cause, we have hope that the same
feeling will lead them to do something that
will be just and honorable.
In this calm succeeding the first shock Of
battle, while our opponents muster their scat
tered and reellug forces for another onset or
cunning siraiagem, let US look at the cause Of
strife, and glance over the late battlefield.
The contention is this The Northern States
claim the whole benefit accruing from war
in which a large portion of the blood and treas
ure expended were of the South. The admis-
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not only be acting most unjustly towards them
selves and their posterity, but would also be to
admit measures and doctrines, which in the end
would prove the utter subversion Of their liber-
ty and peculiar institutions. The Southern
States claim to have a right TO settle over the
whole of the acquired territories with that
which is recognized by reason, the constitution
of the United States, and their own laws, as
property, equal to the right claimed by the
Northern States to settle there with their pro-
perry,
This IS a plain statement of the cause of CON
%tention, and we appeal to every sentiment of
justice, if we be not right in our claim, and if
our opponents be not most outrageously and
crimlnally wrong They assert a claim
which is dictated by the worst passions, and
founded in the most gross injustice, and ii is
proposed to compromise.
How IL it possible to compromise, when those
who desire TO compromise with us have moth
ing to conceded The proposed compromise,
then, was what might be expected from such
u state of the case. We were to give up all
rights in California, which was to be admitted
as a State, Though formed according to no pre-.
eedent) and at variance with all order, and thus
' were to admit two Senators opposed to us
we were also asked to agree 10 have establish.
J cd in the rest of the territories, governments
which could not %legislate for the protection by
police laws, of slave property, and not only this
but we were TO admit that slavery did not al
ready exist over these territories-though on
p~roperty-because ~abrogated by the laws o
the foreign nation, Mexico, from whom it wa
obtained II was also proposed to take from
Texas a large tract Of her territory, oter whicl
this a~brogation by Mexican law, and all 9th
er ~free-soil doctrines with their perniciou
effects, were to extend. A measure concern
; ing fugitive slaves, highly insulting and Other
wise obnoxious was proposed; and finally, la,
, by which slaves removed 10 the District off
lumbia were set free, was passed
We look in vain over this list of proposition
for anything conceded to the South, excer
1--WE are forced TO admit one thing, which is a
implied promise Of peace, as to slavery in thes
these territories, after I'VE had agreed to hi
; compromise. But this compromise has 1--WE ar
grateful for III been totally overthrown, an
we stand with our rights still secure. M
7 Clay, the leader of the forces, has been wor
out by his exertions, and fully Frustrated b
t, Disappointment. Mr.. Foote, checked in h
mad career, looks about, doubtless amazed
his previous infatuation. On all parts of tn
field lie, in dire confusion, fragments of argl
, ment, entreaty, threats, chicanery, fraud, &c
the weapons used in the assault upon us; "
+ we stand safe and secure. What is the eours
we shall now take We still most emphat
e cally assert our equal rights over the whole
r these territories, and our equal rights in ever
respect in the administration Of our Cover
ment with the Northern States. We have bl
one compromise to make with them. Thes
territories are owned by each equally; the
} claim to exclude US from the whole, we sa,
: 1t is just that it should be divided between |
equally and we therefore propose to divide
T by the line of 36s 30 north latitude, which, b,
n sides being almost an exactly equal division,
It on many ether accounts, rendereda proper lin,
: Is not this perfectly fair2 who can gail
say itl We still assert and contend for OF
rights over the whole undivided property, b.
: we prove our wisdom and love for the Unic
to be greater than that of those who assert o,
title to the choie, and yet sieze upon a con
promise, by which all is taken from us, by o,
y being willing to assent to an equal adhesion
the common property, rather than dissolve Ii
Union. We thus preserve our rights, our hoi
J or and the peace Of the country.
> We must confess that we think it strana
: that any one should profess to be in favor of a
= the Nashville Resolutions-which, be il n
membered, oppose the admission of CalitornI
and all the measures Of the Compromise bill
and yeiagree with the Compromise bill, an
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