Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-06-20
Fromihc Roicigh Register.
TACKlNG FOR THE BREFZE.

From the time the presen, agitation t,ot Ills fearful
impulse IN the prospective acquisition o foreign territory
have denounced all attempts the part OF Congress
To impose any restraints the spread OF slavery wher
even the people desie it, With this general view Of The
rights o the Southern people to TAR and equal division
OF the eommon properly OF a common government, aud
at the time with ardent desire To see the peace
and harmony Of The various sections of the country res
tered and perpetuaied. denounced the Wnot Provi
when soug To be engratted on the three million
bill aud urged The popriety and justice OF adherIng TO
the Missouri Compromise. No one,at that time thought
would be necessary - ri 10 COMPROMISE Tor 'hr
safety of tho South. The With Mexico was wased
for the acquisition Of territory. and the treaty Of peace
broug ht with it vast and boundess domain. With u,
also, appeared the image OF The destroying angel.
We shall not undertake to delineaic The dangers with
which his acquisition has threatened the peace and per
manency Of tho Union II is enough to remark, that
condition of things has Immediately and remotely grown
Of it. which has made the heart ofevery patriot of
the country painfully npptehensive for every day Of the
future The clouds seemed gathering and the storm was
marching onward threatening 10 beat down IN lis angry
form The South the Union and Constitution, in proml
scnons min Aggression threatened from one quarter
whilst from another was heard the voice which has been
occasionally uttered for the last quarter of century, that
II lime for the South 10 protect herself by organizing
a separate and Independent cnuiederacy The danger
increased. The public mind was irrtated, and aroused
by appeals the passions aud Judgments of men. unl
at the meeting of Congress, there appeared very fearful
prospect that the Norh. having the numerical power,
would. by direct OF legislation, prohibit slavery in
the territories. 10 avoid this, and prevent conflict
which apparently inevitable, the President proposed
that the territories should be left to form their gov
ernmens without interference The part of Congress.
and be admitted States, when They properly pre-
pared for admission. II his object to settle the an
cry elements OF The dlsacng question without dolhg
injustice any secton and in way that might AVOID
the caamties cons queni upon and nseparable from.
dissolution of the Onion. His policy might not have
been the best but his motives were worthy Il Tho hfsl
Executive officer of this great country.
BIT we pass on The signs of the times indicated 10
the moderate men in Congress that crisis, such rlnps
Tho Union had never known. rapidly approaching,
and that the hour demanded effort which the annals
Of national legislature had seldom if ever, exhibited
As fortune Providence would have it, there were men
there with patriotism broad enough TO cover the whole
country, and souls large enough to indulge the glorious
hope that the greatest republic earth might not be de
soyed by the fanacism Of section, the madness
Of the other. lie who saved his country in the memora
BILE conflict which resulted in the admission Of Missouri.
was still thereod ii is true in tsbut young IN all
the powers of practical craftsmanship young in the pow
Of mighty mind young in the ardent affections OF
heat that has been American in all HE vcsl udes OF lite
yes. Henry Clay there ready TO breast the storm,
and calm if possible, the fearful tempest And others
there to whom had particular right to nok Tor
aid. The master-split of all the North he whose nigh
" mind and maichts eoquence have only given dig
NIFTY the Senate, but elevated his entire country IN the
estimation of The world-Danie Webster here ready
10 Sacf0c nlnsell II Heeu III III gehl
national difficulty -And he Of New York. The fearless
and energetic son of the Norh-he too, there with
all his and patriotic zeal in near aud dear
to oil his affections. We desire TO make. however no
invidous comparison, but would equally honor all who
have hone sty laboed save their country from impen
ding ruin Such men only entitled to honor and If
we confer any they have H.
A committee composed Of the first men Of the Senate
was appointed, The whole matter in dispute given In
charge TO them. After patient and laborious invest
CATION of all the subjects in controversy, the Committee
report plan of set cement which just and eqnta-
BILE 10 every section Of the county. But it ISL Iac
much be lamented that here in the South there Is
class of men who assume 10 be special guardians
who are utterly opposed to such settlement. Why are
they oppose TO IL Why have they thrown cod water
IN every for arrange and compromise this matter!
Up to this time all kinds OF compromise have sank in
their nostrils" But now III re is sudden tack. has
ty turning Of eyes to the Missouri Compromise. And
the pc pie will naturally ask why this sudden love for
particular heretofore urged, and even oppos
ed by its present advocates The answer. we fear. VI"
be- that those who profess to be sound on the Southern
quest on desire settlement Of existing difficulties. and
that they will counienance arrangement that Con
press NAV adopt. For part. we have no kind ofob
lecon to the adoption of the Missouri compromise line
as applicable the territories, but we do not think
hat our friends in Congress have power to adopt It,
hat then to be done. One of two things, Cong
must settle the matter satisfactorily possible to eve
nv section Of the country; The fanatics and madmen OF
the North aud South who seek rule the hour viii 90
on in their career until the pillars Of The Constitution
torn from their base, and the whole fabric comes
tumbing about our ears.