The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-06-19

geographical parties In this Chamber, by creating
committee formed upon that principle In the
next place there is sanction for any such compro
msc-no authority 10 enforce it- none To punish it's
violation. In the third place, there is nothing to be
compromised. compromise is concession--a
mutual concession of contested claims between two
parties. know OF nothing TO be conceded on the part
OF the siayeholdng States in regard to their slave
property Their rights are independent of the Fed
eral Government and admitted in the Constitution
Ia right to hold their slaves property, right 10
pursue and recover them property, right To il
as political element in the weight Of these States,
by making five count three in the national repre-
scntation. These arc our rights by an instrument
which we are bound 10 respect, and will concede
none of them, nor purchase any OF them. | never
purchase as concession what hold as right, nor
accept inferior title when ] already hold the
highest Even if this congeries OF bills a com
promise, in fact should be opposed To it, for the
stated. But the fact itself is to me apocry
pha What is IL but the case OF five old bills intro
dueed by different members as common Legislative
measures-caught up by the Senator from Ken
lucky, and his committee, bundled together, and
then called compromise!
Now, this mystiies me. The same bills
binary Legislation in the hands OF their authors ;
they become sacred compromise in the hands Of
their new possessors. They seemed TO be of no
count as laws; they become national panacea as
Il compromise. The difference seems TO be in the
change of name. The poet tells us that rose will
smell as sweet by any other name. That may be
true OF roses, but not Of compromises. In the case
of the compromise, the whole smell is in the name;
and here is the proof. The Senator from Illinois
(Mr DoUGLAs) brought in three of these bills they
emitted smell. The Senator from Virginia { Mr.
MAsos) brought in another OF them-no smell
in that. The Senator from Missouri, who
speaks To the Senate brought in the filth--ditto,
smell about it. The ollactory nerve of the
nation scented their existence. But no soon
or are they jumbled together, and called compro-
mise, than the nation ID filled with their perfume.
People smell it all over the land and, like the in
halers of certain drugs, become frantic for the
thing. This mystfes me, and the nearest that can
come to u solution OF the mystery is III the case Of
the two DIR. Townsends and their sarsaparla root
They both extract from the same root, but the ex-
tract is totally different article in the hands of the
two doctors. Produced by one, it is universal
panacea; by the other il is of no account and lit
lie less than poison. Here is what the Old Doctor
says of this strange difference
owe wish ii understood, because il IL the ALSO
iute truth, that S. p Townsend's article and Old
DR., Jacob Townsend's Sarsaparila are heaven irtde
apart, and infinitely dissfmi!ar that they arc un-
like in every particular, having not one single
thing in common
And accounts for the difference thus:
"The sarsaparila root, it is well known to medi-
cal men, contains many medicinal properties, and
some properties which inert useless, and
others which, if retained in preparing 1t for USE
produce fermentation and acid, which is injurious
TO the system. Some OF the properties of sarsa-
parila rolatile that they entirely evaporatc,
and arc lost in the preparation, If they are not pre-
served by scientific process, known only to the
experienced in its manufacture. Moreover, these
uotatiie principles, which fly off in vapor or as an
exhalation, under heat the very essential medi
cal properties of the root, which give to it all its
value"
Now, all this is perfectly ineligible to me. /
understand it exactly. IL shows me precisely how
the same root is either TO be poison or medi-
cine as it happens to be in the hands of the old
the young doctor This may be the case with
these bills. To me il looks like clue to the mys
terry; but decide nothing, and wait patiently for
the solution which the Senator from Kentucky may
give when he comes to answer this part of my
he al HDCf lnGl 4 in rpC in mar
ticuar attention to his name labelled on the bottle,
To wit, sold Doctor Jacob Townsend and not
Young Doctor Samuel Townsend This shows that
there is virtue in when applied 10 the
tract of sarsaparilla root; and there may be equal
virtue in ii when applied to a compromise bill If
So il may show how these self-sane bills of no
force or virtue in the hands of the young Senator
from Illinois, (Mr. DouGLAs,) and become omnipo-
tenty cfficacious in the hands of the old Senator
from Kentucky.
This is the end Of the grand committees work
five old bills tackled together, and presented a
remedy for evils which have existence. and re-
quired TO be accepted under penalty-the penal
ty of being gazettcd as enemies OF compromise,
and played at by the organs! The old one, To be
cure, IL dreadfully out of tune-the strings all
broken and the screws all loose, and discoursing
most woful music, and still requiring us to dance
TO it! And such dancing il would bel nothing but
turn round, cross over, set-to, and back out! Sir
there was once musician-we have all read of
him--who had power with his Tyre (but his instru-
ment was spelt y r e)-not only over men, but
wild beasts ALSO, and even stones which he
could make dance into their places when the walls
OF lion were 20 be built But our old organist was
none OF that sort, in his best day; and since
the injury TO his instrument in playing the grand
national symphony Of the four fs-the fifty -four
forty or hght-it IL 40 out Of tune that its music
will be much more apt TO scare OFF tame men, than
10 charm wild beasts stones.
No, cir no more slavery compromises. Stick TO
those have IN the Constitution, and they will be
stuck TO. Look at the four votes-tbose four the
propositions which ! submitted No abolition Of
slavery in the States: IN the forts, arsenals,
navy yards and dock yards: in the District
Of Columbia: no interference with the slave trade
between the States. These are the votes given on
this floor, and which above all Congress com
promises, because they abide the compromises Of
the Constitution.
legislation, that Of making laws for the govern
ment Of the people, propose another object OF diff
ierent kind, that OF acting the part of national
bcneiactors, and giving peace aud happiness TO a
miserable and distracted peoplc-iHHue1ldo, the
people OF the United States. They propose this OBJ
Ject as the grand result and crOwning mercy Of
their multifarious labors. The gravity with which
the chairman OF the committee has brought forward
this object in hs report, aud the pathetic manner
Ia which he has enforced IL in his speech, and the
exact enumeration he has made OF the public
cslaInites upon his fingers ends, preclude the
idea, AZ have heretofore intimated, Of any incn-
tional Joke 10 be practiscd upon us by that dis
unguished Senator; otherwise | might have been
tempted 10 believe That the eminent Senator, I'M
Oennlng from nh serious Oc~upauOns, mad con-
descended 10 amusc himself at our expense. Ger.
tain IL IL that the conception Of this restoration Of
peace and happiness IL most jocose. In the first
place, there Il no contention TO be reconciled no
distraction 20 be composed, no misery 10 be
suaged. no Lost harmony 10 be restored, no Lost
happiness 20 be recovered And " there was, the
COMMITTEES is not the party 10 give these bless
ings. Their example and prccept do not agree.
They preach concord and practise discord. They
recommend harmony 90 others, and disagree among
themselves. They propose the fraternal kiss 30 ne,
and give themselves rude rebuff. They set n
sad example. Scarcely u the healing report read,
and the anodyDe bills, pills, laid tables,
than fierce contention breaks Out in the ranks Of
the committee itscf They attack each other.
They give and take fierce ticks. The great peace
maker himself fares bsdlystuck all over with ar.
rows, like the the fret leafof the almanac.
Here, I'm our presence, in the very act Of cOnsum-
mating the marriage Of California with Utah, New
Mexico, Texas, the fugacious slaves Of the States,
and the marketable slaves Of this District-in this
very act of contamination. az in a certain wedding
feast Of DID, The least becomes a fght-the festival
a cOnbat-snd the amiablo guests pumme each
other
When bis committee formed, and himscll
safely installed ~ the head Of It, cOnquerOr and pa