The southern press., 1850-10-05
Mere Northern Testimony Condemning
the "ComprOnise."

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The Ohio State Journal, one of the ablest OF
the .'national' Wing journals, thus triumphantly
responds to some of the murmurs OF one OF It's
immediate Abolition neighbors OF the same party.
1t embodies the real reasons why this adjust
ment was "cquiesced" in by the most sagacious
of the Northern statesmen, and may furnish the
Southern .acquesce,as," otherwise termed sub
missionists," additional reasons for more 'patri-
otic rgocings.
Can the main facts stated as the practical re-
suits, be CLOSED over or denied
lst We think the South has mol obtained all
or any thing like all it designed and intended to
get by the Mexican war and the acquisition OF
vast tracts ofnew territory. This was designed
for slavery-for slave territory. We do not
know what our friend means by discreet slave
holder If he means by this a person who
views slavery, &c, ms re view it; if he looks
upon slavery as wrong in all its phases and
thinks it the duty of Government to exclude 1t
from territory # practicable, then, the South has
got all She should demand. But we ask our
friend # he considers this fair way OF arguing
Is it not begging the question in the very out
start? We say the South as a section, as q peo-
pie went into this war for the purpose OF gettins
more territory 1t expected to get 1t as stare
territory. 1t expected and desired Il portion of
California as slave territory. IT expected a par
tion at least, of New Mexico as slave territory.
II 0pposed the admission of California free
State, covering, as it did, all our territory on the
Pacific south Of Oregon. 1t claimed 1--WE think
wrongfull) all Of the territory East of the Rio
Grande as the rightfu territory Of Texas
How has it succeeded in these claims. IL has
failed to prevent the whole of California from
becoming Il free State IL has failed to secure
anu norton Of this vast and rich country IL has
ailed to get slavery recognized in any shape IN
the new territories 1t is possessed OF the con-
soiing conviction that New Mexico and Utah
will soon come in with free constitutions, and as
free States 1t has failed in its claim to all the
territory east of the Rio Grande; the greater,
ard almost all the valuable portion thereof being
declared to be the territory OF New Mexico
In this whole operation, looking at the gigantic
scheme of the South, we think there has been n
DECIDED failure on its part.
I'd. We certainly should have voted to apply
the principles of the ordinance Of 'S7 to the ter
rtorial bills. We should have done this, first,
from a conviction of duty; and second, because
such was the resolve Of the Wings Of Ohio in
Convention assembled But inasmuch as the
people have expressed decided hostility to sla-
very, and have satisfied the world that they will
not tolerate that institution in their midst and
as Congress- has seen fit 10 act in this matter
without applying the proviso, we should not, in
the present state of the case, feel it duty to
disturb the arrangement. Believing, as we do,
that slavery is practically excluded, we should
feel that no public duty required us to open up
the discussion of these difficult and exciting
uuestiOnS