Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-05-13
THE LYNCHBURG VIRGINIAN.
TOWNLEY. SHIELDS IL CO.,
PRoPEIEToRs.
IYNCHRUIeG.M MAY l3. 1850.
TIL. COMPROMISE.

lovers of the Union. Yet this failure to triumph,
is not to be attributed to a want of effort The
patriot has strong evidence in every occurrence
around him that, if possible, the Union will be
dissolved. Strangely infatuated are some men.
They are stubborn, unyielding and uncomprom-
sing. We are at loss TO know, what motives TO
attribute to these men, and in what class to place
them. They profess TO be patriots and yet are in
the pursuit Of a course which will lead to disso-
luton of the Union; they are the maintainers of
Constitutional rights, and yet refuse the restric-
tons of that instrument; they constitute two class
es, proiessedly hostile bat are actual CONDUCTORS,
and are efIecting the same end by the use of OPP
posite means.
brief glance at things in Washington, will
| afford proof Of the intention to arrest the pro-
gress of the Compromise. The Committee has
agreed upon plan, and Mr.. Clay has submit
ted it to the Senate. SO far SO well. But Mr.. Ma
son, of Virginia, seventh rate man, better fit
ted for the bar of county court than the United
States Senate, and more in his appropriate sphere
when dScharging the duties of plain farmer,
than when pretending to aid in legislative DELHI
eratons, refuses 10 assent TO the plan formed
This we should, however, expect from mere par.
tizan. But this obstruction is slight. Other com
mttecmen OBJ ect TO some of lis features Before the
plan had been announced, the determination to
oppose it had been formed. II has been presented
to the Senate and after sharp opposition will pass
1t will then 90 to the House; after undergoing
amendments, it will be returned 10 the Senate,
where the amendments will be struck out and
the bill slightly modified. In this form will the
bill be passed. This is the construction put upon
present indications, by "the loungers about Wash
ington." It is to be hoped that another course
will be pursued, butthis hope is swiftly and con-
SANITY fading away. Ultraism and fana:icism
will pursue any course, for if they succeed, that
success will be won by obstinacy and exaspera-
ton. The Congress of the United States should
leave arceS for comedians, and proceed with its
business. And it would be wise for the honorable
gentlemen, who are determined to resist every
move, to remember that they are only appearing
stout to have an opportunity to yield.
The Committee has reported the substance of
which is embraced in seven provisions. Provis.
ion is made for the creation of new States out of
Texas for the admission of California with her pre-
sent boundaries and the formation ofterrtorial co.
vcrnments for Utah and New Mexico, for the pre-
vention of appendiag the Wilmot Proviso to any
bills introduced; for defining the boundaries of
Texas and paying her - sum OF dollars for
the territory she may surrender. a section of
the bill contains amendments to the Fugitive
Slave Bill. These amendments require the slave
TO be delivered to his owner, upon his presenting
a record evidence of his ownership; but if the
slave clam TO he Tree, he IS entitled to trial by
a jury, at home, in the slave State. The report
is against the abolition OF slavery in the District
of Columbia, but provides for the suppression of
the slave trade in that District. We have not
seen the report in full, but this is the substance,
as it has reached us.
The provisions are in accordance with the Con-
stutlon, and are calculated to aay the excite
ment and restore harmony The report is emf
nently entitled to the name of compromise, and
for this reason, are con the look OUT for OBJ
jcctlons and opposition. Indeed, the work Of OPP
position has already commenced. The members
of the Committee engaged in it, and no doubt
they will be joined by that host of fanatics, who
are opposed to all schemes, which lead to concil-
lation or embody compromises
A few Senators oithe North and the South will
object not as the North nor the South, but as a
minority faction of each. They have committed
themselves and must object for the preservation
of their consistency. They have determined TO
object and they are now carrying out their deter
mlnation, and will, before the issue is brought to
close, carry it out with zeal. We may look for
tough struggle; one though, which will gain
strength for the friends ofcompromise and ensure
their ultimate triumph The fight has fairly be-
gun, and after passing from an honorable contest
for the aScehdency, to the enactment of legisla-
tive farce Congress will mature and adopt a Com
; promise.