The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1850-04-27
THE CoMPRoMB COMMITTEES.
From tie Proptce J0mnol. |


The " compromise comltee'' of the Senate will
give no satisfaction, though will create no disap-
polntment, IN the free SITS. All that has been
done, has been Tor some ii foreseen, and what Is
to follow may be clearly picted. A decent show
OF dellberation may be ma but no one will be i'm
posed upon by it, The sa " Southern caucus -
which arranged the connie, has doubtless agreed
upon the report and 1t WARY with it less weight
than 1t might if coming as individual proposition
from single Senator. Bno weight is needed in
the committee. The thinsls been settled by those
who have the power to enhe their views.
compromise supposese surrender of something
ON both sides. The only opromise now proposed
Is, how much shall the MOI give up, and With how
little will the South be atent A compromise
committee appointed in anspirlt of fairness, should
represent all Sides Look this committee. The
Tree States have the ma ori of the population, the
votes and the wealth of thtountry the majority of
the committee is given to he South And of the
Northern Senators who arelaoed upon it, how do
they represent the public stment of the North?
The Southern members, kept Clay and Bell, are
ultra slavery propagandists Who are the Northern
members Cass, Bright anDickinson, have voted
uniformly with the South othe questions which are
submitted to this committee Mr. Webster admits
that his position is not that his constituents Mr.
Phelps was the only Northe Wing in favor of Mr..
Clayton's compromise Tire remains Mr.. Cooper,
whose position we have nevseen defined, but, who,
we VIII suppose, fairly reprents the opinion of the
North Now we ask, whatort of compromise is
to be looked for IN a comtttee thus constituted !?
What degree of confidence an such committee
demand 1t seems to us tit it is a very useless
machinery, and we believe lat Mr.. Clay was quite
right, when he said, In the bgnning, that no good
result could come from it.
1t is a remarkable fact, TIL there is not upon the
rl,o
by his advocacy of that vievof the question which
Is taken in the North. Ever man who has made
himself prominent on this qnstion, has been prom
lnent on the Southern side 1t seems to us that ii
would have been only decento place Mr.. Benton on
the committee Not to spea of MIR. Hale, it seems
to US that Mr.. Seward may taim to represent the
feelings of New York and til North, quite as well
as his colleague Doubtless he majority Of the Sen
ate ind little to sympathize With either of the gen.
tlemen last named, but this la compromise commit.
tee, and all parties have riht to be represented
1t will not be denied that may thousand of voter,
agree with Mr. Hale, and hundreds of thousand.
with Mr. Seward Who represents them on thl
committee of compromise andconciliaton?
The constitution of the committee forcibly reminds
US of an extract from Mr.. Webster's MarshfeIt
speech, IN which he truly pitures the Southern ag
erosion and the Northern submission, of which thu
country Is soon to see another notable example.
" And now they-the gentlemen at Bufalo-tall
about the dictation of the slave power. They tall
OF 1t: don't They talk Of the triumph of tn
South over the North. There is not one word o
truth in it say upon my conscience, that evil a
the influence of the slave institution is the North ha
born her full share and partsin that evil Norther
votes have been given for every instance ofproecte
slave increase. And gentlemen, we talk of tn
North-but THERE HAS BEEN NO NORTH
at least for years past l think the North star ha
at iass Ian discovered, but up to the close of III
late session OF Congress there has been no North.
We have read in Pope
g Ask where's the North-at York it's on the Tweed
In Scotland at the Orcades and there,
At Greenland, Zemba, the Lord knows where's
And if it is meant to inquire: Where is tn
North - if by the North is indicated firm, sole
substantial resistance TO the extension of slavery
any such place ever existed, it was-the Lord know
where. | do not.'