New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-02
slavery Compromise-Mr. Clay's Movement
southern Convention Course OF the Dis

Correspondence Of Ne IHpuhr.
WssHISGToS, Thursday Jan. -.
As the crisis has been reached at which the
problem is to be solved whether any compromise
upon the Territorial and Slavery question is TO be
effected il may be well 10 examine the extent OF
the opposition that is arrayed against any and all
such results in both branches of Congress. In
the Senate there are eight Southern Senators, and
in the House Of Representatives thirty members
from the same section, who are organized as DIS
unionists and are opposed to any compromise
whatever looking 10 a perpetuity Of the Union
Their object IS to obtain as many geographical d.
visions upon measures as possible, during tins
session and 10 rely upon those votes as evidence
Tor the Southern people to prove the hostility OF
the Free States against the Slave States This,
however, will not be sufficient TO justify the ex
IRENE measures they contemplate, unless they can
show a palpable violation Of the Constitution on
the part of Congress toward the South. This con-
tingsncy they hope they have provided tor in this
wise By the WITH Article OF the Constitution OF
the nited States and tine second section thereof
it is provided as follows
No person held to service or labor 10 one State
e laws thereof escaping into another State shGu IN
sequence OF snv law or regulation therein be discharged
from such service or labor bat shall delivered up
claim Of The parry ~ whom such service Or labor may be
due
This remedy provided by the fundamental law
o. the land for the recovery OF fugitive Slaves II is
maintained by the South has been rendered mop.
erstiye in many the free States, either by State
laws thai have been enacted conflicting with this
provision OF the Constitution, by the decisions Of
their States Courts To earn out III good faith tins
provision Of the Constitution which was one Of its
principal compromises at the time Of its adoption a
bill has been introduced into the Senate providing
tor the recovery of fugitive Slaves in any State or
Territory oi the Union The provisions Of that bill
ate Intentionally 10 be made obnoxious that no
Senator 0r Representative from a Free state can
vote ior II And upon direct vote upon Its most
obnoxious and unnecessary provisions, the Free
States going against IT, Is 90 be made the himsy
and disreputable preteXt ior charging that the
North have refused TO carry out tins provision OF
the Constitution and that the south such Of the
Slave states desire 10 10 so, are Justified Ia DIS
regarding all other obligations under the COnstltu-
unn aud 10 secede from the / mon.
Even these DisHnionists do not pretend but what
a law can be framed and passed through Congress
that would efiectnslly carry out the provisions OF
the above quoted sections OF the Constitution and
secure to them every night intended 10 BE- guar
snieed 10 the slave holder by the trainers Of that
instrument But this i the very result they wish
| Ia defeat as II would take away from them even
the flimsy preteXt they hope 10 have, for charge
against the North Of having disregarded the ex
press eier and spirit OF the Constitution IN tins re-
| speCi I make this statement upon the highest
Southern authority aud il shows the deception and
baseness Of those wbo have associated together io'
the purpose OF dissoying this Union. | aliude &
| it now 10 exhibit the d" quo GHimo' OF those VIII,
have so vehemently hanangued both Houses o.
| -,
sent session.
That thus class OF men viii 10 against not only the
recommendations OF the President and the PROPOSE
ton introduced by Mr. CLAY. or against any Othe'
that is prsctic al and just IN its operations toward
all sections OF the Union, was sbundantly demon
strated on Tuesday Of thus week by the speech o.
| JEFFERSON DAVIS in answer to Mr.. CLAY. Speak
ING of a compromise OF tins question, and in behal
Of the disorsanizers and disunionists, he avoweC
| that there was but one compromise that would be
| even considered that il was their ulrmatum ape
| chat was. 10 extend the Missouri Compromise line
10 the Pacific, with full recognition by law OF III;
Institution of domestic Slavery over al territory
soath of that extended line Il was in answer Il
this selfsrogant. presumptuous, insulting PROPOSE
/ tor that Mr. CLAY, with an emphasis and manner
| so peculiar 10 himself, avowed, IN the presence o
| his maker that no human power could induce MN
to give vote establishing Slavery by law eIthei
North OF South of that or any other imaginary line
These men, bN TINS klnd OF DlNlng dnu uia-a
| docia have actually intimidated several Southern
Senators who are strong advocates for the Unior
OF the States, and have made others believe from
the free States that their organization has gone Sc
far as 70 place separation OF the slave States be
| y0nd even the hope OF a contingency. They have
| disclosed to such as could be thus inundated on
alarmed the fact. that through Committee Of Cor
/ respOndence and Vigilance, they are IN daily
| communication with persons in every slave State
| IN the Union sympsthisIng with them IN feeline
| and design aad that their conspiracy is ocexten
sive with the slave territory OF the coIssderacy-
| They have exhibited. under the hyprocrtical pre-
text Of grsaf oon f6czeS. intending al the while /
| should be impaired % Senators and Representa-
| r:ves Of the free States. the programme Of Con
| siitation fnr the Government, OF their Repubic
1 snd which they declare is To be submitted sns
| adopted BY tie great Southern Convention T. con
yene in June next If thetr terms are not listened u
BY the free States
They pretend. thar course Of acton has beer
agreed upon. that viii render a coilisioa betwesl
the forces u the United States, and their Ownine
vitsble, and which viii result in the shedding o
blood The happening Of this deporabie result. the,
rely upon as the surest means Of uniras with then
every Slave State Of the Union, and placing com
pcte scarborough separation between the Slave ans
| sAe Free States beyond the possibility OF q doubt
uch tie order Of things existing at tins time o.
the part Of the Disunicusts 70 resist every thin
tst an hnporsbe AID lust com pr,uiSe and 70 bulb