The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-07-08

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We have, however traced the whole move
| ment. n. yt, l.sss@t
But if, Notwithstanding all this, the President
ioes not intend to adopt this policy, most
Happy shall we be to have the information, and
give it all the circulation in our power.
| G The Question.
+ .As.we write these remarks, our eye falls upon
the following article, which appears in the South
| e,rl Press Of Saturday morning. 1t presents some
views which are worthy Of consideration. First, it
Analyses the elements Of the opposition which will
be united against The Compromise bill: they are
precisely ofthe character which we have justin
deed, frequently described. Secondly, we hail
the spirit Of compromise which brealhes in this
| article more liberal and less ultra than we ex-
pected. We are happy to hear, in spite Of the
ultraisms which have been nshered forth, that
! "the Southern opposition" desire all ssagitation =
to cease; that they have emo Interior objects in
view" and that they desire settlement Of the
difficulty, under the guarantees of the Constitu-
ton, and having a due respect for the future
safety of the South. The friends Of the Com
| promise are, therefore, called on for proposition
i acceptable TO the South; and thus, /" in addition
to the efforts of the moderate and patriotic men
| of the North, they 1.-THE friends Of the Compro-
msel will pass the measure in spite of the oppo-
sition of the Free-Soilers and the administration,
and thus give peace to the county," is the
Southern Press sincere in the wish it expresses?
Why, then, does it not indicate some measure for
4 settling the observation-disclosures.
4 From the Union of July Cd, 1913.
II We publish to-day an able speech of Mr.. VEN
ARIE, of North Carolina, recently delivered in the
House Of Representatives. Though our columns
are so much crowded as to prevent us from pub
fishing the speeches of our friends freely we
could wish yet feel that this publication par
ticuary due 70 Mr.. VENABLE, from the fact that in
81 our congresfpnal summary of the day when the
speech was &evered, we inadvertently misstated
In some measure the character of Mr.. VS. re-
D marks. We commend the speech as now given
to the attention of our readers 1t is worthy of
the man who has devoted his whole political life
r to the principles of the Republican party--who
has supported them with superior energy and
ability-and is worthy of the confidence of his
enlightened constituents. A.. . .,a,. - ~ =. ...
We publish to-day the speech of Mr.. VENApLE,
in June, 'ls4S, on which, and on the policy it
advocates, we find the following:
/, From the Union Of July Cd, ls48. '.= r
i The Constitution itself is founded upon spirit
Of compromise. This exciting question Of slavery
was found the most difficult one to settle in the
federal convention but ii was settled at last in
spirit Of compromise. As the Government was
formed, so il must be administered, on this gues-
tion in the same spirit. The South cannot CLAIM
all, and the North cannot claim all. In great
partnership of sovereign States, all must pirtici
pate in the common burden, and in what m ~ APP
pear to them common blessings. The North wit
not yield all--the South will not yield all. The
South will acquiesce in the Missouri comp o. |
| mise--and in nothing less. Let not our frlenus
in the North deceive themselves upon this PORT. |
An error here would be fatal; and we dare TO say
it will prove an error which demagogues may
affect to despise, but which all the wise and all
the good men may rue, in the tremendous conse-
quences which il may produce.
Nothing could induce us to touch this delicate
subject at this time, but a profound sense Of the
duty which we owe TO the country. There is not
an American who loves this glorious Union more
than we do--not one who would cherish it with
more holy zeal--not one who has guarded it with
more fdehty-not one who is more deeply i'm
pressed with the dangers which this agitating sub
ject carries with it. We are happy, therefore, to
see the concillatory spirit in which Senator
FRIGHT has proposed the Missouri Compromise,
as il has been twice proposed and twice adopted
in Congress. We'thank him for the attempt to
adjust 1t. We thank Messrs. BRoApHEAD, and
VENABLE, and BAyLY, for the willingness they
have expressed in their admirable speeches to ac
quiesce in its adoption. 1t is theS bow of peace,
and let us hail il as such. 1t is the guarantee of
the stability Of the Union, whose glorious desti-
mes were first ushered forth in that great day
whose anniversary is just at hand. Let us en-
will be his who assists in the noble effort Of ce
menting forever the union of this great confed-
1 eracy of States. This settled, we repeat il may
/ defy every storm. And we then say, in the inn
mortal language Of Holy Writ; and the rain
descended, and the floods came, and the winds
blew, and beat upon that house !, and it fell not:
for it was founded upon a rock ~ +s =.
The line Of SO 80. was advocated also by Mr..
BURT, three years age, and by Mr.. CLNeMAN,
Mr.. WOODWARD, and many of the other ultras
long since. ID 49, Is..e@ D. -
4 t.
The editor of the Union then declared this
line to be the ultmatum of the South. Tint
line, or its equivalent, is our utimatnm now.
And if there is any sincerity in Northern pre-
fences of love for the Union, that lie will be
established now---notwithstanding the recent
vote in the Senate against it, and the vehement
predictions of the Union that it cannot be
, adopted. . ~
|. If the line of SO 80 was moderate and even
magnanimous for the South to stand on two or
three years ago, why is it ultra now only be-
C use the North is more arrogant now than then.
And now we put it to the candor, if they Lave
any, even Of such men as Hale or Giddinps, to
say whether they would consider that line too
much to concede to the South if II were not for
slavery! We know that no Northern man pre-
tends to refuse it except on that ground--and
] shall any Southern man retreat from It kno,c-
ing that to bs tho fast Hwhat was right was