Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-05-28

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the windows of the sitting room you can io nuns Ne
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| tastes and occupations
THE COMPROMISE.
This COMPROMISE like the law rs oe'p wen NO."
every man draweth according 10 Tie s''e"s' V -, :,
s,andinrp II requires 10 be read ana WEN 'o'7 n
| s.w days 400 when borne down WIN au'noii'' "'
o,o,,ors i, favor of the whole compromise, "i'"
~ considering il with reference 10 maps We i''' , ~
t. remarks upon ii in conneNon win ea.''''' N Wv
w., a,;oy unJsr the belief that its provisions were
altogether different from what 'hes III " ~" "'e
,se ,h, , If Texas proposed 10 be given up for teo-
nur,oses consisted Of some asper'ies on hef soe
ha,; ,,o,Jins beyond 80 deg. 80 1.-THE Missouri!
4 .~; , The speech of Mr. Soulc and others be-
-, ., r,r ~ mn when udcous and distinguished if'eh"
an, ,o fines hy reference 10 the best maps ana iouno
rim, in.,eod Of trimming Texas down 10 the ormer COMP"
mise the boundary comes four and hai degrees "
South of that line CHA! Is from 500 10 81 'iu M "
m l,a;,ud Fast of the Western boundary OF Texas fo"
% deg 10 % deg West Of Washington being from ioo u
:, ,O0 West Of lreenwchthus taking rom texas aoou
Ia00O0 souare mile. more than twice the size oil virginia
now octay slave territory. To our surprise e'e!oo's
here seemed to equally ignorant OF this astounding a'
ourselves. $500,
The Committee Thirteen might Just as We'll nave pr"
nossd taking the rwo Congressional Districts oil virginia
-, ,he Ohio River as to have demanded this terri
rory from Texas The Virginia districts would make very
respertablc State or handsome legacy 10 Pennsylvania
Ohio and fine field for abolition excitement There wou'
be no difficulty in paying the price OF indemnify IL ina
would effect the object Congress has precisely Us muc'
right To buy up part Virginia for the purpose Of aoo
ton, part OF Texas
W. are now satisfied that the n u Herald is right, wher
il saws that the Missouri Compromise extended TO the fac
6c Ocean is the true line upon which 10 compromise. al
parties will know their rights al once Adopt 'hls anu
slam, the door in the face OF disunon and aggression every
where While Congress impose no binding conui'ioh
upon tho principles of government for California YET ha
BODY can her boundary mits may probably be best
,s California, has taken territory belonging 10 the Govern
ment large enough several States 10 adhere 10 the Mis-
souri, Compromise and bring her Southern boundary 10 ina
line Ii would fall about Monterey on the Pacific giving tt
the Southern States front of four degrees, and TO Tho
Northern ,weve-threc TO one The North would get al
The best OF the mining and farming country well as TIT
good hsrbors.
The proposition OF the committee OF thirteen, besides IN
yadine the Missouri compromise directly violates the 50
en RECEIVES nearly all the Southern States in regard to
the abolition Of slavery and the slave trade III the District OF
Columbia and the States and OF interfering with the rights
f shareholders therein Ii the Southern States yield this
compromise will be such backing out as no Nrelnar
81. months ago ever expected What guarantee shall
we have that our States will be p up in the public MAJ
ke at Washington and be paoned of 10 suit purchasers
and sold for tho price! And who stay the hand OF
the hordes aggressos if yield an inch 10 the de
mands OF Injustice? No one no one
Fi,tv wears ago this unterrhed Commonwealth, single
handed and alone unlued the banner of resistance to The
unconstitutional cnactments Of Congress- and lnscfhed
npon determined adteenceto the Union 10 The Consii-
tuition 10 the rights States ard The rights of the
| oeonle She was seconded By Kentucky One after
other her sister condemned and censured her, de
nouncing her course leading dsunion. She maintain
ID her position and called back many 10 the true principles
If the Constitution, and saved The Union She VIII d" her
!uy again ii the present compromise Dc STAYED oil III Inc
neope can recover from the false security into which they
have been ued by clamorcrs against the necessity Of the
Nashville Convention Shaving of will probably he better
in, the present than rejection The bringing OF Calor
MIA as she is her rejection altogether. would produce an
alarming of affairs.
In few weeks the views of the Nashville Convention
may be known when. in all probability, II will lead 10 the
enng 81 Of the Legislatures OF the South IN OF
der take into consideration the mode and manner o re-
dress in Congress shall pass act in violation OF IN,
Constitution the solemn resolves and compromises here
oiorc made Or perhaps, the Convention may suggest
some new compromise 10 be submitted 10 the States South
for thc consideration and ratification a States; which could
then come before Congress with weight calculated 10 com
nand the respect and sanction Of all parties and quiet ht
alarms OF the people But any who supposes that The
Southern people and then Legislatures will take back al
their solemn resolves deliberately made and their rights
rudey smpled upon and themselves nsnlted will find him
self mistaken. That there are some who would glory II
such humiliation there is no doubts but they few.
Ii is not dictate what should be done Our hope:
much eated at the idea OF fair honorable and s
,sactory compromise that almost beguied into M
nproyal of the whole scheme But the abolition Of h'
slave trade in the District which has always been under
stood was To be lie death knel Of the Unon fell heavily
nc o: ears and excited dis,rlst And now upon exam
nation of the facts in reference I" Texas and California
those branches OF the compromise are found TO be clear and
ndoubted violations Of the principles upon which the So
stands pledged We therefore, hope that il is not yet TOT
,c to make solemn appeal those who love the Cnon
or the sake of her loneliness and for mischief What
will she be worth when violated BY the rude hand of force
intimidation Let all who admire that comencss and un
e6led purity which makes her lovely TO the nations OF The
earth and the usi admiration of all people, now rally to h'
II scue and save her from disgrace. Let them demand o
Congress such amendments of the proposed compromseanc
such guarantee. for the full and entire rights of tho Soul
hereafter will the affections of the people TO the
Union they love VINO that loves the Tree republican insl
tuons of these States for consent that
shall be laid under unequal unjust conditions 10 Others OF
an cndanccr the Of liberty throughout the world b.
putting peril sacred Union from motives of rapne
oppression among the upon The weaker par2 Who
can consent that parts of States shall be from thu
rest by compromises 10 build platforms for Presidential
aspiran;s or To saatc the morbid appetite Of those who
wish 10 elevate the African negro to the halls of Anglo
| American legislation Who is willing to put to haz-
ard the happiness and safety Of seventeen millions OF
free white people for the vain hope of beratng three mil
lions Of negroes who for the part unfit 10 be free
in any country? We appeal the right minded wei! mean
ing people OF the North take sides with us for the procc
ZION of those rights, which pertain all tho States in
mon Abolition cannot be admitted; and this whole ques-
ton of DESTROYING Southern rights and gripping Southern
power comes last this issHegcnera Abolition Every
man. North and South, knows this full wcI-and il docs
not become any conceal it, 1t is the interest
Of the North that three millions oncgrocs should be TUNED
OH, upon the COMMONS The British have tried the expert
mcn upon their West India plantations their hearts
tent The Southern States admit it, if they would
7Hey must taey ,eU resist H. at all ha:ard and tie last
ertrenity.'