Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-10-26
TO THE EDITORS.
w.srnoar1AsD Cousrr, (vA. Der. q, 1850.

WEsrMoREIAsD CousrT, (VA.) Der. a 1850.
GEsrLEsxs am among the number Of those in tho
South who have cordially approved the compromise Of the
territorial and slavery questions originally proposed by the
Senate Committee Of Thirteen and subsequently the plan Of
settlement adopted by Congress Without material variance
the plans were substantially the Whilst condemned
much OF the spirit manifested the North fanatcal and
ihbera and thought they aggravated the strife by war-
ransed tauns and ungenerous 'enscy of purpose yet
should rather say we, were willing accept the terms pro-
posed and ultimately adopted compromise Of opposite
and obstinate differences Of opinion upon vital subjects as the
means of restoring and harmony and preserving our
Federal Union. We moderate and conciaory In SEN
timen and in action We e1eed our best efforts to aIlsv
excitement and to press the rising spirit of resistance to
the point Of the most hostile extremity We opposed the
Nashville Convention, imed and uncaled for by the
exgency Of the case and tending foster that feeling Of
dissatisfaction with the and temper of the North which
was fast huryng to the catastrophe of dsunion. We
saw the crisis that upon We loved the Union, and
revered the memory Of its founders We loved the Union
for its past blessings and gores and valued for its
future benefits, which political moral arithmetic
estimate We took this firmly and the hazard of
being thought and charged dsoya and taorous the
South Happily these dangerous questions settled the
satisfaction of large msjony of the South Quiet Is rs-
stored, and good feeling resumng its sway The prospect
before is to gladden. the heart and delight the ancps
tons of every genuine patriot We could have wished
different settlement but content with the present
Not least among the questions adjusted indeed far the most
importan is the fugitive slave law gives the save-owner
an immediate and efficient redress already exemped in
its practical operation.
But whilst Of the South are thus satisfied with the set
ement Of these questions, and particularly the passage
Of the fugitive slave law, and rejoicing the prospect Of
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country at large, and coDgatuang ourselves upon the
part which, as moderate men, peacemaker and lovers Of the
Unon have acted, at the risk of much obIoquy and
cssure from portion Of felowczens Of the South
is with profound regre. nay with pain and soow that We
observe the manifestation Of excitement and opposition dis
played in New York and Massachusetts, the fugitive slave
law in the meetings Of their people and the cry Of repeal
How is this Is there to be end Of strife will these
people mady drive to exremity-to dsunonto civil
war-to aterna bloodshed Is their false philanthropy
greater than their love Of peace and endshp Is their love
Of the negro greater than their love of the Union II So let
them it. and shall know where stand and when
and how to act They mistake the condition Of the slave
the South. They still mistake or dsregard-heart
essy, uneelngy diegardthe circumstances by which the
Southern save-owner is surrounded What they think ID
humanity the slave may the result prove the utmost cru
city to that race. -.ta srs7A
But gentlemen, do not mean to read you homy upon
these topics What write is more in sorrow than in an
ger" lament and deprecate the mistaken and infatuated
course Of Northern friends. conceive have right to
speak to them freely and boldly and to hold the language
depreciation, my sentiments and course and the sentiments
and Of those with whom acted have been adverse
harsh and Incorporate measures and in favor Of the
liberal compromise. But tell these brethren and warn
them soemny and speak the united language and
thousands thinking and acting have donenay. Of every
south Of the Potomac, that moderate have been,
and to collision and enmty yet will take secss
son notification revolution, and hail dsunion as blessing
any shape be effected rather than yield the fugitive
law submit the injustice and oppression Of having
slaves haboed and their peaceabe and legal rscapu
resisted! e4 >
| Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
i G. w, L.