Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-02-23

pated the sense Of accountability bat left ii matter Of doubt
the act and throw around its shoulders mantle more
deadly than the poisoned shirt Of Nessus Instead of vnd
eating the majesty of the hw and amPlng down danger
usupson we are gravey deberating whether temporary
quiet may not be purchased by unmany acquiescence
quiet because all experience has demonstrated that
no weak expedent sufced to serious evil In
political as in physical illness the be removed be-
fore the disease can be cradle ied The admission of Cali
forna will do nothing towards areslng the current Of abo
ton aggressions II will be regarded every where an anti
slavery umph outwork carried, from the shelter
of which the asssng party may the more efecuay annoy
and harass the assaied Yet the Senator from Kentucky
says that yield nothing by asserting to it, quote the
Senator's own language:
ssWel now there any concession in this resolution by
either party the other know that gentlemen who come
from saveholdng States say the North gets all that desires;
bat by whom does get it Does II get by any action OF
Congress II slavery be interdieted within the limits Of Cali
iorna has been by Congressby fis Government
No. That inerdiction is imposed by California herself
answer that every thing conceded by the admission Of
California The whole matter IN controversy terminates at
once The North gets all she has asked Gets 1t by
the action OF Congress- and in direct violation OF the great
legal principle that the wrongdoer shah not profit BY his own
wrong.
Who among US does know that agitation in the State
Legislatures and in the National Congress has prevented
Southern emigration California, ard placed the country in
the power Of those who have imposed this restriction Who
there so blind that this has been the result Of
aggessions commenced here And who does feel that
Congress responsible for the fact that slavery has been
cluded Property is proverbiay hmid The Shareholder
would not carry his property there with threat hanging
him that il be taken away by operation OF law the
moment he landed. Agitation then in Congress-repeated
declarations made every wherein State Legsatulesin
Conven,ions-in the public press-fom the pulpit even
tha; slavery should be excluded by law, has deprived Of
our constitutional rights certainly and eectuey any
positive enactment could have done, and only
asked submit it, but to accept It as boon, and be very
thankful for an outrage Sir prefer the Wiino proviso
7 is
manly The robbe who meets me on the highway and de-
mands the surrender of my property leaves me at least the
option of contest and enled TO far more respect than
the who turks behind and stabs in the dark
So sir, he who undertakes 70 deprive Of my legal
rights by open MEANS always entitled to higher respect than
he who seeks accomplish tho end by deception and
trckery. hold that whatever opposition is due the Viii
provso-whatever resistance demands is douby due
this scheme of smuggling sovereign State into the Union
Very probably this will be set bwn to the account of faction
II the fashion denounee vhaevers said by any South
which argues truth ohs section Of the Unien.
in particular have been made the especial mark for the
of all those who engaged in his work of detracon In
New England represented only dsunionist but
entertaining and expressing aablaa contempt fer
thing Of Northern origin AL this is utterly unfounded
The people Of New England hav, many virtues and many
good qualities (which every ordinary intelligence must
appreciate and respect If is worth any thing, accord
them freely my highest admiration for the energy the indus
try, and the sagscy by which they emnenty disln
guished In all that constitutes h. wealth Of State, q
and science the picture the song and the landscape they
have contributed abundantly the house Of
the nation and he knows but little Of my character who
supposes that take less pride than of her sons in
whatever bright glorious in her history But she has
many faults also, which, if her children will see, they
ought not to condemn others for noting Of of these
it has been my duty TO speak heretofore. There is
another which it would be we'll for them to correct. A
sort of constitutional proneness bestow their sympa-
hies upon the public enemy in time Of and withhold
their paudits from the county defenders. remember that
when the remains of the aren.ed Lincoln from
The of Ia home
Major General Of Massachusetts militia refused
his command to do honor the dead alleging that he had
fallen in unjust war; prosecuted for unhoiy purposes and
that would be of wickeduess and shame honor his
memory his tomb / remember also an Incl
dent in ahe history Of my own regiment paper
ceived which contained the FIRST in New Eng
land Of the death Of Colonel Truman B. RANSOM and the
friends and comrades of the dead soldier had gathered around
prepared to listen with proud mournfnlness the praises OF
their late commander But the cold booded devil who pre-
sided the columns of that paper had prepared for them
quite another entertainment He stated very briefly that Col
Ransom had been killed in sormng the castle of ChaPulepec
that he soldier by profession, had lived by the sword
aud bloody grave fitting end of violence
shall attempt describe the effect ofthis
TO them he had been friend and father They had followed
him through hunger and thrshrough pesence and death
He had led them wherever duty POINTED the waywhere
ever honor and to be Finally, he had
fallen soldier should a-en gorousy at The head of
his regment-fallen with the words forward the ninth "
still lingering his lips. When his "ast battle had been
fought and "no sound awoke him glory again." they
had lifted him from the field of his fame and consigned
him, with all a soldiers honors TO soldiers grave. Now,
from his own land, from his home they read the
appalling announcement that tear had fallen to his
msmory-no tongue proclaimed his praise. Who could
blame them If in that hour they had faered in their duty
Who could blame them if they had thrown away the banner
beneath whose folds triumph brought only reproach and
honor lost its dearest euogy But thank God they did not
Firm their granite hills they breasted danger without
shrinking, and answered dettac,ion with contempt. They
glorious band that New England soldery, and well
and noby did they maintain the honor of the republic in
many trying hour, and many bloody ay despite Of out
rage, caumny, and wrong at home.
hope shall be pardoned for this dgression. owed
act justice to those gallant do not
any confound them with that other class whose
reckless madness has brought the country to the verge of
precipice where the bodest may shudder.
The great error Mr.. President into which the Senator
from Kentucky has aen and the which may be traced
much tha, wrong in his Judgment and all that weak in
his argument suppong that there must of necessity be
compromise The constitution itself compromise, and
compromise within compromise is something unheard Of
IN law, and unknown to equity II the people of the North
will not abide by compromise deliberately made and
ed by common consent into the paramount law OF the land
what hope have that any leas solemn covenant will
resrsin them in future We compromise. bond
has been executed, and wiling abide by It's terms
If we are to go compromising away provision after prov
sion OF the constitutions is better that should be abrogaed
at once. In point of fact it is nuity rather speak
more correctly poweess for proecto and potent only
when it comes to aid Northern aggessions Let me illus
traie what mean,
The majority claim given power (no matter how extra
VACANT, and matter whether relates TO slavery not
the minority deny the existence Of any such power After
months, il may be years. of fierce struggles and con-
one half is given up In little while another is be-
gun for the remainder. Another compromise foeyys and