The North-Carolina standard., 1850-01-30

A--.es ~" SvsTss january Is, 1854
e Ahes !sd.tor y tse Ssandad. congress havin.
last organized, the discussions upon the Territos
with much walmth IN beth Houaes mas
presume that Mr. Clingmal's speech in the Hs |
and Gen.C Cass'ssspeech in the Senate will h. haoase
cient % satisfy even those opposed to them thai ~
are not tinctured with Aboitionism. The proceedy
ia Congress are looked to with deep interest Hn
trends OF the Union both North and South, II -. .le
North, while the Abolitionists are no donht 49, Me
more numerous than the Southern people had "uea
posed there are yet many in favor Of doing iusa
to the South. ~ justice
The Hon. James Buchanan is here, tryinp to H..
oil uPo! the troubled waves and the report is ths,
is highly probable that the Legislature of Pennss1
vania will not at this time, favor the passage Of y
ilmot Proviso. lf this should prove true and hs
Delegation in Congress from that State should aaoA
the same policy, before this Congress adfourns
doubt can be eLterta that a compromise will 10 u
effected, jnst to the South well as the North .u
satisfactory to the whole American people, with l
exception of the religious fanatics of the Nosls s
Those pious Christians who now seem TO look noa'
domestic Slavery as against God and his holy reoo"
entertained very different opinion when their Sia,ss
recognized the right of property in slaves and if ths
were acatsd purely by the love Of justice, as ths tsv
Wuid have the world believe, they should first ascs
tain the amount Of money which the people of ~.
North received from the people of the South e s.'
slaves, which in their opinion they had no roht y.
selladd the interest to the same, and then saw to %
South, here is your money wrongfuIly received-,.'
lease US from obligations to defend the title h.
which you hold your slaves, and we are even.
Though the times are portentous, still indplc.
the hope that some compromise may be effected ~
which this question may be settled before the al.
journment. w. n p
Our Correspondent, for whose opinions on al
questions we entertain high respect, intates that
if Pennsylvania should by her influence, settle th;s
exciting question, something might be accorded he,
in return in the way of increased duties on coal and
iron. We thank the majority in Pennsylvania fl,
their regard for the Constitutional rights of the South
and we owe heavy debt of gratitude to James Bue.
hanan for his earnest and disinterested abors to D
duce the people of the free States to do US justices
but they ask no bargain of this Sort and they did
we could not agree to it. "Milons for defence. hu,
not one cent for tribute" All we ask of the Nonb
is this:
lst. A repeal of their State laws, by which it i,
now rendered impossible for master to reclaim h;s
slave.
I'd. To remand California to her Territorial cond.
ton; or admit her State down to $50 80, LEAVING
the remainder Of the Territory open to al! sections
the Union.
Sd. To cease the agitation of this question in Con-
gress, and let us alone.
The South has right to demand this of the North.
and she will insist upon it. The justice of these
demands is selfevident. This question ought to be
settled now, and its own merits. One year hence
may be IS too ldte''!