The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-06-19

geographical parties in this Chamber, by creating
COMMITTEES formed upon that principle In the
next place there Is no sanction for any such compro
misc-no authority TO enforce itVnone 10 punish its
violation. In the third place, there is nothing TO be
compromised compromise is a concesson--a
mutual concession OF contested claims between two
parties. know of nothing be conceded on the part
OF the saveholding States in regard to their slave
property. Their rights independent of the Fed
eral Government, and admitted in the Constitution
Ia right to hold their slaves as property, right TO
pursue and them as property, a right To il
as political element in the weight of these States,
by making tive count three in the national repre-
sentation. These arc our rights by an instrument
which We are bound to respect and will concedc
none OF them, nor purchase any OF them. ! never
purchase as concession what hold AS right, nor
accept inferior title when ! already hold the
highest Even II this congerics OF bills was COM
PROMISE in fact should be opposed to it, for the
reasons stated. But the fact itself is 10 apocry
phal What is il but the of five old bills intro
duced by different members as common Legislative
measures--caught up by the Senator from Ken
lucky, and his committee, bundled together, and
then called compromise!
Now, this mystiies me. The same bills were
binary Legislation in the hands of their authors;
they become "a sacred compromise in the hands Of
their new possessors. They seemed to be of no
count as laws; they become a national panacea as
a compromise. The difference seems to be in the
change OF name. The poet tells us that rose will
smell as sweet by any other name. That may be
true OF roses, but not of compromises. In the case
OF the compromise, the whole smell Is in the name;
and here is the proof. The Senator from Illinois
(Mr. DoUoLAs) brought in three of these bills: they
emitted no smell. The Senator from Virginia (Mr.
MAsoN) brought in another of them--no smell
i'll that. The Senator from Missouri, who now
speaks TO the Senate, brought in the fiith-diuO,
no smell about it, The oactory nerve of the
nation never scented their existence. But no soon
or ire they jumbied together, and called compro-
mise, than the nation is filed with their perfume.
People smell il all the land, and, like the in
halers of certain drugs, become frantic for the
thing. This mystifes me- and the nearest that can
a a 10 NIX ia m ms GA Of
the two DIR. Townsends and their sarsaparilla root.
They both extract from the same root, but the
tract is totally different article in the hands the
two doctors. Produced by one, it is u universal
panacca; by the other, it is of no account, and lit
tic less than poison. Here is what the Old Doctor
says of this strange difference
owe wish il understood, because il is the dbs0.
iute truth, that S. p. Townsend's article and Old
DR.. Jacob Townsends Sarsaparilla heaven- ,cide
apart, and infinitely dissimiar; that they arc un
like in every particular. having not one single
thing in common"
And accounts for the difference thus:
"The sarsaparilla root, il is well known to medi
cal men, contains many medicinal properties, and
some properties which inert useless, and
others which, if retained in preparing it for USE
produce fermentation and acid, which is injurious
TO the system. Some OF the properties OF sarsa-
parilla are rolatie that they entirely evaporate
and are lost in the preparation, If they not pre-
served by scientific process, known only to the
experienced in its manufacture Moreover, these
r0iatile principles, which fly off in vapor, an
cal properties of the root, which give to it all its
value"
Now, all this is perfectly Ineligible to me.
understand il exactly Ii shows me precisely how
the same root is either TO be poison or medi-
cine as it happens to be in the hands of the old
the young doctor. This may be the case with
these bills. To me it looks like clue to the mys-
terry; but decide nothing, and wait patiently for
the solution which the Senator from Kentucky may
give when he comes TO answer this part of my
speech. The old doctor winds up, in requiringpar-
tcular attention to his name labelled on the bottle,
to wit, sold Doctor Jacob Townsend" and not
Young Doctor Samuel Townsend. This shows that
there is virtue in name when applied to the ex-
tract Of sarsaparilla root and there may be equal
virtue in it when applied to a compromise bill. II
so, il may show how these sefsame bills are of no
force or virtue in the hands of the young Senator
from Illinois, (Mr. DoueLAs,) and become omnipo-
tently ctfcacious in the hands of the old Senator
from Kentucky.
This is the end Of the grand committees work
five old bills tackled together, and presented as a
remedy for evils which have no existence and re-
CURED to be accepted under penalty-the penal
ty of being gazettcd enemies OF compromise,
and played at by the organs! The old one, TO be
sure, ia dreadfully out of tune-the strings all
broken and the screws all loose and discussing
most woful music, and still requiring US to dance
to IT, And such dancing II would bel nothing but
turn round, cross over, set to, and back out Sir,
there was once a musician-we have all read of
him-who had power with his Tyre (but his instru-
ment was spelt yr e)-not only over men, but
over wild beasts Also and even stones, which he
could make dance into their places when the walls
OF lion were 20 be built But our old organist
none of that sort, in his best day; and since
the injury 10 his instrument in playing the grand
national symphony Of the four f's--the fifty -four
forty or hght-it Is 80 out of tune that its musc
will be much more apt to scare off tame men, than
10 charm wild beasts or stones.
No, cir. no more slavery compromises. Stick 10
those we have IN the Constitution and they will be
stuck TO, Look al the four votes-those four the
propositions which submitted. No abolition Of
slavery in the States: none the forts, arsenals,
navy yards and dock yards: none in the District
of Columbia no interference with the slave trade
between the States. These are the votes given ON
this foor, and which are above all Congress com
promises, because they abide the compromises Of
the Constitution.
The committee, besides the ordinary purpose of
legislation, that Of making laws for the govern
ment OF the people, propose another object Of diff
lerent kind, that OF acting the part of national
beneiactors, and giving peace aud happiness 20
miserable and distracted people--innuendo, the
people of the United States. They propose this OBJ
Ject as the grand result and browning mercy of
their mutifarious labors The gravity with which
the chairman OF the committee has brought forward
this object in his report. aud the pathetic manner
in which he has enforced il i'm his speech, and the
exact enumeration he has made OF the public
calamities upon his fingers ends, preclude the
idea, as have heretofore intimated, of any in.cn-
tional Joke TO be practised upon by that dis
tnguisbcd Senator; otherwise / might have been
tempted TO believe that tho eminent Senator, un.
bending from his serious occupations, had con
descended 10 amusc himself at our expense. Ger.
tain IL IL that the conception of this restoration Of
peace and happiness IL most jocose. In the first
place, there IL no contention 90 be reconciled no
distraction TO be composed, no misery 20 be
suagcd, no lost harmony 90 be restored no lost
happiness 90 be recovered And IL there was the
committee is not the party 10 give these bless
ings Their example and prccept do not agree.
They preach concord, and practise discord. They
recommend harmony TO others, and disagree among
themselves. They propose the fratcrna kiss 10 ",
and give themselves rude rcbuns. They set ne a
sad example. Scarcely Is the healing report read,
and the anodyDc bills, or pills, laid tables
than fierce contention breaks ont in the ranks OF
the committee itscf They attack each other.
They give and take fierce ticks. The great peace
maker himself fares bsdly-stuck all over with ar.
rows, like the man the first leafof the almanac
Here, In our presence, in the very act Of cOnsum-
mating the marriage Of California with Utah, New
Mexico, Texas, the fugacious slaves Of the States
and the marketable slaves Of this District-n this
very act Of consummation. az in a certain wedding
FEAST OF old, the least becomes fight the festival
combat-snd the amiablo guests pummel each
other
When bic committee was formed, and himself
safely installed ~ the head OF IT, conquerOr and pa
oil a. he