The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-06-12


faculties, with which tee was met,
ii the verysoutset 81 their deliberations and
|labors Pride d opinion long entertained
and oppressed, had q Be resisted and over
COME Passion ard 20 engendored by
tha most bitter ermination ana eetimina-
ton. had 10 81 overthrown. Skoes and sta-
tsoa obtained By low and degrading appeals
q The basest prejudiccs IF the human hear,
opo ltirg upon whole communities, bad to be
encounteFed Men had been placed IN pow
er By the avowal Of sentiments, which, It
abandoned; would cndanger their position
and it is truly llumiliating to reflect how ma
ny are found INCUR country whoWould stake
the happiness Of millions yet unborn, upon
the issues Of day, and that connected alone
with themselves. These and many other,
reasons not necessary to mention, presented
barriers in the wa of the committea'sforming
an accessible plan of adjustment.
Notwithstanding these difficulties the COM
rnittee went patiently to work, and as we be-
lieve with an ''eyesingle" to the salvation of
the country, and after Iaborious sessions from
day to day and week to week, and after hay-
ing maturely considered all the difficulties
presented, and to beovercome, they submit
ted for the action Of Congress and for the
consideration-Of the people, plan of adjust
ment which they hoped would restore peace
and tranquility to the country What was
the result? So soon as the plan was intro
dueed into the Senate, a conservative party,
who had at heart the perpetuity of the I'm
ion, with all its benefits and blessings, was
Immediately formed npon the basis Of the
compromise, from all sections Of the coun-
try, east, west, north and south, and from ell
political parties; but the same, was most yiio-
lently attacked by the abolitionists of the
north and the secessionists of the south
The first contending, that by the compromise
or plan of adjustment the South gained all
and the second eontending that the North
was the only gamer, and the South lost alIy
and under these antagonistic opinions, these
antipodes of party were united together in
most determined opposition to the plan of
adjustment. Acting now in concert with
each other, though differing SO widely in sent
iment and opinion they exerted all their in
Auence conformity to defeat the bill of the
committee in every way in their power, first
by attempting to engraft upon it their favor
lite ultra positions and finally by voting a
gainst it.
The adjustment bill Of the committee
which had united in one bill for final settle
mant, the various causes of irritation and
yexation to the country, underwent the most
rigid scrutiny in the Senate of the United
States, the country at the same time, looking
forward with anxiety to its final triumph
At last after protracted debate on the vari-
Gus points presented by the bill, vote was
taken in the Senate Of the United States on
the compittee bill and by the combination
we have before mentioned the bill was defeat
! ed. The very announcement of the fact sent
! political tremor to the heart of the nation
and even Senators and Representatives them
selves were stunned into sobriety" by the
, awfulness of the scenes which might follow
= Who could predict that if that Congress
ylshould adjourn without an adjustment Of
( these exciting topics, another Congress Of
g these United States would ever have assem-
T bled to deliberate upon the aceltdye and pros
1 pertty of our beloved country? A Congress
S composed of the Southern States had been
; openly avowed and advocated. Once Assem-.
4 bled, who could foresee the result, and who
: could say with certainty, that they ever
: would again meet their brethren of the north
d and west under the constitution of onr fore
r fathers. The demon of rage unclaimed from
his deep and dark cavern and let loose BY
q this act upon the people of this country
who 50 mighty as again to have bound hin
It in his letters, and saved the constitution from
9 ashes, and prevented this fair land from be
9 ing drenched in fraternal blood? Those We
q ry domestics too, the cause of somuch excite
! ment and yituperation might by the very ac
h and the consequences which mil ht and would
/ have in all probability followed, caught tn,
! inspiration of the day and in the mad fur,
: of the age, imbued their hands in the BLOOD
y of Innocence and infancy. The consequen
;, ces of this vote were too horrible for contem
e, plation and in few days thereafter, the Sen
e ate again took up the propositions embrace,
4 in this bill, separately, and passed then
E through that body. They met with some or
st position in the House of Representatives
< but the country had been too much alarme
10 already, the people demanded them as
sr peace Offering and they were delayed but
y 1short time, before they were. presented to tn
q country as the 10acsof the land, passed in az
g cordance with the forms Of the constitution
nc Have they restored the country to peace
ael tranquility and quiet? Ina great degree the
y have, but not to an extent which places th
1e country entirely safe from the influence
y agitdtOrs and fanatics both North and Soutl
" In my subsequent numbers, shall sa
ee something in relation to this plan of adjus