The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-04-17


tory acquired from Mexlr0; cannot noble an
generous forbssrance look this spirit in tbs tack
and await the verdict which the Interpreting voic
OF patriotic people win soon render Woul
not the RutIedgss, Piucknsys and Sampters,
they were now alive, say to you that honor, pa
tuotlsln, aud duty require you 10 stand by you
old friends, whose cause at this moment 10 tina
Of the world, 40 far as the principles Of popula
self-g0vernment are involved!
80, also, with the great mass of those at tn
North. who, stopping short OF abolition, hav,
yet abandoned old party connexions, under tn
mistaken idea that slavery was an evil to b,
remedied by federal legislation. DO you no
sec that you have caused a greater evil than tn,
one you proposed to mitigate, and that tn,
present distractions in the land imperiously cal
upon youto retrace your steps, and restore har
mony to the various members of the cOnfcd
eracy! It il confidently believed that this i.
your disposition, al that it will be more pleas
ing to you to follow its dictates than to pursu.
an experiment which cannot benefit you, bu
will certainly injure large portion Of you
countrymen, whose destiny il linked with your,
in the cause of the Union. In thus doing, you
but pay another tribute to the wisdom Of you
fathers, who left the subject of slavery to b.
regulated by those on whom Providence had cas-
its use, not AZ an evil, but us necessity-not al
u reproach, but as token of brotherly conces
sion and compromise.
Now, what sort of guarantee can be givel
that remedy will be found The grievance il
the compromise. The Union proposes TO Civ,
it "a cordial support-to render it perpetual. TIN
South is to be excluded forever from the shor,
of the Pacifc-doomed to permanent inferiorit,
of power--subject always to the North. Ant
BY acquiescing even, much less cordially sup
porting the compromise, precedent is estab
ished for the settlement Of all questions tina
may arise in future, on the same terms Of shut
fling, subterfuge and spoliation.
Why, there is nothing that .pretends to b.
settled by the late compromise, except what i,
against the South California is admitted-tha
we are told is irreyocabe The slave-trade i,
prohibited in this Dstrict-that we are assured
must stand. But New Mexico is yet to be nd
mitted. What is to prevent that from being
done next session? True, she has only some
sixty Thousand inhabitants, Indians and all bu
what of that? Congress has the power to nd
NIT new States, with no condition as to the mum
Der OF people they contain. New Mexico will
prohibit slavery. Then there is Utah--she may
propose to come in as slave State. Suppose
she is refused, steadily and quietly, as long at
she refuses to prohibit slavery! What is the
remedy? Will Mr.. DONALDSON please to tell us
what he and the great national Democratic party
will do in that event? Why he would not even
promise to do anything-and if he did, does moi
everybody know that the Northern Democracy
would repudiate the engagement?
Then there is the Fugitive slave law Are
we to take the proceedings under this law as ar
execution of it? Why it has required all the
promises, threats, professions, and entreaties Of
the compromises themselves, to keep up ever
pretence that there is yet hope that it will be
executed.
No, let the Democracy agree to the division
of California. The recent heavy vote of tina
party in that State, for Mr. HEYDEKrELT fo
senator, shows that the prejudices of the people
against slavery are subsiding Let California b.
offered the same sum for relinquishing the ter
ritory South of $500, that Texas was paid 70
giving up her rights The sum is large-but i
is small price to pay for justice, for harmony
and for Union. And then the way will be oper
for reunion of the Democracy by the mucf
more important reunion of the sections.
If Mr.. DoNALDsor, or any organ Of the Demo
cratic or Wing party, will pronounce for THU
measure, we shall be most happy in cooperating
For although we have no superstitous, fanati
cal, avaricious or ambitious love of the Union
we trust we have a sentiment in favor of pre-
serving it. at least strong patriotic and rationa
as any Of its founders.
But until then, we trust that as long as thu
compromise stands, the South will continue t.
make her protest against the principle or rather
wantof principle, of that measure. And that ne
party appeals will be regarded until justice i,
indicated