Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-07-26

mand more leisure than at the present we shall re-
this subject and carry the argument of this wr
ter, who by the way is countyman of ours, step
farther and show from the record that the North aims
very clearly at establishing by Congressional action
system that will eventually operate abolition
epation of slavery in the Southern States.
From the " o. Delta
The Compromise i'm Nutshell.
A correspondent presents the following lucid and
forcibe statement of the effect of the Compromise
bill. 1t puts the whole matter in nutshell.
LoWNDEs County, Miss, June 81, 1851.
Editors Delta GENTLEMEN-The States, in the for
nation of the Constitution, surrendered to the COM
mon Government the right to declare or make war in
their behalf; and, of course, being rghtully subec-
ted to equal burthens in its prosecution are equally
entitled to share in all benefits resulting from its ter
mination This is equally true of the treaty making
power Now, in the exercise of these two powers or
either OF them, the Government has heretofore ac-
CURED territory, and will in all probability hereafter
acquire In 1890 sectional contest arose be-
tween the North and the South about the division of
territory thus acquired. final adjustment or line of
divisions then agreed onto w.t. the line of $780,
This line practically and in good faith, observed
until disposition was attempted to be made of the
vast and costly acquisitions from Mexico. Upon this
occasion, the former final adjustment line, was set
aside, and rule of partition adopted What was
that! Not geographical line, or line of latitude
| but principe-the principle of Roa-iateruentioa-
Upon this principle the Government, upon the acqu-
ston of territory, abandons its duty of establishing
governments for the territory in the case of Cali
forna and surrenders it the occupancy government
and ownership of those who rush into t,-slavehol-
ders not being of the number, because the Govern
ment abandons It's duty to provide laws for the protec-
ton of their propery if it and discharges
its duty in fact by establishing Territorial Govern
Gent, as in the of New Mexico and Utah. still.
twill not intervene to pass laws cause them to be
passed. to protect slave property repeal for
egn laws excludingit And thus upon the observance
OF this principle, the South, you say in your paper
lost fue measures Of the Compromise. In other words
the South looses all the territory and the North gets
ALL
Then the principle of the so called COMPROMISE. in
Its practical application necessarily gives all the ac
CURED territory to the North and the adoption of this
principle, as permanent mode of dsposing of all flu
ture territory which may be acquired, is what large
| party In the South now endeayorinU tn nIedIo
and bind the entire South to- In other words-yyb;Ist
1t remains true and is admitted that the Government
may hereafter make war and acquire territory or nv
treaty and the payment out of the common treasury
OF mihons' acquire terrltory,-we, of the South and
our descendants after us, are soemnly bound nv
previous agreement and compromise to ask and enoy
none OF It, Pledged and committed to spill orr blood
ana give our money for territory with the expressed
understanding that it is all for the North Can bu
initiation, degradation slavery be worse than that
What sort of Union is this we are about m On
ter lnto or is this to be the price and conditions
which we are to remain in the semblance of the Old
write this tor your consideration and reflection
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will more fully and forcibly develope nv views That
the compromise measures are based upon the princi-
pie OF zen. Cass' nOn-interUention, he himself do
ielared- Mr. Calhoun afirms the same when in his
great and last speech he appealed SO powerfully to the
Taylor party to show how they could support prin-
cipe, which they had but just opposed and defeated
Gen. Cass upon. Toombs, of Georgia in his Macon
letter, admits the same although he had once so ve
hemently denounced the doctrine And ali bn, e.,
selfish and party motives and prejudice would and mus,
admit that the measures passed and based upon this
principle, have given the North ALL and left the SontL
none. ~ ~
If this be true of the application of the princnle to
Inc DIVISION or disposal of the territory acquired from
eXlco, what Will make it less true when anpIed r.
any and all future acquisitions And if by acoues
cence IN this Compromise, thus bind ourselves AZ
we not mold, or purchase, right to remain in tbs
onon' upon terms more degrading and base than eve
vassal held land under his feudal lord!
than pure villanage itself!
With great respect, sir, yours, &C., CIV.
The following paragraph is going the rounds O
the papers. 1t refers to an act of Mr.. Fillmore,
before his accidental elevation to the Presidenco.
FILLMORE AND MILTON CLARK.-At the Mas,
meeting at Burlington, VT. recently, Milton CIarl
stated that when he escaped from slavery into N,
ifee states. ne was soon supplied by friends witt
le'1ers 10 different persons to help him on his wa,
nortnward, and among them was one Willard Fill
more who seemed rejoiced at his escape. harboref
nlm' gave him money and helped him on hi
way. o-- --'
WING CONVENTION IN VERMoNT-The recen
wing Convention in Vermont has nominated e.
Governor Charles K. Williams, who stoned tn,
nuillhcaton act of the last session, thus sanction
ing that measure '''o"