Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1851-09-02
~GENEaAL ~anLLsoN

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Tits steFlfne RepnbiIean, most fayOrably
ANN fo ZIG psSsIesof oansscd6n, as he is the
~ b Jndse PAEKER and frequently
MS 4esion. rendering e an such.
-siss tosAfs BsInoe4 aie brethren he mas; Be
csTled mon 10 pertoFms IS again asandldate
49, = Iesiioaf "a coaete from The NoFtolk Con
lDSstnet. General MnLsoa, Is the
9Rs8,s sntatf oafhe sentImehtana Interests Of
Vffginia ID the last Congress, eoneesed-h bis
s1,S e o9pDse most those measuFes which
re1 erobosed as a barren settlepent d the DIM
IcnIlez belween the NoEih and se9tass~Eos 1ls
Eexsrciss ofthIs rtshl the hamhas cry Tnlcn =
being dRily repeated againstSthe bestpsuloeFal
mihe CommonweeIhso OF opposition to the Com
promise hid iherebg under the ban Of ProseriP-
,;on 81 atofessi1s huf8nists. hassbeen urged
ssaiasfs6ims He nus disPo o the t@hele
s,,sr is alttls n Pgrro, We are almost
.;,.lins8 Is bsbeVs the opponeHtsoE Gen MnL-
so[ agflssssta mention the Compromise sgain
bsfSasS ms andsthe An ThnTsdayn October:
tTo Ms Edlan II az NoffSk HTaa-
NoRrotk, AUG IA, 1851.
G-r.r1rrEs IA lie Herald Or this morning
Won makethe following statement
. NhategeF apathy q uni3F,pnatslfeeEst
linstbe Wins party oflhe distLicisal the. present
time, Il most certainly ages
dfRssepee Ia Gem ilison;s course iqRslslinn 10
the comPrgnise measures, all 9t wh5sla Ae op7
posed
sMisrepsesenJatiops o! my oprse31s CeagIe
haTe6eSon4 50 chSnITuu thatit-1 peEhaPs my
dnt9 10 correct them. Ican4laEdly suPPOsethem
to be wiif6I. They proceed more frequently
from nuaeunaintance with a subject, OF which,
fhouOh much is said lille is accurately known.
/ scarcely know what YOU mean when you
L speak ofthe compromise measures II you
latitude to the bill known a. the compromise bill,
Tenorled 10 the Senate from the cUmmittee o.
Ithir,een. Won cannot be ignorant that that bill
was defeated in the Senate, and that, as u never
came before the House Of Representatives at all,
IcouET not have voted either for or against it.
EIf, however. ynu refer 10 certain measures auer-
wards SEPARATELY considered and passed thTopsh
both Houses, your statement Is still utterly err
roneous. The oulytone OF these measures which
these called compromise men themselves regard
as advantageous to the South, was the FSs'tIVe
Slave Bill. L roted for that Till. alt was en-
phatically our ACKNOWLEDGMENT the aenate
| by Mt. Mason, of Virginia, and though no South
efn member voted against IT, only thsee Northern
Wigs voted for il in the HDuse- saa
You win not yourselves pretend that there was
any thing in the other measures BY which TIE
1 South gained any thing at ali. No man now
makes any such Pretenle; aud there are very
few who dn not admit that they depE.ed us 9t All
THAT had been in controversy between the HoHh
and the South. The California bill / voted
against. OnigO one Of my colleagues, -Ir. HIyT0nd
rotsd Tor IL. An overwhelming majority OF the
Southern representatives voted against 1t. The
bill in reference to the slave trade 10 ihe District
of Columbia, l voted against. Only GrO Of HnS
colleagues. Mes1S5 Raymond and BeaLe, Toted fo'
IL or all The lSOulhern members only ten others
FIR Il. Tie Texas boundary bill ] voted against
win Won please fpfnEm my con slitnenIs what ad
vantage il was TO them To pay ten million oil dol
I larsont al the Treasury, to purchase about nineIy
Thousand square miles of Texan territory .aBt
give il TO New Mexico? Did those Southern
members who voted for this bill, prefer that The
land should be taken from Texas and given tc
New Mexico T? From their previous votes inter
they did not; and that they tseTe nearly all de
sirous that, Texas should retain her land. Bin
AS my object is not tacensure The course nfiotns
men b,rs, but to correct your nIIstai;es as Ii" M
own, / have no disposition to discuss the merits
Of the bill.
You will perceive, then, that no such bill a
the i compromise 6H' came before the House q
REPRESENTATIVE at all; aud that as to The mea
fsures which | suppose you ailade 10 when y"l
tspeak of tcOmpr0miSe BlenSuTeS,H ami which
came up separately for our aPprOval Or di~aPPr"
val, 7 voted, as ! presume every mrmber did, 10
L,what was in accordance with the rights and i'll
} irerests o: my constituents, and against what
deemed TO be in violation of both. 1t may sur
prise YOU 10 learn that out of the whole numbe
of Northern aud Southern Representatives, Gnl!
about ICenLy-Seren voted for 1.-the $" called com
promise medSuTeS-and OF these ttVeDiJ-SeVen
but three were from the South
Very respectfully, your Ob't servant,
joins s. MLLsOS.
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