The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-03-04

at the seat of government--and az subscriber
for the paper itself MIR. Morton was elected
We understand, by this people of his district in
consequence Of the avowal of greater zeal for
Southern rights than his competitor, the regular
Wing nominee of his party. We no more APP
prore Of has course in Congress on The questions
Of Southern righ than he does Of ours We
never pretended to represent his views or those
who acted with him--but stated distinctly in
the second number of this paper, our own-and
shall be very sorry if he is held in any way re.
sponsible for them, or suffers detrment on our
account.
MIR. MORTON says he was in favor of the es-
Enlistment of paper here, devoted to SHE e.
position Of Southern rigM." Well, this paper
was established, and we would like some inge-
NOUS gentleman like Mr.. MORTON, to show in
what instance we have commended for more OF
for less than Southern right. His own course
is perhaps his standard of Southern right. He
says he " should have cheerfuy voted" for all
the measures of the late compromise, If they had
come up in one bill--but as it was he voted
only for the Texas boundary and New Mexico
bill, for Utah, and for the Fugitive slave bill
and against California
Now, If all these measure collectively were
compatible with Southern right, we humbly sug-
gest that Mr.. MORTON ought to have voted for
all II those he voted for, were more than
Southern right, he ought not to have voted
for them. But it is clear to our poor ap-
prehension, that if he did vote for them, he
ought to have voted for the other, which was
less than Southern right, if not too much less
in order to be just to our modest, confiding and
patriotic friends of the North If a series of
measures is right, it deserves the support of the
just and patriotic, as much if presented sepa-
| ratey, as collectively. And we are opposed to
all such sectional men as Mr.. MORTON, ,plt6 take
advantage Of the mode IN aohich measures are pre-
sented to vote for those which are in favor of
their section, and then vote against those which
merely give an equivalent for them. We are
for justice and equalityto both sections-pe are
national and fraternal And we cannot forego
this opportunity of again protesting as we have
often done, against sectional men whether North
or South, who seize every opportunity to secure
undue advantages for their own side, and then
deliberately vote against measures which they
afterwards confess are either right in themselves
or are but fair equivalents for measures prev-
ously passed Such policy will inevitably
destroy this glorious Union, by creating Sec
tional luminosity and discomfort He who
| rejoices at the passage of certain set of
measures, "as whole" and get rotes against
the most important taoo out Of fpe Of fLem is too
| ingenious reasoner, too profound politician,
or too exalted patriot for us; although, we
must confess that such brilliant specimens are
quite abundant in Congress. OF all that now
approve the Compromise, only seventeen in the
Senate, and much smaller proportion in the
House, were so old fashioned and superficial il
their notions of patriotism and ethics, as to vote
for all these measures. Alas for this Union
when such a vast majority of both houses vii
vote for such measures only, as are in favor o
their own section, and then admitting that thu
other section ought to have equivalents, X liber
ately vote against them if in the Housef, and i
not, afterwards write letters to say they would
have voted against them if they had been pre-
sent 1t now appears that, although we differ
entirely with Mr.. MORTON, as to the merits OF
the Compromise measures rs ga WHOLE" we
differ very little from him as to those measures
separately. He voted against the admission OF
Californ ia, and in that we agreed with him. Lie
said if he had been present, he would have voted
against the abolition Of the slave trade in tn,
District In that we agree With him. He voted
for the Utah territorial bill. In that we agree
He voted for the Fugitive slave law. In that W,
agree, though we never thought that law woul,
be executed, as the event has shown. But b,
voted for the ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of Texas-and il
that we differ. Surely in this free country, O
free opinion, it is enough that we agree in fou
out Of five great measures, on which the whole
country is convulsed-convulsed because its
honest, intelligent and patriotic people and re-
representatives. are unable TO agree on the argu-
ment, or the right
! Mr.. MORTON thinks the committee Of South
ern members Of Congress, who were deputed to
select editors for the Southern Press, "made an
unfortunate selection" We think quite other
wise, so far as the question of union and harmony
is concerned-although they might have done
much better in the way of talent. We have
agreed with three out of four of that committee
! Nessrs BUTLER of South Carolina MoRToN ot
Florida, senators, and Mr. THOMPSON, of Missis-
sippi, representative, in all their rotes, on all
oflhe Compromise questions-and ,ouh mayor
ityof all the Southern members, cho signed The ad-
dress JorHis paper,in dHtheir rotes on these meas
ures, and zoe hare agreed aoih The minority in four
on of FIVE Of these measures. 1t is one of the
most remarkable cases of union and harmony on
record.
Mr.. MoRToN complains that we have called
the advocates ofihe Compromise, Submissionists
Ur,ot ia Dut if TINT ovstap, ,,yoe r;f,L4 n,