Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-07-29

of non-interyentiop, a4 was contended
by LIS competitor. lie thought the
proper way to carry oft that doctrine
was to remove all Obstacles that might
prevent any portion pf the citizens
of the { S. from]going there with
any kind of property they might
happen To own under the laws of any
Of the States. lid thought the
North-:ys it cont4nlEd we we're ez-
Guided from going I here With opg
sla YES, and as we bad shed as mudh
bio od, and paid oat is much treas
ure as brothers arb honest men,
ought to have removed this obstacle,
and then said to u$, VIE VII nov risk
Gu + chances wit9 YIN, jas 10 sI,o may
be It's first settler Go there. if yoa
wis with Your kl4TeE; we VIII not
me lest them, but lcd I've tho whole
question to be determined b y those
whp my settle theFe Ihis, he
th9ughtlwould bay been tie right
sort Of nonzinterFd ntibn, ard DO one
would have oIjedted d. How'd idcrent
iropa this vas the.cd uFs r of+tb{ North.
They ted Us, we viii aot i ass the
Wilnot Proviso-it is mot re Fessary.
Santa Anna and the bLe&fftd n Con
gress have placed i Here for US, and
we viii not let y ou remove it
The are in the il ajdrity and have
the control Of the government, and
actually made tha t r4ply wiz en- Mr.
Pr4tt of Maryland aEked them tic
pass an amendment rendelf ing all
Mexican laws null and void. They
vot ed it down. Thib Is the non
Intervention and success sfal res stance
to Tie WilnOt Pro vifo, Of VII ich oul
Wig friends brag So much. Ir0a8-
dale told us this was d part Of the
great COMPROMISE ab9ut Which his
competitor braggdd SD much; but
thai he die ret ,iiink there was any
great cause Of JOY parl icalarly wher
i've had, to induce {Ae ! forth to give
US a law to enable .v3 10 re-captuEe
our fugitive slaves, to 4uy slaye&er-
ritdry enough Of 1fay4d to mako two
States, and give it -tp Them as tree
States, the better 10 elIalle them tc
overpower Us III al matters whcr
our interests clash KS, we pay siz
millions to Texas to It'd Ncrth's foul
for slave territory, ard g,ve ii 10 tAe
/ North to convert Into free territ ory
upon which to harbor bur runa way
slaves. And for what do Nc ID al
this? TO get them to Irc-cnact tx
clause in Tie Constitution, FOR the Re
cap ture Of slaves In IGod's name
/ if they vii not comply with tht
Constitution, associated as It is witt
all that is glorious in Of r past Listo.
~, and sanctifed by the names 0
such men as )ERs.E.ng']p, Jfad-soa
IJgtrson, Haa-0dt, the older adams
&c. &c, what viii they Observer
Certainly not q simple !law Of Con.
Igross, reHealaTle at any Zine, and
which they are n9w trying to repeal
Ca1t5 Crushing, Ons of Il Ie first mcr
of the nation, a short Ii me since, ii
an address to the Demo{ratic party
of Massachusetts. urged them not tc
assist in the repeal Of tits law; for
said he, It is all the South got BY chs
Compromise, and yousurel J will grant
them the poor privilege Of re-captu-
fling -their fugitive Slaves at a cost o.
four or five thousand dollars each
for said1e "all they have recovered
so far has cost them that" This
We think, justifes Gen. frouf 91'e il
bis opinion, that he thought it q
very poor sort Of COMPROMISE, and
that he did not think tho South had
gained much by it; and that he only
acqaiesced in it to give peace and
quiet on the subjects to Which it re,
lates, and pd rticularly thai the North
shou ID carry out in good filth TIC
spirit and Il eaning 81 the Compro-