The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1851-05-03
TAs Fruits Of the Cemsremise.

measures, as the necessity for some kind c
adjustment Even the advocates OF tina
!, bill generally admitted its injustice to til
South, but supported'i,, rs the only aterna
e tive, to avoid a dissolution of the tnor
! They admitted thst by it the South mad
new concessions to the North, for whc
= they cnly received in return renewe,
/. pledge that the North would, hereafter
cease 10 encourage and aid rol,bnc III,
. South of their slaves; but would, on III,
contrary, assist in restoring those thirt,
thousand slaves who, by their encourage
ment. had been 50 long los,. to their owners
In short the Southern friends of the Com
promise honestly believed that the NORTH
would, henceiorth, faithfully perform then
constitutional obligations to the South
while they would never require any further
concession in return The opponents OF
the Compromise proiesscd 10 have no faith
in those renewed promises of good faith,
and that the concessions made in this bill
would only encourage our enemies to fur.
ther demands. rs had been the case with all
previous compromises.
Had there been any sufficient guarantee
{ at tho North would have sustained ihi,
Compromise in good faith--that they would
have ceased to rob us Of our slaves, and
would restore those taken in previous
years-.thai they would, hcnceiorward, cease
to agi,ate the question OF slavery, and In.
I suit the representatives OF the South on the
/ floor of Congress IN short, had there
been any assurance that this Compromise
would have been more faithfully carried out
[ than those previously made and that it
! would have secured the South ia their re.
naming constitutional rights, snd restored
peace and tranquility to the countr, with
such an assurance. we believe this compro.
mise would have been universally acqul.
esced in throughout the Soath. But, there
were many who could see nothing more
sacred nothing more binding, in this Com.
promise than the explicit and solemn 70.
quremeuis OF the Constitution of this nion,
which had been so long trampled UPON
They could see nothing more in these
promises than those that had been prcvi
ousiv made and broken And now after
the experience Of some six months, are we
justified IN the opinion that our rights are
better respected than before l. the Il We
property OF the South, to the amount of
many millions, restored TO its owners
The answer is. that some fifteen or twenty
have been recovered. at "A cost amounting
to more than their value, and amidst mobs
and scenes of lawless violence that have
been a disgrace TO the copatry. Have any
of the Free States repealed their laws. ma
king il criminal offence in any of their
officers or citizens To- aid ~ restoring our
slaves BY no means those laws are
still in full force. Inns the popular feeling
of the North become more friendly TO the
South, Not at all. The various secret
religions. and other associations for the
conceameu, of runaway slaves, have re-.
doubled their exertions and increased in
thrir zeal to defeat the law aud render i,
nuaatory. 1hi. sympathy for the fugitive
sl.u,es is more camofons, more active, ANA
more self sacrificing than before; and The
natural consequence has been that the slaves
in the bordering states have received addi-
,ional encouragement IN their efforts to Sc.
cure their freedom We have seen il stated,
without contradiction, that the fugitive
slaves have more than doubled in numbers
SINCE m. massage of the Comnromisc.
With such eyidonce--with these facts be-
,ore there are many Journals, in the
south who insist that the North is faithfully
fulfilling IFS part Of the Compromise, and
viii honestly and truly perform its consti
u,ioual obliuaiio, to the South We can
not account for this blind yludlcalon OF
our enemies in the face of SO many proofs
of their active hostility, unless it be upon
the ground that submission 10 these wrongs
il. in their opinion, really the only way To
prcserye the Union. Those journals seem,
indeed. 10 think that any opposition by the
South to such injustice, necessarily involves
a dissolution OF THIS 'nion' we aiu' al
first, give them credit tor eandor, when
they 80 earnestly hoped mat tue Norm
would fulfil their part OF Tue compromise
but Y hen they would make US believe lhey
are honestly doing SO, and acting the part
OF friends, in the face OF iacss To Tue con
trarv, it is too heavy tax on our charity
to believe them sincere the lew Journals
at the North, friendly to the So"'" oa'
also, at first, hope that justice would DC
done us. and we looked 20 ''e" WIN son'
encouragement But shey 90 not t'h'
those journals OF the SCUM 10 "h'en we
have allndedl deny tho ev,a,hce OF '"cs
They now give US very NIUE encourage
men, In fact, one OF These Journals 'c''s
us plainly that We nave now no'''"e 70