The southern press., 1851-08-06
WEDNESDAY,, AUGUST 8. 1861.

WAS{11NU1ON OIl i.
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 6. 1861.
ssraAiaaisa sf the Csnprsnlse
Of ths Herthern Whlgs-Disunisn Of the
ssathsra a.A HsftAern wings.
The SRwARD and Silver Grey Wings of New
York. the opponents and supporters Of the COM
promise, have made compromise themselves,
after the fashion Of that measure of mockery
and fraud Of the last Congress AS usual in all
such cases, the Silver Greys, the party that ac-
knowlsdged the South had some rights, has
surrendered. The basis of this new compro
mise IL precisely that of the compromise o
Congress. The words are changed-Me Norti
gets The thing. We publish to-day the treaty
with the signatures Of all the high contracting
powers, that our readers may judge for them
selves. The controversy was about the compro
mise Of the late Congress--the treaty is utterly
silent In it, terms on the subject But it stip-
ulates that
THE Wings of the State, as body are In
6exibly opposed to the subjec ion OF any terri
torv of the United States, now free, to laws im-
posing involuntary servitude, except as punish
ment for crime, and they rejoice that no prOpo-
sition 10 that effect il now pending or is likely
to be presented; while, at the same time, they
unequaIifedly acknowledge the right of every
sovereign State to regulate its own municipal
institutions in such manner as its people may
deem most conducive to their safety and happi-
ness, without interference, directly, or indirectly,
by citizens of other States, or subjects Of other
countries"
According to this article, it is not only the
right, but it is the duty of the allied Wings of
the North to apply the Wilmot Proviso to the
Territories of Utah and New Mexico, if any in
dications should occur of the influx of slavery
into them. 1t is only sovereign States" which
are admitted to have the right of controlling
slavery within their borders And then the fol.
lowing is evidently designed for the Fugitive
slave law:
"That laws of Congress, and of the State
Legislatures, pronounced unconstitutional by the
judicial tribunals, must be enforced and i'm.
plicitlv obeyed; and that while this is cheerfuly
recognized as the only duty of all, as subjects of
the laws, yet that the right Of citizens as voters
is equally undeniable to discuss, with full and
mutual regard for the rights and interests of all
parts of the confederacy (Which is as necessary
now to maintain, as it was indispensable to
achieve, the blessed Union of these States,) the
expediency of such laws, and the propriety of
any of their provisions, and to seek, by constitu-
tional means, their repeal or modification"
Thus is the compromise character of the late
measures of Congress explicitly repudiated, and
the right of endless and restless agitation re-
served and asserted
We do not deny that as general or abstract
principles these declarations are true. We as
sert that such general truths only are declared
as may be construed in favor of free soil, and
every general principle on the other side, is
omitted or neglected.
But the compromise measures were and are
before the country and its parties. These mea-
sures caused the division between these Wings
compromise has been effected by which the
previous compromise ia not only unnoticed, bu,
distinctly repndiated as a CON wpron,ise, in the
clause asserting the right of unlimited agitation
and repeal.
We have no pity or sympathy for the South.
ern comprcmisers. They surrendered every
thing Of value to the North, and surrendered
the power of defending the ptiful pittance they
reserved. And now they get their reward
Their compromise is flung in their faces with
the scorn and contempt which arrogant power
naturally feels for shuffling submission. Mr.
TooMBs is right. The Northern Wing party
is utterly subservient to the anti-slavery sent
ment.
There can be no doubt that the entire body
of Northern Wings will adopt the compromise
at Albany. 1t is already cordially sustained by
the New York Tribune, and Albany Evening
Journal, both SEWARD and free soil organs
by the Comme, cial Advertiser, WEBSTER ant
Silver Grey paper, and by the Republic here, tn,
organ of the Administration. And the South
ern Wings are thus cut off from the Northern
We know there are many Southern Wing pa.
pers and organs that would accede to this new
compact, If they dare. But they dare not South.
ern sentiment forbids it, Southern vigilance
and sensbility are at length aroused to the game
of tampering with Southern rights and safety,
and bartering them away for Northern support,
and for spois. Dsunion has befallen the Whig
party, and the Democratic party also 1t will be
as impossible to reunte the Democratic Free
solers of the North with the South as the Whip.
In fact the dissolution of one party involves that
of the other. The two great national parties
are no morel
The Money Market.
II must have been obvious to the whole coun-
try, that the system of banks and credit has