The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-06-23

measures should be regarded in principle
"a alsettlement Of the dangerous and exciting
subjects which they embrace; that though they
'were not free from imperfections, yet, in their
mutual dependence and connexion, they formed
ga system of compromise the most conciliatory
and best for the entire country that could be OBJ
tanned from conflicting sectional interest and
sopinions, and that therefore they should be adj
'hered to, until time and experience should de-
monstrate the necessity Of further legislation to
guard against evasion or abuse. That opinion, so
sfar as know, remains entirely unchanged, and
will be acted upon steadily and decisively. The
peacc ofthe country requires this the security OF
tho Constitution requires this; and every conside-
ntion Of the public good demands this. If the
Administration cannot stand upon the principles
ofthe message, it does not expect to stand at all %
IDAsIEL WERsTER's Letter TO the Union Meeting
at Westchester.
Il the Central Democratic Organ for the
Friends Enemies OF the Compromise:
In the discussion of questions involving the
peace and perpetuity of our institutions we
have refrained from introducing the mere party
politics of the day. We have endeavored to
give due credit to all who have been instru-
mental in passing series of measures de-
signed, and, as we believe well calculated, to
accomplish final settlement of distracting con-
troversies; and we shall continue to bestow
upon them ou humble but hearty approval
We of course have never claimed for the
WINGS the exclusive merit Of originating or
passing these measures; nor have we sought
to appropriate the advantages that may be ex-
pected to flow from them exclusively for Wine
statesmen, or WING Administration. But
we do claim for the Administration the entire
credit of standing up to those measures in good
faith, of executing them with frmness, of pro-
claiming their intention Of adhering to them as
.sfinal settlement" and of exhorting their fell
low-citizens to rally upon and maintain them
on that ground, 8" as the best, if not the only
means of restoring peace and quiet to the
country, and maintaining inviolate the integ-
rity of the Union"
We have conceived it our duty to say thus
much to relieve, if possible, if not remove the
expressed convictions of our contemporaries of
the Union newspaper, "that the Wings, as a
party, are not for the Compromise, and that
this measure cannot receive from that party
any guarantee as a permanent adjustment of
the slavery question:" What stronger guar
antee do they desire than the declaration of the
PRESIDENT, followed, as it has been, by faith
full discharge of duty on every occasion requir-
ing his official interference in upholding and
executing the laws2 what higher security do
they demand than the oft-repeated annuncia-
tons of such men as surround him in Cabinet
council, in their public letters and their public
speeches, that ''if the Administration cannot
stand upon the principles of the message, it
does not expect to stand at ALL" with the ad-
ditional fact that, from Che hour Of these deca-
rations and annunciations to the moment in
which we record the assertion, there has not
been wavering or faltering in the fulilment of
their duty? How, then, can our contempora-
or sincerity, when they give publicity to such
convictions as they pretend soleinnly to believe.
In our impression Of the 18th instant we
suggested that the Union newspaper should
announce distinctly its position touching the
controversy now going on in the Southern
States. If its conductors were with the friends
of the Compromise in those States, those friends
were certainly entitled to their approval; if
against them, they had right to know it.
The editors have, in their issue Of the Goth,
announced their appreciation of Messrs. FoorE
and CoBB conditionally; and, though they may
not intend it, indulge in reflections calculated
to detract from the true friends Of the Compro-
mise South, and necessarily benefit its oppo-
nents. Our contemporaries claim ''to support
the Compromise in good faith" and to believe
"that to disturb it is TO endanger the Union;"
but from the manner in which they view the
Compromise, as understood in the South, and
the palliating excuses for the course Of such
men as TRoUsDALE, MCDONALD, QUIrMAN,
and host of others of his political friends,
we apprehend that they will neutralize the
force and influence of their faith in the
Compromise measures. We acknowledge our
.obligatons for the annuncation that "they sup
port the Compromise IN good faith, and that
to disturb 1t is to endanger the Union;" and,
however much we may regret their disingenu-
BUSINESS on other points, we are too charitable
to withhold due credit for even their imperfect
effort at obedience to the dictates Of what heu
k,lor to be right.
:, We have said that the editors Of the Union
are for Messrs. CoBB and FooTE conditionalIy,
and, from the ifs appended to their declara-
ton Of attachment, affect not to understand the
real point involved in the contest. That we
may do them no injustice we quote from their
article:
. "Nor will the mission Of the special organ be
more successful If the audience to be addressed is
in Mississippi instead of Tennessee, where we meet
General Foote and the candidate of the Southern
Rights party. Every one knows that VIC look upon
the efforts Of General Footc, the friend Of the
Compromise. with sympathy and favor, and the
opposition to him this score as unwisc, because,
ifsucccssful, it can do no than dispace pa
triotic and able statesman, without changing one
of the measures in the support of which it is al
legged that he erred. We believe that this opposi-
ton grows out OF msconccption OF the motives of