The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-06-04

therein. enabled that State TO acquire
right which it had not before-the RICH
of possession-and thus ultimately oh
tain far more territory than otherwis
would have been allowed it. The sam'
ultraism which endeavored to proven
the passage OF this and other measures
fiercely assailed them after their passage
and would demand the repeal OF all. i
they were of nature to permit repeal
E. The Southern ultras denounced the ad
mission Of California as legalzed rob
berry by which the South was wrongful,
deprived of its shar of the territory
They denounced the settlement of The
Texas and New Mexico boundary dispute
alleging tina; it bought slave territory be
longing to Texas. and consequently to the
whole South, to be added to New Mexico
Tor the purpose of making it free terrific
ry' while the South was compelled To
pay share of the purchase money used
to thus injure them They charged South
e7n members who voted for the bill with
tame submission to the North. The nj
traS of the North denounced the same
settlement because. as they alledged. il
took free territory from New Mexico and
added il to Texas to become slave terrific
~. and compelled the North to pay a
share Of the ten millions given Texas by
The settlement The claim Of Texas to
the disputed Territory was not good-but
the unwise policy Of orr National Gov
eminent had so strengthened their pre-
tensions 10 claim as to make il plausl-
Bile. 1t was far better to paw that State
for a REIMBURSEMENT Of her claim To thu
most valuable portion Of our territory.
than to permit civil war to ensue
which aside from its other horrors. and
the never ending hatred towards our Ma
tional Government which must have fol
lowed on the part Of thousands in the
South who were then friendly, would
have cost us many times more than the
purchase money paid. In connection
with this matter he desired to call atten
ton to one of The Inconsistencies of oul
political opponenis-at least of on"
wing of them for they now are as much
d divided family as were the Democrats
few wears since. They have "WooUy
Heads" or Seward Wings. and Silver
Grays" or Fillmore Wings and we can
retort upon them their own question.
(which is the Simon Pure the orthodox"
Wing party? The inconsistency TO which
lie alluded was that more particularly OF
the former fction-the .-Woolly Heads
or Sewardites. Daring our late Mexican
war they denounced that wal in the most
bitter terms, Symp thising With the enc
my as the wronScd party. giving them 'atJ
and cOnfJrt as weak and opprrsSet
go lie, but recently when war with
small an weak minority Of cur country
men. appeared likely to grow out of
boundary dispute. they were for fighting
for letting slip the dogs OF War
When the enemy was d foreign one, .he
war, In their estimation, was wicked
aud oppressive-and their tender CON
sciences would not permit them TO take
part or parcel III Ii, Other than to enconr.
age the enemy b. showing him he had
friends in our camp; but when the enemy
was likely to be portion of our coun-
trymen. who acknowledged the same
laws and claimed the protection cf the
same hag-who had fought side by side
with rs. under the Stars and Stripes, IN ID
common cause and against common en-
emy--where such men, to whom we
ought To be bound BY the most friendly
ties, who should be considered mem ers
OF ouI households, entitled to seats BY
our fresides, differed with uS-w hen
asking and urging all amicdb Bile settlement
OF the difficulty, this portion of the
Wings cry out kill Stay If an enc
my does wrong, they would let him re-
peat II with lmpunity-but If a friend "a
errs, they demand his blood.
But TO return to the Com promise -
lie said ultraism, North or South, not
only opposed the measures composing it,
but assallet them after their passage, and
would now unsettle all, If their nature
was such as TO permit action for tina pur-
pose. Southern ultras demand recog
milton OF slavery in the Territories, and
repeal OF the law abolishing the slave
trade III the District of Columbia, and
presuming their demands will not be
conceded they are openly pref airing for
secession "a new name for dlsunlon'
For iour of the six Compromise measures
he voted, and against two-viz: the Utah
Territorial Government, and the Fugi-
tive Slave Law. All these votes he was
ready at any and all times and places TO
justify and defend. That he did right,
IL every instance, he had not the vanity
TO think or believe; but that he did what
he thought then was right, and that
Wish to do so was his governing motive,
he we'll knew. And such wish will ever,
he trusted, be his guide. The first OBJ
Ject OF representative shOurd be TO tru
IV CaTrY ont the wi she's and views of his