The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-06
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The conscience Of the Compromises are
evidently urquiet and they do not sleep well
at night. They have passed batch OF mea-
sarsss and foodly christened them pesce mea-
sures; but they give no peace, either to the
country, or to their coutrivers. The argument has
been made. before and since. the work was done,
but Il sstises neither those who hear it, nor those
who make it. For every now and then, some
uneasy friend Of the scheme, comes forth with
fresh prctexts and pretences. The National In
teAigsncer en- one Of the latest Of these cases of
desperate political invalids, and betrays quite
the hectic hue and hopeless hope Of the con-
sumptive, the mingled assurance and trepidation
Of the transgresscr, rather than the repose Of
conseious innocence and the natural bloom Of
health
We find l., that paper Of Saturday last an ar
ticle, between four and Ave columns long, en-
titled aThe Past and the Futnrc," which, besides
introducing some new topics, attempts to keep
before the people several of the absurd and cx-
ploded humbugr OF the Compromise argument
Itbegins with contrasting the present harmoni-
GUS and happy condition Of the country with the
alarming state Of affairs year ngo. The phi
losophy is more than Stole which EFFORTS conso-
lation and delight, either from the present con-
dtion Of the country, or from comparison Of it
with any period Of the past 1t is the sardonic
philosophy, which inspires the believer with the
spasmodic and hysteric propensity to laugh, in
the paDgs of dissolution.
A year ago, the Southern States, with great
unanimity, proclaimed their right to share of
the new territory --and their apprehension Of an
attempt, through the Federal Government to
deprive them of it, The thing has been done.
And what is the result! Has Northern aggres-
sion been appeased Has Southern sentiment
been satisfied So far from it, one Northern
State, Vermont has officially set aside, and set
ut naught, the only measure in which the South
had an interest. Another Northern State. and
that the most populous, New York, has elected
a Governor on public nvowal Of the propriety
of repealing or essentially altering the same
measure. Still another, the leading State Of
New England, Massachusetts, has repudiated
the measure and it's advocates-and Ohio, the
Empire State of the Northwest, has exhibited
the spectacle Of two parties emulating each
other in opposing it.
If we turn to the South, Virginia, the largest
and most loyal Of all, has re- elected to the Sen
ate one Of the most determined, iniexible, and
able of the opponents of the Compromises
Hsr.Governor has availed himself Of this great
err ofreturning peace, to recommend restrictive
and retaliatory measures, responsive to the mag
unanimous pence measures" Of our affectionate
Northern brethren-and has felt it incumbent
to propose the extraordinary convocation Of all
the States, for the safety of the Union. Geor-
gia, the Empire State Of the planting region has
recently been in convention, the election for
which disclosed the opposition Of nearly thirty
thousand citizens to these measures Of peace,
and the proceedings Of which, disclose the cx-
stence of fears that still further aggressions on
the South are acknowledgements so in
tolerable as to justify and require the distinct
threat of disunion as the consequence Of them.
Nay more, that convention declares its belief
that the preservation of the Union depends on
ahe execution Of law which is resisted, detied,
and repudiated incomparably more than the one
it was designed to supersede. because that was
Intellectual
Such is the position of two great States, re-
lied on as the Southern pillars of the Compro.
mise Then there is Mississippi, whose legisla-
ture has, with overwhelming majorities, con-
demned the conduct OF the only delegate of
hers who supported the adjustment, and declared
that in so doing he has shown that the interests
of the State are no longer safe in his hands.
And the same body has called convention Of
the people of the State, to decide what it's safety
and sovereignty shall require to be done, on nc
count of the spoliation and humiliation il has
suffered by this thing And South Carolina.
with an unanimity never surpassed, has spoken
in wocda and deeds that none can msunderstand
her Indignation, adherence, and undying hos
fility to The outrage. In Louisiana, whose
presses had been almost unanimous in acqui-
escenee, and whose people had been almost 81
lieut., we have seen great predominant party re-
spsndng almost en- mdsse, in her principal city,
to the Senator who lent to the opposition OF
this measure the light Of his piercing intellect,
and the Gre Of his woods, that burn.
Such is the peace of the Compromise.
The Mieiiigencer tells rs.
AOf all the States, Afteen in number, which
had been counted upon to engage in the design
Of breaking up the Confederation, the Govern
ments Of f,ro only have 30 much NJ entertained
any proposition looking to the severance of any
member Of the Union from the rest"
This reference to a @design Of breaking up
this Confedefafion" 1--WE wonder the Iatsl7igencer
ccndescends to call It Confederation) must
now receive some notice. We have stated be-
foe, that the patent and paternity Of this dis
covery belongs to Mr.. BExroE, and we believe
that one of the first TO perceive the grandeur o'
the disclosure was Mr.. HousTos. Both of them