Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-09-02
NO. 81.

dangerous to our peace, and Will dis
countenance all efforts to continue
or renew such agitation, whenever,
wherever, or however made, and We
will maintain this settlement as es-
sential to the nationality Of the whig
party and the integrity of tie IN
ion."
i Thus was the most important
feature of the Southern resolution
destroyed-that feature which pledged
the whig party of the North and the
South to discountenance all further
GgifatioH of hd slasely question In
its stead was substituted pledge to
discountenance all further agitation
of the questions thus settled by the
compromise. The question thus
settled" were admission of California,
the boundary Of Texas, territorial
governments f6f Utah and New Mex
leo, the abolition of the slave trade
in. the District 9f Columbia, and the
rendition of fusitives from labor.-
These were the questions settled
They were settled in spirit of COM
promise a nd a9quiesced in by the
South with the understanding that
they were to end the cha apter Of Con-
gressional Legislation on the subject
/ Of slavery. But this condition was
not nominated in the bond" and
hence the necessity of Pfedqe from
both the great parties of the country
that these measures we're to be re-
eeived as final settlement Of the
Slaeeyy question The democratic
national convention gave this pledge
for the democratic party. The
Southern wings desired the wbig ma
tional convention h to give it for the
IWhig party But that convention
emphatically refused 10 gi'0c 1t, by
striking out through its committee,
the pledge as embodied in the reso-
luton of the Southern delegates
We submit it if this modification of
the resolution is not proof positive
that the Northern wings are resolved
to agitate the question of slavery
further? They changed the resolu-
ton. JWYsdid they do it? If they
arc willing to abstiin hereafter from
slavery agitation, why refuse to give
such a pledge when asked to do it
blythe entire South? Their refusal
to give it-fer in this light only can
we regard the modification of the res
oIution of the Southern delegates
is the strongest evidence that, with
them, the end of slavery agitation is
not yet. They have purposely left
open the most important question
connected with slavery--such as It's
abolition in the District Of Columbia,
the suppression Of the, slave trade
between the States, and even the abb
clifton Of the Institution within the
States. All these questions are left
open by the whig resolution.
But this is not all. The Northern
wings in the convention not only re-
fused to pledge themselves against
further slavery agitation, but they
agreed only to conditional pledge
to abide by the compromise meas
ures. Whenever ia TIER opinion,
"time and experience shall demon
strate the necessity for further legis-
lation'' to guard against abuses of
the fugitive slave law, they have the
authority Of the wing platform for
insisting upon such legislation
That this proviso in the. whig COM
promise resolution will be finally
used by the enemies Of the law to
agitate its repeal or Modification
can not be denied by any one ac-
quainted Nth their finaticIlfdesigns.
. For their candidates sake' they are
quiet nor, but should he bc elected
the South will then see mAy the res
olution of her delegates was so essex
HQliy modified.