Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-04-10
n tie uIIniono Of Yesterday we met with


In the Union" of yesterday we met with
paragraph, Of which the design, such as we suppose
it to be, is co. artfully enveloped in ambiguous
phraseology, that we were at loss, on the FIRST
perusal, what to make of it. A second reading of
it, however, placed it in light in which we think
we may enable ourselves as well as our readers to
see through it To do that, perceive, it will be
necessary to copy the paragraph itself, as follows
I'VE shall be glad 70 know, and tomorrow may pro-
badly have opportunity of knowing whether there Isl
any truth in the rumor that portion of the Southern
Wings have determined not the call for the pre-
vious question Mr. Jackson's resolution affirming the
nality Of the Compromise On the previous question
the yeas and na be called; and it is said that
portion of the Southern Whgs have determined not
to sustain it. and thus give their Northern Wing friends
chance to conceal from the country their hostility the
resolution. We do not credit this Should any
such tactics be resoed to by asy Of the Southern Wg
presume that will be taken to note the fact when
the is taken by telers The responsibility Of this
abandonment by any Southern Wings of ground which
their party claims to have taken in yer of the nay of
the Compromise thus at be fixed in the proper
quarters and made known to the people Wetrust how
ever that such of evasion will be resored to
by any Southern man, and that opportunity VIII be
given to members of both the great parties to record
their positions on Mr. Jacksons proposition. p Union
The object of the g Union" appears, on the first
reading of paragraph to beto deter such Southern
Representatives might desire to propose amend
ments to the Resolution referred to, from voting
against the call for the Previous Question, by rep
resentng them being opposed to g affirming the
fnaity of the Compromise" Now, we can very
well conceive that Representatives may be not only
willing but anxious, every fit occasion, to affirm
|" the fnality of The Compromise meaning by that
term to designate the entire series of measures of
the year 1850 usually designated as the Comapro-
mise measures, and yet may not understand the
Resolution which is to come up to-day as embracing
such affirmation. The solicitude of the central
gan of the Democracy to prevent debate or amend
ment of the resolution, by denouncing beforehand
any thing but blind vote upon it, seemed indeed
to us so outof the usual course Of the journals of
this city upon questions expected to come up in
either branch of Congress at any particular time that
we were induced to turn to the record of the reso-
luton, as moved in the House of Representatives on
this day fortnight when the object of this denun-
citation flashed at once upon mind The reso-
luton, excellent as far it goes does not in fact
when read by the light which the paragraph of the
" Union" has thrown upon it, affirm "the fnality
of the Compromise" We subjoin copy of the
resolution, however that readers may deter
mine that point for themselves, being content with
protesting against the Remuneration by the "Union"
of any attempt from any part of the House to make
it more explicit-which, we confess, we should not
have seen any necessity for doing, had it not been
for the significance of the ONIONS" broad hint
upon the subjects and the feverish anxiety which it
betrays. -
The following is copy of the Resolution, moved
by the Hon. Mr., JACKSON, of Georgia, on the 22d
of last month, and which, it is understood, will
come up in the House among the first things in
order today:
Resolved That recognise the binding efficacy of the
Compromises Of the Constitution and believe it to be the
intention of the people generally hereby declare it
be individually to abide such compromises and
sustain the laws necessary to carry them ouhe pro-
vision for the delivery of fugitive slaves and the Of
the last Congress for that purpose ncudedand that
deprecate oil further agitation Of questions growing
Of that provision, Of the questions embraced in the
Of the last Congress known the Compromise, and Of
questions generally connected with the institution Of a
very, unnecessary useless, and dangerous"