The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-04-29
The Southern whIg Address.


We lay this document before our readers this
morning. Those who have made this move
ment, obviously intend to compel the Wing Con-
vention at Baltimore to adopt the Compromise,
and in case of its refusal to join the Democratic
party, if the Democratic Convention endorses
the Compromises if it refuses--to form
third party out of both with Compromise
platform. Such is also generally the policy of
the Southern Union party.
Both intend to operate as balance of power
parties with the Wing or Democratic party, if one
or the other should deem it profitable to cut off
its anti. Compromise elements and accept the
proffered coalition.
We think it probable enough the result will
be a coalition of the Compromise portions of
both parties. 1t took such coalition to adopt
the Compromise, and it il natural that such
coalition should be necessary to sustain ton
paper.
avow itself for the Compromise. Abotionism
had tho alliance of sectional territorial covctous-
ness In making the Compromise, and will not
fail to obtain that Of military glory to repudiate
the only element unpaatable to the North. For
Abotionism does not hesitate to take to itself
all the unclean spirits or popular lusts of the
day. Even BRIGHAM You're, the prophet and
ruler of people who sanctify polygamy, has,
with natural affinity, joined the Abolition
gang. And thus, the immense value to the
South, Of the Compromise in Utah, is gone
But never mind, the sagacious and cbivaric
South, intends to keep up a loud cluckng and
rufing of feathers for the Fugitive slave law,
like hen that persists in setting on an added
were good.
We can easily understand that those in the
South who supported the Compromise fair,
or even as an undurable adjustment, are bound
in honor to insist on its observance. And it is
obvious enough, that on them, by the course Of
events, rests the responsibility of sustaining the
Fugitive slave provision Of the Constitution,
which is now about to- be practically expunged,
not only from the catalogue of reali ties, but
from the empty compliments of party creeds.
We respect their consistency, and their frmncss
and, although the tone of the address struck
us as hardly high enough for the occasion, yet
it was perhaps better that the South, which had
dealt in big words 80 much, without sustaining
them in action, should now limit herself to q
style and terms of exemplary moderation. Per :
haps they are more likely to be made good.
Meanwhile if the mere question of the fugi.
tive law sunders parties, and confounds and
psrplexes politicians, what are we to expect
from events that must continue to thunder upon
~ Ia this portentous era. Difficulty will accu-
mulats on difficulty. Other questions connected
with this Of slavery must arise out of our do.
nestle and external relations.
We observe that the controversy concerning
the imprisonment of foreign colored seamen in
the South has been revived by Great Britain
and on that subject she will probably have the
GO operation Of France. We shall soon be called
on to act on the question of admitting New
Msxico,and that of diplomatic intercourse with ST.
Domingo--and there are many contingences,now
unforeseen, that must arise, to keep this exas-
perating question before the country.