The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-07-29


difficulton was, like all Mr.. Ciay's other CON-.
promises q mere postponement11 the solution
which must one day bs found, aud an agree
ment TO a provisional course meanwhile The
osten,ib Objects OF the war were left on one
side and tbs all important matter OF the boun
daries, since so difficult to deal with, was to be
| ne gotiated, some time or other, by future COM
missioners.
"IIenry Clay was, though the youngest Of his
party, manager and head, and should have, there
fore, the chief share of the adverse judgment
on the transaction; judgment which was un'
favorable on both sides the Atlantic, ana when
would have been more so if England had not
been in b ste to declare herself at peace with oil
the world, and the American government eager
to close, on almo It any terms, war which every
citizen hated, and no one could understand
Next, Mr.. Clsy effected the compromise, of which,
of all his feats in that direction, he was The most
proud, except, perhaps one
in 1920 there was an application from the
territory OF Missouri to be admitted as State
into the Union. Mis- curl had slave institutions,
which were by this time abo he'd in all the
Northern States Missouri, separated only by
a river from free Illinois, might and ought to
| have been admenished and encouraged ut this
conjuncture to lay aside slavery and deeply
done. The Northern States were strong
enough to have insisted on this as a condition
of admission into the Union: but the PERSIA i've
voice of Henry Clay beguiled them into aeon
promise'--the celebrated Missouri compromise
by which The North gained nothing and the
South gained a solenn sa"ction and an indefinite
prolongation of slavery
"Mr. Clay drew the line north of which slav-
cry was not to exist; and he pointed out how
Maine would thus be admitted, with her north
ern freedom, into the Union AS an equivalent for
Missouri with her slaves. But the Introduction
OF slavery north of the proposed line W 8 war.
rant for it south Of that line and the admission
Of Arkansas and Florida, as slave States, soon
followed of course. Mr.. Clay, who had before
this 80 compromised matters in his own adopt
ed State of Kentucky, al to prevent the aboIi-
ton Of slavery, which would have been effected
but for him, foresaw the admission of Arkansas
and Florida
"1'he politicians of the North were either
blind 10 this result, or hoped that no mischief
would come out Of it. They were afraid Of pres
ent clamor, and ofany question about the Union.
Having got the troublesome wind shut up, they
hoped that something would prevent its burst
ing forth as the whirla It's approaching
roar, however, reached the ears Of the two great
lenders as they were on their death beds. Cal
houn, who had said, fiOn the dav that he frat
stood up to speak till he could stand no moreP
that American slavery was as immortal ms any
other decree of Providence, announced, before
he breathed lis last, that the days of slavery
were numbered and Clay, after final effort to
lay the hurricane by one more desperate com
promise, saw through the films which thered
on his dying eyes, the flights Of victims from
the iniquiiies of his fugitive slave law-the muir
ders OF kidnappers-lhe chains drawn round the
courts OF justice-and the marshalIing of the
strong and purehear,ed to defy his policy, and
establish "higher law" than this On his dy-
ing ear fell the tramp of this host which he had
supposed TO be little band of helpless remon.
strants; and, viii this, came the more appalling
sound-the rumble which warned him of the
approaching explosion Of his compromises, leav.
ing only the rfulquestion, whether the Union
itself would not be broken up with them.
" For volcanoes Abroad he had a great ad.
mirition. The recognition by his country of
tie Independence oflhe South American repub
lies was his doing In This, he was urquestion
ably sincere, earnest and full of generous SYM
patty. And so he was with regard to the Greeks
whose canse he embraced with great ardor. IT.
in both cases, he exa gerated the merits and
pnnted too fair the prospects Of his cIients, this
was an error on the right side, where human
sagiciiy must be expected to fail and it was
one in which he had for comrades the best men
in all free countries. Perhaps the fairest aspect
of his life is that in which we see him the ad.
voca'e and protector of Sonih American and
Greek liberties"
IRELAND.
The Dublin city election resulted in the re.
turn of f. Grogan and j. Vance, tories. Mr..
Reynolds, of course, is defeated. In Belfast
the tory candidates, Davidson and Cairns. are
reported to be elected. In Armagh City, More
tory, has been returned. This is a bad begin
ming for the liberal cause in Ireland The tory
and landlord party are working furiously to de-
feat Sharman Crawford in County Down Ten.
ant right meetings have been broken up by
hired n.obs
PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, July 7.--l.etters from Os!rowow, on
tie confines of Poland, state that great nun. !
Der of persons have fled ,hther from the neigh
boring Polish town of Kalisch, where the chol |
era is raging with great intensity, the deaths
having amounted TO forty daily out of a popu
laion OF t. II thousand This rate of mortalit,
il as high as il in London ten thousand day
were carried off.
Mdlle. Rachel, who has come to Berlin,
sia has been performing to empty houses Rog
er is singing TO full ones. Miss Wagner has
made her appearance at Hamburg, and 10 en-
gagged TO sing at Breslaw till her leave ofabsence
from Berlin expires. 1t VS. lately reported, that |
she had pentioned the King Of Prussia to pay
the costs of her discreditable law suit in London,
which, however his maj sty is not likely to do,
because the act would be very uu.avorabIy re
garded by the Prussian public.
GREECE.
The following is an extract of letter from
Patras, dated June IS, 1852:
Another insurrection has broken out in the
Morea, witch threatens to spread rapidly and
give come trouble to this government, if not to
Europe, from the spirit of religion it involves Ii