The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-06-10
The Louisville Democrat on Finalitz.

Inc LOUISVILLE democrat on Emahty
The Louisville Democrat, the ablest organ
of that party in Kentucky, thus refers to the
clamOr made by the Southern wings about
the fnality of the Compromise, and its en-
dorsemcnt by their convention:
''The wings need not expect to gull the
South now. Their newborn zeal is quite
too fresh and green. A few years ago the cry
of dough-face was raised against every dem
ocrat in the North that sustained the South
on any question. Every whig legislature,
every wing convention, in the year Al and
IL was furious for the proviso, led on by anti
slavery whie politicians and tricksters. For
years before, especially whilst the annexa-
item 81 Texas was on hand, the whig party of
'hc free States in solid phalanx denounced
The extension Of slavery. 1t was their great
hohby-thcir party stock in trade.
And what did the wings South do whilst
} all this was going on? Did they utter a
word of remonstrance? Not they They
raised shout of triumph as one man after
another as the democratic party fell under
5 anti-slavery domination. Daniel Webster
! boasted that the Whigs--the wings, mark it
: had gotten up thew excitement" against
: slavery extension; but all this never stirred
e up the wings South.
: Recently we have sham zeal manufac-
tured. They are wonderfully for the COM
: promise. It must lie fnality, and it must
: be endorsed Let US see We endorse the
e admission Of California as a finality. Many
S thanks to our magnanimity Why not at
) the same time endorse the admission of Tex
d as too as a fnality? And perhaps it would
II be as well to take tilt at the admission o.
C Kentucky into the Union, and make it a Fl
@ nality too.
e Then, again, there is the boundary o
y Texas and New Mexico. We have made
~ proposition to Texas, and she has accepted
~ it-ten millions are involved in the bargain
: Shall we declare bargain we made, ant
, which we can't cancel, fnality. Texa
:, ought to be thankful that we will not repu
: diate contract which is fnalty, whethe
:, we like it or not.
as Then there remain only the territoria
- bills and the law abolishing the slave trad
he in the District of Columbia Are the fol
MGR to be fnalities? Shall we pledge oul
j selves never to alter the territorial bills
M any particular? When the territories al
Iplv for changes necessary to their interes
shall we say no, the bill organizing your tie
= ritory is fnality, we can't touch it ?
~, Would not such pledge be an absurdity
~ Oregon wishes to elect her own executive c
y fccrs; perhaps it's best she should. Ne
~ Mexico may want the same privilege,
nc may be thought best she should have it
'-s Shall Congress say to any application for Il
." purpose, we cannot lcgislate in that way f
0e- YOU: your territorial law is tne of the fna
Pc ties
|o The latter, the abolition Of the slave ira
ave in the District of Coll,mbia is in tselfa m;
'nc ter of no consequence in the South, and W
Or never be repealed by a majority Of Congre
onS There is not an intelligent man in the {
iisS ion who either expects or apprehends its
"'' peal It is therefore fnality as certain
; 3u as any statutory provision can be.
'li, There is, in fact, but one solitary measl
ly of the compromise which is a subject of a
bat tation, which is to be constantly execute
mn and to which wing opposition is entirely c.
no, fined and that is the fugitive slave law.
npb 1t does not differ in principle from the
;TIt of IS, which remained fifty years upon
Pnt statute-book The late law only adds a ?
liz vision or two to make the act efficient.
- If we resolve it into a fnality, and 1t should
all.. come altogether inefficient, it must S
and. stand. fan amendment equally accepta
tbe g. the South, and more so to the North
4, proposed shall we still call it fnality,
49, decline action. The law of '93 was one
baso very good fnality; but it failed in time,
hadto be amended.
!, The ado about endorsing the compron
r,s- is only good substitute for endorsing N
of =. ing else The Northern wings can end
Is the compromise, and move next day to a
rden ish slavery in the District Of Columbia,
, L the slave trade between the States, Will
ouob interfering with the endorsement. The
ore who have in past years engaged anti-sla7
o,,oe agitation will continue it in new SHAPE
gIerv 1t is much easier to do something new t
2een- to disturb the past; and these Northern
= ~ Ttriguers are excellent tacticians Give t
who the ear of the President, the control Of
. ont policy of an administration, and the pow,
= do. patronage, and they viii allow you to
,,,,I,b dorse-the compromise, and c0nnive at
nsion knowing well that it is not in their wa
bt in True, they must be prudent, and adjust
: cot opposition to the home market. They
{ tbo whisper the word compromise; that {
" i sound badly, but they must say nothiI
and bout fugitive slaves, or they may wake
"a rs the anti-slavery Juror at home. Alittlo
= ten dence is needed, and viii be exercised,
I'D 4. the main chance will be secured.
It not We don't know what the democratic
npro- vention may do; butt will not humbu!
K in country with promises not to turn Ca
them MIA out of the Union, or to refrain from
Scott PLOTS of that sort. If they promise to
/ and tain what is to be sustained, it is quit
much as we anticipate We shall 'lea7
from to wings to pledge themselves not to t
49, States out of the Union. They can k
~ - pledge Of that sort, and it is about as ]
San as they ought to promise.
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