Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1852-07-01
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quiesce in them for the sake Of the Union.
have arrived at the same ccnclusion-that
It must and shall be executed. They have
thus, for every practical purpose. adop:et
the same platform. and have resolved 70
sustain il against the common enemy
Why, then, should they wrangle and di-
vide and waste their energies, not respect
ing the main question, which has already
been definitively settled. but in regard to
the process which has brought them, tho
from different directions, 10 the same con-
clusion? Above all. why should the siren
9Th of the democratic party OF the country
be impaired and lis ascendency jeoparded
for any such cause? We who believe that
the triumph of democratic principles is es-
sential not only TO the prosperity of the
Union. bu, even 20 the preservation CT the
constitution, ought reciprocally to forget
End, if need be, to forgive the past. and
cordially unite with our political Brethren
in sustaining for the future the good old
cause of democracy. 1t must be a source
iof deep and lasting pleasure to every pat
riotic heart; that our beloved country las 50
happily passed through the late trying and
dangerous crisis The volcano has been
extinguished, trust, forever; and the man
who would apply frebrand at the present
moment to the combustible materials which
still remain, may produce an eruption to
overwhelm bcth the constitution and the
| Union"
| In my opinion, the contingency to which
you refer Is remote and highly improeablo.
that Congress wi! ever pass b.!l 8 rnodi-
| flying or charging the fugitive-sl slave law. SO
as to impair its present valuable enact
ments.'' This law consummated the bond
| of peace between the slave holding and
the non -slaveholding States at the late very
critical period of our history. Had it not
passed, the remaining measures OF adjust
ment, however wise in themselves, would
not have deserved the name of a compro-
mise between these two classes of States.
1t is the single measure of the whole series
in which the slaee-holding States, with the
exception of Texas, have any peculiar liz
terest. It's the only compensation which
they have received for the great sacrifices
which many, perhaps majority, OF their
citizens believe they have suffered. Be
sides, nearly all the otlier measures OF the
Compromise, certainly the most important
of them, are In their very nature final, and
cannot be repealed by Congress Under
these circumstances, it would not only be
!, unjust, but in bad faith, to deprive these
States of the benefits secured to them by
the fugitive-slave law, especially when a
law of this character is not only authori-
zed, but absolutely required, by the ex-
press mandate of the constitution.
In what estimation would the civilized
world hold the conduct of one OF the. par
ties TO solemn treaty OF peace between
independent nations who, whilst himself m
the endowment Of all the benefits stipulated
in his favor, and in which he knows he can
never be disturbed, should then turn round
and, merely because he possesses the pow
er, deprive the other party of the only
equivalent he had received under this very
treaty?
But forbear to pursue this subject. In
my opinion, the harmony of the States and
|, the prosperity-it may be the preservation
of the Union depend upon the mainten-
ance and faithful execution of all the com
promise measures. 1t is now too late in
the day to go behind the record and dis
cuss the original merits.
Yours, very respectfully,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
ID Il