The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-01-15

II
Quiet was again restored among the pas
sengers, and each returned to the dreams, or
his waking thoughts of the unhappy mid
night scene-some to sympathize-some to-
censure all soon to forget, in the busy whirl
Of life, the sad lesson, that however man
may err, woman is the greater sufferer there
by, and few, if any, to proftby the warning
Of the gamblers misfortune.
Agitation.
The late Compromise of the subject of
slavery vas supported as great healing,
peace.giving measure. 1t was deemed a
cure for All the evils of agitatioll-of secs
tional strife--of Incendimy tendencies.
The country, it was said, needed reposc.
The Union was placed in continual jeopardy
BY the agitation and discussion of the slave
~ and sectional issues, The opponents Of
tie Compromise were regarded, and still are
50 denounced, as agitators and disunionists,
Well, the measure has gone before the
people 1T las been acquicsced in; it is
the law Of the land no one has yet pro-
If>Set ~ - ~ I1G1t 10 = ~ IS1I III liz
bleeding wounds which it healed. Many
persons North aud South were honcstlysop-
posed to IFS passage, and sought to defeat it,
hcieving it was not a fairadjustment of the
matters involved But il became law
the minority submitted, some without muir
mur-others with a protest-and a small
class with threats, to annul and repeal it.
New, who is to reopen these vexed ques-
tionS,-who viii come forward to revive
tIose dangerous agitations, again to launch
this most exciting and incendiary topic on
the tumultuous. sea Of politics +?
Let US see: Gen. Foote, the great origina.
tor Of the Conpronise,-the very genius
whether it be evil Or good genius, we will
not pretend to say Of the Adjustment,
on the first day of the meeting of the Sen,
ate, before the slightest manifestation had
been given by the opponents of that meas
ure, 1T a disposition to attack it, brings for
ward resolution affirming that the sale
ICompremiso was a fair, just, and wise meas
urc, which ought to be adhered to as a per
manent and lasting settlement.
What other effect can this proposition pro
lduce, but to revive the whole discussion anC
Iagitation which it originally produced? 1
it is passed, itadds no strength to the Com
promise, it does not render more binding
measure which is already law of the land
litis a mere expression of the opinions o
certain gentlemen, which are already known
i by everybody. But, suppose tits not pass
: ed in what attitude will it place Congress
1t will bea declaration to the people that
!. law passed by Congress is not. a wise or prop
: er one; it will be an incentive TO a sugge.
+ ton of disobedicnce Of a law Of theland.-
!, 1t will be an intimation that something NOR
: than the regular passageof alaw.by Congress,
I, and its approval by the President is esser
{ tial to give it form and validity. 1t viii il
f ltroduce new mode Of inyalidating Law
e without repeating it.
When Ulysses was returning from Tra
: to Itbiea, H3olus, the God of the Wind
) (Who is friend to all orators, very kind
confined in bag all the winds that migl
D impede his voyage lis silly companion
( however, mutinied, united the bag, and "a,
d the imprisoned winds their liberty IT
f conseq uences were awful; Ulysses ship ri
4 tossed, for many dark day, onsa tenipest
j Ious sea, and consumed nine years il reac
e ling her destination. Equally rash is Il
i, conduct Of tlledistingu ished Senator of AIi
e sissippi, lie mate, II be viii allow US SO
{ designate, On the great Unionship, who. d
It satisfied with the rapid progress Of bis bar
hopes to send her forward more swiftly,
! unloosenihg the tempest he had SCI secure
: imprisoned il tllat great 3astileof Agitatio
the Com mise measure
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