The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-04-14
From The Baltimore Patriot.
The COMPROMISE AND THE PREsI.
DENCY.

DhNOAs
The entire silence observed by The re-
cent Democratic State Convention IN Vir' |
ginia in reference 10 the Compromise
measures, was quite in Keeping with The
course marked out by the Congressional
,ucus Of that party, al The beginning ol
the session, when. on the m0iion oil Mr..
Preston King II New York, resolution
expressing an approval Of those measures
was laid on The table. The first princi. |
ples nf Democracy Is 10 obtain majority |,
To prove its own claims To the title Of De.
mocrary. aud in view 81 The pressing
need OF votes TO secure that consummailo",
II cannon afford To la.e The Votes nf Mr..
Preston King. Mr.. Ranloul, Mr.. Chase.
and their par,zans Of The aholi'ionisl fac.
ton.
The Democracy 81 Virginia in ronven-
ton assembled seem 10 have duly apprc-
cisird The importance Of abolilionisi voIcs,
which will count as much and weigh as
heavy. according TO numbers, as The votes
Of The mot orthodox supporters Of the
resolutions Of '9S. The Democracy Of
The Southern States. such as Georgia,
Alabama. Mississippi and South Carolina.
will fad M difficulty. we presume, in
giving The Compromise the slight of their
silence. They have warrcd against IL
openly and zealously; and, perhaps. il
may be regarded as a c''n.essmn in us "a
vor il they do moi pass resolutions of re-
probation against il. How il is or Why
il is that this hostility In the Compromise
i. kept up at the South we do mol profess
10 understands sine the only measure
of that serie. Of rorciliaiory measures
thai can nnw be brought inio issue i, that
one designed 10 effect the reclamation ol
fngiives from labor. II wnnld seem AZ
lhnugh disronlpnl wa. resolved 10 main-
tain itself al any rate; and il il should
find no ranse oI complaint upon which o
suh.i>i. us exquisite ubslinary would be
consistent with itself in making a matter
of vexatinn Of thai very lack.
The Union party of the South. how
ever. will probably take this subject in
hand and see thai il is well attended to.
On this point we quote The following from
The New York Journal of Commerce.
!" For ourselves, we regret tn see 81
many of the State Conventions, and even
Southern Conventions, passing over The
Compromise measures IN sllenre, as il The
! Presidential election had nothing To do
witt, them. Il is irne there may be M
danger that any person will be nomina.
ted who is moi avnwedl, in fa,or of those
measures. and il is certain that no srrIl
man can he elected. Still IL seems To u.
that a rare opportunity will he lost, ol
giving the naiinn's sanction 10 the Com.
promise in manner whrh shall prevent
any attempt 10 disturb il hereafter. if It's
maintenance and support are M, made a
fundamental article in the platform Of the
parties al the approaching Presidential
election. There is one wav. and only
one. that we know Of. in which this drsi.
rahle nhieri can he certainly secured. lie,
The Union party of The South insiruc,
then delegates 10 participate in M Con.
venlian which does moi in the fnlips, am,
most uneqnivoral manner. indnr-e the
Compromise and let Union men evcry.
where, in voting Tor Presidential electors
have reference distinctly and prominently
10 this question. Befnre the elrriinn i.
held. they will know how the land lies
and he able 10 shape their course arror.
dinghy. Possibly il may he fnunl expe.
dent 10 call National Union Convenli,r