New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-12

Law, nothing about the abolition OF Slavery intha
District. nothing shout any renewed effort that
mas be made TO introduce Slavery into the Ter.
uiorIes, and We presume, for the whole ground
- oovercd,) that there shall be petitions pre-
scented OF received upon any phase Of the SUBJECT
Of Slavery whatever. No Agitation ." " NJ,
Agifafion Pc" No AGITATION =" must mean this.
III, means anything
Wei, What success has this party met With
backed, as It has been, By the powerful names and
determined efforts OF the two most distinguished
men Of the country and the entire influence Of the
existing Administration, and large ma ,ority of
the last Congress- Has IL been such as to war
rant the conc 'usion tia. the North approU,s such
compromise Where is the siolIdity tia, would
declare this Do not both parties IN the North
handle the Compromise question as one would
handle hot iron Does not everybody know
that both parties stand upon the ground OF re-
Iuctant acquiescence in i, and that 1t IS every
where Just such an acquiescence as every man
gives to what he d.sllkes but cannot help Bat
where are the Compromise men per - from the
North, either in Congress or out OF It They do
not number one man in ten. We assert, without
fear OF contradiction, that In the whole North.
but most especially in the Wig party OF the
Nonh,-and we take the members OF Congress
for an illustration Of our asssertion,-that that
class of men known as Compromise men have
no strength whatever. numerically or politically,
when cor pared with the great body OF he party.
We point 70 this as a most significant CO u
mon,ary upon the general tendency and drec-
ton of opinion in the North. Notwithstanding
all the influences tina. have been brought ~ bear
upon the public sentiment, through the pulpit,
through a subsidized religious and secular press,
through the money power of the trading circles
of the great cities and of the Cottonocracy gene
rally and above all and over all, in the direct
political patronage Of all branches Of the Admin
istration, given ard withheld, aided by strong
pressure of political considerations operating
upon the timd and the mercenay OF all parties
TO make them yield their convictions to the al
lered necessities of the time and then own pre-.
sumed future well being, all combined IN one
vast force under the generalship OF Mr.. CLAY
and Mr. WEBSTER, and marched to the onset
with determination to produce an overwhelm-
ing discontinue OF all opposition, notwithstand
ing all this, the great public sentiment OF the
North has borne the full brunt of the shock, and
today, after enduring eighteen months Of this
kind of pressure, rises elastic and unchanged,
green. vigorous, and hopeful-nne-teAth off in
full opposition to any approval of either the
men or the measures of the so-called al lust-
ment."
Now II is in view OF these facts, for the truth
of which we appeal to the convictions OF South
em gentlemen, (who are in position to JudgeD
Gompromisers and all who know 1t, whether
they will acknowledge it or not that we base
our declaration, that but slight causes are want
ing to precipitate the North into one great Sec
tional party on the sub ect of Slavery, and the
consequent election of President by NORTH
ERN votes.
Let us make a few suppositions by way OF v
lustration
Suppose the Opposition Baltimore Convention
exhibits, as it probably will, decided Southern
leaning, (as it may do either with or without In
dorsing the Compromise,D IN their general
proceedings, resolutions, nominations, &c; and
suppose that after this, and quickly following,
the Wing Convention at Baltimore should meet
and nominate General ScoTT, as he stands with
out pledges, without protestations, without al
lusion to the Compromise in any form what
ever; and suppose that, as consequence Of
this, the Delegates of the Southern States.
headed by Mr.. CABELL, of Florida, whom we
understand TO demand a special pledge Of Gen.
ScoTT to support the Fugitive Slave Law, should
bolt the nomination, and leave the Convention,
declaring their determination not to supper, the
nominee.
We modestly ask to be told, what would be
likely to follow such demonstration Would
not the unyeGsoaaJleness Of the thing impetuously
rouse the whole North to all mistaken determin
alton to elect Gen. ScoTT upon the very grounds
chosen by the South to defeat him We sug-
gest the inquiry as being one Of no small signf-
canoe, both in regard to the next election OF
President and the future organization OF parties,
We maintain that it is easy, in the present condi-
ton OF things, to start powerful sectional party,
and that the prospect would be good for It's sue
cess even at the first campaign. But whether
it were 30 or not If started under such favorable
circumstances as we have suggested, it would
present most formidable, and perhaps we ought
to say, an alarming front.
Now We submit that the Northern Wings have
right to demand Of their Southern allies that
they shall lot be forced into any such unnatural
and unwecome position
Where is the patriotic man who desires to see
sectional parties formed in this nation Who
wishes to see Northern Wings and Southern
Wings fighting in OPPOSING ranks upon great
and vital question sure to result in the most
embittered animosiiiesl Who wishes to see
the North arrayed against the South, and the
Sonth anayed against the North on question
of such painful magnitude, and such essential
consequence to tie South, as the subject of
Slavery We have an abiding conviction, 10 be