New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-14
THE cOMpRosnsE BILLS.

THE COMPROMISE BILLS.
TIE richmond Enquirer is arguing that the only thing
,rffcd by the Compromise Is the FUGITIVE SLAVE Law
We thought otherwise, but we may be mistaken. we
thought o..
let Congress was thereby pledged not to interfere with
Slavery in The District of C0lamDia.
ID HAT abolition OF Slavery there was to be prefer
mited by Congress al least until Maryland and Virginia
abolished slavery, m
f Nebraska was to be organized without reference to
Slavery, is the people there might viii ,..-..
There were various other principles a. we thought set
died" but they were, it seems, only "aequesce1 IN
Ever body then as right according to The Ea7auer
For re GSolon Of Slarerv in me District Of Columbia
Tor the yc,stdbLs6melt az he Stare Trade there
Tor Hefa rporafion Of NcJTaska nth Ae Missouri Com
55omi.e rcaf rned, a Wsm0f PT0cis0.
We think the South viii get little too much ot acqu
"esce" before il is done with H.
Aea.n-if i be expected that &c Northern men are to
keen ouly our part OF The compactthe Fugitive par-and
lie South Is to be free upon al other parts of the great set
ilCmCrt there IS a mistake somoNhere-somsooly ma,
Ieon fooled-and we Northern men, who are practical
men, lIe hot likely to be the fools long lhApres'
Remarks.
Tile Richmond Enguirtr and The Express are among
the most devoted of Compromise journals Neither OF
them TO be beaten at UniOnsavng unless by the 9TH
er Yet here we find them getting up an agitation OF
leir own with respect to Slavery aud the meaning OF
the COMPROMISE Tie Enquirer thinks i. means negro
huo,ng in the Free Statesa beyond this being bOsh
nothing Tic ETprcss on the other hand, Understands
it to mean great deal more than this-namey,
No Abolition Of Slavery in the District Of Columbili
ard
No legal impeachment to the Introduction Of Slavery
into Nebraska and other Territories.
Now the Compromise bills were not only silent with
regard to tefc important points, but no. word was
uttered will respect to the latter during the discus
ions Of 1850 On what authority does Tie Express in
ereoate 90 important condition into the adjustment
OF that year
Nebraska and all West and North Of it We're ALSO
lutely shielded from Slavery by the express terms of
the Missouri Compromise The North then bought
them clear OF bondage paid large confederation down,
fud took bond. Oregon was organized as Free
Territory il direct obedience to this compact. Yet
Tie EIpaess coOy sets said compact aside aunaed
in 1880 when nothing was said about it and leading
soulorn journal (Iae En7rir) is totally unconscious
Il at il was disturbed
Aud this is Of piece with the whole conduct Of
those who claim to be interpreters and guardians Of
tie Compromise. They all make it a weasel, a whale,
or any thing elfe, happens to suit their purpose.
The larger number generally contend that the question
Of Slavery in tie Territories has been settled in
cordance wl the doctrines Of Cen Casss Nicholsons
letter. when in fact there has not only been such
settlement but Gen Cas- has enHneatea principles
wlich lie question Can be settlcd. See here:
Gen Casss doctrine in substance is that each Terri
tory shall BE- Free or Siees tie majority Of its people
:ioH deeiGe. That is the doctrine Of the Nicholson
Letter, and oil oft Well admit it, and what shall be
It's condition PRIOR to any decision Of this question by its
yesYtl For instance:
a, b. and C. are the first settlers, we viii say Of
Utah or Of some Territory not yet named. B. takes
with hin slave and that slave gees fit to show him
his heels There is as yet no constitution, no Organi-
zaticn 10 compact no laws, but those Of the United
States. Now has b. any legal right to reclaim that
slave And can be call OH 4. aud c., or on the Fede
raj Government to help catch the regro and make hun
return to his work
This question Gen. Cas- never answered, either
in tie Nicholson Letter or in his nineteen
column speech e1pOunding and enforcing its
positions He left the vital point untouched. If
Shareholder may legally his slaves toanew Ter
ri:ory ard there hold them in bondage las the South
has conteuded under the Constitution Of the United
States without any further or other law to justify him.
then is the Main Question settled in favor Of Slavery
if he may not so hold them but must have act Of
organization legislation squatter or otherwise, TO
warrant bis exercising a masters authority in such
Territory, then Slavery has but slim chance OF gain
ine foothod there Hence JEFF. Davis while support
ing Gen Cas- Tor President, expressly repudsted his
Nioloson.letter doctrines
Men love to be cheated when they suppose they are
to profit by it. The present acquiescence' in the
Compromise is case in point The South understands
By this scquiescence & Reputation Of the WiImo. Pro
yifc and Of all attempts to prohibit the establishment
Of slavery in present or future Territories. The
N6rtL--rOt merely Barnburners, but the Senator
Hamlins, Gov Clevesnds, and John WentwOrths-
understand very differently. "Acquiescence' is a
game Of reciprocal cheating which viii to an end
some tine Our HardE and Softs are little ahead Of
their allies in other Sates-as Workers are apt to
be-that is all.
Tie Jf,a Dolly CGseae Hard Shell has been made the
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