The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-01-19
MISREPRESENTATION CORRECTED.

The National Era and the Albany atlas
now insist ON faithful adherence to tine Mis-
souri, Compromise. We admit that the Mis-
souri, Compromise was intended as permanent
adjustment of the Slavery controversy. But
yet, if we have read history Alright, no party
ever adopted that Compromise in it's creed ;
and the only sanctity it ever had, was that
which it gained by u long period of acquies7
ccnce.
but notwithstanding That long period OF &C
quiescence, Free Soil fanaticism Iepudiated it
when Oregon became a Territory Of the United
States.
When the bill to give Oregon Territorial
Government was before the House of Repre-
sontativcs, Mr.. Winthrop, of Massachusetts,,
moved to apply to it the Anti-Slavery prohibi-
ton of the Ordinance of l787-which is word
for word the Wilmot Proviso. When that mo-
ton was carried, many able and patriotic men
thought that it was virtual repeal Of the Mis-
souri, Compromise. But Mr.. Polk signed the
bill with the offensive clause in it, on the
ground, as he stated in a special message that
Oregon was north Of the Missouri Compromise
line, which was intended to be a permanent
adjustment Of the Slavery question, and that
the Winthrop Proviso was mere surplusage.
Free-Soilism having gained thus much by the
Missouri Compromise, refused to abide by that
Compromise any further for when the Mexican
treaty gave us California, and New Mexico,
and Utah, every effort to extend the principles
of the Missouri Compromise was most violent
lv resisted, and that Compromise was virtual
ly abrogated, and its binding force denied and
repudiated. This abrogation of the Missouri
COMPREHENSIVE denial and Reputation of its
binding force, made it necessary that ANEW
COMPROMISE should be made.
That NEW COMPROMISE was made in 1850,
- a..
But all on a sudden, the Free-Soilers who have
pretended for the long space of FOUR MONTHS
to be better and truer Democrats than the bng-
tried veterans Of the Democracy, now wne
FORTH and speaking through their organ the
I! Albany Atlas spit on the Compromise of $50,
which is recognised as a finality by the E.lti-
| more platform and insist that it must rive
place to the Missouri Compromise of 1920!
Washington Senttm.
The advocates of Slavery seem incapable of
making any correct statement of facts on
corning the issues between them and theiop-
ponents. Expose their blunders as Offer as
you may, they will repeat them with Us INCH
GOODNESS as if they had never been detected.nd
pointed out.
The foregoing extract from an editorial IN
the Sentinel is tissue Of misrepresentation
1. 1t is not true that tho Missouri CompD-
mise was intended as permanent adjustnat
of the Slavery controversy" 1t was simply ~
tended as device for allaying the agtati,S
against Slavery in 1920, to such degree that
Missouri might be admitted into the Union as
Slave State, and tho price paid for this wa
the perpetual exemption from Slavery Of tb
whole Of our territory beyond the Mississippi
river, and above SO deg 80 min. 1t was ps
posed and advocated as an adjustment Of tat
particular controversy, but not as permandt
adjustment of g the Slavery controversy"
2 "Frcc-Soil fanaticism," nor any ether a.
naticisin, "repudiated the Missouri Comic
mise when Oregon became a Territory of ihe
United States"
3. Mr.. Winthrop moved the Anti Slaery
amendment to the Iowa bill the OregonbiiI,
as reported by tho Committee on the Tdrito-
, ries, embraced this Proviso
a. California, New Mexico, and Utih, al
ready belonged to US when the Oregon bill YVES
passed, instead of being acquired subseqh ently
as the Sentinel represents.
5. Nor, as the same paper asserts, vas thu
Missouri Compromise virtually abrtgated
f and its binding force denied and repudhted."
These erroneous statements of the Sentint
, are made for the purpose of convictmg tn
} Anti-Slavery Party of inconsistency-of main
8 tanning in 1854 the binding force of what the
; repudiated in ls4S and 1850.
concise, but correct statement of facts vii
indicate its entire consistency. The Missoul
Compromise, as it is called, or, more properly
: the Anti-Slavery Proviso of that Compromis'
applied eactusipely to the Territoryof Louisiana
/, acquired from France. Its language is
Q THAT in all that Territory eeded by Fran