The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-22

remembered the article word for word. That copy
got misla,d, but thousand times snce have deter
mined TO get II, and publish such portions as struck
Mr. Calhoun most forcibly, but never did so, until
few days ago, when met Mr.. Benedict, the pub
Usher, and told him should feel very mach obliged
il he would let me look over his file Of the iwdepes
dent for the months OF February and March, 1850.
He complied, and the moment my eyes rested upon
the 2lst Of February number, saw the article, al
asked MIR. Benedict who wrote that article, " Shall
we compromise
Henry Ward Beecher," was the reply.
Gould you give me that number?n
Certainly, If you wish it particularly
took this opportunity Of telling Mr.. Benedict
that was very much obliged for his kindness. The
article will explain my anxiety TO get ii, and now
shall give you extracts from it, for IT occupied three
columns Of the INDEPENDENTS
SHALL WE coMPRoMIsE?
Mr. Cay's pronise has been violently resisted by
the South and but coaly looked upon in the North It
is not that both fdsB irfatusted Ind refuse
IDENTIFY touched the seat Of disease He either has
not perceived hss not thought 1t expedient to meet
the issue before the people OF the United States
The struggle going on is struggle whose depths lis 10
the orgs uzAton OF society In tAe Norh and South re-
spectvey whose esu were planted in the constitution
There are tso ineenpssls and muu.y dssrae I've
land. Hitherto ike Eau and jacob they have striven
together in The womb. Vow they sorn and that feud
has began which shall drive the the other to the
wilderness To atiempt to setts radical opposition Of
policy BY easing n the rub here and there leaving the
the great prnci les in full vigOr should hang
tenders snd sspd bags Alorg the sds OF hostile ships
that hing together, insad Of putting The helm
lbout and going another tack. slavery is right and
slavery 10 wonS slavery shall live slavery shall cis
slavery fhs extend slsvery shall not extend Are these
conics t. be settled by mode Of parceing out
tain ieiitoriss Now The battle RACES a. ono point BY
and by i, viii rage At ano her. eemsn
slavery nbtry inherent 10 poll ioai system, All
mating orr constitution ofeckering pu6lic policy,
and making cur whole wisdom Of public legislation on
many o. the greatest questions crosseysd and contra
dctory thsss esn er,s seeking each others life.
or the Other must die
1t ia sportivs ioust upon which nation ia gazing
The shield Of the challenger hangs out for no bupte
lsrce Lie vanhce, sho ID have bssn GLAD had Mr.
Clay struck the shield Of Du 30 Gilbert With the sharp
lance head, importing earnest battle
Let man suppose that the contentious which
.s.ts the land have apraog from the rash Of
. few meu-ihe hot heads ett or Of tho North or the
South. We are in the midst Of collision not Of men,
but of cpss an0 political institutions The ineviss
wh'cs provision WAS made 6rst in the organization 4
society and hon In the trucur Of the constitution No
harvest ever answered more cloaely To the wants OF the
husbandnfns seed than co our difficulties " the original
sewing
Now Goes any man doubt that here are the re, vital,
distinguishing elements OF two radically different govern
ments--an sTistocrAey and democracy9 Does any
beisTe it possible that these respective endsnoies should
be conLeo in the respective feds, to civil Atairs? VIII
they not det.rmine the family institution the whole
usages Of society, public opinion yea the whole and
slavery and tbs agricul uIe OF ssmen be the same Can
the interests be the sams the political
nomy ard the politc'g Can etstssn.n bed in such
schools have common sympathiss? That the North and
South have nacy n srd many pAthes In common
is true hat al men, tho most opposite oppressor
and oppressed deeeivr and dupe hays great wants in
comraon But in their foundation IDEAS their political
doctrines their State policies, the conceptions OF public
measures, they not Only different but for the most
part, opposite and OppugnAnt. States, essentially
different would find harmony rather In separate exis-
tercs than in federation Ye. Union is composed OF
When the constitution in BIRTH these things were
in the seed. YET then, the repellences such
that common cons,itutioa was saopted only BY com
promise Now, tie compro OF tbs ltution in
the matter of slavery sdop'e in tbs expectation
that slavery would b. erAdcstsd by this peror vi
tally OF liberty, can underst nd the wisdom Of the
intention At least. But if i: designed tina. ia
strument should ncoie tbs fplr Of two th cries Of 60
verImento total, ADVERSE it was tbs most extraorci
nary bcdness the most ralouB olly whioa honenl
mea were ever fmitten with.
deep medtA uous, who ,hnk that men make Ill this
tional nIrosr Trey are suless Of aupposng that
institute ps are the fh., our cv policy 10 the
fanatic whose hrcorands inhAne The union.
These SIRE the points which mainly attracted Mr..
Calhoun's great mind. 1t was " war to the knfe'
sort OF writIng which ne liked from opponent, aud
was perfectly willing to give him credit for uaoer-
standing the subject. Mr.. Calhoun never knew
wrote that article. Had be lived to- the time OF the
production Of " Uncle Toms Cabiu," glance at it.
pages wGula have informed him wis was the real
author OF work credited very foo ishly to the sis
ter Of the gentleman who wrote, " Seal We CompTo
mise!"
OF course, while Mr. Calho IN agreed perfectly "a
to the "seat OF the diseae," q, that "these ele
ments seeking each others lie,' and "that the
collision vas not OF men but of prin ,iples aud poti
cal ps,itniions he drew very different CONCLUSION
from the or drawn by Mr.. Beecbe., that the North
would triumph. Mr.. Calhoun believed that the di.
fereht political institutions Of the North and South
could not lie compromised for any length OF time
RpfI will DC
should he untathfnl tony own impressions re.
ceived long previously, aye, up 20 the very evening
before be died, ii was not to say that he believed
all such hopes folly. He believed that one or the
North or South must die. lie knew it would not die
in the South. He saw no evidence Of its dying in
the Moth, and even ten and there, in the room
where he was dying with the death sweat gathering
fast upon his pale brow, he looked forward with an
almost prophetic vision through long years Of the
future aud he 50 aggression upon az gressio being
made by the antagonists of Southern interests, until
the South herself should and feel that her exist
ence could only be- sustained by separation from
powerful opponent, with which che could not cope,
while in the Union. His feals were that the South
would wit until it was ''too la,e.'
Papers and corrupt persons always misrepresent my
opinions and place wrong construction upon even
my speeches. They dresd them, for they s.e that
cannot be deceived with the chaf They know thai
fully appreciate, and Don't spare the mass OF poll
ticians, who have total lack of real patriotism.
facts. Mr.. Calhoun was seer aud a prophet. He
looked to the future. Other men looked only at the
present. Prev Gus TO his DEATH his mind was m re
and more convinced of the uncertainty OF the Uuon
no matter what was done ia reference = California
or the Fugitive Slave law. He did not consider laws
about them, however favorable TO the South, as of
any advantage with the abolition sentiments gain.
ing ground SO rapidly in the Northern States. OF
what use ten years hence, will be any laws respect
ing slave property? They will be dead letter
never practical The South is unfortuna ely led by
too many men, who do not cannot appreciate her So
cial position Dramatically opposed az are both
sections, what good can come from a Union when
corrupt majority are eierraily trampling down mi.
norlty." The South may recover and see her re
position in time, if she is not bought up by the pa
tr nage Of the general government: and the North,
too, are biLd They don't see, that If the South are
forced 20 a separation % themselves grass would
grow in the streets CT Ne9 York The slave States are
the producing states, the Of the grea. wealth
Of the Union. The exports Of The slave States
cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar, &5.-compared with
Northern exports are Is iu1r TO one These exports
amounting to hundreds Of millions are returned in
Northern norris and he rf .na me- a