The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1854-03-01

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adoption q The e'omntom mise Il 1864
Thiriy.fouy ysnrs ago lkt excitement, q
lie slayey qaesSon was 20 %inifnse, iha'
Iitcams very near dissolvins the Onion.
li wasallhis critical suciuFe, that the Ms.
souri, Compromise was adopted, BY which
slavery was to4be forever excluded north
.Ofibe parallslOf aeaeg. somin. Never,
since ihei day when iheI Canmomise Of
1920 was adopted has any Statesman, in
or out Of Conggess, attempted or ibonghi
Of repeating this act. i has always been
regarded as inviolale, by all parties both
North and South. The lemocraiiorpari
have affirmed and re-alirmed, in every
Convention, State and National, the prin.
! eiples Otihat act. a}7Ied ts'l
But ;herc is, one man who is called a
Statesman, who has produced this uncall-
ed'lor excitemenl-who has thrown this
fire brand into The ranks Of ihe-Dsmocraiic
Party; who seks to throw this country
into an excitement, the intensity and Bit
t%erness Of which, may well cause The true
lover Of his country intense anxiety, as 10
the esils which resuli may from the farther
agitation Of this question. Judge DouoLAs
belongs 10 that class of~'Poliicians, who be-
lieve politics 10 be a trade-that he bias
learned il thoroughly THAI the Democrat.
is party care more for men Than measures.
This has always been our opinion Of this
man. The whole object that he seeks to
accomplish is, we conceive, TO place him
selfin the Presidential Chair, even though
il be at The expense Of the Democratic
Pirly.a There are many men whom hece
sites, 10 lay on The shelf, in order thai he
may have the track 10 himself, but we
opine that the old Hero of San Jacinto,
SAM HoUsToN, has oui.generalrd him this
time. HoUsroN, identified with The South
as I've has been from his youth. will moi
sspporl this measure. The Senate ganer-
ally have mol desired it-lhey were content
with the Compromises Of 1920 and 1850.
True, Southern politicians may desire IL;
but the people do NOT.
Should this Bill of Mr.. DOUGLAS be
passed. then Slavery may exist in a coun.
Try eight or nine times as large as The State
Of Ohio. Talk about the people in the
Territory regulating their own form Of gov.
ernment, when lhls bill cuniemplales that
the stakeholder may take his slaves there
as property. What white man Of the
North desires 10 hive in a country where
his labor is only equal TO that ofia.Negro ?
Who would go there, knowing this 70 be
the facll NJ dis-b be so. will il no. become
slave territory, Because nor but slavellold-
ers would be in the Territory!
We ihihk we have pretty good author.
ily for believing that this Nebraska Bill is
not an Administration measure. and we
know that The people uf none ofthe States
! desire it. Who dors desire il, What
reason and what necessity is there for y
renewal Of this agitation ; Can any ra-
lional man give a rrason {. Well aware
are we, that newlysaedgcd Democrats will
regard our course as not beirg democratic.
But they must remember that we have new.
er been any hing but a Democrat, aud
never intend being any thing else that
we cannot, if this is partof the Democrat.
&c creed, say and do as Rurn said 10 Ma.
oMI, that" whittier Iaou goesl, ) will 20
We are willing 10 go almost any length,
but this is "luo much :" Neither do we
rare whether il is an Administration meas.
ure or moi. Those who wish eau supp6fl
it; we cannot support men or measures,
he tendency Of which is 10 distract the
Democratic party, and y%iOl4ie the solemn
pledges made by our party 10 sustain, al
al hazards, the Compromises Of 1920 and
1850.
So iaviolale has the Missouri Compro-
mise been regarded by Southern men ,ha,
Mr.. ATcmsoN, a Soulhern Democrat, no
later than the 4th Of March last, in a
speech in The Senate Of the United States
on the Nebraska Bill, made the following
remark .fl-nn III. iss br. Tod
"d have alwsys been d spinion thar the srst
great error committed in the POLITICAL history Of
This country was the O ,dinanee of I7s1, render.
ing The Northwest Territory fee Territory. The
next great error was the Missouri C6mornn,s n
But they ara. both irIemediablo. There is no
remedy for them, Ne must submitio ihem,uI
am prepared TO do Il. It Is evident that che Mis-
sour Compromise cannot be repealed. 50 faras
that question Is concerned, we might ssswell
agree 10 the admission Of this Territory now =, as
next year, or five, OF isH yean hence.y
This is the identical Language held bya
Southern Democtat moi one year since.
But let Us see if the record will bear us
out in the coarse We are pfaffsuiaRgg. l'"'ee
Resolutions Of The DsaosrSic NaiionaI
Convention, hsiGa BaitimOrs in 1852.
0 That Congress has no power, under tic
constitution to Interfere with, or control the do
mestic insfitationa ofthA nevesaI gtaaa. ii -,