Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-02-28

acr some weeks Of hating, gives IN is adhesion 10 the
hill OF Senator Douglas for repeating the Missouri Com
promise and establishing Slavery in Nebraska rcsoss
No long gmaroe OF sophsiry to show that Mr. Clay had
nihing 10 DO with the Missouri Compromise that 1t was
Heycr considered particularly binding anybody aud
that nobody ever called it Compromise except Mr.
Lowndes of S. Q. 1t declares its readiness I" see
Wing party dissolved unless its union can be preserv
ed the basis Of allowing the Southern States 70 ds
whatever they choose Ia regard the extension OF Slave
ry and very broadly hints that 1t intends soon to 80 in
again for dissolution Of the Union u the Nebraska pro
refreshing cooIues tired OF the fundamental princi-
pie Of the original compact Of Union, ani prefer 'em
Of aggression and injustice. they can say so-,ne eoe
quences be with them" We have read nothing more
delghtfuy iusoent than this since old t'Ops fable OF
the wolf md tho lsmb.-N. y. TIMES
The foregoing is a spe clnen Of the fairness, when
characterizes the Northern press in regard to the
views Of the South. In this short paragraph there
are two gross perversions OF what we did say. we
did no, say that Mr. Clay had nothing to do with the
Missouri Compromise We said he did not pro-
pose that act which made SO 30! the dividing line
between slave-hodng and hireling territory That
provision was offered by Northern man. Mr.. Clay
did not support it. We have the testimony of the
National Intelgcncer of that day, that Mr. Clay made
four hours speech against il. The Compromise,
which Mr.. Clay introduced not brought forward
until the next session, when these honest sticklers
for Compromise refused TO abide by that which they
had made the year before. Mr.. Clay's Compromise
very different thing from that of the 30 80
line II related exclusively TO clause in the Missouri
Constitution, touching free negroes, which, it was nj
legged violated the Constitution of the United States
Mr. Clay simply proposed that Missouri should cancel
any such violation of the Constitution, If il existed
That is il the refusal TO admit free negroes into the
State OF Missouri contrary 10 the Constitution Of
the United States that provision Of the Missouri Con-
suton should be abrogated. That was Mr. Cay's
Comproni,e-and by that we are willing to abide
We believe the question whether free negroes citi
zens, has never been judicialy settled.
"The rigmarole Of sophistry," which we alduced
in support of these assertions converted in the alb.
stract from the Congressional record prepared by the
National Integencer-a paper conducted by as pure
and honorable men any in this woodland Who
1--WE panied that It's sol differ with us in opinion
on this subject.
The other perverSion Of the Times consists in zen
resentng US as claiming the right ior ",he Southern
States to do whatever they choose in regard TO tue
extension Of slavery We have advanced NO such
pretension. All that have asked is that the South
srn States shall have and exercise rights in the ma
tiOndi domain, equal to those enjoyed by the Nor.
thern States. We have asked for 10 extension @,
slavery 10 the Northern States though We dare say
the poor wte ,oOIk ies there would be r-joiccd to
have their hard tasks performed by negroes we have
claimed superiority no advantages under the Fed
eral Union our sister States, and we are unw-
ling, whatever be the consequences, TO suvDit Ia any
on their part.
The Times adds
sour impression is hat il this Nebraska bill is passed
the Wing will, ere long, lind much beter ground for it,
complaint OF aggtessvehess, on the part of tie North
than t has ut present special plan had been d.y
TO aiie the North in resut- resistance TO th.
OF Slavery, better could have been devised than
this"
Very wcll-we have heard it said ih.t threatened
men live long. Tho memaces Of the Times do not
greatly disturb our rest. The Rev Theodore Parker
a Massachusetts, man,-who knows the people he
lives among-tcs MS that they are the most mercen-
airy and dastarlly the face of the ear,h-ha;
money buy them to do any mcanncss and, if that
iswantng, fear will supply its place This is the ties.
timony Of a Northern man-and, if it be true, the
Times will perceive that it gives good grounds for
Diminishing any apprehensons.
But the Nebraska bill gives the pretext for uni
ting the North, and will enable them to push thei,
schemes of aggression still further BE it so. |
will also produce "niGH at the South! and while w
remain as they are, by which the North rig IS abou
fve.sevcnts of the fruits of our labor our Hsqro Ia
bor;-we are not afraid OF the consequences tina
may arise from any change. The North is rich ant
we poor-we produce thrccsiiIths Of all the OK.
ports and the North reaps veseyenths of the profit
of our ndustry-we willing u risk the los
81 the whole and universal confusion sooner than sub
init to political degradation