The daily union., 1854-02-26

But. cir, we are told that dscord once rslgned in
Heaven The evil spt OF pride and ambition. craving
the breasts OF those admitted TO the presence OF the
Most High jealousy, envy and bate produced mol only
words but blows between sTchaDges minsteng around
His throne.
!" Long time ia even scale
The bate hung"
These unholy conflicts unsuited to that place. were
were composed until Heavens FIRST Born. clothed
in the majesty OF divine power and hurled the fac
tous hoss from the empyrean baem EMS 10 the bottom
less pit below.
"Nne days they fell conioandsd chao. roarsd,
And felt n-fold confusion in their fall.
Through his wild anarchy SO huge a rout
Encumberd him with ruin, He'll al last, A
Yawning, received them whole. and on them closed
He'll. their fit habitaton. fraught with fire
Unquenchabie the house Of woe and pain.
Disbusdend Heaven rejoiced, aud soon repaired
Her mural breach, returning whence Il rolled
From that profound deep, below which there was no
lower deep. they still sent up much cursng, wailing,
So SIR in these halls sacred to national purposes and
those objects for which the government was formed, We
have had edestroyng feuds and unseeny conicls
tion," or Wilmot provso." which staked with
nsolent brow in our very midst. These scenes lasted
until the genius Of our country rose 10 s night on the
7h of june 1850 armed with the great American prn-
cple OF self-governmen which had borne our fathers
through the struggle OF the revolution, and drove the
hidsous monster with all his impious crew. from the
Capolcast them out and hurled them downward TO that
low deep from which their paiave howls now ascend
These convoca,ions at the Tabernacle and at Chlca-
elHeWnere--l0o
Theodore Parker and all mis- weaker ollowersare but
the repetition OF the Pandemonium scenes; there consul
a,ions held, and grave debate had how the ban
shed ends should regain their lost estaes whether by
open war or covert guile" These manifestations may be
expected. We have had them beiore-yea, and much
more violent too. When the Compromise OF 1850 was
visions. Repeaw p Repeal !" was blazoned upon their
banners mobs got up in Boston, in Syracuse and
Il Chris,ana blood was shed by these registers OF The
law The Spr, Of the North appealed to in fanatic
accents That spirit answered in prompt and patriotic
tones OF popula Teprobation at the ballobox just as 1t
will do again These threats Of what will be he i fate
bill fright nobody but old women and ,mid chill
dren They than ghost sories we have heard
l recoec well with what eoqusnce gentleman from
Ohio, Mr. Root,l years ago. in this House, spoke
Of the deep degradation that awaited every OF the
North who should dare to vote against the Wlmot
provso No patronage of the government could save
him no land office, ever so remote. could keep him
from being hunted down. ferrecd out and held up to
the Just OF indignant constituency. But his pro-
phelic warning came far short OF becoming history.
Northern men did abandon the proviso, In doing SO,
they acted wisely, justly, nobly. and patriocally; and
so far from digging their political graves by the act
they have but planted themselves deeper and rmer in
the hearts, love- affection, and admiration ot their
Tymen.
who occupied national ground the admission Of Mis-
souri,. Il was said then that they would find "their
graves" in the ground where they stood and pre-
lend 10 say that such the fact But in the
ord have before me. see. among The very few from
the North who did then stand for the right against the
huge clamor that raised against them. the OF
Baldwin,. from Pennsylvania; Holmes of Massachu-
setts and Storrs, Of New York; and Souhard of New
Jersey. Where did Southard find his gravea MIR. Bald
Cour, @ Of The United States Mr' Holmes. when Maine
was admitted State, elected TO the Senaie and
held that highly honorable post. for aught know
Mr Storrs who was man OF grea, talents never lost
the confidence OF his constituents. Had he not been
cut down by death at an early age he might and most
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country, not excepting the Chef Masisacy itself These
statesmen found political graves where many Of those
who rail ercely would doubtless be very willing
find theirs But of those who espoused the side OF The
restricions al that time, do not the name OF
single who ever attained high political distraction in
this country. Their very memories, in most instances,
have passed away, and their graves" if they have any,
would be about as hard TO find that of Moses in the
wilderness"
ravinss" and ''howngs." and "hissngs" OF the beaten
and routed ranks OF the aconsls and maconente. They
the wangs OF the politically condemned. coming up
from the bottom OF that deep pit where they have been
hurled by patriotic people for the good the peace, quiet
and harmony OF the whole country. We need not ex
pect TO silence them; the friends and advocates Of
the Compromise OF 1850 did expect look for
that II the time That would have been a foriorn
hope and though many OF the enemies OF the Compro
mise Of the North. who beaen in the grea! battle
OF 1884, have since seemingly surrendered aid begged
for quarters prenendng TO be ready TO acquesce must
be permitted to say this occasion, without any wish
to push myself into the New York contest that have
They fought the Compromise AZ long there was any
prospect OF making anything BY fighting IT, When
whipped, routed and beaten, then like aId mer-
cenay captves they turned 10 power TO see If anything
could be made there by subservency and sycophancy.
have faith in their conversion--never have had any
Warmed into life again by the genial OF executive
patronage have always thought, and still think, that
they will only become the formidable whenever the
occasion offers for their real principles 10 manifest them
selves Hydrophoba never be cured; II will break
the changes OF the moon And with the dis
of negro Sir, the viper will hiss and even
sting the bosom that nuriures and fosters It, Whether
right in this anticpation or whether this admnlsa
lion is right in it's present policy, we shall see.
But we who stood by the Compromise OF 1880, and in.
tend 10 stand by now and carry out IN good faith,
not to be moved bv any camor got up by lis old
mies nor 10 be shaken in purpose by any
mistaken appeals in behalf OF the "sancty OF com.
pacts" coming from respectable as that
OF the National In,egencer. That paper, in a late
tcle consider The line OF a6 deg 80 min almost
binding the consution-the bare "suggeson" for
deparu from which should the friends OF the
constitution everyw II why did not that paper
the alarm in 1885, when MIR Adams, in this House.
backed by ffty-two northern votes, made something
more than "a snggesiion" TO depart from IL
In ls45. when . majority OF the North voted sgains,
the annexation OF Texas with this line in il, why was
its voice again raised In ls47 and sds, when il
completely set nought and tramped upon by the
North, ~ have shown why was no, then raIsedi Then
the fierce and hot between those who stood by
that line and those who for its total oberatop For
three long when this contes ragged why did the lne
Igencer word in behalf OF its maintenance
and preservation That certainly the time for any
one who regarded il imbued with "sanc'y and "sa
crednessv TO speak. Ii ia too late The old prnei-
pie territorial policy has passed away, and we bave
IL -. A. at2rA A.. h.