Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-03-16
Nor Agitation The Remedy.

irdmed IN stilct ara carelui ACCORD
ance with tho principles OF The So
called compromise Of 1850. To a
faithful adherence 10 this compro-
mise vie have understood that the
Co unlrl was solemnly pledged, as a
lnlal Il juslment Of the angry dis
putcs between the free and slave
States. hat the Democratic par
,ty, With Gen. Pierce, as its presi,
dental head, is SO pledged, there is
no manner Of doubt. That pledge,
wos taken. with AN absolute mega,
ton ol the differences Of opinion
existing in The party in regard 10
Nhs original merits, Us a fair and hon
orable settlement. Tie spirit OF
! tie Do n1ocratic party as Developed
III lis Baltimore Convention Was
this. I This compromise has been
adopted us the law of the lahd--as
an ulicntic adjustment Of a dan
g.rous and disturbing question, and
while We may differ as TO lis equity
and Justice, We take il as a deter
minailon Of a controversy that gives
peace to the country; we acquesce
IN il as the law Of The land, we will
be faithful to It's principles, and we
y i'll M Ike war on all who attempt
to break the bond Of peace and re-
new the agitation OF the abolition
question.
Tho South, it IS well knoHn, re-
luctan I'll, yiel,ledIto This acqnicsence
1t WAS moved to DO it, by the
gcnuihe reverence foT the inslitu-
tons which the a mercan people
had I'd ceivcd Ms a valuable legacy
/ from their fathers, and hich bad
for Sc Etnty years, proved the Sh-
Ibolf;li oi a peace, happiness and
and prosperity, unparalleled in The
Ihistorb Of any other people.
! Bul we of the South did acqui-
see. We SAID we nilI try once
once more to make a contract Of
amity and pc ace with the North.
and bird as this bargain is, we ac-
tept ii ID the hope that traternal re-
Iatluns may continue between us,
and d bat we may be left to manage
our State affairs and domestic in
slilnlIonS in our own way, and with
out Tile interference OF our brethren
having no interest in, OF response.
biIit, on account Of TIN IN.
We are thus particular in recall
IMP those facts, for two reasons
II he first is tllat we may correct,
pdrce i've where we stand as Ia
right and justice on the new issue
which some Northern prints are la
boring 10 raise on this qIestiou; and
the sfcond is that we may as dis
tinclIy perceive where the hopes Of
tie country rest, for safe passage
through the new ordeal to which
It's government and the institutions
of the Union are about To be sub
jecteq by the mad zcalots Of Anti
slavery.
Tile South, then, stands on a sol !
emn compact with the North. onl, |
a lilil more than two years old, !
aud appealing to that compact, acts
on tie defensive The Nebraska
Bill il based upon that bargain. It's
chief features are tho extension Of |
the fugitive slave law over the terri |
tory, and the provision that it may |
be Omitted into the Union with or |
wilhoh t slavery, as the. people form
ing a Slate Government NAV deter /
mmeI 1t is the same provision as
in the case OF New Mexico and
Utah II is almost incredible, yet
'lrplo rably true, that three leading
New York journals, the Post, the
Tribune and the Express, assaulted
this Jill, and demand-whal docs
lie fader suppose! why, the appIi- \
cation Of the Missouri compromise
principles to the question Of slavery 4
1r noh-slavery in the Nebraska ter
'itorJl II
Thb Missouri line of SO deg. so, II
IS thu boundary between free and
lave labor was adopted in 1920, al
Ell . Struggle menacing the intcgri- !
: OF the Union, and against the
.arnest and indignant protests Of {
he South, at its injustice. But 7
,eing adopted, the SouthacqIliesced, Q
nd fpr thirty years, faithfully abb c
led BY it, and consented 10 the adj u
niss:d IN into the Union Of territory c
lter territory, and State after 1
State North of the line, with legal
nd constitutional inhibitions Of .
lavely. .
AIlIthat time, the North, gaining 4
verything and losing nothing, was +
ntirdly satisfied with the Nj I,soufl y
d. a, o,,.co Ia t,.,, n "