Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1854-03-02
DGHy.;s>' Ec.sr:ss.X., mas.

| 'o We Presidency IN 1896, does not sue
coed as well as he anticipated. No,
only has he arraved large section OF
his friends in the North agaIns, him. bui
many strong and influential men Of bis
party, and of all parties. at the South,
have raised their warning voices against
the consumma;ion Of this AMBITIOUS, po-
liticai scheme. Gen. Houston. of Tex
/, as, than whom no one can be farther
| from beng an aboli,ionisi, has made a
| strong, clear and cogent argument against
this effort To declare the Missouri Com
PROMISE void. Senator's Houston, Ev-
ereit and Col. Benton. were The only
men now in Congress who took part III
this adjustment act of 1920. and we find
these men, who infinitely understood this
matter in all lis consequences, influences
aud bearings, now battling maufally for
it's integrity. And where stood, OF, this
great principle, The las, iha, the country
ever heard from them on this subject,
the patriotic, noble. wise, good and grea.
Clay, Calhoun and Webster. Those
giant men. who for so long a time sway
ed the mighty desinies of this grea,
people, and guided The tempess-lossed
bark OF State SO often, safely amidst The
violent tempest of civil discord and DO
nestle commotion! Firm as the ever
lasting hills in favor Of the Missouri
Compromise. And shall the voices of
the mighty dead, ringing in Our ears from
the grave, and the voices of some of our
nobless living statesmen ringing in the
halls of the Capitol, warning US against
laying violent hands on this solemn com.
pact, have no tendency TO stop the am
bilious, self age randizing spIrl; of the
reckless politician, ere he plunges this
great and happy nation once more in The
vortex Of ruin! The Administration,
with the official organ, is bringing all
its power and influence to bear, In order
to press this bill through Congress; and
in these degenerate and corrupt times,
when The well adjusted balance Of pow
er, between the different branches of
The Federal Government have been des-
troyed, and all power concentrated in the
hands of one man-in the Executive
branch Of the government-there is but
too fearful probability that the bill will
pass; and The great bulwark Of harmony
and peace between the North and South
be thus stricken down, and the flood.
gates Of strife aid fraternal discord
hois.ed to deluge the country, and un-
settle the pillars of this glorious Union.
We trust tina, our public men, who hold
the fate, 10 some extent, of this nation in
their hands. will pause and look around
::hem well for all the ligh. SHED forth from
the past experience and wisdom of the
great departed, ere they lend themselves
to the consumma,ion of an act 30 fear
fully fraugh, with evil to the country
Well may Senator Houston exclaim that
this act is putting che knife TO the throat
of the South"
The lovers of harmony and peace a.
the North and the South. the good and
the great, who loved the glorious Union
of these States more than place and
power, came with willing hands aud laid
party and self together on the altar of
their country, willing sacrifice to ce-
ment peace and secure fnality on
this vexed question. which should be
lasting and perpetual. But how soon
have some forgot their first love. Fresh
from the battle for the fuali,y Of 1850,
with HE Baltimore platform, denouncing
all future agitators TO the political death
comes the Lille Giant. well named LIT
TIE, and backed by an Administration
and its official organ. which knelt at the
altar Of party and swore fidelity TO the
Compromise of 1880. and proclaimed
political death and recommendation to
all agitators on the slavery question, as
one of its cardinal principles. and with
ruthless hand seeks TO rend the covenant
of peace in twain; to cast into the bosom
of country. calm. tranquil aud happy,
the bomb.sLell of discord and disunion,
and to stir up afresh the fearful elements
of slavery agitation. Blu. we trust that,
Notwithstanding the great influence of
the Administration, Mr.. Douglas and his
horthern assistants, together with por.
1On of the members Of both political
hrties at the South, who, since the prop
3osi.ion has come from the North, seem
willing to join in abrogasing this COM
promise, the second sober thought of the
Representation in the House will inter
fere to prevent the final consumma,ion