Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-12-09

..-.... 81. 20 NUMBER 19.
der from my subject as to say that. although
many valued friends differ with me about the
sanctity of the act Of 1920, never learned from
the Wings of ancient days that this law was .
Pr: of their party creed tits well known that
as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the
Senate, reported bill which became a law
for annexing territory north Of the parallel of
30 degrees 80 minutes to the State of Missouri,
three times as large as the State of Delaware.
Every Wing in the Senate, including Henry
Clay and Daniel Webster, then appoved and
voted for that bill. Not q Wing in the other
House opposed it that ever heard. ! had
conversation with Mr. Webster on the subject
at the time, who adopted my views of the pro-
priety Of annexing this territory to Missouri, al.
though it subjected it 10 the laws Of slave
State. It t'gave Missouri her proper boundary
on the river, and eflectualIy protected the In
dians residing there from the depreciation Of
lawless and unprincipled men, .l,e ~ yoi7c,rt
repeat there was no objection 10 this partial
repeal Of the Missouri compromise line that
ever heard OF, whether from Northern or South.
ern men. And can it now be expected of me
| that should mako myself . party to such a
controversy a., that which rages in the North,
and sweeps that noble division, of our happy
Union like whirlwind! cannot and will not
become a party 10 such quarrel. did not
xotslfor the repeal Of the line III the Nebraska
act, and, / will not vote to repeal the fepealing
clause in that act, or to disturb the; subject
again. Let it rest. Repose for the passions OF
men is required to save as from ourselves At
this crisis, when think there is far more real
danger than has ever existed before. Ia The -.
que will soon show,) rejoice that 40 Ameri-
can party is to be found in the country, around
which I and other men who think as do can
rally. j The Wing and Denocntic parties hav-
ing in different sections of the Union, made the
slavery question part Of their respective creeds,
are split into irreconcilable divisions each about
equally ultra in their views and equally unchar.
liable in their abuse Of each other. In one
third Of this State, . (soscalled) Democratic
ticket 10 run, upon which one half the csndi>
dates are old and active Whigs. In another
part Of the Sta(e "a effort has been made to get
Wings to serve on . Democratic ticket, but I
hear, without success In other Ssstss the
division among the1 Wings II ,sach that Il ID
quite impossible that another Whig National
Convention can ever assemble again, and if an
other Democratic Convention abonld again
make that effort, a. il probably val, there can
be no heartfelt concord in such body. A
parry strong enosgh to suatain the Government
in the trials to which il viii, inevitably soon b
subjected, ought to BE- desidssatum with avery
riRhtminded American statesman.
AnpapPsaiso Aner'ean natlsnal feeling tor
such purpose, ought not to b ~ vain, sndl i
DO not believe i will he n .ain. IN every
State ana ~ svarr section OF thls Union there
is now ~ AmsFican parry. AT present for-
signer not uasu'ahsed aud N stosb's abroad,
excltes mere sympathy among ths politicians
Of tne dominant party thsn say heAsvs Ameri-
can could Ressiely %. More poiss wss lade
~ tnem ABOUT Martin Aoa1ts, than Neuld have
csen created oy m eQual danger o. bfy native
Ames'oans a"s ''oseig" soansry. Aossoen We
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