The daily union., 1854-10-18

nile Of the North have heretofore recognised obligation
10 admit slave States into the Union but because Inc
South has disegsrded similar obligation the North is
thereby absolved from its responsibility This the apology
and the argument in its behalf the South done
and that justfes the North in doing similar wrong
Such reasoning comes with bad grace from those who
profess to be great sckers for morality ana hdehV ~
oompacts and compromises We shall stop now to
defend the South against the charge OF having
soemn compsct in the repeal of the Missouri Compromise
We desire especially to fix the attention OF nor'efh
men upou the dangerous character of the issue pre-
sented than discuss the merits Of their apology
sorting to one SO faa to the prospects of the Union The
proposon ia that no slave States shall DC ad"ed mo
M Union The position is taken in view of the fact that
applications from North and the South for the adms
sion of new States are soon expected be made Its pur
port is that the applications from Texas though fortified
by an express compact in addition to the constitutional
provisions shall be rejected whilst those from the North
shall be granted The immediate effect will be to swell
the preponderance of the free States in both houses OF
Congress to swell the preponderance of the free States
in the electoral colleges and consequently TO enable the
free States to control the executive well the egsa-
ary and the undisgused objects of the new
organization which is rapidly obtaining the ascendency IN
the free States We need not pause here to calculate the
chances Of continuance of the Union when these objects
shall be attained The dreadful truth will rise unbidden
to every mind and proclaim in language OF thunder that
The day on paieh united North shah refuse admission TO
nee State upon the ground that its constution recognises
| siareru uiH be the last day Of the contsderdcy
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northern men to consider dspassonatey the several fa
gran, violations of moral and political obligation through
which alone they can reach consummation devouty
to be deprecated The spirit well as the plain language
Of that constitution which recognises distinction be-
free and slave States and which authorizes the ad
mission of new States must be condemned and repudiacd
in executing the purpose of admitting no more slave STATES
the advocates of this policy better men, better patriots
better statesmen better Christians than our fa'hers
who freely admitted slave States and indeed constructed
our confederacy upon slave Statesl 10 mahtaih no"
that new States shall not into the coniedecy
they tolerate slavery is to repudate the example 10 I'M
peach the WISDOM ard to disrust the PATRIOTISM OF Inc
trainers of our The Union can be on
y in the spirit in which it was formed That spirit org
ted and kept olive the compromise policy OF admitting Tree
and slave States with an eye to the maintenance OF an
equilibrium of political power luis spirit ID teJeSc anu
repeled in the position which refuses admission to any
more slave States so far the States TO be carved ou
of Texas are concerned they will apply for admission
not only upon their rights under tho constitution ana IN
accordance with the compromise based upon the policy
admitting free and slave States pari passu, but they VIII
come forward claiming the benefit Of an express spula
ton contained the which annexed Texas to our gov
ernment To deny this application to perpctrate the
triple outrage Of violating the plain mandate OF the consu
ton the moral and honorary obligation OF ongrecognised
compromise policy and the solemn legal obligation of an
express compact addition to all these outrages upon
moral and political obligations the new issue carries on
its face contempuous reproach of southern men, which
caps the climax of its enormy and fixes the conviction
that it is not only dsunion issue in its Legitimate and
necessary effects but that it is dunion issue adopted
upon generalization and design.
Our conclusion from these reflections is that the issue it
self presented by those at the North who seem to be
obtaining the ssceadency is anght with imminent danger
to the Union Whether the danger to be averted or not
must depend upon considerations connected With the
ent of the two great political parties
! This subject we reserve for another day.