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the Bill, on the ground both Of the Compro-
mise Of 1850 and of the Baltimore Platform

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mise Of 1850 and of the Baltimore Platform.
SO thinking, we shall not hesitate to urge
that Congress recede from this dangerous
ground, and fall back upon the hill which the
sentatives Of the people in 1853 and which
the people Of the country call upon them now
to enact into a law
On this subject the people Of tho Territory
have just spoken. We quote from the resolu-
tions Just passed by the Territorial Convention
held ut st Josephs ON the 9th of January,
which has just reached us. IL was Conyen-
ton Of several hundred delegates, organized
with a view to declaring the wishes Of the peo-
pie on the subjecto Territorial Government.
They demand the enactment by Congress Of
the law which failed to pass last year; and in
this, we believe, they will be sustained by the
people of all the States, and by all who depre-
| cate u useless agitation, out OF which the c0un-
try and the cause Of Democracy can gain moth
ing, but out Of which their enemies hope to
compass the injury Of both:
Resolved That in failing to extend to Ne
braska the political organization sought at the
last session of Congress, that body, or the men
therein who were the authors OF such failure,
have vast responsibility to encounter at the
bar Of public opinion, and we trust it will be
fully met.
ResolDed, That it is the duty Of Congress, as
early as possible at its present session. to or
game Nebraska into Territory, and thus
give TO her residents, travellers, traders, and
citizens, tho protection Of law, and the rights
and privileges Of a free people.
RESOLVED, That we are utterly opposed to any
re-agitation of that aycxed question: now
happily at rcst--and we will resist all attampts
ut renewing, in Congress or ont Of il, the agi-
tation Of the Slavery question, under whatever
shape or color the question may be made
ResolUed, That while we are in favor Of the
early extnguishment Of tho Indian titles, we
believe that delays are dangerous, and that the
organization of the Territory should not be de-
layed for that purpose, but Government Of
laws should TT once be extended over the peo-
Pile who may settle there
Resolpsd, That in effecting that organization,
bill, substantially similar in its provisions to
the bill known as Halls bill, introduced at the
last session Of Congress would meet our APP
probation, and az we believe, that Of tho conn
try.
Resolved, That we consider the agitation of
the Slavery question, in connection with the
organization Of Nebraska Territory, dangerous
TO the peace of the country, fatal to the best
interests Of Nebraska ITSELF and even threaten
ing the harmony, if not the perpetuity, Of the
whole Union.
ResolUed, That in organizing Nebraska Ter
ritory, oil who are now or who may hereafter
settle there should be protected in all their
rights, leaving questions Of local policy to be
settled by the citizens of the Territory, when
they form a State Government.
THE CONSERVATIVE PRESS OF THE NORTH
AND COMPROMISE.
From the N. Y. Commercial advertiser
In 1850, the conservative press and people Of
the North, both Wing and Democratic did
more than those of the South to obtain gen
eral acquiescencc in the Compromise Measures
They rallied to the support of the South, not
because they desired to encourage Slavery and
aid in its extension but because they believed
Justice was on the side Of the South when they
claimed jurisdiction over their own institution,
and a more facilc and certain method of carry
ing out the provisions Of the Constitution for
the recovery Of their fugitive slaves And had
any attempt been made by a Northern Senator
to disturb ut present those Compromises-to
make tAem "inopcrative and void that same
Northern conservative press would have oppos-
ed and denounced such attempt. We honestly
believe that there would have been but one
sentiment in snch Journals respecting the un-
fairness and expediency of such movement
and to speak Of ourselves, it is because we are
friends OF the Compromise Measures OF 1850
were so from the first, and continue 40 to this
day--that we oppose the disingennous attempt
Of Senator Douglas, and President Pierce's Adj
ministration, to render imperative and void -
the Compromise Of lS20-'2i
IL thereby the friends OF the resolutions Of
1850 are thrown into new association, the
fault is not theirs, but that Of those who have
proved traitors to that sacred compact Ii
sccms strange to ourselves, lfor illustrations
tol uvh uoaH
1850 as being ro.Slaycry," ssold to the
South and NO forth, and 30 forth, because we
advocated the duty Of abiding by that agree
ment now to find allies in the very men, and
journals, and parties, who heaped such epithets
upon us That our sentiments ON the general
subject and its prominent bearings remain un-
changed, we knotD. Nvr have we any reason
TO believe that theirs are altered Whence,
then, this seeming agreement Simply because,
from different points Of observation, and very
possibly for different reasons, we regard this
attempt to disturb an agreement a. a meditated
wrong in the movers in it, The unfaithfnlness
to the agreement OF 1850 which il manifests is
apparent to both compromisers and anti-coDa-
promisers, and both are constrained to oppose
the breach OF faith ON just and honorable prin-
ciples; for whether they . approved Of or only
"acqniescedD in that arrangement they alike
feel that honor and plighted faith and the
peace of the country are made "void,D if the
passage Of the Nebraska bill il secured Even
some Southern journals discoantenance this at
tempt to get by the guard Of $780, and to re-
new the effort Ia increase the area of Slavery.
From The Dayton tO) Daily Empirs--( Hunksr
Demoe,at)
NEBRASKA.
But there il another view to be taken Of this
question. II IN contended that solemn COM
pact was made between the North and South,
ON the admission OF Missouri, that no slave
States should be created north Of SO deg. 30
min. and the question is, whether the admis-
sion Of Nebraska with Slavery would not be
violation OF that compact. We believe the
compact was entered into in good faith, and
we now wish 10 see it faithfully adhered to.