The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-05-02

80, vaiuy tried 10 be released from this artiCle-so
b the future cause Of millions upon millions Of ex
and Of the most terrible border conflicts unless
.,.S from the treaty When this attempt was made
ne last administration Arista refused TO give up
advantages under this eleventh article for less
,.suty Millions and subsequent information leads US
ni,,e that be would have finally demanded forty nal
y dollars as a sine qua For this great eonces-
~ .ooe should the treaty be ratified All parties will
MAI. IN few years hence that reasonable amount OF
,ouIa be deemed an unreasonable consideration.
her glarng fasehood Of the Tribune is the assertion
~ estimating two millions for the abrogation of the
.vsotb article that eight millions are LEFT to be paid Tor
0vsng territory free into slave territory On the
what are to get for this ten millions OF dol
-, We get the abrogaton Of the eleventh article
- title 10 the disputed Mesla valley without which we
tl5 have war in a month between our citizens and The
ns free passage for railroad TO the Pacific, over
tory which is be increased, TO effect this object
- L addition of nearly thirty millions OF acres OF land;
igbt of way secured TO American owners, from the
c n Mexico to the Pacific ocean, over the isthmus OF
.onsc s,r which Mr. Polk offered fifteen millions of
,u, Ca much for the yeracy of the newspaper which
makes commerce of its superior integrity and morality
Tho, writer capable of resortng to statements 80 easily
nod should at the same time seek TO create the Inn
son that by the of the treaty recently confirmed
h. the United States Senate the North wiz be the loser is
consistent enough; and we are not disposed to complain OF
. Rut how can the Norh-the commercial, manufacturing,
on,ous and wealthy North-when the shores of the Pa
is are brought nearer to the free States by railroad
and when two oceans united by rapid horoughfare
oss the isthmus of Tehuantepec- with such adj
roes can the North be loser? The philosophc Gree
lay would have us believe this because the Pacific may be
cached by one route over southern territory, and because
M Gu of Mexico which is to be connected with the Pa
Se BY the Tehuanepec route under this treaty. borders
certain States of the South We shall next have this sapent
lgia telling the free States that the Mississippi is
Shareholders river and that cotton is contraband in the
political circles where the South is howled at BY the men
who have grown rich upon the southern trade.
tits great miracle that the Tribune, while figuring out
how much the treaty win cost the North and benefit the
South did not set apart by conveniently Fabricated
cslumpy few millions of the ten for certain apocrypha
Gslphin of whom that print has recently many
Apparitons.
Leaving these poor falsehoods however let us look
moment the manner in which the Tribune proposes
dispose the territory to be acquired by the terms Of
the treaty 1t will be observed that the Tribune is pre-
pairing its parisans in the House of Representatives OPP
pose voting the millions required to carry this treaty
into effect unless by bargain they first the
Wlmo provso the recognition of the local Mexican law
and million or SO for and harborsr Suchis the
bait held out factions and sections How convincingy
all this proves if there regard TOD
the Missouri Compromise in the proposed Territories of Ne
taska and Kansas and if all parties allowed that Com
promise stand the fight of the abolitonsts against the
constitution would be renewed because Of the unavoidable
proposition exngush certain cause of future war in the
purchase of the Meslla valley This latter region lies south
Of the line Of SO deg 30 min and the Tribune demands
that the Wmot proviso should be applied before the
House votes the ten millions of dollars according to the
terms Of the treaty insists upon obsolete restriction
upon the remainder Of the French cession and upon
restriction upon the territory proposed 10 be
CURED 1t discards the principle of popular sovereignty
which made Utah and New Mexico FREE for the Me-
Gh region; seeking 10 go behind the compromises Of
1850 open a fountain Of bitter waters by revving all
the adjusted of discomfort The lesson taught by
this ayowa of the New York Tribune and by the antie
p results Of that avowa should be carried into ef
h full of meaning 1t shows how relentless and how
m6rgvng is the spirit of abotonism how true to its
baeu and reasonable history how false to every emo
ton Of honor and Of country.
At such time il is cheering to know that the position
the democratic party is plain and consistent Adherng
the recognised and pacca principles of the compro-
mise Of 1850 it demands their application alike
Nebraska and Kansas, which north of the line 30
deg 30 mn and also to the Mesla valley which is south Of
that ineeavng the question Of slavery in both instances
the arbitration of the people according to the guaran-
tees Of tho constitution This is the result Of fair
'ucOn and OF impartial recognition of the terms by
which the country obtained final settlement of the slave
question and it constitutes platform upon which no
friend of tho American Union refuse to stand