New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-02

lfr CLAYTON Yesterday declared himself in favor OF
the repeal Of tie Missouri Compromise IN an el1Oo
rate piece Ct sopbistca augmentation winch We eaVe
IN the con mon sense of readers, with the simple
remark tIat It's TWO points, the unconstttienAt5 o.
tic Missouri restriction, and the destruction OF IT'S
binding force upon tie South by tho refusal otnorhern
n 10 extend it beyond the territory to wAici ' was
framed 10 andy. have already been anuibated in the
c,,se If the discussion No man of sound moral sense
ard updisturbed powers OF Judgment would have
brought tbern forward again and least OF all woull
any man conscious OF the rectitude aud sody OF his
pcstion have sought 10 strengthen It "a Mr. Clayton
does by such himsy support as the notification OF
President Polk in reference TO the anti Slavery proVlso
in the Oregon bill The simple truth remains snd VIII
remain after all the special pleading of Mr. Clayton
and his cenfederates that the Missouri COmPrsm'e
adopted by Congress las neyerby any act OF Congress
been inysdated or brought into question in any way
with gard to the territory 70 which it was orig
applied and to which alone it cosld apply; that the
South has received in iu what was secured 20 1t by
that Compromise AMI that this bill proposes now to de-
urye the North Of all that was secured to IT, Having
paid the whole price we are now to DO deprived Of
What we have paid for And Of this utter fraud, his
W.
ary of State the chief adviser Of tho gaan AMI hon
ost ZACHARY TAYLOR, stands forth with hes'r''
Toombs ard Stephens az q leading advocate and sup
porter
We do not here inquire into the mark which this
act Of Mr. Claytons will make upon his political his
tory We leave the personal blot on his fame NJ
touched fer the pretent and allow him 70 enjoy the dis
friction be claims Of beinga weltsbused individual
without adding anything today to the weight OF that
glory. The solemo that this measure to which
adstiuguisbed Senator Whose emnenly Independent
position might have made him peacemaker aud de
fender of national hOnesy,has now lent his influence,
is pregnant with unheard Of dangers to the country
CutHeicls al other reflections, southern gentlemen
ray rot Iced We ring but tell them once again
that the rereal Of thc Missouri Compact begins sec
tioIal contest such 10 va, never known The pros
!ect nay crafty dAunionsts Ike TOOnbs and
Stephens, but tLere are others who nov yield
Themselves to this measure who will hereafter
recent it with sincerity they canno. perhaps
TOW conceive. Let them deude themselves into
the belief that ,bc-Nor viii acquiese in the robbery
after il il coDsunmated Let them remember how in
1870 il required the utmost exerton Of tie command
ing influence Of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster aided
by the great majority Of diyines aud journals to
make us scquiesce. Now where is the statesman OF
any wesh az tic Mort where the clergyman or the
Journal whose iufueBce il woTtt estimating that asks
10 acquiesce in this ga,utouf outrage They arc
nowhere TIE unanimous sentiment Of the North ia
Indignant resistance. The whole population are full
of IT, The feeling il loiS was far inferior to this in
strength aud universally. Tie North is resolved that
territory rorth of Sc 80 cousecrsted to FREEDOM
FoREvEr shall be opened 10 Slavery, and that
resolution cannot be overthrow
We of the North have aot sought the struggle, but
if it is forced upon why we eIe read!