, 1854-10-21

compromise legislation of 1850, and afirme,
by the American people in 1852, of ncn-in
reference with the irritating subject o
slavery.
From the Pittsburg tPn) Daily Morning Post
The Gazette Of yesterday contains
number of remarks deserving rebuke.
says that not one clergyman Of our city, S,
far, has refused to sign the ant-Nebraski
remonstrance. That is untrue. There ar
few Of the clergy of Pittsburg that cho
ses to abide by their sacred calling, ant
not undertake to regulate political affairs
Several have refused to sign this remon
STRANGE. We can state anoter fact: TIL,
clergy we're called upon to meet in tn,
Second Presbyterian church. The use o
the church was refused to them, and the,
had to go elsewhere to hold their meeting
The aim Of the Gazette is, Of course, t,
make political capital out of this question
And if he can make it appear that tn,
clergy are aiding him init, a great poin
he supposes will be gained. He has alrea
dy stated that the meeting Of the clergy
was in response to the call Of the Gazette
Well, be it so but political clergymen can
not command our respect or guide our faith
From the Luzerne (Pa) Union.
The abolitionists aud free-soilers contend
that Congress shall settle the question oI
slavery. And where does Congress derive
this poweri 1t is given to it in the con.
stitution 7 Let them answer who can
Congress may dictate to the sovereignty Of
the old Keystone, and tell her what laws
she may or may not put upon her statute
book with the same propriety she may
impose these terms on the sovereign
people Of Nebraska and Kansas These
Territories belong to the people of the
States-not to Congress and the people
Of the States, when they remove thither,
may do as they please as to slavery If
they may not they are themselves slaves
slaves TO consolidate power, provinces to
the great seat of power at Washington
not independent republics. They pay tri-
butte to Caesar. Who is it that agitates
We hoped that agitation was at rest. The
two political parties at Baltimore resolved
it should be ; but the moment the question
Of State sovereignty is mooted in Congress
every abolitionist in the land is rampant,
mad, and agitationsis again started. 1t is
said the Missouri Compromise is violated.
What was the Missouri Compromise Let
US see if there is an article of it violated
o word, sentence. The Missouri Com
promise is simply this When that State
presented her constitution for approval by
the federal government, in it there was
clause prohibiting the immigration of free
negroes into the State. Congress refused
to admit her unless this clause was stricken
out Of her constitution. She yielded, struck
ont the clause, and under the proclamation
Of James Monroe came into the Union
This is the Missouri Compromise. The es-
tabliShment Of the parallel of 36 deg. 80
min. was an ordinary act of congressional
legislation. There was no compromise in
this, because no one represented the ter
ritory over which it ran, and it takes two
to make a contract, so the lawyers say.
What principle, then, in the Douglass
bill violates the Compromise 7 1t would
be the best act the assembly of Pennsylva-
mia could incorporate, preventing free ne
groes from migrating into her territory
Has she not the power to do so and has
not Missouri also The latter would be
bound by her compromise with the federal
government. If she violated it, who would
complain but abolitionistsY If the people
Of the States are to be crippled, and their
natural and guaranteed sovereignty to be
stripped from them, then indeed agitation
will come, and real sgitation it will be-
We are not hostile to men not Of our own
color, but we like white men better. The
higher order of rational beings ar first to
be protected, the other class is secondary.
DECLINE OF THE SLAVERY AeIrATIoN.-
In all quarters there are certain indications
that the slavery agitation and excitement,
which was gotten up by the opponents Of
the Nebraska Bill, is rapidly subsiding,
and will soon be succeeded by political
quiet. The meeting in the city Of New
York, called to appoint delegates to the
Abolition Saratoga Convention, proved q
6zzle in point Of Numbers and in its inAu.
ence upon the public. If we can believe
the accounts more than one-half of the meet.
ing was opposed TO any action at all, con.
sidering it expedient and only desired by
political damagogues. Those Democrats
in New York known by the name Of "Softs, >
who were opposed to the Nebraska Bill, il
is now well understood, at their State Con.
Vention, will take ground in favor of nc
quiescing in that measure, and will oppose
any attempts to repeal it. The party ii
New York will therefore be dsited against
repeal. The same is true throughout the
North and West, any further agitation o.
the subject being opposed by the Anti-Ne
braska Democrats almost unanimously
One cause of this is the almost certainty
which exists that Nebraska and Kansas
wilt ssAe into the Union as free States.
AJAe number of the National Wings
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