Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-08-24

let hr. nae speak:
:Imerer ariH, By rote or speech, cd
nit or submit to anything that may
bind tie actioa Of our legislation here
to make the parallel Of So 30 The
boundary line beiween slare and free
territory"
The same position was tenaciously
adhered TO BY all those getting in con
cert with Dir. Hale. GalifoInia's ed-
mission alone established il.
Now. who first placed their feet upon
the Missouri COMPROMISED Ask not only
Mr.. Hale, bu, Wilmot and hundreds Of
Others. They refused lis extension, and
upon the principles OF the Wi!mot pro-
vso. sought to 'head il or die" The
compromise OF 1880 panaered - and
properly TOTO tue same principles
This was in every sense of The word,
an abondonmente OF that solemn conpIo-
mise.
We have not acted unatvlsedly in
giving in our adhesion" TO any party or
principle. We are on precisely the same
ground that we occupied in lS48. when
we placed the non-in;er.erence doctrine
OF Gen. Taylor Z, the head OF our edito-
rial columns. Henry Clay and Daniei
Webster mos; fully and fearlessly favor
ed ii in their advocacy Of the compromise
measures oflS30. which recognized Cali
forna's admission with o constitution Of
her own making. But il is not essentia.
20 sustain our position BY referring 10
the principles advocated by others. We
wish only 10 Knows II RIGHT Its
prac,icability or popularity neither Jus
tify or condemn is.
The Editor of the Rsgieter asked us
some questions in relation 10 our posi-
.ion upon this question some months
ego. We told him that The prope! tine
would arrive 70. what we had to say. But
va have no doubt his hands ere too full
20 attend to is investigation now. This
state Of things we had no hand in bgiHg.
ing about, and 20 matter how muetl We
may regTe! his uafortsaaic position,
we shall, upon principle, houoraoIy Ia
Dor for the same fate which met him in
this district few years ego.
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Congressional Convention Democrat
ic Convention fox !he 9Th district, met
in this place on Thursday last. aud nom
mated the Hon. n. EDDY for reelection
to Congress, b. reclamation. and with
such uEanimity Is is rarely witnessed in
Conventions so numerously attended.
In contend ding for the success Of an
important and essential national meas
u.e. 10 one can be es;onished It our
placing hs name at the head Of cur col
umnS is eur choice for Congressional
favors. In cur reiussl to mix UP with
the eIready mixed factions OF tho north,
some Of our former Wing associates de-
nounce and prescribe Us. whilst Others
de clare i, ''ull right. If we can feel more
at home with the Democrats" We
have no home in the embrace OF Adolf
tionism--we seek none. There is room
enough between the two conteDding fac
tons o; the north and south for our home
The Wing party. whilst it claimed ell
organization. moved on this broad end
medium ground. The Democratic party
do not contest ii now, and is il strange
that We should be found acting in con-
cert with them? To the doctrines Of the
compromise of 1850. they have both, in
conventions and as candidates for popu-
uiar favor. manifested their unequivocal
adherence The abolition together with
the disuhion factions cried repeal from
The start. repeal in l950-52. and repeal
now. and whilst we still remlin In this
great broad centre. battling for a per
peiuation Of the Union and favoting pop
ular sovereignty in the Territories upon
the only question depended upon By
these factions for agitation. some OF
our Wing friends have abandoned this
medium ground. They soy they have
not sold themselves to the Aoolitionsts.
Well, where have they gomez Where
are they2
We now ask but few simple cues
lions Of National Wings. What prin-
ciple do they contehd for now. except
those advocated by Free Soiiers and Ab
olitionists in l6lS-50 and 80. and which
was not repndialed by Wigs them
Did those Wings vote for Martin Van
Buren, In 1913? Answer us these ques
tons. and tell us where yoG have gone.
The DrOuih.--QIite number OF our
exchanges in the south and southwestern
portion Of this State. report the corn and
potatoe crop as hopelessly lost. on az
count Of the drouth. The Madison pa
peTs say that the grass i'm the pastures I'm