Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-06-27
From the National Intelligencer.
Death and Burial Of the Missouri
Compromise.

The final blow was inflicted on the ven.
cradle Missouri Compromise on Thursday
nigh, last, and this ancien, Pacifca,or Of the
Country, this Healer OF Discord, this Friend
Of The Union, was dispatched in the Senate
House little alter midnigh, BY a majority
Of almost three 10 one This ancient pact
had fulfilled, il Is true, in all It's subslunlal
ends, its mission Of peace. But we should
have been glad for the good il had done, had
it been permitted TO live until old age had
closed its bameless life. Feeling thus, how
could we withon, grief and repugnance see
/, hurried out Of The world. by the hand Of
violence? Gratitude for the service Il had
done tie State, and respec. for the memory
OF the patriotic and virluous men who gave
| it being, 10 say nothing Of the sanctions Of
honor by which |, was surrounded, had in.
spjred us with veneraiion, for this com.
promise, the earliest and mos, important
since that Of the Constitution. witnessed
its birth with Joy, and remember The univer-
sal content il spread through the land; but
we lille though, we should live TO witness
lis death, still less 10 see it strangled in the
place Of birh. And for whall Can any
man tell? Do mol those many Of Ihem al
leas,--who have given their voices for lis
repeal deny thai il is demanded by any es.
sen,sl or practical objecti Were iw repeal
justified by one high consideration of S.ale
Or OF public good, or had it been demanded
by any single section, public meeting, as.
sociasion, county, town, or hamlet in the
whole country, the sacrifice might be a, least
ex,enuaied. On the contrary, il is admined
10 have been alike unnecessary and uncalIed
for. Nothing then Is gained by il; nothing,
at least, ,ha, should weigh as the dust Of The
balance. Blu, how much, alas, is losil Who
can penetrate the future 10 tell the distant
consequences Of this weeks work 10 Con.
gress? We speak now to those who love
the union Of the STATES, To the men Of
passion, to sectional patriots, 10 those who
are ever Calculating the value Of the
Union," who reason BY imputations, and
whose highest hgh, Of argument reaches
only the level Of impeachment Of motives-
10 such weshould deem il wa 10 oil time and
of courtesy 10 address a wor on this occa.
sion But TO The gentlemen d Of the Sou,h
who think that there is something to respect
and esteem beyond Mason and Dixon's line;
who have some veneraiion for the glories ol
Lexington and Saratoga as well as those Of
Kings Mountain and Euiaw; who look al
the stars and stripes with affection and think
there is something in this Union TO be proud
of and TO stand by--io such, we say, mon.
stfous mistake has been committed; not a
fatal, we hope and trust, but fearful one.
! Ahl had you, when this deceillul boon
was rendered you, only said: "No;the Com
promise may have been unsanctioned b. the
Constitution. it may have been upjus, TO the
South, bu, II was The only mode Of accom-
moda,ing most threatening difficulty; II
J, was adopted by the joiri counsels Of the
. North and South; il was a compact Of mu,usl
! concession; il was agreed TO by men as wise.
} as firm and patriotic as ourselves; i,has stood
long; il has performed i,s benign Office and,
+ although it might have been unjust 10 US, We
: will not dishonof ,hose who framed and