The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1854-10-07

Since the passage OF the comprom'''

ssqutnl hchuh o' t"e ''""A"''' y
tha, settlement, quiet has reiened through
out the South Ia the National Democratic
Convention OF 1852, the State Rights mem
beers OF the party who bitterly opposed anu
denounced those measures SO long AS there
wa. chance of uniting the Southern states
against them, gave way before the resls'less
majority by which they were sustained.
Looking to the fact, that those enaclmcnts
were the law OF the land, aud that the ms
chief they were calculated to produce was,
for the most part, irrcmediable in It's char
ac,er. aud tia. further contention WAS uses
less and poveres- for good, they were
among The first Ia the Convection TO extend
the olive branch of peace, aud to propose
acouiesceucc Ia their enactment II was
to their patriotic efforts in that Convention
that we were indebted lot tho platform that
was adoped, aad to the nomination OF
Gen. Pierce a. the democratic candidate
Tor the Presidency. The platform, It VIII
bo recolected. recognized clearly the rights
OF the states, "a embodied IA the Resolutions
Of 1898, which formed portion oil the
proceeding, OF the Convention.
lae action Of that Convention, followed
b, the Triumphant election OF Gen. Pierce
10 toe Presidency over Gen. Scoti, who had
pfo,ljtuted INNS II To the purposes ui the
ireesoil wing OF the Wing party, completed
tu. work oil recone 'lIation, aud gave uni
ycrsa qai,t aud reposr TO the Southern
slater
Inus stood matter. until the last session
OF Congress, when II became necessary to
give ,rrri,onal governments to the terrific
RES Of Nebraska and Kansas. Judge
Douglas, chairman OF the Committee on
Territories, proposed 10 organize them IL
Democratic Convention ul isJe, which
recognized AS u basis eli settlement oi ter
COMPOUNDS Of $3.50 H. order Ia TO tbs.
1t wa. necessary that the Missouri Com
,..,,,,.,. ,htrL btd shaver, ortuyu.ut,thfN
sctynude III thosr Territories, should be
r.p-nl.d. and Julse Douglas. therefore.
Introduced a trpeal :, clause IA these b.I!s.
Tins was the signal tor arraytng against
hmm th.,,boIe Ambition aod lr.e,ou Darti,s
nj tn. \ Northern States. Who were stimulated
aud sustained IN tnis. a. they have been in
every other contest, by the trcaehet, OF
Southern memb.r. OF Congress aud ;,outh
efu presses. The measure. almost to the
exclusion of everything else of ,uiporinnce,
oreupi.d the attention OF Congress. bu, wa,
.v.niually bo,n. triunpLatlly through both
hrn,ch,, of that body.
f. !. a., ,e,,s,A,bl. lac, .ha, the poi.ical
Siam, "a icb ,,yed At Warrington. and A.,
tho \of,h wa, almost unGen thronyboui
tho Southern States. NO gtea, exc itemenl
ha. n, A., ttm.. existed here. aud since the
sd;ourun,.tt of congress scarcely mn,
sllu.ion vha,ever !. made TO The suffice, 81
controversy. Not 50 at the North. The
storm, like some vast tornado tina, increases
in strength aud violence as it progresses,
seems to have .wept over the whole North.
bearing down everything before it. The
elections Ia that section within The last few
month. all 60 to show that the spirit OF
abolition aud frccsoii is triumphant. The
press, the bar the pulpit, every avenue by
which the bubble mind could be reached.
hay, .ubserved the purposes OF fanaticism.
Every Northern man who voted for the
repeal Of the Missouri Compromise, has had
to encounter the most blister hostility and
deuuucia,ion upon his return to his coas,-
,ueuts Look at the manner in which
Judge Doug ia, has been ;rea I'd ia Chicago
Ever, thing was done TO slr up popular
hatred against him the people were 50 ex
aspera.ed, TIA. ,toy would not consent to
hear his defence Cf his confse and his
friends were even fearful that he would
meet with personal violence.
We were never much attached to Judge
Douglas, as a poiti iau. Ills advocacy of
"squattef Sovereignty has been ever ujlous
.tI. ..f tt,ttt Of ,h.