Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-10-02

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HIsToRYo OF THE Missouri COMPROMISE -
In l8205a contest arose between the Nof,h
and the South about the slavery in the Terri.
tories. The North claimed that all The ter
riIories should be free soil, and the South,
.hatahere should be slave'soil if 'anyperson
e0 ming slaves should happen to settle upon
it. After long dispute ihist difference as
finally sTcompromised. The South agreed
that there should be no slavery snorlh Of Sc
deg. 0.min. norhfaliMde.N There was no
ngreemenl about the territory south rof lha,
line, but il was understood lhalitl should be
ei.hsrsffee or slave soil according 10 the, wish,
sspfIthelPeypio whp were-.hsss .As.isa,s, =
lhe S!a.eswere lpsbe, formed. Under Ibis
compromise Arkansas has been admitted
as q slave Safe. For "a years The. people
Of all sections acqpiesced in this, compromise.
But, in 1854, Senator'S Alchisop, Douglas
&c, at the lnslgqlion Of, The slsyeholding
South, demanded that this Compromise
should be destroyed. They renewed the
demand made BY The South in 1920, that all
our territories might be made into Slave
States, A venal and corrupt Congress was
induced 10 vote FOR this outrage upon plight.
ed faith. The compromise was DESTROYED
The South refuses 10 febuke the traiyors 10
its faith. The Nonh is therefore released
from its implicated understanding Of 1920,
to tolerate slave STATES sou.h of SO deg. 80
min. 1t is restored TO The position j, occu.
pied at that time. It Us disposed 10 asser.
now, as is asserted then, that slavery shall
not be tolerated in any of The territories
OF the United States. !. Il has learned, by sad
experience, that there can be no binding
compromise, no apicabe agreement in This
business. H. must either submit, absolutely
and tamely 10 The demands of ahe South or
lake thel only ground that has been, LEFT US;
and thai isr Of sopposilion5,o The fsrlher,ex
lensiaI Of, slavery. We therefore, as Nonh,
ern frsemen, plant, ourselves on the Repub.
lican platform Of Ohio, and free States will
sand BY us to the last, I ~. (, not-,,,. ,laa,;f
IA To our mind, this summary presents The
case in a clear light, SO far ,as |, the Noglh
isi cpncerneds we procure by this posilioa
lhe,eqpivalent Of the Missouri compromise.
We do no, stop there. We lake away ,EIp ne
implied UNDERSTANDING, tha, sthe ,ieryi,ory , ,o
south, OF Sc dec. 90 mir NAV he Inss carr;s3
in,o, slave S,ases. We are forced m 70 ,bis
ground byIlhe ach Of The South \ None, ,bu,
prop1d.s We know ,he ipstinc,s ,',,f',lw ~ ,bs
lpasses,are ior freedom and Zee soil. and W.
are sure, oflulsimaie vic,ory,--O. s.. .Iousr.
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s ne s''a'e 'cusnul ui. insh ur.iele showing
In psospec's ios 'ns success y o. .ne hepopi-
y y slcseI; N wlhqs n u WIN some timely sn
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puolcan - fnovemen, nese remarks M are SO
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