Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-02-22


Under the head Of 'rnr SEw COMPROMISE
,ho Baltimore Patrioten journal that has taken
much interest in the Know Nothing movement,
says that: In pursuance Of It's pledge, the
American order has rescindcd those councils
which attempted 20 convert lis organization to
sectional OF party purposes In New York alone,
We see it stated that more than 10000 members
have bcca losi hy this determination. Though,
il il added 2U1,0OJ remain
We understand. continues TIE Patriot, that
the basis of the compromise is substantially
the same with that adopted by the Congress of
1850 The order has resolved tn recognize the
right of private judgment. civil aud religious,
but IN condemn any expression Of such opinions
beyond the sphere to which tkc constitution has
limited it. The order does not Their, propose 10
disturb the right of all citizens to exercise their
own religious opinions but will tolerate no at.
tempt to make the religion of one persuasion. the
ralc Of faith or action with another. of,r are
the American people from complaining of them
for this doctrine, that can find 40 one who
oonfesses himself the advocate of either iutolcr
ancc or intervention. Tho American order pro.
poses 20 put thc slavery question at rest precisely
ms Congress has done. They ignore it." They
forbid It's discussion a Federal issue As they
have already expelled forty thousand members in
New York because they attempted, amongst
other things, to make the order n means of pro
noting the agitation of slavcav. We mu~t re-
gard this as at least significant earnest Of
what they intend TO do. They neither dany the
Pope Of Rome, Wendell Phillips, or Roy Thco-
dore Parker, the right to entertain their own opin
ions but they do intend TO confine the exercise Of
those opinions within the legitimate department.
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nation 10 ''ignore slavery" as employed by the
American order. to mean, that whilst every mem.
bcr of the order may enjoy whatever opinion he
may choose, political or religious, he shall not
make use of the organization To carry TINT opin.
ion into Federal enactment. For in what other
manner do national parties organize The dem.
aeratic party will ''ignore" religious intolerance
does il prohibit men of all creeds from joining
IT. ranks Certainly not. 1t tells them that
nndor mn organization purely political, each will
find bis faith guaranteed, no matter how obnox
jou- ii may be 10 his associates
we have advocated the Nebraska bill and the
epeal Of the Missouri Compromise because they
excluded Congress from any decision upon
question over which il had no jurisdiction, and
remitted the questions involved TO the people.
We did not advocate-we could not have adyoca-
ied-a proposition to legalize slavery in Federal
territory, after having denied that Congress can
legislate al all upon the subject. The Nebraska
bill ignores slavery" The repeal of the Mis-
sour restriction ignores slavery" would the
Washington Union or Sentinel ask an affirmative
act. compelling the establishment Of slavery
within the territory where ii had been so improp-
erly intcrdicted No, with the American order,
they only ask that Congress ignore the oues-
tion of slavery in the territories. We do not
doubt that the President and half his cabinet be.
lieve slavery either wrong an evil, some of
them even. perhaps. "loathe' the institution
Are they, therefore, less fit for their positions
They ignore the question US matter of ma
tional concern and they stand in their neutrality
as u hrenk water Of protection to the rights and
to the RICH, Of opinion of those who differ with
them.
we think the democratic party of the South
had better cease their assaults upon the American
order, just when it is endeayoring to render itself
national. For if that order shall succeed in CON
filming the anti slavery to a constitutional
expression of individual opinion. it will have
done more than any other national party has ever
done. Witness the history of Messrs. Wimot.
Hale, and Sumner, on the democratic side, and
Nessrs. Seward and others, the wing side.
Let the Americans ii Ignore slavery Federal
question. and they enact new compromise more
permanent in its effects than the old"
In the House of Representatives, last Friday.
there was a continuation Of the debate upon the
appropriation for the Collins steamers,
ing in the adoption of Mr.. Odds amendment, APP
propriating $50 thousand dollars for the trans.
portation of the mails from New York to Liver
pool and back; and repeating that part of the de