The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1855-07-25
The ConventiOn---The Missouri
COMPROMISE.


lican Anli.Nebraska Convention was an
nouneed that Ohio would net hesitate TO
speak hel sentiments IN regard 10 the res
tOratpn Of the Missouri Comromise-on
which compromise. for thirty years the
question OF slavery was not SO FAR drawn in
to our national councils as to create bitteT-
ness. and hostility between the north and
south.
Since the repeal Of that measure, .howeT-
er. we have had bitterness revived that we
had hoped had been forever buried. The
difficulties, accompanied with bloodshed.
never would have occurred in Kansas, had
the Missouri compromise been in force.
Yet in the (ace-one of The most serious
Disturbances that has ever occurred between
the Ststcs-we witnessed the assemblage of
Conventions. speaking of that unfortunate
occurrence without an application of REM
edy that would prevent al! further ocenrren-
ces Of like nature. For months we have
heard the cry, "Restoration Of the Missouri;
Compromise but the leaders of one of the
most important conventions ever held in O.
hio, have declared that it shall not be re.
stored. We do not think they represented
the wishes Ct the people. Time will prove
that that great measure is necessary to se-
cure peace and harmony within our limits.
Portsmouth Her. Anti Neb)
Thus speaks another press about the Fa-
sion Convention. The Herald is not alone
in condemning the action of the convention.
For months past, a large portion Of the en-
emies of the Nebraska act, have pledged
themselves that the delegates to assemble
here on the 18th Instant, wonld take an un-
yielding position in favor of re-enactmen
Of the Missouri Comprhmiss The total O..
mission Of such plank in the platforu
amounts to virtual reputation BY the an
ttNebraska party in Ohio, Of the restora-
ton of that compromise. How then stands
the case? The whole tenor Of Mr.. Chase's
speech in the Senate, was in condemnation
of the repeal of the Missouri restriction.-
The party, or rather the fragments OF par
: tics" which placed him in nomination, have
until now united with him in denouncing its
repeal. Certainly no conclusion can be
more logical than that, if repeal is wrong,
restoration would be right. But they have
y ,fol
: dings said, restoration would be wrong. It
: follows unquestionabIy that repssl was
e right. No man can fail to see that the par
ty which has made the country ring with
clam)r against the repeal Of the Missouri
: Compromise, have, by refusing to declare
II themselves in favor for its re establishment
endorsed its rep-al!
No man can deny that but for the so cal
: ed ahrogation of the Missouri restriction, the
Fusion party, as it now stands, would have
no existence Yet that party has deliber-
e ately negatived the proposition to undo the
. deed which constitutes confessedly the Only
reoson for its organization! 1t Is doubles,
3 this glaring self qualification Of the Fusion
Il party, which in part, renders the Ports
IS mouth Herald SO dissatisfied with 9Th
l. action of the Convention. 1t is impossibl
n to escape the patent logical absurdity Of the
30 position the party has assumed. This tht
1 the Herald must see. That paper of course
s. approves the principles Of the Missouri com
promise as "peace measure" betweenth
e North and the South, and insists upon it
restoration in order to vindicatc the consis
# tency of the opposition to Nebraska. Ifthe
Fusionists resist its re enactment, as the,
70 declare in the strongest language, how car
m they have the face to condemn its repeaR-
II Mr. Chase called out to the South, whel
r. the Nebraska bill was pending, "To Main
i tain Plighted Faitll"-that is, let the Mis-
IS souri, restriction remain. His effIrts wer,
ii overborne; and nov he and his friends full
: ly acquiesce in what he then opposed.
at We are not surprised that the Herald
n. dissatisfied with this position Of the anti
Of Nebraska party. They have virtually AM
ID most fatally, for their reputation as q party
= retracted all they havs ever said against ii
N repeal Of the Missouri compromise. Th
Is administration is fu ly endorsed by their 81
of lence on this question. Statesman.
THE CIRoUs NOT PRoFTABLE The Lou
.
es isvie Courier says that fora long sci
g. les Of years there has been no season s
4 disastrous to the ci,cus managers as u
IL present. Amusements Of the ring hav
been below par during the spring and sum
IS mer; and as consequence, many of Il