Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1856-03-06

closed BY solemn oath, be may Be said TO
have swon bis allegiance to the compromise Of
the slAvs question. declaring they should not be
disturbed Il be could prevent IT during his term
Of service. He renewed the vow in the mes.
sage to the 6rss Congress be nett and before
its close became The active instrument In AbOl,
ishing every compromise made on the subject
sines the foundation Of tbs GoVernment It
vas done With The suddsnnsss Of the explosion
Of a mine of powder. The system planned BY
Jefferson and HE compalriOts TO prevent The
extension Of Slaveryaud its dangerous tendencies
to disruption Of the UniOn-the safeguard So.
peraddsd under Monroe's Adminisiration-Lcw
des, Pinekney, Calhoun, Crawford all the
great men OF the South aiding; and Clay esPe-
cially distinguished himself. after two years Of
struggle, in is elecluAtion--Ihe late dIsposi-
ZION Of the controversy about the Mexican &C
aUisilions accomplished by the same great man
supported by Webster, Oass and by Benton,
also, 90 the main point-ths exclusion Of Sla-
very BY the prohibition Of the Mexican laws.
in word all the compromises on the subject
made by real Statesmen, and pronounced BY
them as binding in honor as the compromises Of
the Constitution. were blown up BY the access
sion Of President Pierce and Mr.. Douglas TO
the schems Of Mr.. AIchison and few nullif.
ers who prepared the mine.
Now the simple remedy for this ruin Is 10 re-
build the overthrow, and nothing iS easier, Il
resolved upon BY the North. and persisted in
without regard to party names or party cries
or individual designs or predictions. There is
not an honest pslriO. 10 the North Of any party
who does not condemn this act Of bad faith
Many, it is true, warped by schemes Of selfish
ambition and looking to their advancement
Trough Southern influence, say the mischief
done eannCt be repaired. The COMPROMISED
cannot be restored because the Senate and the
President hold veto to forbid it. There was
immeasurably a stronger veto against the ex'
punging Resolution--the ball which Benton,
solitary and alone, put in motion. But public
opinion triumphed then over the strongest wills
and the ablest men of the country. 1t cannot
be withstOOd by the puppets on the scene 10
the meantime. the strong representation Of the
North in the House can hold everything in obey
ance uEtlI the Nations voice shall pronounce
its irrestible decision.
That the South will acquiesce in it, whatev'
er the opposition Of the violent men who seek a
dissolution Of the Union to make Charleston
the New York Of the South, none can doubt.
How can it assulOe the attitude ofDuli6cation,
and war upon the compromises and compact'
Of its own seeking. matured by its own creates
statesmen, under which they have enjoyed
peaca and safety for tWO'thirds of century
and the subvsrsion Of which makes the tenure
not only Of the domestic institution, but Of al
they hold dearest in public or private life, de
pend on the chances of civil war? Wheneve
this issue comes, the North will find an auxil
iay in that same Union party in the South tha
sustained Jackson, and my constituents vii
have the proud prseminence Of having first Civ
en- ia their adhesion TO this, the really patriot
party Of their section.
The repeal ofhs repeating clause Of The Kan
xas Nebraska act would be the finale Of oil tht
existing connections and of the eager ambition
which originated them. II this single line il
inscribed on our flag, We shall conquer undel
il. 1t will be the Union flag.
The repeal Of the KanEas- Nebraska clause
overthrowing the rights Of the free States, is q
vital pressing exigency. 1t is the issue made
by the acts Of the administr alton, and isthe only
Ore producing the existing excitement. Il
should be moved at once in the House Of Rep
resentatives, as apractical mode Of redressine
the wrongs and rebuking the aggressOrs, and tc
give notice that the majority Of the people o
the Onion mean to vindicate their rights anC
the cause Of free institutions. in the most direc
manner and also that shareholders may hav,
warning in advance not to hazard the property
they value so highly, in territory from whicl
by solemn convent slavery was nterdicted
and which the sovereign power Of the countr,
has resolved to reinstate. This warning Il nee
sssary to preclude the plea Of vested rights a
having effect in favor of such as go into Kama
or other free territory with slaves a plea whicl
was urged successfully in Missouri. It's nee
sssary too to stop owners Of slaves from claim
ing iudentity for slaves freed by the act of Cor
gress recognising such territory on coming il
to the Union as free. Even il Kanxas as a ire
State, the repeal ought to be urged to preVeI
the repetition Of the Kanzas Outragss in Utal
New Mexico, and all the Territories Of the :
nited States. the Nebraska act having (in VII
lation Of The prOhiLilary laws or treaty Open'
them all up to similar invasiOns. For the
reasons, and many more that might be urge
touching the policy Of the measure, ! bold tn
every issue should merge in that Of Repeal.