The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-10-14
TIE MISSOURI COMPROMISES,

| ne discussion OF the Missouri Compro-
mise is almost threadbare subject, but as
the greater portion of the opposition party
in this State have proclaimed that the re-
peal OF that measure was wrong and un-
called for. and as some mouthy individuals
delight in charging all the agitation to the
passage of the Kansas \ ebraska bill, by
which the said compromise was legally
repealed, we again recur to the matter
for the purpose of reminding fault finders
that the North was not willing to abide
by the Missouri line; and further, that
said act was abrogated by the passage
OF the compromise measures of 1850.
First, we proceed to show that the North
has not been willing to allow said line to
: be extended when there was the least
| chance for it to benefit the South On
/ the 10th of August, 1913, the Oregon bill
was under consideration in the Senate
and the question was taken on extending
the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific
ocean, when every northern Senator, ex-
cept seven, voted against IL, and every
| Southern Senator, except one, voted for 1t.
| In the House, every northern man, except
four, voted against extending the line,
while every Southerner, except one, voted
! for doing SO. A majority in the Senate
was in favor of extension, but the House
refused to concur, and the Senate had to
| recede. What do those persons, who pre-
| tend to say that the slavery question was
cd h. IL, e -
now. In the instance cited, the north
certainly manifested disposition to reject
| the settlement, which it succeeded in doing.
How can southern men say that the present
| agitation is owing to the repeal IF that
odious restriction, and continue to abuse
democratic administration, when it is
plain that agitation was rife long before
the repeal. Northern men agitated while
the compromise was in existence, and
would do so now if it had never been re-
pealcd. We do wish our opponents would
be consisted in this matter.
But our knownothing friends are rather
too fast in blaming the democratic party
with repeal, for the thing was virtually
istration by the passage of the Compromise
measures of 1850. The acts for the organi-
cation of the territories of New Mexico and
Utah, approved on the 9th Sept, 1850,
provides that when said territories are ad-
united as States, they ''shall be received
into the Union with or without slavery as
their Constitutions may prescribe at the
time of their admission A portion of
New Mexico lies north of Sc. 80 1.-THE Mis-
souri, Compromise line) and the whole of
Utah lies north of that line. So we see
that the legislation of 1850 superseded that
of 1920, which superccdure Mr. Fillmore
approved. Is there no Indignation to be
manifested against the know-nothing can
didatc for President for ''re-opcning agita-
tom! If those men who are growing
about ''broken compacts" have no fault to
find with their candidate on this score, we
are sure we have none.
The above facts have all been published
and rc-pUblishcd before, and we only alude
to them now because certain politicians
continue to cndeavor to fix on the demo
cratic party ccnsurc for the present ex-
element in the country by the passage of
the Nebraska bill.
THE RIGHT KIND OF TALK.-Presidcnt
Pierce, Oh lis reception in Concord, n. H.. |
spoke as follows:
1T is lamentable to see and be compelled |
to admit that there is q sectional spirit in |
the land, counsclling hatred and all I'M |
charita bleness, and which threatens at this |
moment to rock the Union to the centre.
| am no alarmist. | not here to pro- !
claim danger. Ny hope and faith in the |
Constitution and in the permanence of the !
institutions which it upholds is strong, but |
with knowledge of the weakness Of poor |
human nature, and with the light of history |
cast upon our path, | certainly need not |
warn YOU that the loss of the great blessing
which you now enjoy is not impossible"
The President speaks to the people of
the North as every national man ought to |
speak to them. He does not say the Union
says there is danger of it, ana cautions his
fellow citizens against entertaining fanati
cal sentiments.
sY"Thc election in Kansas for q delegate
to Congress ana for members of the Lfgis-
Iature, took place on the 9th inst. We are
not advised yet as to the result.
- The black republican party, in order
to gain the votes of the Rcman Catholics,
is having printed and distributed what pur
ports to be a bull" issued by Pope Greg
DRY against the slave trade and those who
slavery. This is indeed
piece of impudenee when we consider that
some of Fremont's supporters were short
time ago striving to restrict the political
rights of Catholic citizens. Now they are
counting their votes.