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mitted % reach The public eaF until ita saesess
was sealed b. pFiYsts arrangements Of the pol
iticiGps in Congress. in conjunction with the
President The measure when publicly pre-
; sentsd vas at frsl veled 10 the COmmittss's
Report. as being butareferenos to the suPre-e
Court Of question involving the constitution
sliiy oflhe eompromises-Ihen As . conclusion
that the compromise Of 1920 was superseded
By the compromise Of 1880. but this intsFpre'
lation Of The Bill eoVertly contained the repealof
the compromise Of ls9o-thatOs Is50-snd a.
so the compact with Texas by which all the
territory reserved by each Of them a. free from
Slavery in the territorial condition was opened
mp to its admission.
This bill Ofintrigue by the asPiiing politicians
to subserve personal interests. vas we'll under
stood by themselves and their partisans to be a
bonus for the Southern vote in the election Of
President, but it was ushered into Congress as
The voluntary offering Of the North to the South
to the principle Ofequalty. TWAS thus dives
ted in the eyes Of the South, Of being breach
Of faith on their side. 1t came free gift to
them from the Chief Magistrate, and other lea,
ding men Representatives Of their Northern
Brethern.
They were not aware OF the treaehery Of
these Representatives 10 their constituents, nor
did they anticipate the excitement which has
ensued from the wrong aggravated BY the be.
trayal by which iE was attended, nor the dan.
geTOuS consequences likely to follow. Multi
tudes Of honest patriots in the Slave holding
States, who love the Union, would willingly
restore the compromises, the work Of the great
men OF their own region. They are sensible
Of the fatal effect ofits dissolution upon the peace
q and prosperity Of the confederacy, and Of the
inevitable destruction Of the security IN which
s they hold the Slave Institution. of the fright
ful scenes Of civil war and Slave insunectiou
n which might arise out Of the collisions between
! the two sections, on the one side wearing an
9 aspect ofa war conquest, for the extension Of
+ Slavery-on the other a war Of defence to pre-
serve the rights Of the emigrsnts who have
gone from their bosom. But those men Of
good faith who respect engagements which
have produced concord and happy ties between
} the States Of the Union, end their sections al
, ready embarked in strife by the combination Of
Z politicians who seek personal advantages by
d the power gives them over the masses. War.
!, fare always commits the power and interests o
Y the many, TO the few chiefs who manage il
and 20 the whole South is at this moment ID
. the hands Of the politicians who have contri
Ved the movement, to strip the North Of ts in
: tsrests, as provided for in the several compro
8 miseS and the best men Of the Slave holding
s States. who are sensible Of the lniquity, canno
: venture TO declare their sentiments, lest they
= incur the imputatiOn Of deserving their own sec
e ton n contest in which defeat would be hu
If initiation, and for which the leaders who hav
g produced it would subject them to the charg
IS OF failing to stand by the cause Of their pecu
Q liar institutions.
t The persons who have sent me to this con
r vention, are the arst Of the slave. holding re
i gion who have come forward to vndicate tht
cause Of our common country against this Sec
tiona influence. They are body Of business
? men of Baltimore, who feel that their city es
, pecially and the State OF Maryland have great
stake depending on the preservation of the u.
nion. and the peEce otthe country. II the bonds
, which unite the the two portions Of the Union,
I distinguished by free aud slave institutions,
{ should be severed, the nature Of the different
: interests growing out Of the species Of property
in which II consists on one side. must involve
I continual conflicts for its recovery, when aying
| to the other for freedom, and the animosity
, thus engenGsred cannot fail to bring on those
, protracted and bloody wars Of ambition Aut
conquest which have characterised nations o
contiguous territory in every age, and which
have produced the most relentless hostities
} between those Of kindred blood. The wars
between England and Scotland and Irslaod--
: the wars between Franco and England 7-oi
: France and northern nations Of the continent
wars which make up the history Of Europe
would have their parallel here. Maryland
would become the Belgium Of this side Of the
: Atlantic--ths Potomac the Rhine. The shore
Q Of all our great rivers dividing the hostile
j States would frown with fortresses, and centu
9 ros Of bloodshed ensue, unless the peculia
IS cause originating the strife, should make al
T. early end Of it, BY the intsrtns war Of color
e' hasteuing his own extinction.
70 Those represent abhOrring the thought o.
q civil var pressed on the mind Of every maj
BY the sectional feud, which although nov
: showing its violence only upon remote from
= !" tier, is nevsrthsls" at work in every spirite