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M. tlLLnOaA's rVLITiCal. STATUS.
Tbs NssAvins sssass 10 e.rryins home 10 q,
spppsssss conc d their iresa,is,encies .sd mis-
Representatives. In What follows. he washirs.
- usiss b esssss,ed from ~ ovn columns:
"Ths sdisos OF sss Nsslisrsss U.is. sprears "a
- al q ease % rsgssd 10 vhs, he terms she pre-
-Sss Sslssiesl ssssss" Of M Filmsfs Ia his i,.us
. Of March ~. hs ssys:
Wsat The eeas,y srpesis, ADD yin demand. 10
% susesshsttve ssd sseeaivcca. location OF Mr.
>vlSosss, either viii shUlh iousm OF unh sstiop-
Alien, viA lhs black vrsblieass OF The des,ocra,s
Asi South AHsriesns-.,hs tao latter agreeing 20
sssis peisf."
- sSssss!:ss.ss xs. sss,=l.cesl ie-s;.o, rf
0s. fiiiosss, ether vish sbslhiosisa or psno--
slia--shss 10 What Mr.. Niehoisoa sa;s. The
ssssiry sspsets AID demands" tAh, isassd -
Wsv. God Mr.. Nieheisoa. let ss see VIA, wss tie
"isesuoe" which the Dsuovrsiie National Con.
vseitsa Of 1859 srrsefes aud Serasdei OF fs nom.
issss 10 regard 10 the slavery issues and Ihs Com.
psoniss measures Of 1850. 1ou, ki. Nichslson
yssrveIf shsil ssy. You ~ere m.mber Of that
coavea,ion. aad had bend In flaming the pIst.
form. and here 10 what you said on that subject 10
ne RsiAisssss Us'es " Dsesuabsr ih 1883:
.Whrn the Baltimore Cenvention fof 1881 a.
ssmbled. the democratic party vas irii w.
tA~s disffs<f dsrinJss regard to the slavery 10.
saes. Whilst all other essentiAT measures was
Unit These tira 4iri,isAs snlstiaised s.ls,eai
sd 6vsesseiiatis syssiess 10 the merits ~ III.
hvs passed 10 1850. Tor the seirmeni OF the slave
~ qs<s'iea One portion cordially srptoved The
esaPsoniss measures ~ doing justice 70 both see
Isus Of the Union; another porlioa denounced
thoss measures as grossly unjust % the rights OF
tAe South, whilst the third portion fepudiaisd them
fer their alleged eoreessions TO the rights OF The
osssh."
There hey we're, 10 eonvention assemblei-iLs
Gtssds Of the Compromiss Measures Of Is5o-ihe
southern opPooents Of those measures. secession
lsts and disunionisu. and the Northern repudia-
ssts d :isss r-.s,ares feesoiiers Wa Buree bel.
srs and Buffalo platform msn-thsre thsy were,
"sp into three distiRet divisioas on the slave
~ issues, and estsrtaining "Sifsre.i s.x i,rscs.
stsSs opiaioas" ~ 10 the Conprogiss Measures
Of issoi what nert. Mr.. Nicholson You 70
81 10 say:
"The Eris.ls Of the Compromise at once av
hat there could be no agreement upon . proposi.
tion 10 approve the measures OF adjustment The
es<uiss OF the Comoromise saw and eone eded that
nere 'eosld ss no union upon The propc.iiion to
90 the South. Neither division en- peeied TO he
visg 10 yield is S,aiaefsrs syiHiss and TO ADOPT
see entirely snugoois,ie; bot each division was
ssins,ed By . common desire 10 ~iikayar Gs
s<ecy sgifssiss jro~ As f.isrs di,esssis.I Of as
Ssriy"
Elseily col Unable to agree, and ",pIil into
three dissioss the slavery Issues" IL was very
dssirableii vas, 10 fact, indispsnssble, 10 order
40 save the Democratic party from permsn ne bi die
esassiss,isn. to ixasvs these issues and to "slh-
lrav" theta from The future discussions Of The
patty"
Psnhsr q 1, The ssns article Mr.. NieAolsep
Aays:
"Psirisss fia ne Coaventionl OF enlarged view.
ssli that the fate OF the Fscsa Union vas involved
10 The sasss OF the Demoeratic party al Baltimore
cad hey felt aud acted the ton that there
sssh b. - sst.s 81 as Ds~eeraey eiilsf ns s,ars-
Sssss."
There eeuid b mo spios Of the Demoeraey
whilst the slavery question Gas reeos ized"-tAat
% 70 say. aniil ii vas iTaSvsk-"ss q party issse
Ana 10 DOT that ths precise truth ve have 80 Iosx
isbsssa 10 sstablish-sos eaiy % % relate. 10 the
Ds.osrssIe party, but 10 ell olAsr parties con pos
sdsof Norhera and southsrn nss Mr. Nyehol.
eco esstisuss;
sAs s1Pelsisa Of this fAsGl slssts; 81 els.
ssfd from Ihs pale Of The party OF The nebir.,
siaissnea that ever hosorsd ear naiieasI name d.
ssessd ell ihsir sserriss"
Yet. vAss -, sAes, time .iaes, Iaborsd for 9Th.
ssp1isies Of tAis l.aasl fatal element Of disssrd
iron the Ansriessl party" on ihs grosnd Ihsi
sasrs could BE- zee saiea oi ibs AmesIeaa PARTY
While the slavery quss,ioa yes reessais as Ie-
siiiaass parry issss,' sad he further snd high
% srsess. hat "tAs fais Of The Federal Unioa sac
isvsssss" 10 he igssring u Ihs slavery qasslea,
g "bsssi@sss party Issas," By ell parties elsia-
tss and simiss 70 be zafissai- VIA ~. ara M.
hei sAosi Tins since, this sane Mr. NieAol.a.
jsiss4 10 he cry rsissd against Ne b. large por.
stss ~ ,ks Devesssiie jourssisP