The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-03-22
A FiaAl 5s..lem eas.

Willard Fillmore, in his Message to Con-
gross in 1857, after the happy pacitication OF
the Compromise Bills, said:
'''Phe series ofmoasures Compromise Bills)
TO which have allu1el are regarded by me as
a settlement, an principle and sl6s'anre--lE3@a
tina! settlement, 90 cf the dangerous and erc'-
ting Subjects ap3ich they ena5ra-et Most OF
these subjects indeed, are beyond your reach,
as the legislation which disposed of them was
in its character final and If evocable. 1t may
be presumed from the opposition which they
all encountered that none of th.s9 IN assures
were free from imperectionS, but in their mu
tuaI dependence AMI connection they formed
a system OF compromise, the most conciliato-
~, and best for the entire country, that codld
be obtainel from conflicting sectional interests
and opinions.
.'For this reason I recommend your adher-
ence to the adjustment established by those
measures, until time and experience Shall de-
monstrate the necessity Of further legislation
to guard against evasion or abuse.
With the n. Y. Express, we think no man
can doubt, that the writer Of this message
would. if in public life in 1851. have resisted
the disturbance made of these Compromise
Bills by Mr.. Senator Douglas and Mr.. Presi-
dent Pierce both Northern men. No man can
doubt, that Mr.. Fillmore thus regrets, the an
nullment Of the compact Of 1920, and all the
fearful sectional passions excite by it.
The FINAL SETTLEMENT of 1850, was what
the Wing Party solemnly pledged itself to,
when it nominated Gen. Scott, and what the
Democratic Party also pledged itself to when
it nominated Gen. Pierce. Nay, President
Pierce, in his Inaugural Message adopted that
pledge an, it is the error Of his life, that in
the struggle of competing ambitions for the
Presidency between him AMI Douglas, he was
deluded into breaking it, in order to bid for the
Southern re-nominating vote.
The final settlen snt Of 1850, in PRINCIPLE
and SUBSTANCE, is the platform of MiIlard
Fillmore and A. J. Donescn. The one, as the
organ of the Democratic Party in 1850, sol
EMMY committed himself to it in the Union,
over and over again-and the other. as Presi
dent. How he reads on the record we have
already shown. When Gen. Scott and Gen
Pierce ran in opposition for the Presidency
the two great parties, Wing and Democratic
and the whole country save few Gctious
Aboltionists North, and as factous Nullifiers
South. were committed to it. and acquiesced
in it.
twas regarded as a final settlement of the
slave question. The Democratic party was
successful. In violation Of all their pledges
and in opposition to the known will of the peo-
PIE, they again sprung this question-or rath
er, their new President did, and quickly whip
pei in his party to backing him. The Kan
sas- Nebraska Bill was deliberately intended
by Douglas AMI Pierce to involve the Union ii
anlngry sllve agitaten upon the top wave 0
which they expected the one or the other tc
ride into the Presidency in 1855. If they die
not actually intend to create this agitation
they were blind fools to expect it would HAYS
any other effect. Pierce and his party are re
sponsbe for this agitation. They pledget
themselves to the Compromise Of 1859 as
final settlement. They broke that pledge 70
political capital, a nd upon their heads be tn
res ,onsibility.