Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-10-24

AottI oiutss. Io itit dsSuFeu THAI Lue
latter would unite the South, while it
WAS hoped to satisfy the North that
nothing had been lost by the repeal. As
Squattel Sovereignty and alien suffrage
was a" etfectual restriction upon the ex>
tension Of slavery, as was the Missouri
Compromise. The resu!, Of the man-
Guvre was successful, but it came very
near being failure.
In the repeal of the Miss uri Compro-
mise, We have the cause Of the renewed
agitation of the question of slavery,
which 'is now greater than ever.
TIE repeal Of that measure is what
reused the fanaticism Of the North to
"loom up in more fearful proportions than
BEFORE" 1t was the violation Of that
compact which again caused the De-
; mocracy of the North to abandon the
party. Why was thisl Because the
county >, as we'll as the Democratic party,
had bee. deceived by the promises and
pledges made by the leaders Of that
party. In repeating the Missouri Com
promise. the Democratic Congress must
have been fully aware that it was vio
Isting the "6rali,y" Established by the
compromise measures Of 1850, and dis.
turbing the complete settlement OF the
vexed question: that it was renewing
the agitation of slavery IN and out of
Congress, against which tho National
Democratic Convention had declared
the mos, uncotnp' omising opposition.
Txking INTO consideration all the cir:
Guns >tances connected with the repeal OF
the Miss uti Compromise, we - not
arrive at the conclusion that the prime
movers in the repeating Of that restrict
ion were se,asted purely and solely BY
An homes. regard for the rights Of the
South or respect for the Constitution.
Had it never been mooted question.
it might have been overlooked; but
suel, was not the case, for it has been
but very few years since it was pro-
posed to extend the line established by
the Missouri Compromise across to tho
Pacific. Why WAS not the injustice and
uncon.ti:u,ionality Of thai measure dis
covered then. and its repeal made part
Of the iinality."
The victory gained, it was not long
before diss.nsions sprung up between the
Old Hunkers and Barnburprrs in the
North, in consequence of the division OF
the spoils, Th" former were unwilling
that the latter should receive any Of the
fruits Of the victory The su bsequsnt
action of Congress was another source
Of complaint against the leaders Of the
party. So great became the d'ssfeetion
that the wi,e puIlers saw that it was
necessary to bring about union OF the,
South or the Democratic party would be
entomted. The Little Giant was con
stituted the presiding genius.
1t WAS his ever active and inventive
brain that conceived and brought forth
that ''pandora's box" the repeal Of the
Missouri Compromise, and the Kansas
Nebraska act. The first was claimed as
an act Of justice to the South, which
would euabIe shareholders to emigrate to
territory OF the United States with their
slaves, upon a perfect equality With ems-
grams from the free States. This, it was
eorfdpn,iaIIy believed, would secure the
Southern vote. But at the same time i,
was known that the repeal Of the Cons
promise would be very unpopular in til"
North. So to make the pill 90 down
with Northern people, it was sugar coat
ed with squa'ter sovereignty and alien
suffrage, which, the people Of the North
were told, would prove just as efec,usl
a restriction to slavery extension as the
Missouri Compromise. and even more
80, because the latter was considered un-
constitutional. The people ofthe North,
however, were too deeply incensed At the
repeal of compact they held binding
to discover the clever trick the Little
Giant had PLAYED off on the South
They looked upon the whole thug as
emauaticg in the South, and the result
was the organization of the Black Re-
publican party, which proved sufficiently
formidable to get control ST one branch
of Congress. And SO great was the op-
position to the Democracy in the North,
| that it became necessary to drop the
| Little Giant, who was confident Of being
nominated for the Presidency. The lead.
ers saw that their only hope Of success
WA, to nominate some mar who had
been on both sides of nearly oil great
questions, and particularly that Of :lssery
and then rely upon federal influeacs snd
patronage 70 carry enough Norshen
States 70 enable the South to elect thei'
man. They succeeded, but it "as with
mighty tight squeeze.
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