Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-11-15

The Democratic party is charged by the Oppos-
zion with keeping up the slavery agitation, for the
purpose of political profit The Daily Ne0s, of this
CITY relieves US of this charge by copying from our
files of 1853 an earnest remonstranee against such
agitation In December of that year. as many OF our
readers NAV remember, Mr.. F. P. STANTON, then
member of Congress from this State, who had been
disannonted in the distribution of the public Offices
nv Gen. PIERCE introduced into the preliminary |
Democratic caucus resolutions intended to endorse
the charge of the Wings that the President had ap
potuted free-soilers to Office. Gen PIERCE had de-
cl.red that he would not goEbehind the Democratic
Platform of 1852, which nominated him that he
would treat as Democrats all who had in good faith
adopted that platform and supported the candidates
of the party upon it. Mr.. STANTON prOfessed great
alarm lest some Of the men who, in Is4S had voted
for VAN buren,, might, under this determination OF
the President be appointed to Office, and heIce his
resolutions. They were voted down IN the Demo
CRATIC caucus We had entertained the kindest feel
ings politically for Mr. STANTON up to the time OF the
introduction Of those resolutions. Yet we had been
promised peace by the compromise of 1850, and, IN
our view that was pretty much all that we could
hope for under it. We therefore said, as quoted by
the Ne1es:
aft it is desired make the slavery agitation per
petual such propositions that made by Mr. stan
Ton in the Democratic caucus will very likely prove
e6ectual Such is not, however, the desire OF the
South. She had right to expect peace IN consent
ing 10 the Compromise She was divided in opinion as
70 the propriety of that compromise, but unanlTn-
ousiy adopted it as final settlement in the hope Of
peace. She has had but little sympathy with the
New York hards +" in unnecessarily reviving for
their own uses the slavery agitation, when there
was no practical questions in regard TO slavery be-
A. Of the
I'VE cordially approve the policy of the Admin
istration of Gen Pierce, in his matter Of appoint
ments1 because loto him to be true to the SOUTH
and because his object has been to bury dissenslons
and to remove the slavery question from the politics
of the day II the attempt has not been successful
the fault lies in the restless ambition of schsming
politicians who expe to be very munihcenty paid
for saving the South, and who are therefore anx
;ous TO put her in a position to need salvation as
often as possible We feel very much the same sort o.
gratitude towards those men which we should fee
towards the man who should fire our dwelling az
then claim g reward for extinguising the flames
The Ners quotes these remarks to prove that there
was no agitation when they were written, and tina
the repeal of the Missouri compromise is the eaus
Of the agitation we now witness,
Such is not the history of the time, nor the state
F1ent of the extract quoted. That extract speaks
the hope of peace as having induced the South to &C
cept the compromise of 1850. The hope had no
been realized although 1t still existed, in 1888 w
smoke the nearly unanimous sentiment of the South
when we wrote in that year in condemnation Of thu
course Of one Of our own Democratic Representa-
tiyes for continuing the controversy by DISCUSSING
the course N regard it of those who were then
,y,od faith sustaining it. We declare that we have
never written line on this subject in any other spir
it than that which dictated our article in 1853.
Agitation. as the editor of the 8eass well knows, had
been aueIed by the egslation of 1850, The fugl
tive slave law was fercely denounced, and every
attempt to enforce it added fuel TO the flame. Stl
many had hope, when in 1854, the necessity OF or
ganizing new territories in Kansas and Nebraski
arose The Missouri compromise, which the Nortf
hsd, in 1850, refused TO extend, was inconslsten
with the legislation of that year, and it was repeal
ed FOR that reason as stated in the bill, and the prn
eiple of non Intervention substituted for prohib
tory line Having insisted, as we did, on faithful
observance of the compromise of 1850, we could d
no otherwise than approve the repeal of the Mis-
souri, line The two compromises were in conflict
Non-intervention and the Missouri line could no
both exist together One had to give way. The lai
ter yielded
And the Mems argues that this is the cause Of a
the trouble. No statement could be more ground
eminent there has been a on slavery. StdreTI
IS what these aboliionsts agitating agains
They wfully shut their eyes to the truth who thin
that anything else than thelabotion of slavery Wi
appease the fanatics of the North 1t is the mos
dangerous of all errors to be incucated here IN tn
South, that the Black Republicans are organized
resist any particular act of legislation for vino
The South has asked. We must understand exact
the issue The repeal Of the Missouri compromis
has not extended slavery, and the camor which
kept up North and excused by the editor OF tn
Netrs, against that repeal is the false issue OF me
who strike at the institution of slavery. Fuslo
dare not be attempted with the Republicans witt
out the justification of their acts which IS attemp
ed by attributng the agitation we witness to II
Democrats in repeating the Missouri comproms
They are blind who do not see the motive and Il
hope.