, 1860-11-27
ANOTHER DOSE OF COMPHO1IISE:
PILLS.

ANOTHER DOSE OF C0MPHO1IISE:
PILLS.
We nrc approaching that stage Of the
disunion disease now raging below the Po-
:omoc, where the North is supposed TO be
sufficiently frightened to take another dose
Of Compromise" medicine to cure The
body polite. The Cotton States roar dis
union. The Free States are expected to
trclnblc. The border Slave States step for
ward us peace makers, and announce that
II tic North will again surrender another
part Of her rights, the Cotton States will be
indnced to remain L while longer in the
Union.
In an article on this subject the other
'iav, We pointed out the concessions thai
might possibly be demanded from the Free
States We embraced everything in thu.
schedule that wo supposed slave-dririnr
iMrudcncc would have the brassincss Il
ask. But our catalogue fell considerably
short Of the conditions which are to be cx~
acted. We find the terms Of compromise
set forth in the Richmond EnquiTr-.hc
organ Of the Breckenridge party in Virgil
mia. 1t speaks the sentiments of what i,
called the Conservative Democracy" or
moderate flre-catcrs" Of the South-,ar-
t!cnlarly OF the tobacco and slaye-breedinr
rs distinguished from the Cotton States.
We copy the article from the Richmond
oracle for the benefit Of those in the. West
who are disposed 10 counsel the Free States
to hack down and surrender TO the firc-cat-
ers. Let the free people Of the North see
exactly what is required them to prevent
tho Seccsslonists from withdrawing from
the Union, We want them to carefully
count the cost Of maintaining union with
tho 1irceaters until the latter shall see fit tc
makc new cxac1ions. ln forty years there
have been four Compromises TO '"sayc
the Cnion,' last two within ten wears.
aud now there is a demand for the fifth
First, We had the Missouri Compromise.
The Free States were required to surrender
10 tue SHAREHOLDERS all the settled and most
valuable portions Of the French purchase.
That territory, when acquired, was free by
the laws Of Trance. The North, for the
Sake Of tho Cnion," gave up Louisiana.
Arkansas aud Missouri, and I'LL south o1
sc deg. 30 min. Of latitude. To an oliEarcl,y
numbering hut one-t'ceIf1h Of the *hitc pop
ula1ion Of lilo Nation. In this disastrous
surrender, free labor lost the magnificent
St.te of Missouri, which BY soil, climate
and productions was peculiarly adaptcd to
trcc labnr-as much so, in lact. as Illinois
or Pennsylvania.
7hc second "Compromisc" came in
1892. South Carolina demanded the repeal
Of the protective system intended 10 foster
and dcvelopc American industry, aud rcn-
DIR Our pcup!: independent Of Europe
III workshops. The Compromise in this
case, consisted Of 4 caritulalion III which
the Cotton States carried their point. The
effect Of this compromise was the great
financial crisis and crash ri 1881, lit whicl,
the industrial interest Of tho Free I.abor
States were prostratcd, tens of thousands
hankrurted, and their material progress put
hack ten ycars. But South Carolina WIS
concilitacd, and agreed 10 stay in the Union
little longer.
Eighteen years passed, and then came
Compromise number 1l,rcc-tlat Of 1850,
War was made Oil Mexico IL acquire do
i':in for Slavery. The yast territory of
Texas w:s given up TO the trc.eatcrs. All
the remaining Mexican acquisition wa. left
o3rl 10 the Shareholders, andthc atrocjous
Fugitive SLAVE Law was l'assed,-an act
which subvcrts the fundamental principles
Of common law, tramples upon Justice, AMI
shocks the moral sentiments ofall just n,cn.
it was devised and enacted for the express
purpose Of insulting aud hu2,iliating tic
North, and breeding riots, rescues anu re-
sistance. Such was Compromise number
three
Only four years are allowed 10 pass until
more concessions were required from t1c
North. It was demanded that all the r.
naming territory acquired ~ the French
purchase, should he opened to the intrusion
"fslavery. The Missouri Compromise Act.
prohibiting slavery north Of $3.50, was
.,lottcd from the statute book. The
Dred Scott dccisiou 1vas made which &C.
clarcd that the Constitution recognized
property in man, and that colored persons
had no rights which white men are bound
10 respect; thai sll the public domain was
open 10 tho occupancy Of the s1aYe holder.
But as the lust straw broke the camcl:s
back, so tie patient, enduring, ovcrtasked
people Of the North, refused to ratify this
last treaty made between the f1re-eatcrs ani
The doughfacc apostatcs. The sacrifices
were loo large, both Of principle and inter-
est. The North Was required TO yield eyc-
rytling, and tile Shareholders nothing. The
free labor masses resolved TO put stop to |
this business before all their rights werc |
bartcred away. And in strict accordance
with tho Constitution they have elected a
President and Vice President, instructed /
to administer the government according to
the Constitution, and to resist the farther
cncroachments Of the tire-eaters upon their
tracts Tor late delivery One lot Of 7Ra~f Naih,