Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-08-02
Vol. S--N0 3Oe

Chairman of the Committee on Territories, hs
originated the repeal Of the Mis.ousi Compromise.
and that le carried thst repsak through the Ssn.
hte, against the earnest remonslrnuos 6f wise and
disnores,cd men, most conspioaous among whom
were John Bell and Edward Eserssl, l,--speakink,
| the one for tho conservatives Of the South and
| The other for the conservatives Of the North, and
| both for tho peace and welfare and harmony Of the
| Union.
! lAt this point the speaker WAS Interrupted BY
| tho entrance Of large delegation from Canton,
who were received with hearty cheers. Newton
aud Dorchester followed in large numbers, with
banners aud trahspnrencies, and then came tho
Bell md Everett Central Club Of Boston. with the
transparency tho motto Of which Is THE Constis
tuition, tho Union, and the enforcement Of the
J laws These delegations woro received with enr
thnsastic cheers and applause. which they re.
turncd with unction II was then stated that
thcre was II gathering OF Ave thousand Ball aud
Everett mon outside tho hail. anxious for some one
to address them. whereupon Mr.. Saltastah vols.
untrored to perform that services, for which. ~
| was thanked by three hearty cheers. Mr., Curtis
then proceeded with hs address, first secnp,ula-
| ting ltle. TINT tho new oomers might undef-
stand tho connection
With TIN personal motives Of Mr.. Douglas Tor
that step. shall have nothing To do. They may
have been patriotic and pure. But il they were M
pure thu thought which aniu,stes III nrchangel,
tho wisdom, the propriety, and the consequences
| ol hls net remain for our eonsideratiun And in
| Judging "f thcsc are to lake along with US
! tho fact that no bodies of the people anywhere.
North or south demanded or suggested tho repeal
- lar judge, from tho revelations
Which hase been made since the unhappy quarrel
nmnng the Dem, cratic LADDERS began, the repeal
was undertaken rs n party measure, With q view
nI nscertaining whether tho party could not find
sume ground On which they cnnld oil unto for o
n,w method of dealing with the uljoct OF slavery
III tho Territories, A notable experiment Il was
t. ho sure; one by which tho welfare Of she
country. ils peace and its suiety, were put In
| jeopardy for tho sake Of constructing . new
platform for some Democratic aspirants to the
! Presidency.
A the repeal of tho Missouri Compromise was
tho fatal which Brought donih into the
world. and NIL our woe" brought into our world
It rencc and hopeful rest the miserable agitattons
mhch have almost anihilated tho sacred bonds Of
eur union --letmo state 70 you Whist understRnd
to have been the principle Of that compromise, Il
OF thpse settlements which tnnat Inc sitably
TAX" place. at times, in the administration cfour
government. between the conflicting claims VI ex-
,rrme sectional interests and feelings. Il is Of
comparatively little consequences, when such set
ll"ment has been made. whether II had more or
le.sof tho character of compact, or whether those
who originated, or who made II. acted In the rep.
rcsentnuve eharaeter OF sectional agents. Such .
settlement when made, and long acquossd In, do
ryos its iefimpor tancS from tho higher moral
nnd political obligations which IL imposes upon
/ ,uhlic men not to disturb that which has produ-
cei haraeny and peace which cannot DO distur-
bod without social dscord and danger 4
The basis OF the Missouri Compromise was. an
understanding. enacted into o law, thai NIL the
territory west of Missouri. and north OF the paval
! lei 36/ 30/, slavery should never exist. Ns un--
| dcrstahding was kind Of compensation. to tile
North for the admission OF Missouri into tho Uni
"n ~ slave State. But there was far and
reasonable Implication Involved in this settlement
than South of tho line Of interdiction slavery
might go. If future circumstances should require
tho adm isson.
Now this settlement proceeded upon the prinei-
pie that the condition of any organized Territory
| IN respect 10 this matter OF slavery, as in every
thing else, was to be determined by Congress, 40
tho common trustee Of tho public domain, and
such trustee acting of course in good faith TO.
wards both slaveholding and non slavehoding SEQ.
tons Of tho country This principle was as old
ns tho government itself. No other principle has
been acted upon. until the Democracy undertook
h lind n substitute 10: it, and found themselves
ruined in the effort, There 10 no other principle
which our government can be administered.
We may defy tho whole College Of Democratic
Doctors. lot them dispute or ever over, popular
sovereignty" "intervsntion and mon. .interven-
ton" let them define aud define again, from
Cincinnati to Charleston and hack until they have
defined thenseyes out Of all mutual understand.
ing of each others meanings--we may challenge
them TO find any other sonnder principle than this
| TINT Congress is the common trustee Of the public
domain, and that in organizing itinto Territories
| ior the preparation Of new States Congress has
political duty to discharge towards both sertions of
tho nonfederacy. This was the principle on which
| the Missouri Compromise was founded.
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