, 1860-12-24

1er now in the Presidential clair. :
PREMIUMS ON FIL1BUsrRHINE,
Regarding it as party measure, we dc
monstrated yesterday the rank untairness
md injustice of Senator Crittcndan's pro
posed amendment to the Constitution,
whereby all the Territory south Of Sc deg.
30 min is to be irrevocably devoted to
Slavery, under the control and protection !!
Of the American Congress, We showed
TINT that question ofa Congressional Slave
Code had just been submitted to the peo-
pie, and that they had decided against. it
by a majority Of not less than two millions
ofyotcs. We to-day diyest the questions
involved Of all party considerations, and
prove TINT the amendment will be terribly
.nischievous, If not nearly fatal, in its op~
cration-as once inimical to the national
peace and certain provocative Of ills ten
fold greater than those against which the
country now contends.
IT, after the privilege Of buying and sel-
ling men and working them without pay,
there is anything wllish tie people Of the
Cotton States are cositending for, it is tie
extension Of slayery into the semi-tropical
countries which lie on the Southern bor-
der Of onr national domain. They are I'M
PEELED tc it By the supposed necessities Of
the institution itself which is improvident
and wastefu1 and by the desire to add new
slave-holding States to the Union rs acces-
bions to their now waning political power
They fear, and with some justice, that ser
vile labor will so exhaust and jmpovcrisl
the soil Of the now slave States, that it will
become Improbable and compel the aban-
donmeut Of tho system; and they know
that the rapid progress and development Of
t5o North now furnish basis Of govern
ment which will hereafter make that eec~
tion respected if it does not ab
solutely give law to the Republic. These
considerations are ercr present in the cal
culations of Southern politicians. They
enter into the organization Of parties and
largely influence and to great extent con.
troll the election Of Presidents and thu ap
poip:ment Of Cabinets. Let us now sup
pose that this amendment proposed by Mr.
Crittcndcn becomes part of the funda
mental Inv, that all territory south Of &
deg. 80 min. is given up to slavery-thc fl
1ibustcring would once beg in. New ant
more powerful expeditions would be tlttct
out for the rich and fertile States Of Cen
tral America Predatory bands wou1t
swarm on the Texas frontier, ready upon
word Of encouragement to crowd over init
Mexico, aud, upon tho plea Of protectin!
tue Border from The rayages Of the Incl
ans, seize upon and hold as many provin
ces as they could occupy. Sonora an
Lover California would be ovcr1un and b.
and by annexed; and wherever, south II
the division line between freedom
and slavery, an inch could be gaitl
cd, that inch would be had. Ag
tation for Cuba would at once bc.ir
andbefore three years had elapsed, we sloul
be Mt war with halt tue world
Nothing but the wholesome fear that Il,
North would lever consent TO the cnslart
1nent Of any part Of Mexico, LAS, during Il,
last ten years, maintained the integrity
that Republic Takeaway that fear by en-
bodying in the Constitution provisio
that territory snuth Of the division line mu
be slave if acquired, and there il no pow.
in the government that will he able to pr
vent tue cncroachments upon our ncigl
bora that we have pointed out
Now, who supposes that all this can |
done without new and more alarming p
liticA commissions: Who supposea Il,
the Frec-soil sentiment Of the North il
dead, by reason Of its recent victory that
would not rcmonstrate against what Il
Cotton statcs would surely attempt? ri
supposes that the rapacity and greed
Slavery is so abated by defeat that it wou
not move all the powers of earth and h
to accomplish, its purpose? And who
simple enough to believe that its desi
could he baulked without its resorting
the reasonable threats and practices w1i
are now conv1llsing the country from Mai
10 Georgia:
No, HI. Crittendcn, it is too late to Of
premiums to filibustcring. The count
desires peace, not as the result Of ko'
wrctchcd compromise, t1lat will not outl'
the occasion which gavc it birth; |
peace on IN enduring basis Of cquali y u
Justice. It wants to offer no new temp
tions to The lawlcssness Of Slavery. It
sires no tampering with the Constituti
which has wrought SO glorious work
p this American Republic Our territory,
tits, the Constitution and the laws Is Il
nrc written, and the Union as the faith
made it-these are the points upon VII
no compromise can be made.