The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

Now. this was NO fanasical opposition. Fa- |
nattctsm had not then commenced II was 2
mere contest for power, and the Nortnefn
souri,. They were equal with W and their nc. |
tion looked 10 power for the future. 1t was |
on their part to hold the con- |
troll Of the country, when, uniortnnateiy iof
promise. Now, = compromise should be some |
thing in which both parties make a conees- |
sion. This was not such an one. The South
proposed that line should be drawn At $3.50,
and that all the territory North Of that should |
be given up to free-soii institutions but NO |
provision was made for territory this side
As the matter then stood, the NsrtR gained
sas, and the South only Missouri, Arkansas
and part Of the Indian territ0ry-the last of
which is yet to be tested. We gave ground
where giving ground was destruction, and
gave the North a sufficient number OF our vo-
ters to produce the result we are now feeling.
[The letter Of Jefferson, written in 1870, rela-
tive to the Missouri Compromise, In which he
alludes 10 the ominous signs Of the times.
striking our ear likes 50 fire bell in the night"
saying that IA geographical line onceconceived
and held up for the passions of men, can never
be obiiterated,' and that he considered 1t the
"knell Of the Union," was then read You
observe the remarkable language of Mr. JEFF
ferson. Is that not prophecy Has notevery
word been realized That line has now begun
to be traced in fire, and part in blood. The line
Was drawn, but We supposed that it would not
years af.erward there began to tinkle little
bell. which has grown louder and louder, TIL
its changing may be heard all over the Union.
II is the bell of fanaticism. In 1885 petitions
began to be presented to Congress for
the abolition of slavery in the District OF
Columbia. They were met am sorry TO
say, as our Southern men too often meet
those movements-by a compromise. DO
they not see that this is but the entering
wedge, and tina. it will 60 far to effect slavery
throughout the country! Congress deter
mined that these men had n right to petition.
Now, If England and France were in alliance,
would there be n right for the subjects Of one
to petition against the institutions OF the
other! Is there not a condition lmplled, tnat
if England does not like the Government OF
France, she shall not interfere with 1t = W as
not that the principle in which our Union
was founded, and yet Congress admitted these
petitions and laid them on the table, saying that
they had no right TO go further, there giving
foot-hold to that agitation, which has since
shaken the country. 1t is important in this
aspect of affairs, to know that it was toreseen
by those on our outposts. will bring to
your attention the effort in the Senate by Mr.
Calhoun, in 1888, to stop these fanatical inter-
ferences and the results he predicted would
follow. IA portion of one Of Mr.. Calhoun's
| speeches on the right of petition was here
read, in which he contends that the South was
degraded by the reception of such petitions
| by Congress, and that if its legitimate conse-
quence ensued, she could not stay In the
Union.] Gan any commentary on these words
be stronger than the proceedings OF the
recent meeting IN the city of Boston, in
| which we are told that they (the petitions)
had succeeded in producing the results which
| the great prophet had foretold! In another
part Of the same speech Mr.. Calhoun said that
| he saw working at the bottom of these move
meuts spirit of persecution which had
drenched the Christian world with blood two
| centuries ago. Now, this was in 1888. What
| was the first fruit OF this agitation Mr.. CAL
| houn had described it as zone man undertake
ing to judge the duties of anot1 j." The first
bond broken was the Christian union, that
| sentiment which unites a man TO his neighbor
| in fellowship with his God. 1t first made the
men of the North say that they would not re-
| main in Christian bonds with slaveholders.-
The meek followers of the Son OF God who, in
Galilee and Judea, looked down npon ter
ritories filled with slaves-nay, whose frs;
act was to give up, good and sound, a
slave to his Roman master. The fol.
cannot hold friendship with the holders OF
| slaves, nor worship with them at CON-
mon altar. Do they not profess thai
| the Bible is common 70 us all, and have
they repudiated Saint Paul himself; and il
Paul could take Il fugitive slave he had con.
| yerted, and send him back to his master, could
not they! Surely, ii in a region like the Ro
man Empire, with millions and millions O
slaves there could be union from the Euphrates
to the pillars of Hercules if Vandals, Gotht
and Ostra-Go oths could live in one communi
ty. how comes it that we cannot rest in Ameri
ca with men Of one race, and with common
|
effects the whole under current of society, ant
is it to be supposed that those who reject oul
Union in religious matters, on account OF 1t
will 60 with US in other matters. DO you no
He said that "the deluded agitators must b.
told that our institutions are no affair o
theirs.'' Now, shall presently show that in
| stead of these agitators being told thls. w
have surrendered at discretion. We hav
now shown the admixture OF iahaticism wiu
the element of power, and we shall now show
the combination OF the two.
|, The admission of Texas was the next grea
point raised in the history of the country
Texas had been refused admission to tn
Union by several Presidents, and the tim
that it was brought distinc tly to notice was il
| 1S45 when it was seen that England had takel
( notice of the opposition. The Worlds Con
vention met in London, and New Englan
| sent representatives to 1t. The great desire Q
E the Worlds Convention was to exin
!, guish slavery. and It proposed to Lor
0 Aberdeen to make q loan to the Republic G
Q | Texas, provided the money should be used
| abolish slavery in the Southern States-tha
q Republic being on their border. There was
: debate in Parliament, IN which Lord Hr9ug1
e and its capacities, and recommended to uni!
a | with it in the abolition of slavery in othe
n American States. He inquired Of Lord Abel
. deem what the Ministry had done on the sui
r iect. Lord Aberdeen replied that he coul
= not open the correspondence to the Hous
I but that England was endeavoring to brin
|. about a satisfactory solution OF the question
Again, do we owe our preservation to Vii
. ginia. Just then John Tyler took his seat
;. The man who had filled the Office before hiu
e and who would have carried out Lord BrOugl
s | ANS views, whether he knew them or not, hs
d been set aside by the people. and the prov
q dence of God had elevated Mr.. Tyler. job
!, TYLER called Abel Upshur, q distinguished sc
Il of Virgins, to his councils. They entered in
r. correspondence with the Minister Of Texa
: but Just when the plan was being consuu
; | mated a mysterious Providence removed nj
! | JJpshur by the explosion on board the Primo
!. ton John Q. Calhoun took his place, and
r fourteen days the treaty with Texas was sign'
). and ready for execution. This treaty not on
:. rescued Texas from Abolitionism. but if Lo
Bfougham was right rescued the whole Sout
,e But these gentlemen who made the trea
!. | could not execute it. Just then PRESIDENT
n | nomination was to take place and this gre
- question entered into IT, Mr.. Van Buren, a.
- | Mr. Clay came out on the same against the a
~ | mission Of Texas, aud the treaty failed. IS
20 | there arose voice Of Indignation througho
- | the land which resulted in the destruction
| both these men. The change was so gre
IA that at the next Congress the treaty was
= | tified only three days before President Tyl
.. | vacated his Office. The next President desi
is ed to recall the messenger with the treaty,
"a | was too late. Texas was then admitted, 81
rt the act of admission provided that she mig
4 be divided into five slave States. At tn
m time there were twenty. six states In the Y MI
o. the North and South having thirteen eac1
Z, and out of territory there were five to be ad
q ed to the North. They already had major
- | ty Of the House of Representatives and the
q was no further need OF an addition
J. their power. If this state Of things had ]
x mained, the balance Of power would have be
IN | continued; but, unfortunately, the next ye
-. the Mexican war took place, and the Wilm
g Proviso was attached to an appropriation
m providing that no money should be expend
:. - for the AGO uisiti0n of territory from Mexico
~ | which slavery should exist. Southern stat
"a | men were opposed to acq ulring more territol