Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-12-27
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From many quarters in the Northern and some in the
Southern States various projects of compromise or adj
iustment are being brought forward but as yet with
little Of no effect since of these projects came with
apv more authority than that attaching to their indvid
ual proposers.
One of the compromises is-Thurlow Weed of the
Albany Ggsntng Journal, the especial organ of the
Sewa party in the State of New York. Weed came
out some time since with propositions of some kind
which were met by the majority of his party with the
cry OF No More Compromises -" No Backing
Down. etc. His propositions consist in the passage of
what be calls sufficient, but not revolving Fugitive
Slave Bill and that its passage should be followed by
the repeal OF all the Personal Liberty laws" He
would reenact and extend tie Missouri Compromise
lire, or go for Squattel Sovereignty That is one
scheme inadmissibe and unsatisfactory to the South
yet meagre as it is secuted by the North if we are to
judge by the tone of the Republican papers there.
Another queer document is petition to Congress,
by VIM. Wheeler Hubbel, of Philadelphia attorney at
lay, citizen of Pennsylvania, who is the owner OF
slaves and real estate in South Carolina The petition
also sets forth that said Hubbel is the inventor and
patentee of the explosive shell with which all the she'll
guns of the United States Navy provided, to
the amount of fifty thousand. He says that by express
contract he placed the United States in possession of
said SHE'LL but the United States has not paid for the
same, according to contract.
He maintains that his rights of property in slaves and
other effects, invaded by the Northern States by
the election of officers issues involving the exclusion
of such effects or property from the Territories of the
people of the United States, as lawful right. He
claims that he has right to take his slaves to the
territories, and be protected in holding them. He
complains of the personal liberty bills of the Northern,
and of the secession of the Southern States. Upon the
whole be thinks his case hard one The North in
vades his right of property and the South appears will
ing to sacede and carry it away with her and most pro-
voking of all, his invented shells, for the
which the United States has not yet paid him. may be:
used to iDure his property in Charleston in the event
of a collision. Therefore, MIR. Huhbell begs Congress
to arrange matters on the following basis:
The establishment of the Missouri line, with posi-
tive protection to slavery in oil the Territories be-
low that line. An amendment of the constitution,
providing for the choice of President and VicePres
dent ofthe United States, from the North and South of
such line alternately. An amendment that the
members of the Supreme Court shall come equally from
each Section and the number be uneven then the odd
one to come from the District of Columbia.
The UaLue of the Save property to be recovered from
any county wherein the Fugitive Slave law is violated
under any pretence in any by the rescue Of
the slave from the custody of the Of his agent
or of a United States officer.
All State acts relating the rendition Of Fugitive
Slaves to be promptly submitted to the adjudication of
the Supreme Court to decide upon their constitutonay
The right in transitu with African slaves or other
property from State to another, to be protected.
Also, the right of soourning for limited time with
family servants in any State 10 be protected.
Mr.. Hubbel will hardly get his amendments.
We might alude to various other programmes, all of
which may be brought forward in good faith, or m9y
mott is hard to say. People want something eftc-
tive They want cure-not palliaton. No part OF
the country and no kind of business could long stand
the crash Of such times now upon u.s. or submit
to their recurrence. satisfactory solut0n or separa
ton, is the only thing left.
We see queer movement by James E. Kerrigan,
the newly elected member of Congress from the fourth
district of the city of New York. 1t to contem
plate military organization to check any Republican
attacks on the South 1t is said already to number
some fifty companies and three thousand men. 1t is a
rather strange affair.