The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-01-26

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ne Report e - Osuss COMMITTEES.
The House Union 0oamittee has concluded
h lsborA reporting through Mr. Corwin, the
visvs Of what b. b p1sassd to call the Commit
sse, though less sha oajority Of the thirty
three who originally composed IL The report is
. lame attempt 70 show ~ South a willingness
70 compromise and ~ North an unwilliugness,
and hence follow very naasrally the usual results
Of an attempt to DIT bssween two stools 1t
falls to the ground and sxstes no notice in Wash
ington. The only proposition offered beside the
usual Union tw.ddis, and the prominent position
given to the minor points that nobody cares for,
Is q solution of the Territorial question by ma
king New Mexico stase forthwith This is
practically the Critssndsa Compromise, differing
from it in the fact that ~ Constitution is to be
unchanged, and that ill subsequently,. acquired
Territory 10 not affected. Otherwise it is simply
the main proposition Of Mr.. Crittenden, to di-
vide the Territories Of between slavery aud
freedom.
The acceptance Of this proposition is argued
BY NJ. Corwin and his associates (only three
Republicans, Adams, q Mass, Tappan, of n.
H., and washburne, Of Wis, objected to the
report in q manner which We commend to the
careful attention Of 1spsblicans Mr.. Corwin
says:
II is contended on the one hand, that in all
the territories now in possession Of the United
States, not embraced within the limits of any
State and lying south Of the parallel of latitude
Sc deg. 80 min. north, Slavery shall be estab.
Ished and protected BY Law Of Congress. The
territory thus defined co0prehends the now or.
ganized Territory Of New Mexico, including Ari'
soma, which last by Law Of Congress has been
attached to and made . part Of New Mexico
This Territory was orgsnized in 1880. BY its
organic Law the Territorial Legislature was au
thorized to enact laws and report them to Con-
gress. II was provided In the same act that il
Congress should disapprove the laws thus made,
they should be null and void
In the year 1850, the Territorial Legislature
of New Mexico established Slavery in that Ter
ritory. This law was alaulled at the last session
Of Congress, by Q vote Of TIE House, but the
Senate have not yet sotsd upon the bill. So the
law Of the Territory, not having been annulled
BY both Houses Of Congress, remains in full
force, and is thus established, a1d now exists by
law in New Mexico.
And having satisasd himself that Slavery
now legally exists there, he is anxious to make
Il Slave State, and laboss hard to bring up the
population TO sufficient number to prevent the
thing from being absurd. Having got thus far
from the Republican ground, Mr.. Corwin and
his Republican friends state dogma, whose
truth their constituents will be 10th to admit,
that
"By this course tho faith Of the nation,
pledged in the act of 1850, will be preserved and
the Territory south Of thirty.six, thirty, dis
posed Of"
This is too near Nr. Douglas doctrine that
the refusal to extend sAa& line to the Pacific, was
a repeal Of it, for u to readily embrace it.
The report then contains a pettyfoggng arga
nent to prove that this restores the equilibrium
between the free and slave States, and is gener'
ally a concession of the claims of both sections,
without any sacrifice Of principle on the part Of
either.
And yet after all, Mr.. Corwin's anxiety to con-
coct the scheme IL not worth the paper on
which it ID made, and produces no impression
whatever It is regarded by the South as a
weak attempt to show . spirit of compromise
where no compromise II intended, and by the
North as a partial backsliding from its position
Both sections alike will demand more open
and straightforward course, if anything is to be
accomplished
GREEDr.-The action of the seeding States in
matters touching the authority of the General
Government, furnishes . rare subject to the stu
dent of human nature. The fable of the white
man and Indian who went out hunting together,
has special application in this case. The Ian
guage of the insurgents to the Government is,
"Ill take the turkey and you take the crow; or
you take the crow and I'll take the turkey
They claim, and by . reasonable exercise of
force, take possession Of the Federal property
within their reach, and seize upon the public
money in their midst. They assume the right to
make prizes Of the Federal shipping, whenever
it comes into their ports. T'tey decree, by their
ordinances, that the confedersey is at an end
and that the authority Of the Federal Govern
ment is at su end. But ct the same time, they
claim the protection OF National statutes, AS far
as they can make the same beneficial. They alb
solve themselves from al responsibility to the
Government; and insist upon the faithful fulfill
ment of all the duties Of that Government to
ward them. They claim tariff advantages under
National law. and tariff proceeds under indie
pendent State" Law. They deny Uncle Sans au'
shortly in their donations; and require Post
Masters to continue their connection with tina:
avuncular myth, in order that they may receive
Northern remittances, and enjoy the luxury of
destroying "incendiary documents" They pub
fish tidings from other States under the head OF
"foreign news while their Senators and Repre-
sentatives sit in the National Councils, and
claim the right to speak and vote on matters OF
National policy.
They now go one step further; and, through
their Representatives in Congress whose su-
thority they refuse to recognize, they propose to
sit on the effects of the defunct Republic, and
settle its estate by = partition of its property
among the heirs. When the people of this coun-
try contend for the spoils, over the dead body of
the Republic, there will be beautiful scene for
the historian. Forbearance on the part of the
better portion of the Coniederacy will then cease
to be Q virtue. If the loyal States cling to the
present Government, We cannot see by what pro-
cess division Of property can be made. The
property of the United States cannot become the
property of any seeding portion, save by rob-
berry. If the Southern States desire to retain
Federal property, they must do it, not by seced-
ing, but by driving US out If they expect that
the loysl portion Of the country will quietly SUBJ
init to the forcible seizure of that property, or
even treat for its cession, they hug delusion.-
If they resort to force in the establishment of
their demands, they must expect US to do the
same in the maintenance of our rights.
sB- What change hes come over the spirit of
the dream Of the Democrats, in regard to the
insur,ection question: A short time since, they