Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-01-09
The Critienden I.ropesilios,.


The Senate Committee Of Thirteen have
rejected the eOmPromise measures 81 Mr.
Criiienden, de leader Of the conservative
Talon party aud the lm,Aella,e Successor
~ Nc clay Ia the confidence Of tina, class
NJ people AMI politicians who cling to what
is eallcl conservative policy, taking the
traditions Of hygcAe days for rules Of pres
en-, aclioa, and patching up out Of the rot
ten and mclh-raicn party dogmas' an eth
zeal ahl political code for the adjustment
Of tie gIaycst matters of State, The grand
rcavL Ut Intellect that so highly distinguish
81 the Immortal clay aud his great powers
of adjustment, have been thought To have
A PARALLEL ia the case Of Mr. criIienden'-
This venerable Senator forgetting In
manner the time serving policy Of his be-
loved conservatism, makes hold move TO
settle the yeIed question and offers, Ms a
means Of paelfeation what he concel'es
will satisfy the South, The proposal con-
sisls of plain and just demands, PerhaPsnO'
strong enough, hut sufficiently so to prove
his determined purpose, The COMMITTEE re-
ieci,d Ais proposal, This COMMITTEES con-
sisted of Mrssrs, srowcll, Hunter, Criiien-
den, Seward, Toombs, Douglas, collamer
Davis, Wade, Bigler Rice, D"OlilIle aud
Grimes; the northern sentiment prevailing
over the southern. Their action has alarm
ed the conservative mind throughout the
Union. The moderate Border States are
frightened aud nre preparing for action
Kentucky has not been regarded, aud her
pridc aud galantry are aroused. Mr.. Crit
tcndcn deserved the respect Of the Commit
tee, us the leading Union man Of the Sem
ate. But hs proposal has been promptly
rejected, aud with such decision ms TO cause
him 10 say, There i. 10 hopcl" then Ken
lucky will so with her southern sisters
Whatever comes from so respectable
source ns the venerable Senator from Ken
lucky will be received with interest. We
give in a condensed form the substance OF
his Incorporation. His great desire
seemed tn be equal justice to all and as
regards the common territory, lie proposed
the restoration ofthe Missouri Compromise
line, and it. cYtcntion TO the Pacific, not
Hypothetical and obnoxious to repeal by
the rise mud fall Of future parties, but by a
positive aud irreyocable line, determined
md fixed in the Constitution as perpct-
n. IL .nl nf
his amendments to the Constitution, and
differing materially from the first Missouri
Compromise line, in many respects, being
positive, defined, and extending through
every degree Of longitude to tho Pncihc
ocean.
lie also asks that Congress shall have no
power to prohibit slavery in the Statesmen
to obstruct the transportation Of slave prop
ertS by land or sea from one portion OF the
Confcderacy to another, whether through
free or slave States; nor to abolish slavery
in the Di.trictof Columbia, the Forts, Dock
yards, sysenals and other public works
nor to p event government officers, members
of Congress &c. from taking theirs!aVes'n'o
the District, nor to interfere with the slave
interest in any manner or form, save in the
cffcetual suppression of the African Slave
trade.
The remaining features Of the proposition
relate principally to the faithful execution
of the Fugitive Slave Law, envesting Con-
gress with the power to pay the owner OF
slave his full value, when prevented by
force from recovering his property; and
that the county in which the rescue is made
shall refund to Congress the money paid
out for said slave. He called for repeal
of all the State Laws interfering with the
execution of the Fugitive Slave Law &C.
These amendments were all to be perpetual
and. not subject to" future amendment
These, fair Il. they seem to be, were decld-
eddy rejected, land hence the alarm which
has seized upon the conservative mind, and
made Mr.. Crittcnden secessionist.
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