The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-02-28
Hon. Henry waldrou.--His Position.

Hon. Henry waldron.- Position.
For some time past the Democratic
papers of this State, led on by that
reasonable sheet, the Detroit Free
Press, have been endeavoring to mis-
represent the position of Hon. Henry
Waldron, our member of Congress, by
quoting garbled extracts from areeent
letter written by him to citizen Of
Hillsdale County, and which was pub,
lished in Hillsdale County paper. The
letter, being private one, it can scarce.
ly be expected that it would be as
guarded in its expression as would have
been the case had it been intended
for publication. But in. the extract
quoted by these Democratic papers.
the following sentence occurs :-"The
sentiment of our delegation is that we
have nothing to concede, compromise
or apologize for.'' This is the, true SEN
timent The north has committed no
act of aggression upon the South has
interfered with mono of their rights,
and no reason can be urged why she
should coneede her own rights to the
South. The true position of Mr.. Wal
dron is more explicitly set fouth in .
letter written by him and recently pub
lished in the Hillsdale Standard, from
which we quote az follows: ssls ,
"What are we to compromiss |? what
il to be the basis of our settlement
Why are four Southern States in rebel
lion, and why do others propose to fol-
low themf What are the grievances
of which they complain, and which the
President calls upon us to redress? Let
us see if their demands can be made
subject matters Of compromise. Can
we compromise if we would? What do
the seceders ask of us? Let Southern
Senator state the grievance in his own
language. Mr.. Clay thus succinctly
gives the secret of the movement. In
a letter to some citizens of South Car
Dina he thus remarks of the free peo-
pie of the North: T2 alal1 -
"They are the most bitter, relentless,
and vindictive enemies we have on
earth Of course, we cannot
live under the same Government with
these people, u,aless zoe can control 1t. /"
ssThis is the.key to the compromise
The North must obey. The South
must control. The South has con-
trolled for many years through its pill
ant instrument, the Democratic party,
and now when the sceptre is passing
from slave oligarchy into the hands
of toiling millions, we are modestly
asked to reconsider the verdict, and for
the sake of peace allow an arrogant
minority to rule. Cloak, disguise, su-
gar-coat it as you may, compromise
means a reversal of the popular judg-
ment as expressed in November, and
it implies surrender of the fruits Of
that judgment. If it does not amount
to that, then it is worthless, as meas
use Of compromise.
"Now do not believe that enduring
peace lays in the direction of comprom-
ise-on the contrary each concession
only paves the way for another still
more degrading. The Democratic
party has tried the policy of yielding
inch by inch to the dictation of the
slave power and the result is before us.
That party has compromised away its
consistency, its selfrespect, its man.
hood, its power" 200 ~
The effort of the Democratic papers
has been to show that Mr.. Waldron was
aco-worker with the secessionists-that
he opposed compromises for the sole
purpose of keeping the South infamed,
and to hurry them on in their acts of
treason and rebellion. This the Free
Press and its satellites know to be false,
but it il not for the interests of their
cause to tell the truth. The reason
why Mr.. w aldron opposed the so-called
compromises il given above, and so
plainly that no one need be led estray
in regard to his true position and we
are entirely satisfied that his constitu-
ents endorse that position as eminently
just, right and proper. ~ $3.50 II
WuAT Is PALMETTO 2-The South