, 1861-01-14
Hon. ChAs. Francis Adams and His
Compromlse-Au-Ap Aple RaV1a1Es
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HOE. Chas. Francis Adams and his [
Compromlse-.Au-A Apls HeF1atgs
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:. On tho sixth OF November, the people Of the !
United 6tates tu:accordaues- will h:fhe Con&tf- :,
tuition thereof, chose ;Eieotors for President 4
aaa ~; yiee, M President; 7hose Eleetors, on the
twp Colleges aud IN accordance with usage and
1aw, cast attnaJoritys at their subtaga. for
Abraham Lincoln. tor President, and for Ham.
nl4al Hnmlln for Vlca.Pfesldent, WHO were
tlldrehy duly and coustit tutiopally aslected to
Of pdlce commences on:the 4ih Of March next,
nt which time, under the Constitution, they
viii be entitled to perform Ill tha" Functions
Vested In them by TINT instrument, and to re-
celfo the Obedience Of I'LL good citizens.
Eighteen times has q President bean chosen--
and Us often has he been checrfullY inaugural
cd hnd obcyed: All this, M mau living denies.
Nevertheless, before they have had an oppor-
tudtty to enter upou their dut4ea5 certain indl-
.viduals, comprising laIge majority in South
/: cafollna ind some other States, have threaten
I'd to defy tllelr authority, to prevent the exc
.,crtion Of all the l1ws OF the United States In
those States, nnd to make them foreign States
by secession. nulli1cation and Resistance. In
pursuance thcr Of they have taken violent
possession Of the arms and other property Of
the government Of the United States, have
committed divers other treasonablc:acts, and
purpose to resist BY military force those per-
sons in taking possession of tho. offices to
which they have been called by the voice Of
thc:AmeSicaA people.
Now, to appease this, -tTeasonable COM
;hinatlon, to quiet other communities supposed
- bc In greater or less sympathy. With 1t aud
7 1Eereby- to preserve the Union rs it Is, Ut us
much Of it IS possible, and obtain for Measra.
Lincoln and Hamlin o peaceablc accession to
! power, certain plans have been proposed. So
asr Us repetition of our disclaimers Of un-
constitutional purposes will do It, let such
! language be used. So far rs repetition Of
| our disclaimers of unconstitutional purposes
| will do it, let such disclaimers be made. But
other remedies .morr objectionable il1ve BEEN
| proposed. 1t Is advised in some quarters that
thc Republicans who elected those gentlemen
shall now abandon the niost cherish part of
/ t'ieir policy aud arrange tho government SO
that the new administration shall be impotent
+, to carry it out Tolo this, as We lumbIy con-
eciye, Is submitting tor-terrorisnl. 1t Is par
leyin:, with trcasop- It is turning our backs
towards We are if We, DO it-on principles
| NC have sworn to live aud die for. It il lnt-
j de1iiy to ourselves. 1t will make us contempt
bic In, history Abraham Lincoln has been
constitutional. Thcy arc patterned on tie
! policy Of Washington and Jedersou,. We
have NO britcs to cltr, no concessions to
| ulakc, no convictions to rccant to any man or
| body Of mea who threaten oE intend TO, resist
! h'a assumption Of his constitutional fuuc=
Now IS the time to meet this threat Of dis
| union, which, If yielded to, will conc again
and again to 1erange the business and peace
of the country, aud to defeat all just and sal
! utary measures: And II men are wanted from
/ Massachusetts and the Third District to de-
4 fend the Republic in this hour ofits peril they
! arc ready and Ouly wait the summons. II We
had been defeated in November hast, we 'sh6Afd
have submitted. as We always have doue, to
the rule Of the majority, andwe now demand
| %1.n% r,11.r ,f nM <-s4{
Massachusetts,, though tc & mlnorltYIh the
| past more than almost any State, has always
| thus gracefully submitted. We thought we
Ind won a. triump. for our country and for
freedom on November 9Th, aud the world
would hiss us from the stage II VIC allowed it
When Andrew Jackson was President, on be-
ing told in Cabinet Council by Edward Lir-
| ingstun tl.at measure under consideration
would probably raise clamor. he replied,
with an emphasis peculiarly lis own, 7 cara
nothing about elamors, cir, mark mol Ido
precisely mhat Ithink :j4a and riy1.t."- Inspired
by that sentiment, one noble nsn, more inter-
estcd personally than any other human being,
stands firm, stiftening the backs OF weak
brethren. and bidding them bate not I jot ol
These remarks We have made preparatory
+ to q criticism, painful 10 us, on the recent
| conrse Of Charles Francis Adams as u member
Of the Committee Of Thirty-thrce. According
to the received reports, he has on that Com
mittcc sustained two propositions, proposing
to the Constitution, providing that no dm<n6
nlent to that Instrument rcldtile- Ia s;uray shall
srer BE- made unless proposed tuo s1avs SAlte 1nd
adopted bv all tie tStatcs, The other is an act al
Congress enabling New Mexico to form State
I Constitution and to be admitted into The Enson
as q Stasc, trs or s!1te as aie shall come. We be
1ieve that in some reports this last PROPOSE
| tiou has been coupled with the admission o
Kansas, but We are not fully advised on thit
point The last measure was opposed, we un
derstand, by. Morrill, of Vermont, Tnpran O
New Hamphirc, Washbnrnc Of Wisconsin aue
Kellogg oi Illinois. We do believe that tht
two propositions are at variauce with Repnb1i
can doctrines and compromise the integrity o
| our cause
And first, Of tho constitutional amendment
| Ing ourselves and other generations to com,
By any new guarantees Of slavery. We TAXI
. the Constitution rs it is, and VIC mean to bt
faithful to ID. We have aisclaimed the powel
or the intention to abolish slavery III the Statci
by Congressional legislation. But We cauuo
clauses referring to slavery in that instrument
at the bidding Of the Save interest 1t ou
fathers arc to be excased for loing something
ofthe Kind when thty J were weak, aud III peril q
foreign or savage ioos, we have no excuse now
! when wc Nrc strong and In no such peril. 7
the s!aycholl;ng interest now maintains III.
| tho constitution docs not secure the perpctui
ty Of slavery, and prevent is being iitrrectl,,
! and accidentally discouraged by the North, vi
| answer that We know it, that We bless i;o&
that it does cot, aud our fathers did not iutcu'
TINT it shorll-
, The amendment is Objectionable, in the frs
: place, because 1t inlplie. that it is needed +
: secure the South against unconstitutional act
Of ours which We have always disclainlcd, car
! rying with it an Implication thut our dfscaiul
4, al y nSnrprn ntI mt I'm TnlfcT +
the second place, It -crcate3 an invidious dis
> ! elimination bctwee n communities within IT;
Jurisdiction Of the Constitution, unknown I,
$ our political system, allowing slave State Il
initiate amendments on one subject. and deny
ing the same power TO d free State. Such
discrimination Is personally offensive, All
conflicts with thc equality of States, In I'll
third pface, 1t assigns superior, dictAtoria
!. postion in the Constitution to the slave inter
4 rst, denied to the agrie ul.ural,or mauufaetul
:, Ing OF mining or commercial interest, or All
> | other interest or power in the country. IL
the fourth place, it foists into tho blanelcs
text Of the: Constitution the odious :wor
: I'"slaye,n which our fathers spurned. Lastl!
u t~it-is u humiliation unbccomtng the time an
We care not If other free State members {
the Committee may have csustaiucd Mr.. Adam
in this ;prorosition. Some of them are re
made Of the stuff We eoulA desire Of the be-
ter portion, he is the natural chief. And hot
l
/. treats ? : We know his JUST and mefitea Init
cncc, derived from his past career, his learning
his merited reputation, to- say nothing bl tt
cial and:ancektral considerations, and when h
went wrong, We can well appreciate how diff
cult II would hnvu been 'for others to renal p
, right -,
The second proposition, that rc'atIre to th
admission Of New AfcSicq, is eren mere vic,ou
than the first, because it i au abandonment, 4
: I VIC hunlb1y conceive, of doctriues VT have
: million times affirmed, aud because It's pract
; cal result may be to add, an immense elave r
! gion to our States. We do not Know, th
:. boundaries Of the proposed StaIe, but tha arc
I'll of New Mexico is 23S; 5507 squa:e miles; thist
q. times rs large as that Of Afassaehusetts-bf n
y means an indifferent territory: It lies cast
) Texas. We may remark in passing that
! Louisiana, Florida aud Texas were almItte
y into the Union us slave States because the
:: were Stare territories when acquired, certainl
New Mexico, dedicated TO freedom by Me1ica
la'E. should be preserved ltee Against oil char
: ccs aad experiments.
Tie rc:lsohs. ior Allowing tho people Of Ne,
Mexico to form Constitution and come int
o the Union ns free or adrs State, according
J. their choice, have not yet fully tnnspirc93 ] hu
|. We will consider thoso which have been +,
4 ported TO US through the newspapers, an
| otherwise. r :. =. ~
III the first place it is said that New Mc1ic
Is now entitled to be 80 admitted when ahe
prepared to become State, bS virtue ot an III
Tcseiaded contract contained In the act creatin
her. territorial government; which was one d
the series 6f Compromise measures passc
1 IN 1850 In tlrik act fh+ra 1yna. II rrt1Yisfn