The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-01-12
.THE5fil..A,llWk-
o.ss..s1...,s os.pr..,...

O6Stto0OOoV OO9UeOOouoo. ,.l.tf
Il sppears that n. CHtssndsnb Compromise,
which has beea fos sons tins standing on its
lass less Is being given new importancs. by
self constituted triean,d calling itself commit
~ Of the border S...sa and By certain memo,
,isls proposing submissien Il the compromise
y popular vote. Many Of these propositions
se cannot sssenuously object 70. The repeal OF
II he personal liberty balls. II they are uncon-
We should advocate strongly. The
,eohibition Of the African Slave-trade We also
insist upon The denial Of the right or DISPOSE
lion 70 interfere With slavery in the States, We
NE willing 70 assent 40 willingly % desired. The
question Of the prohibition Of the inter State
Slave. trade, or interference with the institution
10 the dock yards, srsenals, and the District OF
whether right or not, is thing that
our party has never given any consequence 70.
We would even be willing - reconstruct the
Fugitive Slave Law, &c IL can be done with sin
esrs disposition to make Il constitutional in all
reypecsa But all these are mere surface-diving.
They do not touch she greater points In contro
very, and their adoption would give no satisfac
ton to any State. TIE great question in thr
whole compromise, before which tile others
sink into insigni6cance, 10 The extension Of the
Missouri Compromiss line 70 the borders Of Cali
fornia, prohibiting Slavery North Of il, and al
lowing il South. -, .-..,
We have heretofore given cur reasons for th'
opinion that this proposition should receive nc
favor from Republicans, and shall not repea.
them, but We are snxious TO know what good ii
70 be accomplished BY it, passage.
II il not pretended that sh,s is asked by, or
that Il would At eli sasisfy, he extreme South,
bus only the border Ststes. South Carolina, for
example, tells 10 that even the concession OF ev-
erything would not restrain her from her present
course. and the fnality Of Toombs aud Davis Is
no such modest request - NJ. Crittsnden's. bit
. demand to lesalze slavery in every part Of the
common Territories With the Cotton States,
then, Il Is to have no effect It Is not to save
the Union, but to prevent Virginia, Maryland,
Kentucky and Ms souri from committing suicide
BY joining in its dissolution.
But suppose it would be . satisfactory concili-
alton 20 preserre he Union, Of wba; value is it
when the Union is once broken? South Caro-.
Ina tells US that she is jistinct nationality +;
Florida probsi,ly, hss ere this followed her lead,
and before any compromiss can be passed,
Georgia, Alabama, and perhaps others, will dc
the same. Can compromises bring them back
II they are once out, - they claim, (of course
We do not admit the claim,) then the Union is
already dissolved, and it is folly to talk of pre-
venting its dissolution, or to ask of US the re-
cogu,ion of obnoxious doctrines to prevent a
deed already contaminated. We see no practi'
cal benefit to result from the movement, att:
until We DO, we cannot strl,ify ourselves, by
abandoning the principles Of our platform.
Mr.. Buc hanan's stand ON Secession.
The President has at last taken II respectable
position, announcing hereafter . determination
to uphold the lave, and lend NO aid nd con,toi I
to the secessionists The message lately sent to
Congress is something new for Mr.. Buchanan
We fad nothing of Northern efforts to abolition
lie the country, and no eulogiums upon the South
for her patience and forbearance, but he simply
upholds Major Anderson and promise to col
lect the revenue. The country would praise
him for this action if it had been done two
months ago, for then Il might have nipped in the
bud the present troubles, BY the unequivocal
assertion that every attempt at treason, would
meet certain and summary punishment But az
ter his hypocritical message at the opening OF
Congress, his promises to, and fears Of Cobb and
Floyd and Thompson, and his weak and imbecile
policy since, we fear that Mr.. Buchanan is not
entitled to unlimited credit for his present stand
but that the pressure of public sentiment, and
the determined attitude of Mr. Holt, ito whom
beyond all Others. be all honor,) Mr.. Black, Mr.
Stanton, and Mr.. Toucey, members Of the CAbi
net, who threatened to resign If any differen
course was pursued, are the moving causes.
Still it 10 better late than never, aud if Mr.
Buchanan labors hard to do his duty for the su
ture, We shall be disposed to give all deserve
praise, and to,get, 40 far a. possible, his man
shortcoming 60 in the past And we think tn"
having once overcome his constitutional tmidi
v.
having once crossed the Rubicon,-it vii
hardly be possible to turn back. Mr.. Bucnana
is very sensitive to public opinion, and grieve
much tina. he has lost public respect. When
sees the spontaneous outburst Of admiration
Major Anderson. and witnesses, as he does daily
how every indication Of frmness on his part
auxiously watched for, he will not be likely
recede The ordering of re-inforcements to Fl
Sumpter, the nomination of Nr. AcIntire as Co
lector at Charleston, the summary dismissal {
the South Carolina ambassadors, and the COZ
te,nplated trial Of Tsombs for high treason, ia
item for whose truth we are unwilling to vouci
however, are steps in the same direction, full
committing the government, and the bitter pei
sonal invective OF Senator Davis, against tn
President, shows that the secessonists expect t
win no more favors from him.
Tn PRESIDENT eanders little into his old t
mildly in proposing n submission Of Crittendcn
compromise, to 4 vote Of the people; to whlc
proposition, we have only 70 ray, that that yer
compromise tcds submitted to the people no loi
eet a6o euS otu VI A>SsSusoSs 'sesS "">
their vii IN regard to the Territories was clearl
expressed. How much more timidity will h
shown when the message comes entire, we do n,
know, but we trust that il will be characterize
by as firm tone as 10 indicated in the telegrap!
ic synopsis. We are certain, however, that ii
views will be far different from the previous pr
sitions of Mr.. Buchanan, and more like the q
position OF Gen. jackson. II SO, We trust the
may he followed by the came effects.
DISTRICT CUrRE-The District Court con
menced ,ts session in this city, OH Monday, judy
Springer presiding. Little was done on the ii
day Yesterday thu Grand and Petit Juries wei
en,panell,d, and the Grand Jury proceeded
the discharge of its duties. Several civil case
were called up during the day, none Of whic
were Of any public interest
O
RUyUS CAoArE ON CALHOUN AND NULLIFIcA
rios-A recently publisned volume" Memoir
of the late Prof Geo. Bush, contains sewers
characteristic letters from Rufus Choate. Frol
one of them. written in 1889. when Choate n