Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-02-02
I'm Answer 10 "Fair Play.o

EDIToR JoURNAL-DEAR SIR :-Flattery con-
ceive TO be entirely out of place on subject of
so much Importance as your correspondent, " FAR
Playu attempts to present. | utterly disavow
any intention to " demolish" or send roaming
among the cold, Black Bruins" our Hon. Repre-
sentative, Burch. Pedant would be my proper
designation at any such attempt
On the authority of Thirty Years 10 the L.
s. Senate" by Hon. Thomas II. Benton. desire
to correct what either ignorance of the facts,
or an intentional oversight OH the part of Fair
Play" He asks " Who the first to ask
COMPROMISED = and adds, 3" We shall show it came
from the North" " In 1920 the North demanded
the Missouri Compromise, giving TO the North
nine tenlhs of The territorial domain Of the Uni
ted States, The South submitted to it, reluctant
ly. She accepted it as an alternative. The
responsibility therefore rested upon those who
demanded the aggression should be made" In
chapter 2nd page 9Th, Of the above-named work,
it reads as follows =" This Compromise 'Cas the
tcOrk of Tie South sustained by the United voice
of Mr. Monroes cabinet, the united voices of the
Southern Senators, and ma ajority of the South
crn Representatives" Be it here remembered,
that the Prince of secessionsts, John G. Calhoun,
was in Mr. MOnroe's cabinet. But continues the
history -" The unanimy of the cabinet has
been shown, implicitly in letter Of Mr. Monroe,
positively by the diary of John Quincy Adams.
The unanimty of the Slave States in the Senate,
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Journal not on the motion TO insert the section
constituting the Compromise, (for ON that motion
the yeas and nays were not taken) but on the
motion to strike 1t out when they were taken,
and showed thirty votes for the Compromise, and
fifteen against it-every one of the latter from
nQu slaveholding States-thc former comprehend
ing eUery SIave State uote present, and few from
the North" Here follows the names OF Senator's
voting on this measure. and can find only eight
Northern and Western men voting for it. Does
this historic record show that it came from the
North that the South submitted reluctantly p
that the responsibility oi the aggression rested"
upon the North2
How stood the House of Representatives on
this question Hear the venerable historian
again =" In the House there was some division
among Southern members; but the whole vote in
favor of it was one hundred and thirty four, to
forty-twO in the negative-the latter comprising
some Northern members, as The former did q ma
jority of the Southern This array Of names
shows the Missouri Compromise to have been q
Southern measure, and the event put the seal upon
that character by showing it to be acceptable not
reluctant then, to the South In ali possible
kindness, sir, advise " Fair Play" to read the
whole chapter; it will very much enlighten him
on this subject
TO the question " Who was the first to break
t?'-the Compromised prefer Mr.. Benton shall
again answer, In Vol. 2, Chap, is3, page E3a, of
" The last days of Mr. Polk's administration were
witness to an ominOus movemcnt-nothng less
than nightly meetings of large numbers Of mem
bers from the Slave States to consider the state
of things between the North and the South-to
show the aggressiOns and encroachmens (as they
were called OF the former upon the latter-tO
show the incompatibilty of this Union, and to
devise measures for the defense and protection
of the South. Mr.. Calhoun Uds At the b0ttom Of
this m0un'ent, which was conducted with eXtraor-
dinary precaution, to avoid publicity None but |
Shlce Stdfe members were admitted. No reporters |
were permitted to be present, nor any spectators |
or auditors"
Page 732.--" The question took regular sla- |
very turn, Mr.. Calhoun avowng his intent to be
to carry slavery into the Territories under the
wing of the Constitution, and openly heated as
enemies to the South all that opposed it. Having |
taken the turn of slavery question, il gdDe rise
10 all tie diSsensons Of which Ma subject had Jecome
the parent since The year 1885"
Page 733--" 1t is impossible to consider such
conduct any thing else than as one of tile deri
ces for forcing the issue wuh the North, which Mr..
Calhoun in his confidential letter to the member
Of the Alabama Legislature GUOaos to have been
his policy since 1885, and which he AYERS he
would then have effected ii the members from the |
Slave States had stood by him." VERIrAs.