Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-01
- Matter On Evsrv &C.
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We have been Informed BY telegraph TIA
Tie Washington peaes congress, after its on
erous deliberations Of more than three weeks
mas at last agreed upon some nsssurs az cad
Jasiment," which, we are told, Is : modi6a
form OF Che GVrRRIE plan. Without pre-
tending 81 present to diseass at any length ii
total insuhciency upon the whole, as a mean
Of protection te the rights Of the South, VI
only desire TO Slluds to one Of its isolated fea.
lures, relating to the questicn, Of ne terri'o.
RES.
his modification, proposed sone DAYS siuel
BY Mr.. FRAyKLE, Of Pennsylvania, 90 fer a,
we remember, provides that in all the "prescn.
territory Of the URited States not embraced by
the Cherokee treaty, north Of the parallel Of
thiTty-sx degrees and thirty minutes, f%nvolun.
tary servitude, except in punishment Of crime
is prohibited" "In all praseuf territory south
Of that line the status Of persons held to lsbor
or to service as Il now exists, shah not b.
changed; nor shall any law Be passed to hin.
der or prevent the taking Of such persons tr
said territory, nor 70 imPair the right,
arising from said relation but he same 5iai
Be subject 70 Judicial oogaizaacc in the fessra.
eourfs according 10 oommoa Isu.o
We'only ask is thls the settlement aotp and
fonerer which has 50 long been promised US by
the Unionists? Is it any "ssttlsusnto at
all?
he fact must be borne in mind that at the
late presidential election, the large MAJORITY
OF citizens in the border, as well as the gull
States, proclaimed By thsir votes Their anaus-
ihsd right to carry their slave property into
AZ OF the territories Of the United States. and
there claim protection for it from "ereu de-
partment OF ee Federal Governments p We
make this assertion because the leading and
most influential southern journals in support
Of Mr. BEII, and every single one suppofting
Mr. BREcKTNRIDGE, Endorsed the prineipls OF
Congressional protection as q part OF their
political creod-tboss advocating tie claim Of
NJ. DoUGLAs (Which, as is wsll-known, were
In a fearful minority only opposing It. None,
however-Do, moi one-failed to claim the
right OF immigration to e5eg foot Of terrific
rial soil belonging to the late United States,
and the protection given by @lhs federal
courts according to the common law as
above conceded in the reported " settlement
This kind Of protection not only every man
south Of Mason aud DixoH's line, claimed as
q constitutional right, but it was magnani-
m1usly conceded as such by the national De-
mOeraey Of TIE North.
After the result Of the election was known,
when it was sseertsinsd that a party obnox-
ious to our people and inimicslto our interests,
had taken charge Of the Federal Government,
based upon the single idea Of eternal and in
Perishable hostility to the institution Of
slavery-5oldly announcing, in the first flush
Of victory, that the federal patronage was to
be welded 50 as to accomplish its euitimate
exlinguishmentn-lhe whols south. from the
Potomac to the Rio Grande, from the Ohio
river 70 the Cult, became startled at the dan
gers which they saw 50 plainly f~oreshadewed
BY the stroeious principles Of it's ehunciated
policy. The voice Of our people went ap, as
of one man, demanding that the slavery uues-
ton-ths Territorial issue-must Be psrmaneulv
settled BY additional guarantees. The dangers
70 be incurred from the change Of administra-
ton justified them in it. The rapidly iacrsas-
ing and already fearful majority Of the hostile
section called for il, as a measure Of self-prss-
ervatIoh.
Seven States Of the Coafederacy, placing no
eouhdenee in compromises and eompacts. and
having no faith in tie psrhdious pledges Of
the enemy, gathered their robes Of sovereignty
about them and majestieally walked out Of it,
dseayed and dsseerstsd precincts. But eight
are leh to combat the pitless peltings Of the
Republican storm The necessity for guaran-
tees, previously demanded, is thus dOubly in
creased.
It is palpsble that the border States viii
not-yea canEof-take less nOu than the Su-
preme Court OF tie United States, according to
their own construction Of its decision, guzran-
teed them in this matter much less can they
yield what a united South, with a million and a
half OF honest voters Of the North, proclaimed
then entitled to.
Bot to proceed. The "peace conference
BY general consent, assembled at Washington
City several weeks since, and members were
sent there frsm the border slave States, now
In the Union, with instructions to demand such
guarantees from the Republican party as
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basis Of permanent safety, and to effect sach a
settlement Of pending difficulties between
the sections as to eliminate the slavery cues
ton entirely from The issues before the coun-
Try. They were to demand our rights under
the Constitution, and not "oas-ninth part OF a
hsir7 less than these rights. The sssauliug.
and aggressive party were to make The con-
$50 H II H.
proved unsuccessful in then mission, the al
tentative, as boldly announced, was to 20 with
tie gulf States, where manifest destiny has
designated our natural position.
But bow stands the case? What fact
~startles rs IN It's contemplation These dig
n~itaries, 10 whom were delegated The srbitra-
nent alluded to, have, according TO adyiees,
actually given up Hrse-f0uTfhs Of our common
territory to the morbid cravings Of Black-Re-
publicsnism, Ike 50 much sop TO CERBERUs,
and in the remaining oas-forrfh have yielae3
all right Of projection OF auy kisd rhaters.
They have deemed il expsdient 10 rely, on al
questions touching slavery, upon the decisions
Of Black-RspabliesR federal judges, WHO viii
be appointed By a Black Republican Presi-
deut. when it is NOW ksogn n adVaaos that
tbev viii bold the normal condition Of The ter
ritoriss 10 be free. 10 other words, they nave
APPLIED the Wlmot pToBiso to all territory
norgh Of 81 deg. 30 min, and the Chicago plat
form 10 ali south Of it, In addition to this
monstrous and most disgracsful proceedare,
tbsv have left the status Of an territory to be
acquired 10 the future unsettled. Itlesves the
slavery question yet an open issue, 70 be
agftsted in the federal councils, for partisan
purposes, quite as frequently and as yiolentlys s
ever before. Il is liable 70 spring upon ne on the
ACQUISITION Of another foot Of coil, and prove
the Hisd Of cur woes as effectively as IN
me mast. We ask, in Gods name, is this the
nromfsed Nsehlemcnfr - Is this cowsrdly de-
ssrtion Of southern rights-this base betrayal
NJ southern honor-the 9d5jEsfmsnf7 which
We are called upon to indorse when We know
that our very existsHee IA bs future is 70 be
the object Of a perpetual assault BY az aggres
ave. defiant and a~troeious enemy Is this
Che skv bsnsath' which we are biandly per-
msds5 10 repose, when dangers are gathering
thick and fast shout us, and every portent
cries aloud FOR aeioH Is this the feast to
which VI have been invited z We nay vel
answer, in the language Of the great orator.
whose clarion voice wss heard three quarters
Of a century ago amid the wild forest Of the
old Dominion in behalf Of revolutionary free
dom, "FoRBEo IT, ALEIeHTT eoDi7 We
cannot believe that the generation Of our peo-
pls for The empty ferns Of a Constitution
whose spirit has fed, can 50 far blind them to
their interests, honor, and safety ~ to rem
der this miscsliei nsettIemeut' Satisfactory,
or even paIatsble. Il was the sentiment OF
RoBsar Hall, that be had already lived too
long who survived the liberties Of his country
So the Federal Union has already lived
beyond its allotted time when it survives
the integri , Of the Constitution. Such
amendments, as are above proposed as
measures Of psci6eation, il engrsfted upon Il,
will disrobe il Of It's vitality and emaseulste
it Of its int gritty. The Republican party win
still live, triumphant il, tbe sueesss Of their
s,fzr,ors dogwag. The AGITATION OF the elay-