Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-01-09

of property in man, and must admit it as long as
that every admirable and perfect instrument of
Government" remains 'just as it is"
Another objection the Journal raises to the
CRITTENDEN compromise is, that it is the Jug
handle sort" Let US look at this view of the
case from Southern stand-po The South
claim they have equal rights in the territories
the same right to carry and enjoy their property
in the territories as the Northern man has his
that it is unjust to exclude them from any of the
common territories of the United States. The
CRIrrENDES adjustment prohibits slavery north
of latitude SO deg 30 min. Is not this a
concession of what the people of the slave
stitution? Is it not surrender, on their part,
of what they conceive to be constitutional priv
iege? Is it not the concession of principle
which they value as highly as those who hold to
a contrary doctrine? The Journal comedies this
in stating that the proposed compromise gives
us back what never should have been taken from
us" That proposition, also, accommodates the
Republican organ by refusing 'to give slavery any
greater power or privileges than it now has" 1t
lessons its power and privileges by restricting
from large extent of territory, where the South
contends it has right to go
The CRITTESDES amendment is virtually a re-
stOration of the Missouri compromise line, which
the Republicans profess to be willing to re enact.
If that act did not expressly authorize orIecognize
slavery south of the line it established, such was
the understanding of its object and intention. 1t
was understood to operate as partition of the
common territory, giving to elch section por-
ton, the status of which there should be no doubt
or dispute. Mr.. CRITTESDES proposes to make
this partition clear and explcit-top place the mat
ter beyond controversy and make the settlement
permanent by constitutional amendment There
must be concessions or else there is no cOmpro-
mise. Each party claims to be right, and each
have failed to convince the other that it is in the
wrong, or that it is demanding more than it
should. And is it not the wise course for each
to yield something-to make mutual conces-
sions to conciliate and harmonic, rather than to
attempt to coerce the demands of either upon the
other. No greater evil could happen to the
North than the Authorization of the slave States
the REIMBURSEMENT of the negroes now held
in slavery. The concessions asked by the South
are but feathers weight in comparison with the
evils which would follow the emancipation of the
slaves from their present restraints. In eco
nomical view of the question, the North have as
much interest in maintaining negro servitude in
the slave States, as they have themselves. If the
CRITTESDEN compromise should accomplish no
thing else than the termination of political slavery
agitation, the country should be willing to adopt
it. The fear that it may do so is the main re l.
son why il is opposed by the Journal and the
Republican party
THE CEnrESDES REsoLUrIoSs-The Augusta,
Georgia. CoasfifufioRalist, decided secession
paper. terms the proposition OF Mr.. CRITTENDEN
resolutions of pe'cc and compromise" This is
an indication that the adjustment proposed by the
Kentucky Senator would be accepted by the South
and restore harmony to the country.