Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-18

District Of Columbia without the consent Of Mary
land, &c, bat that the till then existing slave
trade therein should be.
These propositions we're agreed 20. California
was admitted the South surrendered her power.
and took the faith of the Northern States that she
shoulG not be excluded from the common terri
tories, and that the institution Of slavery should
be let alose, except that her fugitises should be
returned. The Congress was engaged almost
the entire session In maturing aud passing this
plan ofcompromise and adj ustment. Great gen,
statesmen, and patriots. such az We have not now,
participated in the discussion OF il.
Mr. Webster closed his appeal in its behalf in
these words:
Sir, my object is peace Ny object is recon
Citation. Ny purpose i, not 70 make up case
/ for the North or 20 make up case for the South.
Nv object IS not TO continue useless and irritating
controversies. am against agitation, North and
South / against local ideas North and
South, and against all narrow and local contests.
/ am an American, and | know no locality in
America; that is my country. Ny heart, my sen
tment, my judgment demand OF me that shall
pursue such course as shall promote the good
and the harmony and the Union of the whole
country. This / shall do, Ged willing, 10 the
end of the chapter"
Mr. Clay made what ia called his great speech
on the compromise" in advocacy of the plan He
said, Il believe from the bottom of my soul that
the measure is the reunion of this Union. | be-
lieye il is the dawn Of peace" Ito the remotest
extremeties OF this distracted land" Il believe
that il deals unjustly by no part of the republic,
but THAT il saves the honor" and 1.-THE interests
of all quarters of the country" He said If il
defeated il would be "a victory won Dy Adolf
tonism; the victory of dscord and agitation over
peace and tranquility" And he asked: do
you believe, when the nations Senators and the
nations Representatives after such continued
struggle as We have had, shall settle these ques
tons, il is possible for the most malignant of men
/ longer TO disturb the peace and harmony and
/ quiet OF this otherwise most prosperous coun
tryy"
Mr.. King, of Alabama. in adjournng finally the
Senate, said: Whether the action OF Congress
will allay the excitement. restore harmony, and
bring about better state OF feeling in the coun-
try remains to be seen. As an American citizen,
devotedly attached to the institutions of my coun-
try sincerely hope il may; and | trust that the
dangers with which We have been threatened will
serve as warning to all future Congresses to
deal Justly by every State, and to respect the con
sttutional rights of ALL if they would insure the
permanency OF our Union"
The editor OF the 10th vol. of Benton's Debates
in Congress. appends this note 70 page Dos:
1T is impossible to read the speeches of this
session, and hear, as it were the last words ofthe
last great men of that wonderful time. without
having the feelings profoundly moved by the
deep danger to the Union which stood before
them and the patriotic attempts they made to
avert that danger The brief speech of Mr.
Webster is a noble illustration of the feelings of
the patriotic sages of that portentous day. They
labored to save their country, and believed that
they had done it."
And the nation believed so too. The people
accepted the compromise, both North and South
At the Presidential election next after the passage
OF the compromise plan, the two great national
parties, the Wing and Democratic nominated
their candidates by national conventions repre-
sen.ing all sections of the Union. and both passed
resolutions declaring the compromise measures
final settlement OF the differences between the
North and South The resolution of the Whg
Convention was in these words
Eighth. That the series of acts of the 32d
Congress, the act known the fugitive slave law
included are received and acquiesced in by the
Wing party of the United States as IL settlement
IN PRINCIPLE AND SUBSTANCE, of the dangerOu:
and exciting questions which they embrace; and
so far they concerned, we will maintain
them, and insist upon their strict enforcement
until time and experience shall demonstrate the
necessity of further legislation to guard against
the evasion OF the laws on the one hand and the
abuse OF their powers on the other, not mpairing
their present efficiency and we deprecate all fur
Their agitation of the questions thus settled, as
dangerous To our peace. and will dscountenance
all efforts to continue or renew such agitation
whenever, wherever, or however the attempt may
be made; and will maintain this system as es
sentia to the nationality of the Wing party and
the integrity of the Union"
Such the pledge of faith that the North
gave to the South, as to the PRINCIPLES AMI
SUBSTANCE" of letting slavery alone, and Of ab
staining from excluding it, by Congressional &C
from the Territories Enull tht
pledge have been made strongerl Well what
foOwedI On these pledges the Wings nomina
ted Scott and Graham for President and Vice
President. and the Democrats nominated, for the
same offices Pierce and King and these candi.
dates and pledges were Endorsed by the people
thus: Scott aud Graham received 300 900
votes, and Pierce and King .6OO, 900, and there
were but $50, 900 votes given against the com
promise candidates! For whom these votes were
cast will appear 10y and by.
Following up these pledges in principle ana
substance" Congress proceeded, in 1854. to or
ganize the Territorial Governments of Kansas
and Nebraska, without any provision on the sub
ject Of slavery. Why she did so, Mr. Douglas
now no more. but whose veracity, patriotism and
judgment every body, AT this day, accepts without
reserve, informs us. In his report on those bill.
he says, after referring to the unhappy controver
sy prior to 1850, Your committee deem it fogtu-
rity of the Union, that the controversy then re
suited in the adoption of the compromise meas
ure, which the two great patriotic parties. with
singular unanimity, have affirmed as cardinal
article of their faith and proclaimed to the wor ID
rs final settlement OF the controversy and an
end of the agitation. A due respect, therefore
for the avowed opinions of Senators. well a
proper sense OF patriotic duty enjolns upon your
committee the proprety and ne essity of direct
adherence TO the principles, and even liberal
adoption of the enaetments of that adjustment. IN
all their territorial bills. so lar as the same are
not locally ina plicable.'
We have thus shown by overwhelming proof
that IN 1880, the Union was reunited, by solemn
compact. upon the let alone. non intervention
policy, which governed at its original formation
And, in that year, fellow citizens. the strength
and glory of the republic eliminated. That wear
will be marked by the historian the one il
which the United States OF America were a,
their zenith. How, when and where taken
the first fatal step in the path they are now tread
ingg We shall show in our next.
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Our Army COrrespondcnce-Fro the
mississippi.
HELENA. ARK, Oct. IL, 1862
just after breakfast this morning our boat
tied to the Arkansas shore, where Helena ought
10 be but where the United States through her