The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer. (Bel Air, Md.) 1862-1864, 1862-06-21
THE REPUBLICAN, PARTY.

AnnaponS one 0ay last week, the HON. conn r.
Hale, of New Hampshire, said; 81 desire to be
national do justice to Maryland, and to all the
States 1t is much to be regretted that Mr..
Hale and those who act with him, did not earlier
come to this, conclusion. Had he and the party
10 which BE belongs, BEEN disposed long ago,
Ito do justice 10 Maryland and to all the States, =
the country today would not have been in the
condition in whichwe find IT,, Instead, Of. tur-
MOL, civil war ana strife, we would have had
peace harmony and concord, Indeed, if this
sams Republican party had been disposed ITO
doIjustice TO Maryland and to all the States a
lirtle more than one year ago, all our difficulties
would have been adjusted. ~. a..
], There are none SO blind as not to have seen,
that from, the formation of the Republican party
to.the present moment, it, has secuted comprom-
ise,, come from what quarter it might. The
failure of the Peace Congress to accomplish any
thing is attributable at once to its indispostion
oto do justice to Maryland and to all the States !"
Each State has rights, under the Constitution
which cannot be, rightfully interfered, with, and
all that was needed to continue us united, hap
py and prosperous people, was 20 obey strictly
the injunctions of that instrument. A faithful
Observance Of all the reqpirementsto of the Federal
compact would have rendered compromise nm
necessary, because each State, and the individu-
ais thereof, performing their constitutional obli-
cations, no injustice would or could have, been
done to any citizen or State, and consequently
no controversy could have arisen which required
eopcession. Our forefathers made all the COM
promise which was necessary for our welfare,
and under which We might have lived and pros
pered for centuries yet to come, but for the dis
position. and determination of fanatieised party
tooyerstep their constitutional bounds. Although
the slave tradeha been abolished by the Cont
mental Congress in l776, yet in the convention
that formed the Constitution in 1888. provi-
sion was incorporated into that instrument, pro-
yiding thatthe slave trade should not be abolish
ed for twenty years thereafter, or until the year
1908, and this was done at the instance and re-
quest Of the New England States, conjoiped with
Georgia and the Carolnas. ,3
The people who are soshorrifed at slavery just
now, thought it all right in 1908. The profits
Of this traffic had barely passed from them,
when many of the people of these same New
England States, for whose benefit the slave
trade had been extended, set about organizing
Abolition societies. They at once demanded
that no more slave States should be admitted into
the Onion, and by their opposition to this par.
ticplar institution, brought about the Missouri
Gompromise, $50 called; but this compromise was
nothing more than d yielding upon one side to
the unjust demands Of the other. The Territory
belonging ID the. United Smtes at that time, be-
lohged equally tosths people of all the States,
and the General Government was nothing more
than trustee for them. By that act the people
Of the slave States for the sake Of peace, yielded
all claim to the territory north Of SO deg, 80
min, while the people Of the free States were not
prohibited from settling in and making free SO
much Of theltefritoryis Of that line as they
might BE- able to people. This Is the substance
fwhat Is called the Missouri COMPOUNDS The
same party, seeing and knowing their growing
power, refused, when asked by the slave States
to extend that line to the Pacific Ocean, and
thereby settle forever all dispute between them
Oh tie question or slavery id the Territories
But the adoption Of this line did not satisfy these
people. They Immediately commenced 70 food
Congress with petitions for the abolition Of sla-
very everywhere; and At December session,
1885, Che House Of Representa- resolved, by
4 vote Of Iss 70 q terbat Congress POSSESSES no
Constiiutional authority 10 interfere in any way
81 =. Z I }stss MI 20 s4.i3 - I'll ~ slk
wish Che Institution of slavery n any Of the