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416 DOUGLASS' MONTHLY. FEBRUARY, 1861.
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THE CRITTENDEN PROPOSITION.
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The N.Y. Tribune thus explains what the compromise proposed by Mr. Crittenden really is:
An entire misapprehension pervades a portion of the public mind in regard to the identity of the proposition which Mr. Crittenden has presented to the Senate with that portion of the Missouri Compromise which was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska act in 1854. - For instance, we have seen it recently asserted, in journals which ought to know better, that the adoption of Mr. Crittenden's resolutions would be merely "the restoration of the Missouri Compromise." Nothing could be wider from the mark. Let us make this plain:
I. Forty years and more ago, the State of Missouri applied for admission to the Union with a Constitution which authorized Slavery. For two years this application was resisted by the Free States, because of this Pro-Slavery clause in her Constitution. The conflict convulsed Congress and the country to their deepest foundations, dragging the Union to the verge of dissolution. The contest was adjusted by a Compromise. Now, what was it?
II. This new State of Missouri was carved out of a portion of the territory acquired from France when we purchased Louisiana. At the time of the struggle of 1820, there were large portions of this old Louisiana territory which lay outside of the boundaries of the State of Missouri. It was finally agreed that, upon condition that Missouri should be admitted into the Union as a Slaveholding State, Slavery should be forever prohibited in all the rest of the old Louisiana territory which lay north of the south line of the State of Missouri - which line happened to the the parallel of 36° 30'. And, thereupon Congress admitted Missouri into the Union, and the 8th section of the act of admission, forever excluded Slavery from all the territory lying north of 36° 30'.
III. It will be seen, then, that the admission of Missouri as a Slave State was the sole consideration which the North paid for the perpetual prohibition of slavery above the parallel of 36 deg. 30 m. It was, to use a legal phrase, a payment down or in hand at the time of the transaction. The South, on its part accepted the admission of Missouri as a full consideration for its agreement to the Anti-Slavery prohibition contained in the act of admission. It was neither agreed, understood implied, nor anticipated, either by the North or South, that tolerance or protection of Slavery south of 30 deg. 30 min. constituted any part of the bargain or compromise of 1820. Nothing was said or done in regard to that matter, but it was left undisturbed precisely where the parties found it when the controversy commenced.
IV. Now, Mr. Crittenden's proposition to amend the Constitution is something totally different from "the restoration of the Missouri Compromise." True, he proposes to prohibit Slavery in all the national territory lying North of 36 deg. 30 min.. But, he also proposes to incorporate into the Constitution an article recognizing and protecting slavery, by Federal power, in all the territory we now have, or may hereafter acquire south of that line. So far from this being a revival of the Missouri Compromise, it would be the incorporation of the Breckenridge Presidential Platform, including a Territorial Slave Code, into the Constitution of the United States.
We shall not stop now to discuss the merits of this unconstitutional mode of amending the Constitution--this clandestine attempt to precipitate the country into wars of conquest for the establishment of slavery in all the regions lying between us and the equator. Suffice it to say, that neither persuasions nor threats can induce the Free States to engraft such an article into the organic law of any Codfederacy of which they will consent to be a part ; and that any Northern Senator or Representative who shall vote to send it out to distract and insult our people will be branded by a retributive mark as indelible as that which disfigured the forehead of Cain.
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--Rhode Island has at last succumbed to to the South, by repealing her Personal Liberty Bill, while Vermont has refused to do so by a large majority.
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TO THE FRIENDS OF THE FUGITIVES FROM SLAVERY.
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It is well known that Syracuse has long been one of the 'the principal depots on the Underground Railroad.' For many years past, fugitives from slavery, varying in number from thirty to nearly two hundred annually, have been sheltered here, and aided hence to Canada, or to places of safety on this side of the St. Lawrence.
Since the Fall of 1857, the management of this business has been devolved almost wholly upon the Rev. J. W. Loguen and his family, who have fulfilled the duties committed to them very acceptably. They are willing still to keep their house open as an asylum for the opressed, and to help them on their way to free homes. In order to do this, he must depend upon the contributions of the benevolent in this city and elsewhere, for the support of this family and the aid of those who come to them in distress. All fugitives, coming this way, should be directed to the care of Rev. J. W. Loguen, and contributions or subscriptions of money, clothing or provisions, may be sent directly to him, or to such persons as he may designate.
Mr. Loguen agrees to keep exact accounts of all that he receives and of those whom he shelters and assists, and holds accounts in readiness for the inspection of any friends who will take the trouble to come and examine them.--He will also make semi-annual reports, and present his accounts for examination to gentlemen who have been appointed to audit them.
We, the undersigned, citizens of Syracuse, have long known Mr. Loguen. We believe him to be a very upright as well as enterprising man, every way qualified to fill the important station which he occupies, and we cordially commend him to the confidence of the benevolent everywhere.
We take this occasion to caution the public against one William Brown, sometimes called the Rev. Mr. Brown, sometimes Professor, and at other times Dr. Brown, who has been extensively about the country claiming to be a friend of the fugitives. We advise all those who wish to make donations for the promotion of this philanthropic enterprise, to make them to Mr. Loguen, and to refrain altogether from making them to Mr Brown.
Samuel J. May,
Wm. E. Abbott,
Abner Bates,
Cyrus Prindle,
James Fuller,
H. Putnam,
Lucius J. Ormsbee.
Syracuse, Nov. 20, 1860.
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THE SLAVE POPULATION OF VIRGINIA.--In speculating upon the course likely to be pursued by Virginia in the present crisis, we may obtain a good deal of light by considering the distribution of her slave population, and its relative proportion to the whole population east and west of the Blue Ridge.--From the Compendium of the Census for 1850, it appears that the white inhabitants of Western Virginia constitute nearly forty-eight per cent. of the whole white population of the State ; while the proportion of slaves to the whole population in that part of the State is less than eleven per cent. On the other hand, the ratio of slaves to the whole population east of the Blue Ridge is nearly forty-eight per cent. It thus appears that in the western portion of Virginia, inhabited by nearly one-half of the whole white population of the State, the ratio of slaves is less than that of Maryland, which is fifteen and one-half per cent., while in Eastern Virginia it is greater than in any of the slave States except Mississippi and South Carolina, being but three per cent. less than that of the former, and nine per cent. less than that of the latter State.
It is not probable that the census which has just been completed will materially vary these results. They certainly indicate that in the approaching convention in Virginia there must be divided counsels. In many of the counties of Western Virginia slavery may be said to have a nominal existence, and in nearly all of them it constitutes but a small proportion of the whole population.
In view of these facts it is not to be supposed that the secessionists of the Atlantic shore will succeed in committing their brethren across the mountains to a course of political action which cannot fail to involve them in ruin.--Evening Post.
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REMITTANCES FOR DOUGLASS' MONTHLY.
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Amount Pays to
Rev. A. J. C., Branchport..1 00 Jan., 1861
E. E. B., Granby Centre ...1 75 "[[ditto for Jan., 1861]]
B T. C., Messengerville ... 50 "[[ditto for Jan., 1861]]
S. C., Randolph ...........1 00 "[[ditto for Jan., 1861]]
Rev. H. A. S., Syracuse ... 48 Feb., 1861
W. O. D., Port Byron ...... 39 "[[ditto for Feb., 1861]]
E. P , New Haven ..........1 00 May, 1861
T. M'N., East Monroe ......1 00 "[[ditto for May, 1861]]
Hon. M. R, Henrietta ......1 00 Aug., 1861
H. A., Norfolk ............1 00 "[[ditto for Aug., 1861]]
U. M., Castleton ..........1 00 "[[ditto for Aug., 1861]]
E. W., Lansingburgh .......1 00 "[[ditto for Aug., 1861]]
J. B. P., Harrisburgh .....1 00 "[[ditto for Aug., 1861]]
Mrs. M. L. W., Auburn .....1 00 Sept., 1861
A. G., Port Byron .........1 00 "[[ditto for Sept., 1861]]
H.W., Colosse .............1 00 Oct., 1861
F. M. T., North Easton ....1 00 "[[ditto for Oct., 1861]]
D. P., Perrysville ........1 00 "[[ditto for Oct., 1861]]
J. H., " ........1 00 "[[ditto for Oct., 1861]]
A. P. G., Syracuse ........1 00 Nov., 1861
R. B., Colosse ............1 00 "[[ditto for Nov., 1861]]
J. C. M'F., Sterling ......1 00 "[[ditto for Nov., 1861]]
T. S., Clinton ............1 00 "[[ditto for Nov., 1861]]
M. H., Detroit ............1 00 "[[ditto for Nov., 1861]]
W. D. C., Victor ..........1 00 Dec., 1861
J. P., Alleghany City .....1 00 "[[ditto for Dec., 1861]]
E. L., Nile ...............1 00 "[[ditto for Dec., 1861]]
S. H. L., Boston ..........1 00 "[[ditto for Dec., 1861]]
I. S., Borodino ...........1 00 "[[ditto for Dec., 1861]]
P. S., Monroe .............1 00 "[[ditto for Dec., 1861]]
J. C. S., " .............1 00 "[[ditto for Dec., 1861]]
J. S. S., " .............1 00 "[[ditto for Dec., 1861]]
C. J., Fond du Lac ........1 00 Jan., 1862
M. N., Sodus Point ........1 00 "[[ditto for Jan., 1862]]
Rev. G. W. B., Salem ......1 00 "[[ditto for Jan., 1862]]
S. B., Franklin ...........1 00 "[[ditto for Jan., 1862]]
W. W., " ...........1 00 "[[ditto for Jan., 1862]]
C. P., " ...........1 00 "[[ditto for Jan., 1862]]
A. E., " ...........1 00 "[[ditto for Jan., 1862]]
Mrs. H., " ...........1 00 "[[ditto for Jan., 1862]]
P. R. P., Honeoye .........3 00 "[[ditto for Jan., 1862]]
H. J., Ithaca .............1 00 "[[ditto for Jan., 1862]]
L. J., Danby ..............1 00 "[[ditto for Jan., 1862]]
Rev. W. K., Buxton ........2 00 "[[ditto for Jan., 1862]]
J. R. B., White Creek .....1 00 "[[ditto for Jan., 1862]]
Miss A. G., Battle Creek ..1 00 "[[ditto for Jan., 1862]]
W. S., Philadelphia .......1 00 "[[ditto for Jan., 1862]]
B. H., Stafford ...........1 00 "[[ditto for Jan., 1862]]
Rev. W. H., Medway ........1 00 "[[ditto for Jan., 1862]]
D. S. B., St. Joseph ......1 00 "[[ditto for Jan., 1862]]
P. P. S., Troy ............2 00 "[[ditto for Jan., 1862]]
R. M'K., Ingersol .........1 00 "[[ditto for Jan., 1862]]
C. O., " .........1 00 "[[ditto for Jan., 1862]]
J. C., Stockbridge ........1 00 "[[ditto for Jan., 1862]]
S. M., Bellefontaine ......1 00 "[[ditto for Jan., 1862]]
W. W., Niles ..............1 00 "[[ditto for Jan., 1862]]
C. T. W., Ithaca ..........1 00 Feb., 1862
H. S., " ..........1 00 "[[ditto for Feb., 1862]]
A. Y., Danby ..............1 00 "[[ditto for Feb., 1862]]
P. U., Fillmore ...........1 00 "[[ditto for Feb., 1862]]
L. F. W., Pittsburgh ......1 00 May, 1862
S. G., Janesville .........1 00 "[[ditto for May, 1862]]
N. H., Perrysburgh ........1 00 Aug., 1862
G. T., Hemlock Lake .......1 00 "[[ditto for Aug., 1862]]
Rev. L. D. M., Nyack ......2 00 "[[ditto for Aug., 1862]]
T. P. B., Greigsville .....1 00 Oct., 1862
C. A., Beaver Dam .........3 00 Aug., 1863
I. C., Messengerville .....2 50 June, 1863
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TO SUBSCRIBERS.--Quite a number of our subscribers have responded promptly to the monitor which has been sent out to delinquent subscribers. They will please accept our thanks for their promptness in answering our call. Hundreds of others still owe us, and they have all been notified that such is the fact. Friends, pay up ! and let each send us a new subscriber.
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TERMS OF DOUGLASS' MONTHLY.
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Single Copies, to American subscribers, $1 per year.
" "[[ditto for Single Copies,]] to British "[[ditto for subscribers,]] 5s. sterling.
Subscriptions must be paid for invariably in advance.
All communications, whether business or for publication, should be addressed to FREDERICK DOUGLESS, ROCHESTER, N.Y.
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AGENTS IN GREAT BRITAIN.
We take the liberty of using the names of the following gentlemen who will receive names and subscriptions forDouglass' Monthly in Great Britain :
Halifax--Rev. RUSSELL LANT CARPENTER, Milton Place; Rev. Dr. CROFTS, North Parade.
London--Mr. L. A. CAMEROVZOW, Anti-Slavery Office, 27, New Broad Street, E. C.
Dublin--Mr. Wm. WEBB, 52, High Street, and 8, Dunville Avenue, Rathmines.
Derby--Dr. SPENCER T. HALL, Burton Road.
Glasgow--Mr. JOHN SMITH, 173, Trongate.
Leeds--Mr. ARTHUR HOLLAND, 4, Park Row.
Newcastle-on-Tyne--Mr. WALTER S. PRINGLE.
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