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Editorial
July 26, 1850
The Southern Press
Washington, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
Editorial discusses the failure of the Compromise plan by the Committee of Thirteen, urging division of acquired territory between North and South to preserve the Union, warning that excluding the South leads to revolution.
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Compromise.
We announced several weeks ago the probable failure of the Compromise plan of the Committee of Thirteen. Another paper in this city has wasted many columns of predictions that it would succeed, and of arguments in its favor. But now the impending failure of the bill is admitted.
Those who have hitherto supported it will now choose between a division of the acquired territory between the North and the South, or a total denial in word, as well as in deed, of all Southern right whatever to that territory. The alternatives are very plain—they are diametrically opposed—and their consequences respectively are very obvious. By one the Union can be preserved—by the other it cannot.
By the attempt to exclude the South from all share in the territory acquired, the country has already been brought into a revolutionary condition.—Southern Press.
We announced several weeks ago the probable failure of the Compromise plan of the Committee of Thirteen. Another paper in this city has wasted many columns of predictions that it would succeed, and of arguments in its favor. But now the impending failure of the bill is admitted.
Those who have hitherto supported it will now choose between a division of the acquired territory between the North and the South, or a total denial in word, as well as in deed, of all Southern right whatever to that territory. The alternatives are very plain—they are diametrically opposed—and their consequences respectively are very obvious. By one the Union can be preserved—by the other it cannot.
By the attempt to exclude the South from all share in the territory acquired, the country has already been brought into a revolutionary condition.—Southern Press.
What sub-type of article is it?
Slavery Abolition
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Compromise Plan
Committee Of Thirteen
Territorial Division
Southern Rights
Union Preservation
Revolutionary Condition
What entities or persons were involved?
Committee Of Thirteen
Southern Press
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Failure Of Compromise Plan On Territorial Division
Stance / Tone
Support For Territorial Division To Preserve Union
Key Figures
Committee Of Thirteen
Southern Press
Key Arguments
Probable Failure Of The Compromise Plan Announced Weeks Ago
Impending Failure Now Admitted Despite Prior Support
Alternatives: Divide Territory Between North And South Or Deny Southern Rights Entirely
Division Preserves The Union; Denial Leads To Its Dissolution
Excluding South From Territory Has Brought Country To Revolutionary Condition