THE GATEWAY, AND SOME WHO PASSED When Captain Edward Carlisle made casual reference to the "weak-kneed compromise," he simply voiced a personal opinion on a theme which was in the mind of every American, and one regarded with as many minds as there were men.

That political measure of the day was hated by some, admired by others.

This man condemned it, that cried aloud its righteousness and infallibility; one argued for it shrewdly, another declaimed against it loudly.

It was alike blessed and condemned.

The southern states argued over it, many of the northern states raged at it.