This is no time for inaction. There has never been before, and perhaps will never occur again, a conjuncture so favorable for the re-conquest of the position the South has lost by successive compromises of its rights.
Original passage & context
"This is no time for inaction. [...] There has never been before and perhaps there will never occur again, a conjuncture of circumstances so favorable for the re-conquest of the position which the South has lost by successive compromises of its rights."
The Enquirer is not defending the Missouri Compromise repeal as a restoration of calm but urging it as an opportunity — a chance to recover ground the South believed it had given away in 1820 and 1850. It presses Southern readers to organize meetings and petitions rather than rely on Congress alone.
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