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THE UNIO.V.
NASSACHIIsETTs

MASSACHUSETTS.
great UNION meeting was held in Bos-
ton, on the 18th inst, TO take into considcra-
ton the proceedings Of the Legislature aud
Convention OF South Carolina, and the hate
Proclamation Of the President Of the United
States, and TO express their sentiments there
on. The meeting was held ut Faneuii Hall,
the Hon. Charles Wells, Mayor Of the city,
in the Chair.
number OF resolutions were adopted, an
proving of the Proclamation, and disapprov.
'nS oil the doctrines Of Modification. The
following Is the concluding resolution:
ReSoir.d, That acting upon the principles
now by him so solemnly and foreibly declar-
ed, We will cordially support the President of
tile United States, in every constitutional mea-
sure necessary for the execution OF the laws
and for maintaining the integrity Of the u
mon; that We will fervently pray the Divine
Goodness To avert the necessity Of resorting
To force but that, in our judgment, il is a
matter of absolute duty on the part Of the
President Of the United States, il forciblc re-
sistancc be made TO the laws, 10 see, never
thcless, that the laws be duly executed that
IN this great and sacred cause, laying aside
NIL ,personal preferences, we will act cheer
fully and deyotedly under the guidance of the
constituted authorities Of the government nj :
that We Will go for the country, and ,ciih the
country, against iisunion, DISCRIMINATION. and
ilification; and that whoever Is commits
stoned by the people to bear up the standa I'd
OF the Union, We shall be ready to rally in
the cause of the Constitution under that ban
ner which led our fathers, through years of
suffering and blood, TO independence and glo-
ry; and which has commanded for us, their
pOsterity, :he respect Of the world.
After the resolutions were read, Mr.. DEx-
TER spoke IN favor Of their adoption at consi-
derable length
The Hon. DANIEL WEBSTER then address
ed the meeting. The following is an extract :
MIR Charman-I think can saw nothing
more satisfactory TO this meeting or to the
people OF this commonwealth than that. IN
t'is way OF meeting the crisis, I shall give the
President my entire and cordial support
Sir, we are truly in a crisis of the utmost
magnitude, and the most imminent peril
The union OF the States is in danger II is
threatened by the immediate application Of
iniiitary force. Let US not, sir, deceive our
selves by the imagination that the Union NAV
submit, though one State secede from IT, No,
sir If the Government, on the first triai.
shall be found not able 10 keep all the State,
! 10 their proper places, from that moment the
whole Union is virtually dissolved. whate-
vcr link be struck from this golden chain.
breaks the whole. Our only alternative is.
10 preserve the Union, one and entire, as il
now Is, or else to break up, and return 10 the
condition OF separate States, with the uppro-
missing chance oil forming, hereafter, new.
partial, sectional, rival. perhaps hostile 90
Vernments; thus bidding adieu, forever, not
only to the glorious idea, but to the glorious
realty, Of The United States Of .IneTicu
MT Chairman, in this alternative, my
! cholce Is made. am for the Union as Il Is
J ! am content with no Government less than
that which embraces the whole four and
twenty States. ! am for the Constitution. as
u - Constitution. under which those four
and twenty States have risen To a height of
prosperity, uDexampled, altogether unexam-
Pled, IN the history of mankind. shall sun
port the President in maintaining this Union.
and his Constitution; and the cause shall not
IAN Tor want OF any aid, any effort, or anV
Jealous cooperation Of mine 10 the spir;t NJ
The resolutions now before the meeting. Isay.
when The standard Of the Union i raised. and
waves over my head-the standard which
Washington planted ON the ramparts of the
Constitution, God forbid that I should ipouire
whom che people have commissioned To i'm.
iurl u aud bear II up; ! only ask in vha,
manner, as an humble individual, I can bes,
discharge my duty in defending il.
The Hon. II. G.. OrIs followed Mr.. Web
ster' aud the Hon. ). r. Austin followed Mr..
Otis.
The following resolution was unanimously
adopted;
Rs'oirtd, That copy Of the proceedings Of
this meeting, signed by the Chairman and Sc.
eretarics, be transmitted 20 the President Of
the United States.