The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-07-26

just public sentiment, has succeeded;-the re-n,o.
Texas TO the American States is accompshsJ'
people hare triumphed. What will the whigs a., ~
cause Of opposition, far as we are coneerrsa Au
Tennessee, is removed. MIR. Clay can no lonsS. u
affected by it: his most devoted friends canno ,s;s
OF longer continuing to press the claims of msa
whom the people have so often and so uneopivo.%a
repudated. The annexation of Texas has csau
10 be fiction, and is become glorious reality as
all apprt tensions Of danger are dissipated ~ ~a
Our wing friends, then, certainly cannot lo0.
oppose measure that they profess now TO bava sa
proved in their hearts; and that we believe I ~
never would have opposed, but from the nss.. wy
which the course OF their leader imposed uno'
them. FOa
The only opposition that now manifests n..,,
openly, is from the fanatics Of the North. Hs.a
what they say
"In this emergency the inquiry is, What oueb, >,
donei What can be don-i Is the act to be subm,sd
| resisted at all hazards! "'@
sour answer is resisted al all hasardsp Com. nh
to acqulesce in II, whether TO avoid difficulty or simr
cause il has been carried is TO join in the conspiac
cowardly and criminal manner BY Unanimous -,
the Senate, and by overwhelming ma ority In tho M
the legislature Of this State has declared that the a %
petrated. would have no binding force whatever on
people OF Massachusetts II has none The con,, s
has been oyerihrown-the American Union has ess.a
exist IL was boodc emented Union ami nm .s' ed
stitution. We do not lament, therefore their desef
But recognising the fact call upon the people ~ va
sachusetts to stand heis ground in the spirit OF rems
Congress; TO treat the general government MS nnllI
assemble in convention. without delay, that they NAV
wise ways and means to occupy Independent ros ae
TO rally under party banner; but unurling The a
OF liberty and equality and inscribng on it, mo lN0S
WITH sLAYEHoLDERs,' cry 'Freemen 10 the rr,eUs
and God defend the right" ~
See, too, what they are doing in CARVING an
these revolutionary movements. The foIlov;r"
Is the pledge they are circulating for signatures
Anti Siarery peace pledge
~ the UNDERSIGNED citizens of
ssmnly pledge ourselves not to countcnance or a5 M
unied States government in any Which may be o .'
stoned by the annexation OF Texas, in any other u
foreign or domestic, designed to strengthen or perpen
slavery rr''u'e
Such are the feelings, such the sentiments s,.h
the plans, and such the pledges of those who ~"
opposed to the annexation of Texas They m
encouraged in these feelings, in these sertimenls
by such men as ]. @. Adams, Giddings, Slade ma
other distinguished members of the whg party. and
by leading wing journals Of the North pres, a.
this fanatlca party has lately been established n
Lexington, Kentucky, to disseminate It's doctrines
under the auspices of Cassius M. CLAY, Ieadip,
wing in the last presidential canvass.
Wings of Tennessee, have you any sympahv
with men who are so regardless of your lives Won,
property, of the union of the States and of south
en interestz-with men who are taking the ar,,
plan to aflict with all the horrors OF serye wa,
and who are pledging themselves to withhold ,bri,
aid, and who will laugh when our calamiiies come
We believe the stern patriotism of the State equal
ly among wings and democrats, condemns this nm.
holy crusade against the Union, and the cher,sha
rights of the South. Will you not Join MS, linen
regardless of party considerations and party tram.
mes, in voting for men, in our August elections.
whose position has been uniform, consistent, tr,
and unfinchng upon this question of such vital H.
terest to the Union and to southern rights, and who
may be relied on implicitly, in their support against
the furious war these fanatics are preparing to wage
against them?