The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-03-20
CITY OF WASHINGTON
SATURDAY NIGHT, MARCH 90, ls47.


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movements at the south in relation to it. Here is ,be
charge of the Mercury including all the proofs and S0o
cifcatons upon which il Processes to be based We OBJ
our readers to consider how mach they all amount 10
"There was time when we supposed that every soul
nes Ie y on mon mos or ana hat how
broad platform, on which we could all meet and do
fear that we have boned TOO trustTy and aI h we now
enemies even in the midst of our own camp Who doe.
ngon at the recollection TO Congress of The ah ASH
that very provlso which has gwen ion and substance
aud these thanksgvings for his success were p ps;
Ohio or JoBn Quincy Adams, OF Massachuse;,s So2
o b ALI ino N ,S ws h " ana nde
effort made our part repe these a.
olic,na rnssed ~ tsrs WIEN H. n roor, e ana Is
as to which sentiment the heart of that Journal
During the session Of Conuess ne assaults made pat
the northern democracy passed unnotioed by the govern
senseess cry of agitation and we Were payely told H..
ne goo o. ie arfy required that We should be silent and
click the hand lust raised to shed our blood.
AS to our rejoicing at Mr. Wilmofs e-eec,ion we re-
membercd that he stood alone among the democratic rem
resentatves from Pennsy in his manful support Of
the tariff of 1916. We therefore, hailed his success
indication of the advancement. of sound principles
among the democracy of the Keystone State on the great
question OF free trade, which the true democratic party
of the south has long regarded-in spite of Mr. CAL
ho,,r,s I,r,o,,,,hlo 1ofo.,;on man :, :; ,o,e -.
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cardinal and distinctive principle OF ITS creed As 10 our
alleged indifference" to the Wmot proviso, the Mer
curry, if II reads our columns at all, must knou that its
cbarra i ,st tbo rororso of tho truth w. nro.o,,.l
the strongest terms again and again and from the frs
-, ;..o,,..,o. a., ,,. 1
continued agitation and we lost no time in punp unr
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record our tnanksgWgS tnat II nad Deen voted down
We will prove all this from our files inst as soon as m
a,
ma IL necessary 10 delehu against the mercury or those
for whom if speaks o,,r poston as determined and
'o' ""o"' - 'fe"A'' W. 90 ".'''"i''u am
Jealous supporter OF all the rights and interests OF the
soutb ,s ;nvolved in the ouaraptees and cor,nrom;
sou'n' 90 h''o'eu Ai INC S""'ah'eo' "i' compromises
express or implied, OF the constitution
H.. h,,, IS a., ., H.; h,r &c Al, ,r,
pu' " way u o'se' W .s 'se VI 'e mercury we
find in yesterdays New York Evening Post, (well known
. e A. ; g a. L., WA
as leading exponent OF the views OF the ultra Wmo-
proyiso Democrats) the following ntrnaton that we
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nave SHOWN ourselves dispoSea iii our khoWh sympa'
INV. with tho South n countenance what that ;ouu,
my WIN inc 'ou' 70 'ouii'enan'e "na' ''a loulha
regards as substantial nullncauon, Wnen reSorted 10
:; ;nd;c,t;n of Sou,barn rights and interests In an
III V'iiuioatioii " oou'i0i, isn'' Gnu "e :" OIL
.: AZ. .,. ..,,,,, ,don,.I h., ,b.
alter quo'ihs uie ieeoiuuoh' ieoohy ""opeu =! "'
House of Delegates in Virginia the Post has the follow
Ing remarks
The Union introduces the Virginia resolutions with these
comments:
"e resnect,,,v call the attentor If the Late nembc,t
of and 81 tho citizens of the other States TO e
following proceedings of the legislature Of Virginia Wei
in Cony 1 ,hs deenw subee and We
have them that the people of the south would Nor}
ton Of new territory which the Wiinot provso would
create There is no way OF adjusting the question should
which the constitution itself was founded and on which
NE missouri was oaseo, me
hearken the voice which these proceedings utter"
THIS language seems much more like appreciation man
men whose peculiar duty it is to execute the laws Thc
resolutions declare that II the same provision which
tory, which originated with jefferson and was adopted I
ne yo,e OF every southern siae ,ne same p S
all the north of 50 degrees 30 minutes and which,
sha be anrI;e3 70 omu arr;,orv senred o
Mexico, the Virginia legislature will nndsr NO e,tumf
the sayebodng States 10 unte for the purnos. of The I'll
sstance thusrivowed and warn every man to oppose M
him"
palmer and more direct threat OF organized ana
the Union, could be made And the acknowledged of
sm % .e i've wosI u, :. su Ne m ,bs eo
eminent and the whole power the country, copies e
Garess and s a o th other Sats to HEM
evoke the universal and indignant rebuke of the peo
bnt to enind ,bem Ihat I'VE have assured diem that tn
people OF the south WOULD not and could not noM mite 70 %
Wilmot BROWSE ~ s would Create - J
We commended the Virginia resolutions to the atten l
ton of members of Congress, as containing matter
profitable meditation for those advocates of the Wimo