The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-10-27

burdencd by the dishcortening and destructive
Of aggressive slavery When will the south be ats
led Have not done enough, when we have stood
faithfully by the compromises of the constitution must
We submit amely and silently propositions that insult the
understanding of for sinister purposes, denominated
compromises, which not written in the constitution
Have the and judgment of our statesmen fled They
,sk ofus what monarch of Europe, with perhaps the
Exception of the of Russia would dare enforce
yiz silence and submission in reference measures of
public policy, that solemn convictions of duty God
md humanity urge protest against all times in
d, places.
But enough of this. The democracy of this State will
not be diverted from the path of duty which is plain before
HEM either by threats denuncaions, bulls of excom
cnunication. Their course is upward and onward.
They will resist that policy that looks 10 permanent
public debt both in this State and in the nation.
The plain English of all this is, " You Of the south
have annexed Texas for the purpose of slavery-you
provoked war for that purpose-you wagng
it for the sake of slave territory. View not carry
on the war for this purpose-we will decline all in
demnty in land rather than that you shall have inch
of territory to stand upon We wish for an honorable
peace but we will resist this war; it bring us any
such indemnify"
They may say next, eve will join the wings in their
camors against the war, and in their opposition to the
means for prosecuting it." And such may be the extreme
into which the fanatcism of the Provso men and their
political disappointmens may be hurrying them.
We deny, on the other hand, that this war was un-
dertaken for the purpose OF extending slavery or OF
gratifying solely the wishes of the south. We had
hoped, that the recognition OF the war was made
with the almost unanimous consent of Congress,
should hear of no such insinuatioas as these The
annexation OF Texas effected by the votes OF the
great majority Of the republican party 1t was urged at
the time by Gen. Jackson. upon the ground that we
permitted that opportunity to escape us, Texas would
seek her destiny in another direction-the measure
might be forever defeated Nor against Mex
leo the measure of the south alone Its vigorous prose-
cuon necessary TO obtain Indemnity for the past and
security for the utureno to obtain slave land exclu
sivey principally; but the south holds that If land
is to be obtained, (and in what other form receive
indemnify it should not be entirely claimed as the
abode of the Shareholders They tell their northern
BRETHREN frankly, "We partners in great political
confederacy We are shareholders, and you are not.
But YOU waived all difficulties this subject when
we took up arms together for the establishment OF our
independence, and when you placed shareholder
at the head of our army You waived it, too, when
we formed the constitution together, which is TO bind
us in a great political confederacy-now the admira
ton of the age, glorious for abroad as is happy
for us at home When you became partners with us,
then was the time for you to determine whether you
would become the partners OF Shareholders Now is
too late for you revive that question, unless choose
to dissolve this Union. We may to be partners to-
gether, if you mad enough to indulge such
feeling; but as co-parners, we must share the
common blessings as well as the common bur.
dens We cannot consent to be put under the ban.
We cannot be the degraded partners, and you the
favored ones True, you may have the power to take
all this territory to yourselves; you have the major
y and the strength but how long will you be able
to exercise this power' How can this partnership
contnae, when it is not bound together by common
interests, common feelings, common benefits and bur
dens We entreat you therefore, pause in your efforts
Let our peculiar institutions alone You fortunate.
you think, in having slaves; but we beg you not to
abuse the advantages you claim. Let alone Do not
prescribe your brethren account Of their peculiar in
sutions They will neither tolerate your prescription
nor acquiesce in your dctaion How much wiser would
it be for all of us the spirit of Cancellation and of CON-
PROMISE to continue to tread the road together,
which is conduct to that brilliant destiny which
| unparalleled in the annals of the word"