The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-02-26

'ver it, Ifthey would but dispassionaey weigh The bless,
ngs they will throw away against abstract principle
would pause before they perpetted this OF suicide on
semseyss and OF treason nTns' the hopes Of e world
III. JEFFERSON.
MR. BRINKEaHoFF this letter, written by Mr. Jefferson
whose all earthly aspirations end. and when
after long life, spent in the service OF his country, from
ais philosophical retirement he could speak to his coun-
trymen philosopher and sage
MIR. Jefferson was right when he said, that the fell
spirit OF abolitionism had only been hushed for
md not final sentence No sir, from that day to this.
its progress has been rapid The concessions which the
south then made have but invited new aggressons. The
demands OF the abolitiontss have constantly been more
md more exaeiing. until now, they insist upon
tonal surrender of all of our rights And this is done
y tone as offensive, as the demand is unjust.
As faithful sentinel on the watchtower, warn my
counilrymen of the danger which is so rapidly APP
proachng warn them to suspect-more than suspect.
mat rs S. mould L ny e Is them into s
betray confding constituency, by crying all is
we'll" when know all is not well. Sir, the holiness
and the strength of the aboonists have increased with
wonderful rapdlty; and am amazed TO see how
quiet southern men are. | have had to school my
self for this discussion For more than ten years
have had my eye upon this monster: have marked
his movements we'll have seen the insidous character
of them have tried to hold them up to my State in all
OF their arocty But Igeve to say they have not awaken
ed the spirit which they should The increase of the
country has not been sufficiently alive to it, I will not
leain the committee with any long details on this point
beg such OF my constituents have it, read the speech
made in the legislature of Virginia, in Sil the New
York inspection law, and how my predictions have
been fulfilled. cannot however, forbear to remind the
committee of the rapdity with which the at each
successive session of Congress against the rule providing
for laying abolition petitions the table have increased
The vote against the Pinckney resolutions, in 1885,
ranged from forty to forty against Patons, at the
succeeding Congress, il sixty; against John
sons, in 1910, it was seventy At the last Congress
the vote, was near a tie; at this the rule was
repealed by an overwhelming majority. We were told
that the DIST rule created all the abolition excite.
ment and that if it repealed there would be end
Of it. knew and predicted il would be otherwise.
predicted that as soon asthat preex for agitation was
moved, they would find other And stronger proof
of their determination to keep up their upon us
could be produced, than the offering of the WLMor
proviso Here is uncaled for attempt to legisate for
country which is not. and never may be, and in
reference to which would have right to legislae,
if it was Why is this' Does not every one know that
it is done for the purpose of abolition excitement
warn southern men that have arrived at point
at which must take firm stand, if we ever to
do it. We have arrived al point when further
sops to the abotonsts would be alike dshonoable and
fatal | repeat, if mean to act with frmness
let us do il now.