The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-30
Subject the decision Of the Wing National Convention


The Union---now and forever i,,separablc.
[FTom he Phipa NORTH american aud U. s. Gazetel
WHAT SAYS HENRY cLAY1
Notwithstanding the summary disposition which the or.
gans Of the Administration claim has been made OF the Will
Tar from being settled likely be settled Ii Ia the
contrary the great question which Is al this moment stirring
the utmost bosoms o the whole American people, (and
where although may moi seem 50 upon lie surface more
earnestly than in creating deep feelings and
threatening dssensions which are rendng the iron
bands OF party has shvered to pieces styled DE.
mocracy 81 the great State Of New York the evidence OF
which Is the late Herkmer convention, which the whole
Wmot Proviso branch Of thai party severed itself 30
enuy from the parent stock 1t menaces and Is producing
simlatiiscord IN New England the West and In
parts Of the South where there not wanting patriotic
citizens who, while they yearn with the South,
public de ager no WheS s ys ss w e n 81
the annexation Of new slave territory now hryng the
| country. 0"' t7ts,a.
In our own Judgment we have arrived at conuncture
In which the wisdom Of best and greatest statesmen
required 70 prevent evil aud point OUT the justice and the
right, and The means Of restoring harmony II is time
when such men as HENRY CLAY should be invoked step
forward to the rescue and we might venture upon such
presumption or rather we might be INDUCED the tree.
dom we cannot consider that presumption which we
know The appeal 81 many All American heart to the patr
oism which as twice succored saved the counrywe
would call upon HIM from his retirement at Ashland, to
liver his opinion and give his advice the American people
on question which they feel to be momenous and
which they are 81 anxious TO BIZ right.
II Is the high duty of every in the country in
Office and out OF office, to forward and give his
counsel upon tho SLAVE QUESTION. II Is question
of the deepest import but il is not nm indeermina.
BILE question. AS the formation Of the Constitution
il was far more difficult question, than It is now
and yet Il was managed, and that In a way which
proved the trainers Of the Constitution 10 be endow-
ed with wisdom from on High Was 1t not because
they looked to the Author Of ALL things for wisdom
that they received ii and applied It successfully to
i the subject before them3
| But, while it is the bounden duty Of every citI
to give his counsel in the matter before us 1t
is his solemn duty to give dispassonate counsel mo-
derate counsel, counsel independent of what others
may think, counsel bearing and forbearing with the
acknowledged evils of the institution of negro slave
ry. None other counsel does the country demand.
does 1t want. Every other counsel would only ap
gravate the disease No man is entitled TO approach
the subject unless he shall first ask at the hands Of
the Most HIGH for the shirt of orbe,ropce az ,oer
ton of evil and shall ask Il with MI con6aence IN,
he will receive H. ,@
What is the question 10 which the N,rtb Am .r.,,
/ asks the attention of HEsnv CLAvq II il whether
/ Congress- shall declare that slavery or invonntorv
seryitude shall not exist in any new territory which
may be acquired by the United States from Mexico
II seems 10 us this il not the aueston which ,breot
ems the Republic with danger Itles deener I, Ia
\ whether the Union shull be observation-disclosures the
American People ought 10 s,,er anv oucstion If a.
nestle or foreign pocv 10 be considered Of more in.
portance than the Union Of these states This Is
the trie onestion nt issue 7, T. be endsno ~ III
nnhic mind ~ ,his st,,e or thnns ,,hioh ,,,,..a
he Renrhc With d,n,or n,,ne l., ~ ,',a.tss.'
neonIe come 10 regard ,be ~ .,ao.,
rs Of more than Tho Ion If has. Sac.
and no ITnon i =, nm ami and 90 or M,
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,h,t ,he mno,,al d,is,o, - 'san... s
successful ind,s,rv l., oor,no,i,,or IN .,as,a
shall not be tolerated any Longer in these States an
pain Of separation as to make the extension Of negro
slavery the great hinge upon which the further CONT
nuance of the Union shall turn As well might the
South insist that Congress shall declare that the ma
nufacture of cotton in cotton factories shall not be al
lowed in any new territory to be acquired from Mex
leo, or, if refused, that they will rend asunder the
Union. The whole process is an attempt at substi-
tuting part for whole at making the greater de-
pend upon the less. .5'EN
Let us go back and take lessons from the great men
who framed the Constitution. Nay let us appeal to
our own SODet senses, these
we shall derive the means of ayerng the threatened
danger to our institutions, namely, the disposition
which party violence has begotten, 10 magnify orr
errors and evils to such degree as to lose sight OF
the positive blessings and good which we are in the
enjoyment of under our Union But II resort to the
example Of foreathers upon this very slave ques
ton and to our own quiet reflections will not serve
TO fiji us for approaching this important subject, lei
us go to the great Master and learn of him. how to
tolerate evil and to bring good out of evil. To Him.
went the makers of our Constitution. On Him. ha-
bitualy, they relied. Behold their work Is II not
better than il they had refused to make Union un-
Ill negro slavery had been abolished? Who shall
say nay? None but the fool in his heart, and the
thoughtless in his mouth.
This country of ours is rich in statesmen, in men
of common sense in men wholiye md walk IN fen,
of God. Let them speak, Let them act. Public
sentiment requires tobe awakened to a sense of The
danger into which the violence of party has hurried
It, Il wants publication. II has been eaten nm !,
its own zeal 1t is maddened by the lust Of unhoI,
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