The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-06-20

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H uniting the north the souih' a'en'pS I" ''o"
brand into the north and instead Oh ce"eh'ihs 'n'
..If n, coneiatory and compromising spirit, seeks &c
distract il by producing unklnd, jealous ana angry
- ho,zsen the north and the south The most fatal oil
al nares are those founded on sectional interests anu
Otments II was this spirit which Washington 1eier-
am and all the wise and good men IN our county, nave
most earnestly deprecated. Dema@gues oil no chaf'o-
a. who are hurried on by vindicve or arbitrary pas
n .ons NAV invoke these sectional feelings Du' every
II man who is friend to his country, must abhor Tue a'
II tempt i
The Albany Atlas is attempting TO get up ieVer anu
II raise recruits for the Utica convention oil thursday
osv On that theatre John Van Buren, proposes 10 sci
;do,e,dent ticket TO hunt down Gen Casio
/. a,,oorats the fac of the Wlmo Proylso, and TO
m ,,o oor,ar stone of a northern abolition party on
which to build up a sectional party winch may cohuoi
he other partners Of the con ederacy what must De he
r. result except to Shake the Union itself we VIII MOI
;sve that any large number of the democrats OF New
York much less of the other nom slavehodlng States
can be drawn into this dangerous whlr lpoo Ana YET
b Albany Atlas looks forward to such result Inc
very last paragraph of its last Saturdays paper runs IN
these strains;
II
K , srntv as sounding brass tinkling cymbal The
real danger 70 Union is in yielding an inch more OF Tree
.fdtory 10 slave power New York wtake tue stand
baha of de nocracy Utca-pant herself calmly iirm
uoon the borders OF territory now tree and be the barrier
the enc lchments of slavery She has within herself
e mower and the resist the spread OF this evil,
and /, stop further aggression She is, within herself more
ooweu more capable of being government, single and
Maone than were the thirteen States when the Union
formed She will seek to destroy IL, nor will she be
uotmdated or thrown from her propriey by senseess
ucamor She the of freedom to stand even
II if alone firm and unyeldlng.
an the Utica convention which assemblies next Thurs
y on an occasion of deep injury nd strong excitement
h proceed with amness, and adhere with manly firm
mass to all the great truths taught by the republican,
ahe its proceedings will be an epoch in the history
his country second only the great Congress that met to
oppose and repe English aggression There will probably
ne large of democratic citizens there besides
the delegates the convention; and from what we heal
rom various parts of the State, from the spirit that is
abroad will in point of talent ability, and PATRIOTISM IA
.rpa the usual assemblages of that description From
die eastern and western States have daily accounts
he state of public feeling among the democracy, that con
nces us the Utica convention is regarded entirely
ocular and necessary and that the citizens OF all the north
I'm States WILL Immediately after the close OF the present
ampagn, if not before, rally, almost to man, around
he Utica platform 1t will be slight honor hereafter to
was at the Utica convention June e. 1913 and assist
I "A in layng the democratic patform-whch embra
c liberty, equality, and fraternity with the masses, and
opposition the extension of slavery territory now
@s'
This abolition spirit which is attempting to spread itself
N MO the surrounding States, once frowned down by
IN the statesmen OF New York. Martin Van Buren, was
he most active in suppressng and TO that liberal and
suope spirit he is indebted for his election to the
eslency The whose entitled him in 1885 to
I he appellaton of the northern man with southern
feelings deserved the support not only of the south, but
{ Of the whole country When he wrote his letter to
Amis of North Carolna-when he stepped forward,
n American statesman, to scout the excuses OF abo-
ionism and gave his casting vote in the Senate of the
United States to restrain the ncendiay publications of the
fanatics, he deserved and he received the first hon
Irs Of the country The Albany Atlas "would inquire
hi the Washington Unon-for the venerable editor
That paper is familiar with political hstory-wha has
lhe northern democracy demanded insisted on
lrom their southern brethren? Has the chivalrous and
ey southerner ever conceded anything even to the
nh part of hair the northern democracy, or for the
AXE of the Union What free territory has the south
ever consented should be purchased OF which to mu
/ dPy new Satesi"
We reply that we have kept balance sheet be-
tween the different sections of the Union. Every par
assisted the other Every section has conceded some
| thing to the other When Boston harbor was at
lacked by the British Virginia flew at to the rescue
with her gallant son, wisely pressed to the head o.
n the army by old John Adams When the Declaration Of
dependence was to be drawn her able Jefferson welded
F1e immortal PEN Yorktown the last theatre OF the
struggles for our independence, and her soil drank almos
4 The last blood of the heroes who fell in the o
/ their country When the wrongs of the British i'm
i PEELED us to draw the sword in behalf of FREE
! trade and sailors rights" in 1912, the south did no
/ stop 10 inquire whether it her trade that wa
attacked, or her seamen who impressed. Sh
knew better But it was principally the ships ant
he eamen of her northern sisters that exposed
Yet she did not pause another moment to fly to arms
The first hand which called the first meeting in Virginia
nd drew the resolutions that were adopted by larg
Meeting Of the citizens of Richmond, recommending Con
declare war for free trade and sailors rights,
ne which traces these hasty lines. The soutl
vas all Americans and she did not pause to strike
balance of benefits between the north and the south
Must we refer to the immense sacrifice which Vir
slnia made of all her Just claims to the whole north
\ western territory? She made it freely to the Union
Tor the sake of the Union; and, unfortunately, from
her wing was pucked the feather which, ii
\ The hands of New York and empty demagogue
now plumes the shaft which he aims at her. The ordi
nance of 1887, in which freely and graciousy &C
guessed, produced the strongest though unena
Bile argument, for denying to the savehoding States
equal participation in the benefits of new acquisition
4 under common partnership of States The Missouri com