The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-06-12

Britain, drawn by Mr., Jefferson and prefxed
to the Declaration of Independence-and
then see what truth there was in Mr.. Cal
houn's reckless comparison. According to
his assertion the southern grievances were
not only equal, but greater than those emu
merated by Mr.. Jefferson. The Declaration
of Independence is in every house but there
is another place where the list is more per-
fect--the preamble to the constitution Of Vir-
gina--also drawn by Mr.. Jefferson, and
where an item suppressed in the national
Declaration Of Independence, to crafty some
extreme southern friends, was retained in
all its vigor by his native State. That item
was this: "By prompting ournegroes to rise
in arms among us-those very negroes,
whom, by an inhuman use Of his negative,
he hath refused his permission to exclude by
laU." What contrast The kings reiu-
sal to authorize the exclusion Of slaves from
Virginia, then one OF the causes of separa-
ton, inserted in her declaration of wrongs,
prefxed to her constitutional nominal ex-
clusion by law OF slavery from territory
where il is not, and cannot be, now cause
of separation OF the southern from the north
ern States Surely the Father of his Coun-
try had, in his MINDS eye, this address Of
Mr.. Calhoun when, in his farewell to his
children, he warned them against the mis-
representations Of designing men who, ior
their own ends, would raise up sectional DIFF
ierences for Fthe purpose of alternating one
Tpaut Of the Union from another. His pro-
phetic vision ioresaw the present state OF
things when he wrote this paragraphs:
ON contemplating the causes which may disturb
our Union 1t occurs as matter OF serious concern,
that any ground should have been furnished Tor
characiersing parties by geographical discrimna-
tions-northern and southern-atlanc and western
whence designing men may endeavor to excite be-
lief that there is real difference OF local interests
| and views. One of the expedients OF party TO ac-
quire influence within particular districts Is TO mis-
represent the opinions and aims OF other districts
You cannot shield yourselves too much against the
jealouses and heart burnngs which spring from
these misrepresentation; they tend to render alien
TO each other those who ought TO be bound together
by lraterna affection"
The malediction Of the Father Of his
Country falls upon Mr.. Calhoun--falls upon
the twenty years promoter Of hatred and
alienation between the North and the South.
But, why multiply proofs. From the full
ness of the heart, the mouth speaketh and
for twenty years the mouth Of Calhoun has
poured forth the language Of disunion. Sure
ly the Holy Scriptures are right; and dead
" enmity to the Union must be in that heart
from which its death knell is daily sounded.
| Mr.. Calhoun is baked in his mode Of
proceeding. He finds difficulty in the first
step. The experience Of the first nullifica-
ton has convinced him that one State, and
that small one, is Too narrow a foundation
to build upon He needs broader founda-
ton: and ever since the Texas annexation
treaty of 1914, he has manruvered for a
Southern convention, in orde. to unite all
the Southern States under his control. He
wants convention He is great upon a
small body-where he can work upon indi-
viduals, in detail, and by units. He sgreat
then. A Southern convention was his plan
at the rejectionof the Texas treaty in 1914 !:
| contributed to break up that plan. Atthe
passing of the Oregon bill in the summer Of
1914, he tried for the convention again and
subscription paper was carefully circulat
in the House Of Representatives for sigma
lures. 1t was ono go.'' But few subscr-
bers were got, and the paper was suppress
ed. This brings us to the last winters work
the meeting convoked of the members of
Congress from the slave-holding States. Its
object has been stated, and do not repeat it.
only name it as part Of the machinery
for getting up a Southern convention. 1t
T. 4 q. 4, t,,a1t
"a caucus onvention-ntended to pave
the way for the real convention, and
to call it. 1t was intended to combine
Wings and Democrats and bring the whole
under the control Of the head contrlver.
1t was faiure,-The Wings hauled off
from it: only part Of the Democracy
remained, and many Of them for innocent
and laudable purposes. Nothing came from
this Congress convention but an emascula-
ted address,, deprived Of the venom in its
head, and of the sting in its tail, and pro-
posing nothing. The continuance for the
southern convention had failed again: and
his last resource was in State Legislatures,
and country meetings. The fire brand reso-
luton were to be adopted in State Legisla-
lures, and county meetings got to up stimu-
late the people. omit other States The
resolutions were adopted in Missouri imme-
diately after the failure Of the Congress
caucus, and after the publication Of the adj
dress-about as soon as they could be known.
The resolutions had laid in torpid state all
winter They slept during the time they
should have been awake, and in my hands
at Washington, if they were intended for
my guidance, They were passed after Con-
gress adjourned, and the county meetings
Immediately started. This was in accord
ance to the practice elsewhere; and, il they
still 90 on, should conform to Accomac,
which have at least the merit Of doing a
wrong thing in the right way. They pro-
pose a convention of the State, to be called
at a special session of the General Assembly,
to decide fundamentally on the course Of ac-
ton. That, at least is consulting the people
fairly, and giving them chance to decide
Understandings. Thsis their resolution:
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