The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-03-03

eouivoc.i obligation Another clause In the constitution
10 the part Of the nom saveholdng States 70
YOU have taught the slave thar lie right free.
dom Lssdy, it was agreed. by the clause apiorion
TO con.sisaiop e1erci.. 4. the political rights Of tbs
slave, and that he should be nothing. such, fellow,
States, have made with each other In whs, aye the
world and among what people and states wasa compact
spicuous IL was made with our eyes open with full
knowledge of all the Of the case Of all the
made sgains H. Every one Of the Hsope bound TO add
It, and Is Po1ured when by appliance, direct nd
no attempts TO annu its provisions speaks every
ali that is sacred in GOOD .i,h or SOUND in good pocv sna
it has been in train Of peaceful execution for and forty
years.
Extracts Jros, Sfr Otis's Speech
There still remains. in my mind, still stronger obyec
tion than have urxed this association. lis evident
direction 10 towards becoming political association.
whose obiec, will be. and whose tendency h bear
directly upon tho boxes, and TO influence tbs cleo
relative 10 slavery in the Dseo, Of Columbis and with an
qualification. for hi, place. no refused to pledge himself
..d reserved the ghso act as hi. Judgment might dicats
when obliged And you doubt, fellow citzens
that these associations will act together for political pu
Toss.' i huns. nature for such combination. to for
the they sncpr,o realized in making
how soon msht you ses majority In Congress, returned
afterwards would this Union lasf Sir. in the of
ws ssa as " Of ne "a
would not have been breathed in this community And
). s a. RI
British Parliament having declared that hey had right
bind infant gisnt.imbs in letters when voco Of
resistance and notes OF defiance had gone forth from th.
and her iife alone bressa,.s the whole power Of
Britain the generous aud gallant sonthrons our
shareholders When the blood Of our citizens, shed by
British soldery, had stained had flowed upon
upon she plains of Lexington and Concord them when
he whose namo can never be pronounced by American
TO every American hear-whsn HK, that stakeholder
tPotntng to fulength portrait OF Washngton.) who
from The canvass smiles upon youths chiLrsn-wh pa
Ierna b1nixniy came with other shareholders drive the
British myrndons from this city, and this hail. fathers
did not refuse 10 hold communion with him with them
With sls vehoders they formed the confederation,
relations with he thew made s EscIa rao of eds
pendence, coming from the OF that other
rsh.and the original draft Of that declaration, wa,
contained most eloquent passage this topic of negro
Of members from ,he South With slavehsders, shopIdsr
to shoulder fathers through the rsvouio ming
together upon every from Massachusetts Georgia
and when, by the blessing Of Heaven-tor Heaven did
achieved their independence and successfully terminated
the MAI they together formed this solemn conipact-he
summation of all their abos the fruit of all their
riices and suffering It comes down to us sealed by
lh.rs; and we will abide by it, to the letter and tho
spirit, in all its parts demanding for benefits
benefits and protection which ii con,empa,es for them
Slavery existed than There j. pretence that
II has assumed amy more aggravated form, that the
provisions in relation to it inserted by acciden,
or inadvertencs Few parts of tho constitution
more carefully and deliberately weighed Nor did il
arise from any indifference the evils of this
institution Our fathers not loss devo.ed friends oil
liberty not less pure philanthropiss pious Chris
Hans than OF their children Of the day They
,a wnst hey could xy and psasenoy At the frs.
If government in Massachusetts l7sJ avery abo
he'd thrnug hout this State. y
l!y the constitution they obtained tho right to prevent,
any States from carrying the slave trade after the year
]5 and 1t the earliest moment, they prohibited that
.rlous uAc, desouncing against it the penalties OF
piracy.
Sir. these doctrine, and that language to which have
is' my duty 70 advert tending ~ they do 70 the disruP
lion Of tho Union, the of government and all
tho horrors of civil and servo have attained their
greatest prevalence and intensity within the past year,
since ain notorious foreign rsr lxnded
shores, who hero not to unite his tate W ii
other foreigners who would make this their home, and
whom we cordially receive psrtc OF ali the
here avowed urinary. ssstane. by foreign funds,
votesd agit0fsr questions deeply, profoundly po
which the very existence oil this nation is Involved.
This is our country-the country of our children and
chdrens children. We can never separate from it,
Its fate be fate II The abide
peltnX il commissions come must be in the midst
OF them To then, It belongs 10 judge of The sxigences
perform eur own duties without the audacious nterer-
OF foreign enissaries If he have really The phlan
thfopy which he Processes and would evils by doc
nes and language IN their nature revolutionary, which
touch the very existence OF the established government
let him back Europe, and there, ut his home,
undertake redress wrongs of ndia stay the oppes-
the prosrang OF the triple power OF the priesthood the
astocracy, and THRONE, and he would perhaps receive
in his own person practical lesson OF The degree Vi liberty
,lore enjoyed.