The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-12-18
THE UNION AND SLAVERY

| mistake the temper OF the North il thew suppose
thelr bravaao will have the fleet Of compelling
the Tree States TO saccumb to the demon of sla.
very The effect will be precisely the reverse
VAIN indeed ATE the lessons OF the Missouri com.
promise and the annexation of Texas. If The SET.
tied opinions Of The northern people are to yielt
10 the threats Of pack oil hottie AIDED stump poti-
cans. Vain indeed are all the professions and
practices OF northern Wings if they yield single
men 10 the vaporing OF the Foote's, Toombs
| Chngmans and all that pack Vain indeed are
the new confessions OF faith oil northern democrats
II they cover before the arrogant buster OF south
ern Bobadis Let those who venture to truckle
at this Juncture rest assured that their political
days are numbered and their social standing lost.
Northern rights must not be sacrificed to south
ern aggression, be the consequences never so
dreadful. The slavery question is to be met and
II ought to be met now plumply, manfully calm
~. dispassonately. Every consideration OF duty
calls upon the free States to stand mistaken, un.
seduced, unterriied. The issue must be met
me gna"ing worm which preys upon the viaIs
OF the body polite must be crushed. Every con-
sideration OF duty calls upon the north to stand
firmly to the right. Duty TO God, duty 10 our
country, duty to our race duty TO ourselves and
TO our children impels to be firm and fearless
Conscience speaks to US in a voice not to be mis-
understood, and not 10 be dsregarded The rays
N'SiHoA uueu our pathway .
the finger OF eternal justice points unerringly to
the mark of our high calling. Oh, we who fater
now think OF the omnipotent and benevolent
Being, who has committed to your hands the des-
tlny oil his oppressed and outraged children. En-.
throned in glory, reiulgent in light ineffable, he
sits amidst the hosts of heaven, angels and arch
angels, scanning your thoughts and watching
your deeds. He has given you that Liberty
which was the original lot OF all men; he has
blessed you in thousand ways, and among other
blessings has given you property in the labor of
your hands, 10 your own soul and person, in the
vile OF your bosom and the children OF your love.
And can you do aught which shall deny these
blessings 10 others? Can you do for your fellow
men the reverse OF what your heavenly father,
the common father Of all, has done for you! Alas!
It is like nursery tale to talk to some Of duty
10 God; and those who venture to do SO are apt to
, DC regarded as mere canters and hypocrites. But
rest assured there is something real, something
awtulIy solemn, something Tor which you will
surely be held responsible, in this consideration.
But If your political creed be not based upon this
rock, il you will not do right merely because the
voice oil God speaks to your soul, be not deaf to
the voice oil hum anity, turn not away from the
imperfect standard Of human ethics sin not against
the spirit Of the age, resist not the advance of
civilization. And ii still neither ofthe righteous
ness OF heaven nor the moral law OF men, can
touch your heart, forbear to iniure your country
by tolerating the bIighting curse OF slavery where
your vote may destroy it. Be not SO craven as
to be bullied and brow. beaten by the sweepings
Of southern tap-rooms, or SO simple as to be be
Wlidered by the crotchets OF southern abstraction.
lists. Sooner or later the slavery question must
be met, and the longer the decision is DELAYED
the more fierce will be the struggle. Meet il
now, decide il now, regardless OF the men who
seeketo overawe the free north by impotent
threats.
We wish 10 see the whole northern platform
brought forward during the present session We
wish to see what will be the result Of the threats
OF those contemplate traitors who rail against the
Union. For our own part we consider all sthis
talk the merest child'S play. There al not three
States in the Union which would make show of
Withdrawing from the Union and we venture to
say that even in South Carolina there are union
list enough under any circumstances to elect
members OF Congress in spite of Calhoun and all
his vassals. The dissolution of the Union is
bugbear, and the laws OF the Union, secession or
no secession, can be enforced in all the States OF
the Union, aye, and will be, unless il is thought
best to allow one or two States to try their hand
at self-government But let the worst come, this
Is not question to be compromised, tits a ques.
ton to be met fairly and squarely, without shut.
fling or log rolling. The power is IN the hands
oil the north, the right is with them-let them be
just and fear not.--.NetD Bedford Mercury.
MUrINY IN THE PACIFIC. In June last,
while cruising 10 the vicinity of the Kings Mill
Group Of Islands, the crew OF the whale Ship
Planter, Of Nantucket. led on by few desperate
fellows, refused duty, alleging as cause that
the ship had crused long enough, and should go
into port. Capt. Hussey, refused to comply with
the demands OF the crew, whereupon they armed
themselves with knives, handspikes, boarding
knives, &C., and threatened the lives OF the cap
tain and officers unless their demands were i'm !
mediaely complied with. Capt II endeavored
to reason with them, and upon going forward to
do so, was met at the try works and forced back. |
Alter several Intellectual attempts to induce the I
crew to return to their duty, and finding that
they had determined to force the captain to re-
turn to port or take possession OF the ship, Capt
H., ordered the ships muskets TO be brought up.
on deck, and loaded will ball cartridges He
then addressed his crew, stating his determine
ton to maintain his authority on board If need be
at the cost OF life, and gave them half an hour TO
consider the matter and make up their minds
whether they would return 10 duty. At the ex.
piration OF the time, he again addressed them,
and finding they sill persisted in their mutinous
intentions, he very coolly ard resoluely informed
that he "a daf al ,,nou fha ro,,rsa ~,