The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-11-03

powerful 10 the poweess Is IN the refusal OF prof
Of the Rio Gfande Conquess crimsoned wing stained
by American blood split American soil, had tanned
iRto flame the passions OF a resentful soldiery.
..spirits OF fire Will brood long.
But Hash resentment back Tor wrong
Before the war closed in Just peace, victorious
banners oated over the cities and cades OF the enemy
The spires OF her religious temples rocked and reeled to
with superstition might have in these signals the
Judgment of Heaven. Nor should our own minds be
closed its lessons They yield for the constancy Of
in the triumph 81 his principles. The most signal Of
these battles was won BY the yaor OF citizen soldiey
Courage and Joined win , srassry
OF republican institutions. Mefcenary armies no
longer necessary 10 do the deeds OF for coun
oracle OF policy and freedom II blends itself with all
their interests OF selfish ambition The irumphs OF war
overtop the hard earned chapets OF peace Let their in
macy to avoid wars On the bloodstained field flower
spring for the statesmans interest There fasci
nation in military glory, which felicity OF language
paint There Is enchantment in the lustre OF
bloody enown that casts into the shade all the rivares
Of civil service. F
..Crowns and coronets have walked in is livery,
Realms and islands are as plates from its pocket"
There is poison that turks in the leaf OF the laurel
Nourished IN blood and rsdolent Of odors, is the fiji
emblem q glory and decay This is the moral Of all
Mysterious and inscruable are the ways Of Provi-
denceand il the devices of its wisdom shall give us les
sons that win turn away the hearts OF statesmen from
The perous and gnobe extTemies OF war; let us praise
its goodness And what the honors that this
and this peace lay the tomb OF the illusious man
whose death we assemble TO commemorate His COM
mon sense was his wisdom was the pilot that wsa wealth
" He has enlarged boundaries, and settled every con-
tested question OF territory The palmy influence OF our
antc 10 the Pacific. His internal policy impaired its
nurture all the interests of commerce. OF agriculture
Of labor. and capital All have thrven into wealth under
- esfnfc rnrrann In
The expansion of commerce, under the propitous and
wanton wing OF free trade breaking the letters OF arb
ary restriction finds its riches in every mart OF the
world and on every where its huters in
the wind. He invaded the sovereignty OF the
States He has placed, far he could, the interests
Of commerce and manufactures under the safest and
wisest Of all conservative principle Of its
own vigilance to interest The power OF gravitaon in
the material world like selnterest in the moral is the
this good laid down his power in the funess OF his
fame. Redundant in the blessings of peace. redundant
il hs q war ms country brings 70 n e
tuition in its pristine lustre still the great lighthouse OF
the earth. BY which the mariner OF freedom on every
sse 4e results
OF sound sense, acting upon sound principle They en-
grave the rolls Of time the brilliant escutcheons Of his
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He steady in his pursuits, ambitious Of good con-
fding his aspirations to the justice Of Heaven. II
through these that men Of more sparkling genius,
whose pride had long looked down upon hm as from
emineDce this persevering son Of labor spring up
before them and seize upon the prize.
ambition always-virtne is, or vice,
/ guardian Angel. leading to the skies;
demon with the worm that dies"
There is point in my duty that rises up before me-
which is not allowed to shun The signature of the
late President TO the territorial bill for Oregon has not
escaped the maedction Of portion OF his countrymen
Duty has its pes and we must not hope to escape Them
The philosophy OF politics is the science OF cir
cumstances. Wise men not always at liberty to fol-
low distractions. in the face OF necessity deriving its
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Compounded prejudice standing upon its compromise, is
powerful law:gyer We are required to excuse what
may not be justified The Missouri compromise was ac
cepted by the country near thirty years ago L was
thing DONE and carrying within the great difficulty Of
undoing i Mr.. Polk followed it, am addressing my
self to Virginia audience many of you the descendants
OF those who actors and witnesses OF the agtatons
Of this question, when ii was first thrown like fire.
brand into the temple OF our Union
The legislature Of this Commonwealth always the fierce
and firm defender OF the rights OF the States put forth its
power OF resistance II denounced the authority OF Con-
sss e enlarge its powers BY compact with the terrific
ment to touch the question OF slavery anywhere. II
denied all other power the territories but that which
the constitution IN terms, bestowed it," TO make all
needu rules and regulations to dispose OF its proprietary
interest in them !" that these needful regulations
laws must bear relation to this end that direct,
tent valid, because il granted; and that other
power could be valid. because no other was granted.
II reiterated the substance OF the message OF Mr. Mad
IN MS VetO OF OOnus Internal
March, lsi7hat the constitution OF the United States
had provided within itself the and process for
lagiDg its powers, and that compact either with
State or Territory. could. by force OF that compact i'm
part power 10 Congress which not expressed in The
charter itself and that TO establish any such doctrine was
Dissertation OF that instrument which would arm the
government with gigantic race OF innovations, under
whose fearful weight the Union must be crushed or its
liberties become victim and sacrifice One OF Der c
whose wisdom was always marked by characteristic
6rmness and forbeaance, the author of this protest
Chapman Johnson--then her senator, and always her
honored staesmanent 10 that duty his ability and its
weight II went forth as the deliberate sense OF this an
cent Commonwealth The pride Of the State aroused
to phrenzy in that effort 10 dsmane the sovereignty OF
the States. Congress itself was neither unlimited nor
the qualified agent the extent OF its delegated share 10
government OF defined and limited powers.
The FIRST proposition 10 settle this Threatening contest
came from the North. member from New York, who
bad hastily returned TO his seat after leave OF absence for
the session, moved the restriction. As soon as he re-
turned, the venerable and sagacious Macon OF North
Carolina remarked 10 prophetic truth that he had returned
for mschief-a prophecy too quickly realized Another
member from New York the late John w. Taylor fol-
lowed the restriction. four days after il offered, with
the proposition for the compromise ultimately adopted
Ambition felt its power, and reckless OF The result
The danger that gathered the Union prevailed
| the opinions Of men wise 10 their duty and who had
shown their fidelity to their country In the Senate and in
the field. Among the most anxious OF these Pres-
dent Monroe. The legislative caucus in Virginia. that
usually nominated electors for President and Vice Pres
dent, assembled in the Capitol. At this moment a
rumor reached the metropolis that Mr. Monroe IA
ferred its action. Distrust was the wing inqu-
/ nv and denunciaton followed. and for ful week