The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-03

State be admitted into the Union Where are these
States TO be created found Let il be even supposed
thai California 10 divided into two free States New
Mexico Utah. Oregon. and Minnesota. each erected into
Sate-all free, Here should have five States of the
number; but where will you find The requisite hcsnty
States remaining II the whole Of the wild and naeces,
sibe territory within bounds were cut up into States,
ii would not constitute one-half OF the number Texas
will be formed into at least three Staiesa slavehold-
ing-in few years and thus will the mpraccabiity Of
this appehended amendment be rendered altogether insu
perable Indeed is impossible now. And yet the
prophetic Jeremiahs constantly recurring this ground
less and absurd Of danger This view Of the subject
should also teach the free soil phanihropiss. and their
friends the aboltonss how futile and hopeless is their
labor TO reach slavery in the States As to hostile
gressional legislation that not to be dreaded The
fugveslave law and the Territories amply secured
by the Compromise And what else is to be assailed
The judiciary will shield the constitution from such fla
grant violation, and stand safeguard for the
rights Of all the STATES Let the South be firm and
self posed and let her. above all things avoid the
counsels OF q fear, which beirays like treason"
Let us not be misunderstood. When we conjuie the
people Of the South take counsel Of fear,
that hesitang, trembling vague apprehension of future
evil which may probably never happen, and which may
exist only in their 6dgety brains The determined
resolu,e not blind 10 does he create
it, He is ready for it, when il may, and he grapplet
with il when he meets it, He does not say there is
lion in the path when il is only snarng cur. Such ],
the spirit would ncucae among the citizens Of the
South. II is manly, and il becomes them We admi
there dangerserious the people Of the
North and their representatives should muzzIe the ia
natics Should that danger comeshould the fugitive bill
be dstarbed-should future aggression be attempted
should imagination be converted into tact-then W,
pledge ourselves to stand up with Governor Seabrook
in defence Of the constitution But il is not the part Of
wise man TO rush into ruin for fear another grea
danger sh ould approach him from another quarter.
We hope and that the overheated zeal Of the lead
ing politicians in South Carolina will at all events pause
as Gen. Hamilton boldly and wisely advises his gaan
comrades-that they will calmly weigh things at thei
true value, give credit to the feelings and patriotism
Of her sister States OF the South and fall into line will
Them either acquesce in the Compromise as the olive
branch Of peace if that be rendered in good fal
the North, then to take such measures and precauon
for future safety prudence and duty may dictate w
persuaded if her mighty spirits Of other days coul
be summoned from their tombs--her Marons, her Ru,
lodges her PnckReys her Lowndses and her Calhouns
they would the sentiments, and entreat the
fellow countrymen to hold fast the constitution an
the Union until the injuries now anticipated shall be at
tempted pepetrated by the federal government tina
indgny be offered to the South she can and she shout
strike home and justify herself before poserity whaeve
be the issue. "The blood OF Douglas will then protec
ITSELF"
/ THE world must then witness,
i Ii the republic falls, thar she is innocent"