The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-02-22
THE UNION.


case pepetate act 81 rude unkndness upon an inno
cent and unofending person but desire i now once
for all be understood, that in all prefer the sub
stance of things 10 the mere formthat, whilst member
OF this body shall do and say at all times and TO all
persons. precisely what deem i necessary TO do and
say for the urherance OF the public welfare and the
satisfaction of my conscience; that shall adopting
the words OF my eloquent and manly friend from Ala
bana, mir CLEMENs,l use in debate here plain Anglo,
Saxon language that shall aenoanss wee whsIs ;,bo
playing the Paul Pry upon honorable senators exercise
constant vigilance here and expose Al acts Of oincis m
propriey with promptude and WIN becoming spit,, anu
history as free people, shall not hesitate TO hold the
language OF sincerity and truth, from the apprehension OF
any consequences merely personal % myself 10 'ne
honorable senator from Kentucky beg leave TO say IN
the words OF Scripture, doubtless familiar to hm--in The
words OF ST. Paul hmsef'Wo is me, II preach not the
Gospel
tves will satisfy even the honorable senator IRON Ken
lucky himself, that he has no right to complain OF my
having uncvilly or unauthorzedly nruded myself upon
his priuate intercourse with senators here.
Mr. President, feel constrained now by tue course OF
the honorable senator from Kentucky, to speak more
plainly and strongly in regard 10 his own present altitude
upon The questions al present occupying so painfully Inc
attention OF the country, than had thought either ne
cessary expedient few days since Sir had me non,
orabe senator confined himself Q tne y
South or had he been conented to advocate the resou.
tons OF compromise which be has introduced here WIN
all his well known eloqaence. should not nave os sa
tainy concur with my esteemed friend from Aiapana,
who has spoken to-day with strength and brilllancy
seldom i ever surpassed ~ TINS body n an 'aa ne has
tons of the senator from Kentucky; though certainly
agree with the senator from Alabama that these reso
buttons a y The woe e spesc the
honorable senator from Kentucky in support o. inese
resolutions Of his was in some respects highly opJec,
tonabe, both phaseology and in substance yet coua
have borne all this patiently, and did do So could
have renamed silent, or contented myself with solemn
protest against his course But sir, the honorable sena
upon this occasion He has deemed himself authorized
to dsapprove, in strong and pointed language, q wna
has been said by southern senators relative 70 the dan
gers which are ercely menaciDg the Union, and
those dire results which all at last perceive will be
the inevitable fruit Of that aggressive policy against winch
fbe South has been long and SO zeaousy contendng
The honorable senator from kentucky seems, amo-
ous of recognition the especial Champion OF the Untonj
and those who to doubt IFS stability, or venture
to predict its dissolution, the consequence OF lnoera
bic oppression he appears to regard as unmga'ed lac
tonists Well, sir suppose undertake to show that no
southern senator is responsible for stronger and more Ter
vd language this subject than did the honorable SEN
ator from Kentucky employ eleven years ago suppose
show that eleven years ago. when the cloud Of aboi
ton bigger than mans hand the honorable sen
ator from Kentucky held language more cogent and in
mmsoy than any employed D hai he T Sooh ais
threatened at this moment when that cloud has oyerspread
the whole armament, and when the red hghn!ng T. az
ready cleaning in our faces and me II h what viii
the honorable senator say then Will he still
us will he still complain The experiment is worth
making and proceed TO read from speech oil the hon
orabe Senator delivered in this body in the year 1889,
follows:
"sir in the habit OF speaking lightly Of the pos
sibty Of dsolvng this happy Union The Senate knows
that have deprecated illusions ordinary occasions TO
shat dretu event The country will testify that II there
Be i he hs a y
votion TO its lasting preservation Bat we should be fa
inns dangers which he assai
ed Abolition should no longer be regarded as an imagna
their plcsent aim Of uniting The inhabitants Of the free
States against the Inhabitants Oh the slave
States Union the side will beget union on the
oher and this process of reciprocal consolidation will be
attended with all the violent peiudices, imbiieied pas
or deformed human nature. A virtual dissolution Of
the Union will have taken place. whilst the forms oil ITS ex
islence remain The most valuable element OF Union,
mutual kindness. the feelings Of sympathy, the raiernal
bonds which now happily unite US, wili have been ex.
and hostile array against the other The collision Of opin
ion viii be quickly followed by the clash OF arms !
viii not attempt describe which now happily lie
concealed from view. Abolitonists hemielves would
shrink back in dnay and horror at the contemplation CT
da.oated fields conasgated cities murdered inhabitants,
and the overthrow OF The tare fabric OF human govern
men that ever rose 20 animate the hopes OIL cvized man
Nor should these abolioniss acr themselves that fthey
succeed ia their object oil uniting tue people OF te free
Saies they viii enter the contest with numerical supe
rioy hat insure victory An history and experiences
prove The hazard and uncerIany OF And we ad
monhed by Holy Writ that the race is not to the swim nor
would they conquer Af,reisa Zoe oae who had insult.
ed dag invaded shores, and laid county waste
No. sir; no, sir IL would be conquest withou lanels,
without gloy-a SELF suicidal conques,a conquest Of
brothers brothers, achieved by one over anohef por-
ton OF the descendants of common ancestors who noby
pedgng their lives their fortunes and their sacred honor
had ougbt and bed side by side, In many hard battle on
land and ocean, severed country IRON The Cfown
and established our national independence.
The Inhabitants OF the slave States some times nc
by their northern brethren with displaying too much
hness and sensiby tho operations and proceedings
Of aboousis. Bat before they be rightly Judged
there shoud be a reversal OF conditions Let ms suppose
that the people OF the slave States TO form societies.
subsidizs presses, make large pccunay contributions
send forth missionaries throughout all their Dor
ders, and enter into Vaccinations To burn the brauu
capt. Is, destroy h productive manufactures, and sink
IN the gallant ships Of The northern STATE.
would these incendIay proceedings be regarded as neigh
kbody and rieny and consistent with the ffnterna sent
meus which should ever be cherished by Que portion OF
the Union lows rds anoherf Would they ercite no emo
ton occasion Manifestations Of dissatisfaction, nor
lead any o fetataory violence But the supposed
tails Tar short Of the actual one in most csenia cir
cumsance In no contingency could these capitals, man
ufacoes, and ships IN rebellion aud massacre The IN
habtants of the northern States"
Eleven years ago the honorable senator predicted
we see that 'unon on the side would beget union
the o,her;r be might have added, with Edmund Burke
"ishsn bad combine good men must unIe and now,
when that very union is concerted-whch eleven years
ago he regarded natural and inevitable that he fe
authorized TO prophesy il in advancethat unon so ne
cessary to the safety OF the South he ardenty de-
plores and almost denounces IT. Now, when our adverse
RES have threatened us with utter destruchonmade
when the machinery OF ruin has been all arranged, and
is ready to pour into midst the missiles OF INSULT oil
degradation, and OF death now, when we might well
saw with Virginia orator OF revolutionary times: sour
chains are already forged = their clanking may be heard
upon the plains OF Boson "the hrst gale that sweeps
from the North NAV bring TO the clash OF