Washington telegraph., 1850-03-13

North with. They had adopted at diffe,
cut times opposite policies. They 'ha
established a Bank Of the United States
under the administration OF Mr.. Madison
and the bill was reported by the Senate
from South Carolina (Mr. Caihoun); ant
he (Mr. Clay) had voted for that bill
although in 1916 he had voted to pu
down the Bank. Afterwards the South
aided by few from the North, and
headed by Gen. Jackson, had put down
the Bank again. The South had ex-
tended protection to manufactures, and
afterwards broken up that protection, aud
one member Of the Southern States had
threatened dissolution of the Union in
her opposition to that protection.
Florida waspurchased, aud slavery was
allowed TO exist there. Louisiana was
acquired. and over all of her territory that
was valuable, slavery was now in exis.
tence.
The South pressed the annexation of
Iexas, and she was Misunderstanding
slave territory. Texas led to the war
with Mexico; the war led to the acqui-
<ition OF the territories. After all this is
ltJust Tor the South 10 speak Of dissolution
When the North claims that the only por.
tiou OF the acquisitions of the territory of
the nation to which she could put forth q
claim, should he Tree!
VIII dIsnnlon be any remedy for evils
OF Which the South complaius! The ex-
ci'i>ion OF slavery from the Territories,
the abolition of slavery i'll this District.
aud the refusal 10 surrender fugitive slaves
are the grounds upon Which the dissolu.
ton OF the Union is to depend. If the
Union be dissolved can slavery be carried
mo the Territories! 1t cannot. Ifabol.
lshed in this District. will the dissolution
oi the Union restore slavery to the District!
Ii will not. Would there be any hetter
chance OF recapturiny your fugitive slaves
after dissolution of The Union? Ger
tainty not
Alter a dissolution, all redress is at ala
end. VIII the South be more secure in
their slaves within their own States after
dissolution than they are now! Then the
slaves will fIld that their escape will be
far easier.
He denied the right Of any one or more
States TO secede The Union was to be
forever and for all posterity. Dissolution
OF the y uion and war were inseparable.
10 dissolve the Union there must be
consent given or actual war. That con-
sent would not be given, and war was
the only mode left. Even if the consent
could be obtained, in less than sixty days
there must be a war between the enpira-
cies. Slaves will escape from Kentucky
across the river into the free States; they
will be pursued. the pursuers will be .e-
pulsed, and then comes war; and III
less than sixty days the whole country
will be in the blaze of war.
In case of dissolution Of the Union
there must be thee emperacies-the
northern free States. the southern Atlantic
States. and the coufederacy Of the great
Mississippi valley. Those who reside at
the head waters and tributaries of that
river will never consent that the mouth
OF that river shall ever bc held by a foreign
power.
There will be other divisions; but the
dark veil which overhangs the future is
too thick to be penetrated hy mortal eyes.
lie was for staying i'll the Union. He
would not allow himself to he driven out
OF it. He was for remaining where he
was, and for lighting for his rights there.
La the Union lie now was. and there he
meant to die There was a better op-
portunity of maintaining his rights III the
Union, than there was Of getting them
out of the Union
The union of these States was for all
posterity. 1t was like the marriage re!a-
ton, there was no power to dissolve the
tie. Aud he would conjure the northern
States and the southern States TO say to
each other as husband and wife: We
both have faults; there is nothing human
without errors; let us, for the future,
forget each others faults, and live peace
fully and happily together.
DiSunion would be succeeded by a war
une xamped in the history of the world.
Not war Of two OF three years. but an
endless contest, unless both parties would
become SO exhausted that some Philip or
Alexander, some Caesar or Napoleon,
would arise and solve the problem OF
man capacity for seIf-goveinment. and
establish a despotisn, and forever blot
out this last glorious light in the history
of man.
III conclusion. he abjured gentlemen
from 'ne South ny tue ioVe 'hey oote tot
the memory of their ancestors-by ths
love they bore for their God aud country
by their duties TO mankind and 20 them
selves, 10 pause upon the edge of that
precipice before they plunged into that
abyss from which there was 10 return.
He invoked, as blessing. that IT this
Union was 10 he dissolved, he might not
live TO witness il.
IMPORTANT NEws-U. S. Consul In
suited.-The Portsmouth (Va.) Pilot has