The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-01-26

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Ths CALIFORNIA; Message National Iatsilgs.esr.
We have already presented our views on the leading
features embraced in this and we have replied
to that portion OF the fsgenesrs defence Of il which
made false and unmay insinuation against ourselves
Wew not therefore, allude further to that matter than to
utter protest against the effort which the National In
tsigsncsv continues to make and especially in its mise
rable halfway apologize article Of yesterday morn
ing, to ull the country into fancied security, and
to produce the conviction that there is no danger
in the present aspect Of the political horizon. We be-
eve that the signs Of the times porenous, and
cannot regard any man as true patriot who would in
crease the present difficulties by disseminating the belief
that there is no peril in the slavery agitation which
now convusing the whole country II the messages Of
governors the resolutions Of primary assembsges Of the
people, and the enacments Of State legislatures furnish
any indication Of popular sentiment in the two sections Of
the Union there can be no reasonable doubt that the
North and the South are threatening TO come in direct
conflict with each other Can any man Of sense close
eyes to all the signs on the horizon! Can any man
witness the debates and the proceedings in both houses
of Congress- without seeing the absorbing character OF
the discussion and the dangers which environ us Can
any man listen 10 the private conversations OF the social
circle without seeing the interest il excites and the in
cacuabe importance which is attached ts Is it wise
10 close our EYES to the danger which surrounds lest
like children. we might be scared with hobgoblins in
the dark instead Of seeing the danger which meets us
in broad day. and in attempting guard against III It
does not follow because man sees The danger. and
frankly points il out for the purpose Of averng it. that
he is therefore anxious realize it Exactly contrary
to this are the safe logic and the true ethics upon this
subject In ordinary times sfolly to talk Of dsunion
and it would be mischevous to il; but when the
danger is before you where is the wisdom Of affecting
ignorance Of its existencel
We know moi how others may act in this emergency but
clearly that would be false to position,
failed warn both the saveholdng andhe slavehold
ing States Of the true condition Of things that they may
see the danger which the slavery agitation threatens to
bring upon the confedeacy and be enabled to act wisely
and not bndly, and to weigh the benefits of this glorious
Union against the pay schemes of facous demagogues
We abhor the language Of menace. We do not be-
leve that either the North the South can be intm-
idated BY threats; the contrary, believe that
such language is dangerous, for brings suspicion upon
the rncss Of those who it, while il tends to excite
those against whom II il used and thereby defeats calm
and confederate councils We therefore repeat that the
plan recommended by the President for the settlement Of
the territorial question 10 unwise and dangerous. We
repeat that it is mere quackery. intended only as a
supplcaton to Congress not to force General Taylor
to disclose his sentiments on the Wilmot Proviso
and to say which section Of the Union was cheated in
his election We further repeat. that the executive
scheme proongs the agitation touching slavery until all
the territory acquired from Mexico Is prepared for admis
sion sovereign States OF the confedeacy; and "be-
fore that day events viii, in all probability hap
pen which will shake this Union to It's centre" This
mischievous and evasve policy-ths miscalled "mas.
ery inactviiyonly delays the settlement, increases
the excitement and extends the danger. The diff
culties growing out of the election Of General Tay-
Tor must be settled at the present session. sectional
ASPIRATION, stimulated by mutual recrmnaton, may rem
der any settlement forever impossible. Then may come
upon the horrors Of civil war, and the dismember-
men Of this great confedeacyhe only alternative be-
ing consolidated empire and auiocrat instead Of
President.
General Taylor, believe, has besnmised by the de-
signing who surround him-and who are willing to
hazard the Union for personal and party advancement
They wish, for their miserable purposes, to keep
alive the present excitement The game was commenced
even before the peace with Mexico II kept up by
Mr. Ewing and Mr. Seward-one the constitutional, and
the other the confidential adviser Of the President Their
impairment interference on the last day Of the last SEES
sion Of Congress, aided by Mr. Winthrops efforts az
Speaker OF the House Of Representatives defeated Mr.
Walkers amendment, and prevented an adjustment Of
the difficulty at that time The same counseIlors have
now induced General Taylor to make the present
mendation, which is only calculated to SOW the
seeds OF bitterness in order TO bring the two sections
Of the Union into collision, and in order to force
the South TO resist the federal government. Then
the authors Of the calamity. the fomensers Of the
strife, will raise the banner Of the Union, and will
claim the homage Of the nation for preserving the
Union from dangers which they have deliberately pro-
dueed. We love the Union and we wish that il may
continue forever But wish to see il preserved not
by force-not BY the bayonet-not by war-but by re-
moving every cause Of III fecing-by strict observance
Of the consttuonand by the cultivation Of friendship
between the North and the South We have faith in the
lies Of common language. common religion and
ancestry and wish to see the States bound
toQether NV The ueunoria2 of the mast hut wa have M