The North-Carolina standard., 1850-03-06
UNION MEETING IN NEW YORK.

very large Union Meeting held in New
York on the evening of the 25th ultimo, which was
addressed by Messrs. Whiting, White, Ogden, and
Gen. Scott. The Meeting was called on the basis
of Henry Cay's Resolutions, and these Resolutions
were approved by it. 1t was an assemblage rather
of the Clay men, but the speeches breathed fair
and a compromising spirit. We copy the remarks
of Mr.. Whiting, we find them in the Tribune.
1t will be that he speaks out manfuly for the
South, and that he gives it to the rascally agtators
in capital style. These movements among the North
people of both parties in behalf of the Union,
to be attributed solely the firm stand akenby South
ern in defence of their rights. The Tribune says:
"The next speaker was James R. Whiting, men,
ber of the bar of City, and at one time District
Attorney. There was much noise when he got up,
and it was some time before he could get hearing.
Fellow Citizens, said he, it is no ordinary occasion
-[Order! Whiting Louder! Scott ! Scott! Go on !!
Hiss; Order u We meet not partzans. not as
Democrats, not Wings, not as Abolitionists, not
as Fanatics-but as Unionists. We are called to
various parties of the country except Abooniss, can
meet and join hands and hearts for the Union. We
meet for the Union ay, and will die under the Union
A great black cloud hangs over our Southern atmos-
phere and its threatening aspect denotes widespread
ruin 1t is carrying the water the lamentable
news that this country of liberty. of equality, of Un
ion, is about be discovered and plunged into frat
ricidal strife and for what! For somewhat of in
Jury done to the South. l stand here to speak the
truth. The North has failed to do her duty to the
South. She has failed to fulfill the provisions of the
Constitution. We have done justice to the South.
stand here to ask even-handed justice, and if it be
done, the South will sit down with under our vine
and fig tree, and through all time worship the same
idol of Liberty. We have violated the Constitution
and injured the South by not returning their runaway
slaves, when they sought them among US. Cries
of no no! Cheers Fanaticsm and Abolitionism
but other names for burglary, robbery, fraud and
larceny! 1t was compromise the question of
Slavery, that brought the Federal Union together,
and by that Compromise-that Constitution-we
were bound by our oahs. BY our featy to our eoun-
try, to render up their fugitive property ask the
question, Have we done so! No! We never ought!]
We have not. (Mr. w. then mentioned several cases
that had occurred in this City of suits chat
tells, in which the South, he contended, had been
wronged. He soundly rated the Judge who would
not permit the laws of Maryland to appear in Court
as the basis of slave claim.) l will 90 as far as
90 so far break through the Constitution-I will
yield up the negroes. 1t is our duty to yield them
up, when they have run away from their owners.
have professionally, defended several such cases. and
have found all these men-rnen from Maryland, Vir-
ginia, Georgia-reasonable and disposed to be just
defended one big negro, who stood six feet in his
stockings. He was claimed by man from North
Carolina, named Wilson but it turned out that the
claimant was his own father-that the negro was his
child by of his female slaves-the Jury returned
verdict in favor of the negro. Did North Carolina
ever complain No. And she never will complain,
if strict justice be done.
tell you, our fanatics, our Aboitionists the
worst men ever saw. When Mr. Lee of Maryland
I-as honorable, high-minded, chvalrousa gentleman