Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-11-30


is great and glorious motive, which fathers anc
pated and eyes have seen, in other way could
become example Of and security for, the capacity Of
man. safely and peacefully and wisely, to govern himself
under free and popular constitutions But wish ask
your attention particularly to one thing which is more nt
maely connected with this subject
undertake say that Of forecast must then have
oreseen and subsequent have demonstrated and is
known that without obligation to restore fugitives
from service, constitution constitutions Union
Union, cannot live in peace with the avehodng States
You may break up the constitution and the Union tomor
row may do BY civil war; or by what could never
understand the method or the principle o-what Is called
peaceabe secession you may do il In any conceivable in
conceivable way you may draw the geographical line be-
tween savehoding and non-saveholdng any chere but
when we shall have settled down. they will have their nst
tutsns and we shall have One is much fact as
the other One engages the interests and feelings and pas
sons OF men much the other. And how long we
live in peace, side by side without provision by
pact to meet this case Not year. Any rejecting man
can satisfy himself of this by turning bis mind upon the facts
and history proves it, As early 1913, when the country
wilderness, and the of persons from
part 10 another unfequent and exceedingly difficult the colo
mics Of Massachusetts and Plymouth Connecticut and New
Haven found necessary in that primitive and mper
feet union which they foundeds to stay themselves against
destruction 10 insert article substantially like this
"That any servant away from his master, into any Of
the confederate Jurisdictions, that in such case upon cef
cate from magistrate in The jurisdiction Of which the
servant fed upon other due proof the said shall
either be delivered TO his MASTER any other that pursues
and brings such certificate and proof"
But need not pause upon this early experience Of
New England ancestors The Government Of the United
States had not been in operation two years when the
sy Of such provision, in form, preserve tie
Of bordering independent States clearly proved
You know that in 1889, Florida belonged TO Spain, and
stretched along the southern border Of Georgia Well Gen
era Washington had been years In Office when the
people Of Southern Georgia became uneasy Of
the escape of their slaves the border into Florida
make very urgent representations the National Govern
m OTdeY were b.
tanned from the Spanish to arrest the further reception
Of the fgitives and to make restitution; and President
Washington sent special messenger into Florida to
the execution of these orders.
II is unnecessary TO enlarge upon this If any in this
sge expects to live in side by side with the slavehod
ing States without escua stipulation the
ration of fugves he must either be wise foresee
in way connected with human experience,
foolish to reject experience and probabilities guides Of
action.
know it may be said, ..Let the contest come We are
ready for it. Let the blood of the slaughtered be upon the
heads of those who are in the wrong" When look abroad
hundred thousand happy homes in Massachusetts, and
see people such the bes has rarely shone uponso
intelligent educated, moral religious, progressive, and free,
to do thing but wrong when call to mind its admira
bic constitution Of per-
lection as the lot of humanity permts-when remember
that these things the free gifts of that awful Being who
holds peoples and nations in the hollow of his hand fear
say that should not be in the wrong put all this at risk be-
passionate will impels break promise our
wise and good fathers made not to allow class Of foreigners
to come here, or to send them back if they
With the rights Of those persons firmly believe Massa-
chusetts has nothing to do 1t is enough for that they
have right be here Our and safety they have
right to invade whether they ugves, and being
here act rebels against law, armed invaders
Whatever natural rights they have, and admit those natural
rights to their flu lest extent this not the soil which
vndcate them. This is soil-sacred peace-on
which intend perform promises and work out for the
benefit Of ourselves and posey and the world the des
tiny which Creator has assigned to Sc far He has
supplied with the to the distressed we,
christian men, will do So and bid them welcome and thank
God that have the to do it. But will act
beyond those will not violate solemn compact to
do will not do il by holding up hands and
ing to render verdict according the law and evidence,
and hen knowingly violate that oath will plunge into
civil discoyd to do will shed blood to dol will
throw away the rich gifts which He has conferred upon
us no, for our benefit alone, but in trust for countless
atoms of his children N.ss
In my judgment these which ne mas conn
ded enable the needy and the oppressed
Of other States and far depends upon these means
shall never be used
During the speech of Mr.. CuRrIs slight disturbance
caused the Rev. THEODORE PARKER who attempted to
interrupt and reply Mr. CURTIss review of the Of
"certain reverend preacher" this however, Of but
moments duration The audience not inclined to grant
Mr.. PARKER hearing, although his friend GARRIsoS at
tempted likewise to put in his Mr. Curtis sad-"At
proper time shall be pleased hear what the gentleman
in the gallery has to say but at present beg to be permit
ed to proceed with the of my remarks" Mr.. CUR
IT'S experienced further interruption, and "he gentleman
in the gallery senced for the remainder of the evening
This the only thing that interrupted the
eral harmony of the proceedings Of the evening.
Mr. CUaTIss speech listened to with great attention,
and repeated elected enthusiastic applause.
B. F. HALLET, Esq, was the next orator, and he
spoke thus:
Mr. President and FellowCIen In the presence Of this
strong, and calm, and energetic meeting after The resou
that have been read the clear and eloquent argument
with which they have been enforced by the gentleman who
has just left your greetings and the unmsakeab expression
your sentiments say home and abroad that
there law of these United States which be
cuted in Massachusetts.
there doubt before there be doubt now and
there be any wild enough hereafter to resort to fanced
higher law topu down law, they will find in your determined
will stronger law sustain all the laws Of the land.
good, then, for 70 be here to-day There
casons, and assuredy this one, when is well forget
that belong parties sections and remember only
that citizens of the United States.
The purpose Of this meeting and the spontaneous call Of
five thousand which combines much of the moral
physical pecunary, and intellectual strength Of this commu
nifty, all point to the Union its preservation, and the
premscy Of it's laws.
Though no man sewers himself from bis party by coming
here to-day, pledges himself to any yet every
right minded citizen feel that there occasions in
which bis country rises above all party and when the true
of oil parties bound unite expression OF pub
lie sentiment that shall give strength the bonds Of
Union, and the solemn and engagements we
have made and which fathers entered into for that
whenever and wherever question arises between union and
dsunion law law, section of the country the whole