The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-11-13
lumber 40.

I thy Of these agtators is reserved Cor the poor
slave. This pFolessed sympathy, IN nine ca.
I ses out Of ten, Is mol rea II does not extend
/ 10 any practical t iflrts to buy the poor fuei.
lives freedom; il viii give 30 hing 10 tho
! Couuzaton Soci IS to purchase him equal
rights IN Africa II IS metely q wcspon IN
| the hands Of agilators ful their personal az.
grandlzemeE'; nor care they if IN using II
they sunder the cords which should unite all
classes OF our people IN common desliuy.
but these bands may not be lightly sundar.
ed. Oar independence was achieved bv
Southern as well as Northern blood The
graves at yorktown, as well as Safgioga,
aourlshed The seeds of freedom, aud oct of
the common labor Of all sections grew that
Union which must and shall be preserved.-
Suppose the law is as bad as they assert it
TO be, good faith requires US TO execute it.
Who ever heard Of compromise in which
both parties did not complain that each had
obtained too lillle aud conceded too much1
when We are p ying for the great stake of
The Union, shall We stop "a split s,raws?--
When law sanctioned by the Constitution,
has been passed by Congress, can they be
good citizens who systematically and violent.
iy oppose II No nnd warn my country.
men al the North how riey broach this doc.
trine Ut dlsubedlrnce to lawful authority, lest
The South one day return the bitter chalice
10 our own lips. Look at the cons, quenca
of disuuion. Or commerce broken up the
hand of labor and useful industry every where
paraly zed, aud RUN end desoation every
where supreme. But some viii sav: Let
them go; the North is he stropges, !" Oh.
ers say, CoeIce them Coerce who; our
brethren! Oh dearly would not only our
country but the whole world pay for such a
suicidal slflle. Ii would be en- stfi ciion TO
humanity every where bIighlng the hopes
of freedom which all hang upon the preser.
vaton of the institutions purchased for US by
the blood Of our patriotic foreialhers. One
OF the noblest OF these from our own State
has said, IN reference to the Union, " would
place before It the shield Of Ajax, would
surround It with walls Of brass, aud when
hese were too weak 10 guard ii. would sum.
mon he patriotism Of the land and circle it
With llv'ag human hearts |, II the period Of
when al seelans-fhe Nolh ana ala ne SdtulRR,
he Eas, and the Wcst-are banded together,
as ~ days of our revolution, against despot.
&c foe, and let US perish, if perish we must, in
defence Of our firesdes, cur eltars, and our
Uoion, and lie down together in the red grave
eur swords have opened for US in the ranks
Of our enemies. Let US resolve by all our
strongest ties to The land Of our homes, by
all our memories Of the past, by all our hopes
for the future, that our Opon shall not be dis.
solved by the rude hands which ale now as.
sailing IT, o il our ship Of Stale mus, fuun.
der, let her gndpHn al he close of some well.
Fought battle With foreign foe but let her
not sink ing glorous|y in a smooth and placid
sea- Rather than she should perish so,
would nail our glorious flag 10 the mast, set
every thread bare sail, and give her TO the
God Of siorms-the lightning and the gale.
,Arplauded.)
MIR. James T. Brady followed with brief
and pointed speech, which he closed by sub.
hitting the following resolution:
Resolrsa, That committee of fifty citizens,
whose names are heteto annexed, be appointed, with
power to il vacancies and add TO their numbers, to
,e called the UNION SAFETY Committee" charged
with the duty, by correspondence and otherwise of
carrying out the objects of this meeting, which are
ereay declared to be- to reripe and foster among
he trhole people of the United States the spirit in
rhich The Cai0a scas formed and the Constitution
cas adopted and to resist "erery attempt TO allen
lte any port on of country from the rest cr to
Rfeeble the sucred Ties whch Hoc link together the
rarious parts"
This resolution was unanimously passed,
lnd the meeting adjourned.