The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-01-18
CITY OF WASHINGTON.


the Asisators.-Ths Neal Disanien''ts.
In recent article we showed that all the dangers
which now menace the existence OF the great American
Union Qf there are any dangers OF suncient magnitude
to menace its exstence) haye originated 10 the conduc
and policy of the leaders OF the wing party and the abo-
ltonists with whom il has, for the last ten years. acted
in concerts and that, having made those dangers appar
emily il not really, mmnentwe believe they are really
immine attempt to divert public attention
from the enomiy OF their acts, and shelter themselves
from.impepdng peril by raising camor for the Union
Having by their wicked and criminal demagogue arts
praciised by them in order to obtain place and power
brought the Union into DANGER they attempt TO
themselves from the consequences OF their treachery to
the Of the Union BY protesting to be its true and
only defenders. We will proceed to present, in
vivid light. to our readers, the hypocrisy, the dis
simulaton and the unmitigated turpude Of these real
ploers against the peace and integrity Of this great con-
federacy Of sovereign States. s
Every patriot has, from the beginning, and feared
that the only which could possibly endanger the
peace, tranquility, and stability Of the Union that Of
slavery That potent fact existed prior to the dawn Of
our nsonal independence. II presented itself in formi
dabe aspect the patriots and sages who ntrused
with the great duty oil framing constitution, and thereby
cementing more firmly the union OF these States That
fact entered into the deliberations Of those wise and pa
trioic men il was weighed by them in all its bearings
and the result was the adoption OF conditions and com
promises which gave satisfaction to all and resulted in
the present constitution and the establishment Of
tional central government Those compromises were
voted for in the convention by the northern and middle
States Massachusetts among the number. They recog
Missed the nvioabiy of the institution Of slavery in the
States in which it existed, and provided, ls for the
suppression of the external slave trade in 1s0s 3D. for
the partial reckoning Of slaves the basis Of taxation
and representation and 3d. for the right Of the master to
pursue and recapture his fugitive slave. II believed
BY the fathers of the constitution that these spuations
and guarantees adopted in that instrument would forever
fix the relations Of the several States with each other, and
thus insure concord, tranquility, and harmony among
them.
Such result however, has not been produced. Aside
from the great questions arising between the slaveholdng
and non. savehoding States concerning The balance of
power in Congress-, and the acquisition and disposition OF
foreign territory which have occasionally arsen there
have been for the last forty years. particularly in the
State Of Massachusetts people once held slaves,
and who not only kidnapped them in Africa, brought
them to the southern States and sold Them but who also
seized poor Indians conveyed them to the West Indies,
and there sold them into sayery-we say there have
been for the last forty years. in Massachusetts set
Of interruptions and bitter ederass, who have ag-
taed the question OF slavery for political purposes
During the late war with England, these abolition ag-
ta,ors were busy in spreading their incendiary sen-
menls, for the avowed purpose OF breaking down the
northern democracy, who found their strong support
among the democrats of the South The federal press
and the Unitarian pulpit were the instruments used by
the afu leaders to propagate their ncendiay doctrines
And finally abolionism, in covert form, was adopted
and endorsed by resolution in the Hartford Convention
recommending the abolition OF the clause IN the cons
tuition relating to slave representation.
As an introduction 10 the recent history OF the abo
ton movement and the policy Of the leaders Of the
present wing party in reference to it, we have deemed It
proper to give this brief sketch OF the early agitation OF
aboonism by the leaders OF Massachusetts, and New
England federalism The aim then. as now, was 10 d-
vide and break down the great national democratic party
OF the Union.
Now what has been the recent history Of the abolition
movement What has been the motive OF III And who
have been the chief actors in it' We will briefly an
swer these questions.
John Quincy Adams, Massachusetts, federast, hav-
ing been defeated in his aspirations to second election
TO the presidential chair the abolition movement was again
commenced in that State He soon became its champion
on the floor OF Congress. and aided BY his colleagues
in that body, and by all the federal members from the
free States and strange say. he derived more Efficient
aid from the party alliance and cooperation icieh he re-
eeiped from, Me federal Members from slave STATES
As il well known the ball set in motion BY the in
PRODUCTION Of petitions in Congress grossly insulting to the
South Attempts were made to suppress and exclude those
petitions The first movement made by Mr. Pinckney,
Of South Carolina, who proposed resolution providing
that those petitions should Be received and referred with
out debate which resolution adopted by the votes OF
The members from the South, and by the votes OF north
en democrats Northern federass very generally voted
against IT, Mr. Pinckney made upon those petitions
sound, able and calm reports but II did not satisfy the
agitaors they were stimulated 10 redoubled activity,
and the result was the Anterior resolutions, which pro-
vded for more summary disposition OF abolition
petitions, and which were adopted by the votes Of
the southern members and those OF northern dem.
ocas. Those resolutions, however, did not check,
but rather goaded on, the rampant spirit OF abolition,
guided and directed by the federal leaders OF the
North Petitions in greater numbers. and still more
insulting 10 Congress and the nation, poured IN and
the result was the adoption Of the tweny-rst rule ex
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