The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-08

fConsspoadsnes Of the Baltimore SUM-
SAyAksAH. Nov. 80. 1850.
The Georgia Convention Elscton Success Of NE Unon
Psrty-Rout Of he Disunionisi:. Thoughts on hs
Uaion. -Pafrioitsm IN he acknowledgement
Observing he Fagiiipe- slavs Lao probable Action
81 the Georgia Conoenfion, &C.
The returns from the interior counties still continue to
De highly favorable 70 the Union party There are nine
hree counties in the State and out OF the eighty heard
from only ten have returned dsunion delegates In
deed, the Union men Themselves are asonished az the
vasness OF their victory They have carried the State
by majority which, has parallel in the history OF POI
lica contests in this eognuy The result should teach
salulary lesson TO tbs uraissone which, il is hoped.
they will profit by However ready theEpeope may be
TO resent real injury insult, ii now clearly ssab
lished that no amount OF false agitation is sufficient 10
hurry them into The adoption OF rash and extreme
ures involving the stability OF the government and the
integrity OF the Union II the same feeling. obtains at
the Morrill, and the trial should ever be made, doubt not
that the majority there against the fanatics and disunon
lists would be found to be great as i Is IN this State
The American people have truer conception q Their
interests and powerfully attached TO tue Unlon
than the demagogues and disoganzers have supposed
Devotion to the Union a seniment-l had almost SAID
an insnctof their nature was The union OF me col
ones which won national independence, aud II has
been the union OF the States which has enabled us TO al
tain TO that prosperity and greatness for which we now
stand distinguished througnoa. me world Inc people
Tor slight and trivial causes There are incidents IN The
operation OF our government-spreading over so Vast
ana can hardly be expected will give
satisfaction to all lwould be wonder II they did, as the
best OF human governments are defective No union -
perfecnot even that between man and wife But be-
cause the domestic sky is always free from clouds
is not sufficient cause for separation mnch less would
il be- when we come to speak Of the American Union,
upon which depend such vast and complicated interests
the South American continent, Asia with her TEEN
ing millions, to disappear in the ocean, the loss
would not be great to the human race as The violent
and bloody disruption OF the American Union In The one
case it would be the loss of fen the Other OF liberty
free government, and religious freedom,
the present excitement shall pass of without further
lehr tn fhan fIl
suited in good II has had the effect OF arousng
the people, and inducing them TO examine more closely
the principles o. the constitution ana me value Of .ne
clearer conception OF the rights OF each section and
his duties than he had twelve months ago.
unfeqaentyt the case, in career Of prosperity
or adversely, that lose sight OF the principles which
our individual Obligations. This was true in England
when the barons demanded and obtained the Magma
Charta from King John; and still later when the Declare
ton OF Rights granted In the moral as in the natu-
raj world storms to purify the atmosphere and render
distinct objects which before were seen daky as through
There is no doubt that This is true in regard 10 the
southern people, They have examined the slavery and
territorial questions thoroughly They now understand
their duties and their rights and while they are ready 10
discharge the they will promptly exact the other In
deed grea. az is their devotion TO the Union 40 not be-
with any degree Of safety TO the Union, withhold from
them any, even the least Of their rights. The excite
ment throughout the South, intense at all times has
been increased by the opposition which the northern
people have offered to the fugitive-sav law. Should
that law be repealed, its virtue destroyed by the oppo
son of the free States, there but few southern
1 however conservative, who would not join with Mr..
Cheyes in establishing southern conederacy Though
they would not have broken with their northern brethren
if had been passed, yet il is now the law, they
would resist its repeal the hazard OF dissolution OF
the Union In this cannot be deceived.
4 The convention will assemble on the 10th OF Deem
ber Tuesday week It's action, OF course, cannot be
predicted with certainty, but feel sure il will be such
the honor of the State and the rights of the South would
dictate In regard to the past and future action OF Con-
gress it will probably declare that the State acquiesces in
the recent Compromise, however unsatisfactory portions
OF il may be but that il the fugitive law is repealed
or rendered useless by the action Of the northern States
or slavery abolished the District OF Columbia without
the OF Maryland the slave trade interdicted
between the southern States the Wilmot Provso APP
piled the present future Territories, any State
fused admission into the Union because its constitution
toerates slavery, the people will then resist though
that resistance should lead 10 dissolution OF the Union
The convention will probably further recommend the
legislature and the people of the State foster and build up
our manufacturing interests to multiply our railroads
and colleges and churches. develop resources, and
habituate themselves live and learn al home Such
policy would have the effect of stimulating internal i'm.
OF all kinds and OF teaching northern agiaors
by establishing practical lesson which
they would not forget soon. Some have also supposed
that the convention will recommend the imposition OF
upon all articles, after they get within The jurisdiction
of the Srate may have been grown manufactured
the fug slave law. II lie possible. and may say
probable, that such Recommendation will be made But
more OF this anon TYBEE.
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