The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-01-26


/ ann opposed TO The establishment OF United States
bank, to the conversion OF the national treasury By
ingenious notifications. into any other similar hscai
agent The plan Of collecting and dsbarsiag the Seve-
nue by the simple machinery OF the independent treasury
seems to best suited TO the simplicity of rspabl
can institutions, and best calculated TO preserve honesty
and purity in the administration OF the public 6nances
have thought m TO aude 10 these questlonss because
they are again agitafed.
Connected with our federal relations another subject
portion Of our sister States Of the Uniona question
winch n The last few years has assumed monentous
One hall 81 ihe sovereign States Of this glorious con-
iederacy IN the exercise oil the undoubed right Of self
government, have chosen retan as part OF heir cle
meatay social system the institution OF the donestic
This institution entwne in political systcm snd
be separated from without destruction 10 our
jamestown and the purtans of Pymoath Rock st bait
their pilgrim re upon the shores OF America Il vas
recognised in the formation Of the federal constitution
and to its existence among us. much to other
single cause, is attributable the rapid advlnce Of our
country in ts course OF prosperity greatness and wealth
That Supreme Being, whose ali -seng eye look. down
its existence among us for more Than two centuree and
has poured upon the choicest blessings Of his Prov
idence. ,s
We do not regard il as an evil on the contrary we think
that our prosperity happiness, very political
isence are inseparably connected with il We have
right TO above and under the constitution OF the United
States. We cannot give up that right We pdt not
yield it. We have right TO the quiet enjoyment OF
slave property. We cannot and will no longer permit
that right be disputed Ii is OF those essential rights
which cannot be yielded up without dshonor and self
degradation None who believe that have inherited
the free spirit OF fathers, doubt our discrimination
all hazards TO maintain these positions 90 essential to
The statesmen in the non -savehoding States. who at
tempt to tampe upon our rights either mistake the intel
gence and spirit OF the southern people, knowingly
hazard the integrity Of the Union. They should know
that the South aroused to the magnitnde of the
iemsc and deliberate crusade against our sacred ghs IS
now in progress and has assumed character winch re-
qures us 10 act. ~ ssrf .s ss. Ns8a
Dsting uished northern statesmen have only avow
ed dissemination TO exclude the slave interest from
the protection of the constitution but 10 all the
ers which. by broa construction OF that instrument
they to effect its ultimate determination.
Some OF the slayeholdDg States have ~ Tesolu
tons Of their legislatures eechoed these perncious doc
nes and many q them - paaslss s,oa.Sa q iss, y
prevent the reclamation of fugitive slaves ~
These insulting and offensive measures have not been
confined 10 individuals to the State governments The
nails OF Congress. where northern and southern men
should brethren, have become the theatre OF this
upon slavery. Already has the attempt been made,
ultimate success exclude the slas eholng Sztss from
equal participation IN the common territory of the
States conne the Shareholder and the slave Tor all
time come States which the inst tuilon nov
exists, abolish slavery IN the feieTal Dsnct
and 10 suppress the internal slave trade bstween the
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may have dwe too long upon this subject but ne
gard the great. the absorbing question OF me day.
one which must be met deliberately, calmly and
boldly The South has long submitted to gncyous
wrongs Dshono, gradaon, and ruin await hef sae
submits further, The people OF Misssappi have taken
their stand, and, doubt not. Their representatives. v
maintain IL BY. providing means 10 meet every probable
contingency. i pledge myself nrmly 70 execute men
will, 10 the extent OF my constitutional powers 80
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