Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-04-19

l1oCts. general satisfaction. any rate we
ouId make the altempt-becausc 50 long as
these disscntlons coatinuc, they cmbirrass the
government. interrupt the quiet of the people,
,ni alarm their fears and render it highly i'm
p'o'able, that important acts Of legisaticr, At.
! frctlng great objects, and in which The whole
country is deeply interested can be accom-
| plishc :, iNdced, the ordinary operations, cs-
scntltI to the existence Of the government and
! Is daily administration, meet With checks and
/ hndraRccs, htthcftp altogether unprecedented
! w must return To our Old feelings ui conCi
liallDn aud rcEard--we must refresh ourselves
at those pure fountains of mutual esteem, cont
mVp pNlrotsm and traternal confidence, whose
bcneiccnt aud healing waters SO copiousv
uvernowed the land through the struggle Of
The revolution, and in the early years Of the
government The day has comc, when we
shoeld open our ears, and our hearts to the ad-
y vice Of HE great Father of his country #
is Of iniii moment said he, that yo.; should
properly estimate the imnensc value Of YOUR
national Union, to your collective and indivi-
> dual happness-that you should cherish a cor
lial, hablinal aud immovablc attachment to it
i accuslotning yours Ives to think and speak OF
e it, as ct the palladium ur your political safety
= and lrosperlty; watching for It's preservation
: with jealous anxiety misunderstanding what
t. ever mag suggest eHen a sU> jrion that it can
in any event, bc abandoned and indignant,
g froNiing upon the first dawnng ol every at
i ;cmft to ALLEVIATE any pnr,ior of our countr,
l. from the rest, or to cutrcbe the sacred tie
=, which now link o.ether the various parts"
y. Notwithstanding what may occasionally an
II par on the surface, the American mind is deer
p y mbicd with the spirit q this alvce. Til
h people, when serious danger threatens, will, i
Fl M opinion, stand fast by their government
e. They will suffer no mpairing of its foundatio
tt 10 overthrow of It's coIumns--no 'iisorran
y A,ti N Of its structur'. TIE Union and III
II Constitution are 10 stand; and what we hay
a. 10 o., Is, 50 70 administer the government, th
H. at men >ha'I DC made more and more seusib
W II ITS henellct ut operations, and its inestimab
value
-" II is MT inappropriate that | should accou
= plny TINS answer to your letter, by the copy
4 recent CORE, po deuce between the ito
Hugh \. Smith, delegate from New Mexic
low il tIl+ city II myseIf.
nav" the honor To be, gentlemen, with pr
l'und regard, your obliged fellow citizen, a
"beLltnt huuJIr servau',
DANIEL WEE rfR.
Nopy "t correspondence between Honor
- Die Daniel Web>tcr, e tie ;Scuate # The Uni,
s.. STATE s. and the Hon. liugh ~ Smith, De
!ate from New Mcx.co:-
- Wa ulHGIoN, April Sh, 1850
III r. he Ho". Hngh y. SmHh, ID hsaic IF
or .\,o Ner c.:
Va Dear Sir, beg leave 10 present you wit
r. cry OF my speech. delivered in the Senate
b - tn" 7tn It March last. aud to draw your att
H., llon to the remarks made by me on that DC
' 90, ulon the genera! character of the coun
'h' Ut New MrAico, and lis adaptation to slave
cd r.. lpn have been rcs dent in the com
de- i'r several years, and, as ! have undcrst
,.,. yun to say, have lrarerscd it from cud to e
l"n are a native Of one cf the slave state:
=" tus non, and of course acquainted with
in. usual cost Of slave labor. and The modes of c
stll ',valIon 10 which it may b. proitablv appii
ma, fon are therefore, ! am sure, gnle compe,
-. express an opinion on the points whc
II" have suggested, >uch AS shall be atsfactury
~ will be obliged 10 yor, also, to state "
eN the tact Is, at the present time, respecting
l. l. existence Of slavery in New NJ, xico,
rca' whether the existing laws and constitution
the country a low it.
~: have the honor to be,
." My dear s.r your Oh, dicn, >erv'f,
LEAD (|jghe,D DA.lrl WED,rur