The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-03-08

did not suppose he giving any offence doing any
injustice He was expressing his opinions But does nc
how % 4 ma sS wall ss ssSae
pie Of the North They are the North. They are the
people who cultivate their farms with their own hands
freeholders educated men-lndependen, men ana ie'
North is in the hands OF the laborers Of the North They
cultivate their farms they educate their children; ihey
provide means OF Independence, II they are not nee
turned into capital New freeholders and new small
capitalists are created That is the condition Of things
at the North And what can these people think when 50
Louisiana undertakes TO prove that the absolute gno
rance and abec slavery of the South more in conform
y with the high purposes Of immortal rational, human
the free laborers OF the North!
Now, sir so far as any OF these grievances have ther
foundation in matters OF law they can be redressed 90
far as they have their foundation in matters OF opinion,
in sentiments in mutual elimination and recrlmnauon,
all do is TO endvavo TO allay themo endeavor 70
better ssh ss na e. AM Marine a'erna
Mr.. President should much prefer TO have heard
from every member upon this floor declarations OF opinion
that this Union could never be dissolved than the decia
ration of opinions that any case, under the pressure OF
any circumstances such dissolution was possible Il
hear with PAIN and anguish and Distress the word seces
sion. when falls from the lips OF those who are emf
nen patriotic known TO the country and known all over
the world for their political services Secesslon Peace-
able secession Sir, your eyes and mine never des-
tined to see that miracle ne Ss % no u
the fountains of the great deep without Ruling the sur
face Who is foolish enough beg eveybody's par
donwho is foolish enough 70 expect % see any sufn
harmony around common centre and expects to see
them quit their places, and fly off, without commissions,
may look out the next day to see the heavenly bodies
rush from their Spheres and ose against each other in
the realms Of space without producing crush OF the
universe. Such thing peaceable secession It IS
utterly impossible. Is this constitution under which we
live here, covering this whole country 10 be thawed and
melted away by secession, the on the mountains
melted under the influence OF ayerna SUM- TO dsap
pear almost unobserved and to die of! No. SIR no, SIR
will not state what might produce the disruption OF
these States | it as plainly as see the sun IN
Heaven and should it happen. must produce such war
secession Peaceable secesson concurrent agreement
OF all the members ofhis great republic to separate
voluntary separation, with alimony on the one SIDE and
the other What would be the result! Where is the
line to be drawn What States are to be associated
What is to remain America! What am 1 to be- Where
is the flag to remain Where is the eagle still to tower
or is he to COVER and shrink, and fall to the ground
Why, sir ancestors, our fathers and grandathers,
those OF them who still remain among by reason OF
prolonged life would Iebuke US and repoach US and our
il of this generation should bring dshonor upon those
ensigns of the honor, and power and harmony OF the
Union which we see around US now with 80 mScn Joy ana
ofthe navy What is to become OF the public lands
How each the thirty States to defend ITSELF Nay al
though the has been suggested distinctly that there
is to be southern confederacyI do not mean, when
alude to this that anybody contempates It here or else
where's only mean to say that have heard tsuggest-
ed that the idea cannot be entertained even
in the dream Of the widest imagination But il any sep.
aration is looked to- il must be one including the slave
States the side and the free States on the other
Sir | may express myself too strongly; but some
thngs--some moral thngsare almost as impossible as
natural and physical things; and hold the idea oil
separation OF these States into those which are Tree 10
form one government and those which are saveholdng
to form another government, is moral mpossibliiy.
We could not separate them by any such ne we were
to try We could not sit down here and draw line OF
,hct fvo IN tha tru
There are natural which bind together and keep
us together; SO that could not break them ii we
would, and hope that we would not break them if we
could.
Looking over the face OF this country at the present
moment, nobody can see where its population exists,
where its population is most growing, without being
compelled TO admit that ere long America Will be IN the
valley of the Mississippi Now beg 10 know what the
widest enthusiast has TO say upon the possibility oil cut
ting of half of that river, leaving the Tree States at its
sources and amongst its branches and slave States down
near its mouth. Remember, sir, remember-let me say
the people OF this countryhat there, IN the north
west s to be the storehouse OF The population OF Amer
lea There are already FIVE millions OF freemen in the
free States north OF the river Ohio Does anybody sup
pose that this population can be severed by line that
divides them from foreign and alien government down
branches OF the Mississippi What viii become OF the
Missouri Shall she Join with the slave State arrondis
semenil Shall the man from The Yellow Stone be con-
the southern extremity OF Florida! ! am ashamed to
pursue this line OF remark dislike it, have an ut.
Ter disgust Tor H. nad ratner near OF nauid odsu anu
mdews of war, pestience. and famine, than to hear
gentlemen talk OF secession, OF breaking up TINS great
government, Of dsmembenng this great country IL
would be to astonsh Europe with act OF folly such as
Europe for two centuries has behed IN any ceun
try. No, sir; gentlemen not serious when they talk
OF secession and dissolution.
hear that there is TO be convention at Nashville
am one who believes that II those worthy gentlemen meet
at all at Nashville in convention their object will be 10
adopt counses OF moderaton-o advise the South 10 Tor
bearance and moderation, and 10 advise the North 10
measures of forbeaance and moderation, intoxicating
principles OF brohery love- and affection and attachment
at ALL they will meet for such purposes; for certain
y sir they meet for any purpose hostile TO this Union
they have been snguarly unfortunate and
their selection OF place OF meeting remember That when
the treaty was concluded between France aud England,
the peace OF Aniens stern old Englishman, an orator.
who disapproved OF the OF that as dlshonor
able TO England, said in the House OF Commons that u
King William could know the terms OF that treaty. he
would turn in his coffin. Let commend that saying
in all its emphasis and all its force II anybody should
think OF meeting Nashville, for the purpose OF concert
ing measures Tor the overthrow OF the Union Of these
States, over the bones OF Andrew Jackson!
Sir, wish 10 make two remarks, and hasten TO con.
cuson wish TO say in regard TO Texas that, II u should
be hereafter al any time the pleasure OF the government
OF Texas to cede TO the United States portion, larger OF
smaller, which lies adjoining to New Mexico, and north
OF the oath degree OF north latitude for fair equivalent
IN money for the payment OF her debts, think n an OBJ
ect well worthy OF the consideration OF this body
in it myself and il should be in the public coun
ellis Of the nation at that tme would give pleasure
TO aid in the contamination OF such an arrangement.
have one other remark to make In my observations
upon slavery, has existed in the country, Il
now exists have expressed no opinion OF the mode oil