The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-08-22
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ssrvations on the present excited state Of the Union
with view to call attention to the Of present
difficulties and dangers We then remarked that the
listing condition Of things produced by the machna
tons Of the assaants Of slave institutions, recognised
by the constitution operating the apprehensors OF
portion OF the southern people, and creating and smua
ting feeling of resistance We now proceed to show
that the aggressions of northern fanaicsm have really
bsen the primary of all the sectional alterations
and sectional animosy which fill the heart of the true
patriot with apprehension and alarm.
When the constitution was established. and from that
time to the commencement of the present century, the
citizens Of each State in the Union confined their OPP
position to slave institutions within their proper bor
des The philanhropsts in each State, as they delight
ed 10 call themselves. dreamed of going beyond
their respective State lines 10 carry out their ideas
and give them practical effect. Those OF the North
did not look TO the South, and those of the South
(for they were found also in the South) did not
extend their exertions beyond their limits Nearly
Ill the States then tolerated slavery. Each acted
for itself in abolishing that institution, and proceed
ID at the time and in the mode deemed most expedeAt
Then would have been regarded the most nsufera
Bile presumption if citizens OF other States had inerfered
with the subject None of the States abolished slavery
At once and Internationally The abolition restrict
Cd and gradual in every Stale claiming to be free.
In fact. in Of the free States-in New Hampshire,
for instance-savery has never, we believe, been finally
abolished and slaves still found scattered through
nearly all Of the northern States not yet freed either by
the laws OF man or by the laws of Nature.
reference to history will concusvely show that in
all the northern States the leaders OF the of domss
Nc abolition were high minded, enlightened, law loving
men, They did their work and they put end to
slavery where they had right 10 NEEDLE with that nst
tuion When that accomplished, they rested from
their labors; for their work finished. few
ysass passed over. New actors came upon the stage
Busy, meddling fanatics made their appearance, who
had no social or other standing 10 recommend them
to notice, and who dsregarded all the obligations OF
duty, and condemned all the dictates of patriotism
They scofed at the rules OF moral obligation, aud
they perverted the constitution, abjured lis
quirements They arrogaied 10 themselves the right
10 strike At slavery in any and all the States of
the Union. To this end they organized societies. estab
lshsd presses. and banded together individuals of the
ssme reckless and dsorderly character They received
encouragement and even pecunary means from foreign
enemies Of the country and they have become able
to influence the councils of the nation Even the high
ssrvcs and the laws OF God have been invoked
or openly repudiaied, to shield them while dshonorng
the constitution or from them the obligation to
obsy the solemn covenant which binds the States
together.
Such is the history Of the ntolerant assaants Of sla-
vssy-of the men who have poisoned the public peace,
loosened the bonds OF fatea kindness and destroyed
he tranquility and imperled the perpetuiiy OF the
Union What else have they accomplished Moth.
n8 What have they done towards the accomplish
msni Of their mission OF pretended philanthropy Worse
than nothing Instead OF hberatng single slave OF
extending the OF freedom" they call it, they
hGve efeciually stiAed, and well nigh exngushed the
spint OF emancipation in the savehoding States, and
have closed the mouths OF all who inclined to
advocate system OF gradual emancipation Spirited
men will not be driven by denuncation and menace.
Stockholders possessing the high spir, Of free
nsn, and they will obey the dctaton OF Arthur Tap
m. Lloyd Garrison, and Wendell Philips
From personal denuncation the aboonists had the
asdacity proceed to legislative hostility; and embod-
snsd by success, they have finally invoked the aid OF
Congress to carry out their nefarious schemes. With
phssaical professions OF purity, they denounce slavery
sin and crime-with simulated contrition they
do mot reside while they tranpe the constitution under
foct and spurn the rites Of Christianity Laboring under
pgurent senim entasm they the right. of the whites
in their pretended love for the blacks they aid the negro
escape from his master, invite him instruction
and. finally. they have irumpeted forth device, known
q the Wilmot Provso not only TO shgmatize slavery,
bat 10 exclude it from the territory OF the nation,
dssdly leprosy which would infect with plague free
sl which has been held for hundred years by Meri.
am lsdroBes, happy and contented with the hdeous
vissds Of poems.
The abolitionsts persist in these things with blind
And dangerous assduity and they threaten the perma
ssney Of the Union II their insane demands not
sented to- The end Of this is clear, if fanaicism is not
siAsd and crushed at once and forever Slavery mus
b branded, and the slave States must submit patiently
while badge.o inferority il fixed upon them other
wisa, abolit'onsm declare. that it will dissolve the
Union.
We have not made these statements at random They
ara true, and the world knows them 10 be ,ru. and in
SAILING these ssaemeniswe have pointed out the source
Al ell the dangers which menace the Union
On the shvery question the South has not in,erfered
with the North The South did not even ask the north.
an States 10 forbear from slave Liberation in their Dor
drs The South has stood the broad platform Of the
ssssti,u,on and has said the northern States, P-
~ you, osn course but let alone" The great mass
~ the northern people have respected the position Of the
seathsrn Sta,es They have taken active part in the
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