The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-01-13
City OF WASHINGTON SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 49, $50


Of Christian forbearance on our part has not purchase,
me exemption il was intended TO secure, You Claim
ne .ns whole territory acquired IN the war with Mexico
s bas ohy hn ns oa. nara ne ha q ssaS s
casting his sword and belt into the scales and l. for
am ready e reply in the language Of Camus. t is the
custom with us Romans to ransom our country, not with
II has become the fashion to answer every complaint
made by the South with appeals in favor Of the Union,
and there are not wanting ready tongues and reader
70 denounce all those who dare to calculate its value
Without protesting TO be any boder than other men,
have yet enough Of moral and courage 70 defy
all such senseless clamors. The Union is valuable
only Tor the privileges il confers and the rights it
When the government is administered TO oppress
and grind down portion OF the coafedeJacy, it
10 be an object OF generation TO me. and am ready to
rend asunder its frmest bonds II you desire TO
main IN the Union, deal with us justly and fairly II
you wish 10 preserve community OF interests, act in
such manner as to win back that kindly confidence
you have done much 70 forfeit Until this is done 1t
ls worse than idle to talk TO OF the glOries OF The
Union That glory which is purchased BY the degrada
toa q the South and enjoyed only amid insult and op-
the Senate to understand that nsensible to all the
advantages which we have derived, and might still de-
rive from such Union as our fathers contemplated
Give me that Union. Restore that constitution which
has been mournfully disfgured, and will follow its
banner through every peril humanity can face. But
what reverence can you expect southern man to enter
the insults il has sanctioned and the wrongs il has
legalzed
The senator from Ohio asks what grounds we have of
patience of the Senate would be exhausted attempted
to recount them all | will, however, remind him Of
q the many claims The people Of the North have
clubs throughout the North for the dissemination Of
pamphlets and other incendiary publications among our
slaves n which the foulest bes upon our citizens
passions Of the slave Murder IS boldly advocated and
the burning OF dwellings and the violation OF
wives and daughters held up as yenal offence. They
property Thsy have hired lecturers whose sole business
i is to iname the public mind at the North against
Enactment after enactment is crowded into your statute
books, 10 hinder, delay and defraud the southern
the prosecution OF his constitutional rights Your courts
OF justice have been converted into the yes instruments
OF oppression and, when other have failed to
compish robbery, riot and murder have been freely
sorted TO- Even your pups have become the sanctuares
Of SANDER and the temples dedicated 10 the worship OF
the living God have echoed and echoed to vile and
Will you tell me that all this Is the work Of few mad
Drained fanatics that few fanatics could not
have given color 70 the legislation Of thirteen States and
general-nay. almost universal; and whatever magic
there may be ia that word Union," il has balm for
wounds like these,
The senator from Ohio says that he ONLY designs 10
prohibit the slave trade between the States and abolish
slavery this District and other places where Congress
has exclusive powers OF legislation He may well afford
to pause at that point in bis abors for all beyond that
will follow without effort Your forts, arsenals and
dock yards would become cities OF refuge for the
slave, and the recovery of fugitive would be utterly i'm
practicable But the resolutions now under considera
ton 60 very far beyond this and there wanting
other evidences OF more determined purposes. have
here speech delivered very long since by the sena
Tor from New York. Mr. SEwARD,] and propose to
trouble the Senate with extracts from it, Before
doing so, however LET me say that understand the
ators from Ohio and New Hampshire have excluded the
senator from New York from their political fellowship.
and deny his right TO be regarded true disciple of the
abolition church. This is degree of rank injustice,
against which feel bound to enter my protest The
senator from New York s entitled higher place in the
synagogue than either OF them for he has ayowed opn
ions and principles from which they shrink with unaf
fected repugnance Even your merits, Mr. President,
asrous as they confessedy are upon this subject must
pale before the brighter glores which cluster around his
brow You are guilty OF the criminal weakness OF be-
Ievlng that the constitution which you sworn TO
support canot be violated without degree Of moral
and while carrying warfare. pitiless
and merciless, indeed, against Institutions, you yet
that there barriers which cannot be bro
ken down, and restraints which must be respected The
the thradom Of all such unmanly preiudices and finds
in the virue of ae people, and in the Divine command
"faas, u.s. ms MS. apology nS and his justification
vocacy OF a which has awakened such emotions
and called forth such sentiments:
Slavery the sin OF OF the States only
: perverted spd corrupted the m'ral Of mankind
isspy an,ve.sa.y and nus corruption became unit
q the United States that five slaves shall equal to
hree Ieemen as basis Of representation; and Is wit
en- vtOafton Of the DIVINE that shall
render the iugilve who takes refuge at our reses
rom his relentless pursuer You blush these things
because they have become familiar household words
What then ycu say; nothing be done for
rcedoh because the public conscience is inenl Yes,
much can be done-everythng be done-slavery can
limited 10 its present bounds--tnan be amelioatcltf
an Dc and f 1p Dc abosAsd and yos aad can aad nust
10 It."
There is no evasion here All is open bold and un.
disguised. We cannot misunderstood this language, and
trust that hereafter will ask us to believe that
anything short OF total abolition will satisfy northern agi
ators.
But begin deeper and lower than In the CON-
position and combination OF factions and parties, wherein
the constitution Of the United States and the const
utions and laws Of The slavehodng Saios Not all"
"Not at ALL" And yet the senator has co ne into this
chamber and taken oath TO support and defend that
very constitution which he had deliberately declared TO
be in violation OF the Divine law, and which he lad
openly avowed his purpose to trample under foot.
1T IL In the sentiment Of the American people
Constitutions and laws rise above the virtue Of
he people than the mpid stream climb shove It's
I've spring lncucatc the love Of freedom and the equal
taught In the schools and the churches Reform your
code. Erisnd cordial oeieoe fagifipe ,cho
ay hn ceary limbs al door, aad dssad hIm you
c0,d paedI gods Correct your errors that sa
pey hssans eonionai gwarans, sIiea r,sy MT BE- re-
eased and ought noi 10 be renqnshsd Say slavery,
when shows, ,s bond aud demands is pound Of esh, f
iraws ons drop Of blood It's life shall pay the forfeit"
II these were the only opinions Of VIM H. SEWARD,
ate with what might then have been regarded as very
harmless exhibition OF venomous propensities But sub
sequent events have stamped them with an Importance
hey never could have derived from him He has since
hat period been clothed with senatorial robes by the En-
pire State lie has been elected TO the Office he now
holds with reference to this very matter, and
bound 10 believe he truly reflects the will OF the people
representative he ia With him therafora have