Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-11-02

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WEBsTER. Here the applause was again renewed and
tlnued he bad before been known the defender Of
the constitution, but he has added to this the title of
champion Of the Union" From every part Of the Cnion
there were found true PATRIOTS who casting aside party
mes and party dictaton stood up maniuy with these,
and iougnt and conquered with them. need not name
those to whom refer. The honest of all parties will long
bear them In their hearts But there is one stranger
you and TO me- against whom candidy confess at one
time entertained preiudices and TO whom am therefore
the more deslrous to render Justice He too like Daniel
Webster came forth from trial and trbuation at home (or
the ufraism in the valley Of the Mississippi is as dangerous
as the abolionsm OF the Noh and like him peried every
thing public man, his place as Senator in de-
fence OF measures essential to the support the Union he is
therefore, particularly entitled the homage and gratitude Of
his countymen refer to Gen. Foorr, of Mississippi
name was greeted with prolonged cheers and the speak
then suggested that the audience should their an
pause until the conclusion of bis speech n order to save
time. ii8 g3 l4s's 'seps4 -s,"' .i
Bu, need not pariculaze each of this noble band From
the North and the South, from the East and the West thew
stood up together shoulder shoulder and fought any
for the common safety. They fought and conquered and
once more spread her white wings over the land But
scarcely had civil vperous beast which gnaws
out the bowels Of the State-been "scotchedn when the
voice Of disunion again broke FORTH to condemn the peace
thus designed to restore concord and HARMONY
the South the bill for the admission Of California was attack
ed and its authors vsd while at the North the abolionss
forgetting the gallant sister thus added to our Conedescv
exclaimed that every thing had been conceded and selected
the fugitive slave law the especial object of their attack
branding all who voted for with the most violent epi,hes
anatcism could suggest What is the purpor of that law
II Is the same in principle the law of 49, passed by the
fathers Of the Revolution and signed by the ustious
INGToN Do they that this law does away with the trial
BY jury in the State to which the slave has fed So did the
law Of 49, Is slave liable under this law upon &c pare
statement to be taken back to bondage So be under
the enactment signed by WAsHIsGros and in both enact
ments the habeas corpus preserved But the law which
provides for the return Of fugives from justice no less
stringent Suppose citizen Of Georgia should here
nd nGar a. a
is liable by this law be from his wife and children on
er pare testimony, and TO be dragged here for trial. Where
the tears of these endehearted hypoces over the
strngency Of the law But there extradion treaties
with foreign nations, by which bind ourselves return
fugves from justice who shall flee to us from their shores
fugitive from abroad liable to be seized by process based
upon r parte statements denied the right of trial by jury
and is taken back to be tried perhaps code Of laws
bloody and oppressive than any to which counymen
would submit Are there any tears shed his fate Any
vglant committees appointed to protect him from the pur
suer No all the sympathy Of these agitaors reserved
for the poor slave This proessed sympathy, in nine
out of ten, is not real it does extend any practical
efforts to buy the poor ugves freedom will give nothing
to the Colonization Society to purchase him equal rights
Africa is merely weapon in the hands of agitaors
their personal aggrandzement they if in using it
they sunde the cords which should unite all classes of our
people in common destiny.
But these bands may not be lightly sundeed. Our indie
pendence achieved by Southern well Northern blood
The graves at Yorktown well Saratoga noushed the
Seods OF eeQ0 and out OF the common labor OF all sections
grew that Union which must and shall be preserved Sup
the law bad they it be- good faith
quires US to execute it. Who heard Of compromise
in which both parties did complain that each had OBJ
tanned too little and conceded too much When play
ing for the great stake Of the Unon shall stop to split
sraws When law, sanctioned by the Constitution has
been passed by Congress- they be good citizens who sys
tematicaly and violently oppose it No and warn my
countymen at the North how they broach this doctrine
to lawful authority, lest the South one day
turn the bitter chaice to our own lips Look at the
quence Of dsunion Our broken up the hand
labor and useful industry every where parayze and ruin
every where supreme. But some will say Let
them the North is the strongest ~ Others say Coerce
them J" Coerce tOho brethren Oh, dearly would
not only country but the whole world pay such suc
dal strife would be affection to humanity every where;
bghtng the hopes Of freedom which all hang upon the pre-
servatlon OF the institutions purchased for by the blood of
patriotic foreathers One of the nobes Of these from
own State has said, in reference the Union, "I would
place before it the shield Of Ajax, would surround it with
walls Of Brass and when these too weak to guard it.
would summon the patriotism of the land and circle with
living human hearts !" If the period Of national exist
is to come let it be when all seconsthe North and
The South the East and the Wes-are banded together
days Of our revolution, against despoc foe, and let
perish, If perish we must in defence of fesdes our
atars and Unon and lie down together the red grave
our swords have opened for in the ranks of enemies
Let resolve by all strongest ties the land of our
homes by all our memories Of the past BY all hopes
he FUTURE that Union shall be dissolved by the rude
hands which assaing it. Or if our ship of State
must founder, let her 60 down the close of weough
battle with foreign foe; but let her not sink ngoriousy in
smooth and placid Rather than she should perish so
would nail glorious flag the mast every thread
bare sail, and give her to the God Of sormsthe lightning
md the gale. [Applauded.l
Mr.. JAMES T. BRADY followed with a brief and
pointed speech, which he closed by submitting the
following resolution:
Res0lued, That committee of fifty citizens whose names
lre hereto annexed, be appointed with power to fill
:es and add to their numbers to be called the UNIos
SAFETY COMMITTEE charged with the duty, by
ience and otherwise, of carrying the objects Of this
ng which hereby declared be- reriue and foster
1mong the schoe people of the United States the spirit in
chch the Union formed and the Constitution pas
adopted and t0>resi euery attempt to ALLEVIATE any por
lion Of our country from the rest to eteeb the sacred
ties whieh now link together the parious parts"
George Wood, Francis Griffin,
Moses Taylor, Charles B. Spcer,
Hiram Ketchum, B. M. Whitlock,
Schuyler Livingston, E. X. Collins,
Charles G. Carleton, A. M. Cozzens,
Gideon Ostrander, VIM. H. Lambert,
Joshua ]. Henry, John M. Bradhurst,
Joseph Kernochan, Ogden Hoffman,
Francis 8. Lathrop, George Douglass
Charles O'Connor, Marshall o. Roberts,
Robert Smith, Henry Grinnell,
James Brooks, James 3. Thayer,
Isaac Townsend, Jacob Aims
Charles E. Butler, Lucien B. Chase,
John ]. Cisco, John d. Van Beuren
Nicholas Dean, James w. Gerard
o. d. F. Grant, 8. T. Nicholl,
Dennis Perkins, Jacob A. Westervelt,
Ralph Clark, Samuel L. Mitchill
Robert u Wetmore, ]. Phillips Phonix,
Edward Sanford George B. Butler.
George D. Gillespie, David w. Catin,