The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-10-26

hear and read from certain quarters In regard 10 III be
counienance Of the oihs people They will not be-
come nauy6su at the commsnd Of demagognes and fac
their eyes Open resistance this law advised BY men
who have been oudes, in denancaon Of the south Caro-
lima a1afsrs for preaching Hike doctrine.
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go sit must be preserved p ANDREW jackson
sNo people be bound 10 acknowledge and adors the
invisible hand which The affairs Of men more han
have advanced character q an independent nation
have been distinguished by some token Of provi
These are the words of the great Washington, and
they bear with them truth which must affect the mind
OF every rejecting manwhose heart has ever been moved
by patriotic feeling, and whose thoughts have ever dwe
on the history of his countrys birth, revolutionary
siruggleits trials. conflicts, and advancement His
words breathe almost superhuman wisdom. Would that
his counsel and warning could be heard adopted,
and cherished throughout our widespread country Lett
the sectional feeling and factious spirit which still
causing much excitement and ill-w, and begeuing
such retaatory spirit be banshed and forgotten Let
peace on earth and good will towards man grow and
flourish. Let the man OF the North look the South,
with Its magnificent riversiis inexhausble erlitys
abundant productveness OF material for his manuiact0
res-ts wealth, power, and resourcesits chvalrc,
elligen. and generous hearted population and, he
looks. his eye will date and his heart beat with Joy as
he excains proudly, Our country our fst0UcitizsHs
Let The man OF the South look on the North. with its
ensive commerce. which furnishes large share OF the
revenue that supports our government let him look on
her wealth, her busy manufactures, made busy by the
products OF the Soulh let him look her learning and
arts, her population ingenuity and general resources,
and st HIM slsG with glow Fl pride echo Ssck o
the South feel universal love- community OF interest,"
and then ie both reflect that their existence, duration.
II he I'd Ws n
gaze upon US with growing wonder and admiration, as
they behold 50 wonderful instance Of free govern
extent SO contagious in It's example spreading and main
tanning peace, liberty and union wherever il extends
And yet there is difference between these Staes
same Office bu, that very difference makes the psrfecl
body, from which, ii any limb be severed ihe general
harmony and relation Of parts are destroyed limb can
self preservation, part with limb that the health and
life Of the whole be not impaired or destroyed
There is ANOTHER difference. as brothers and sisters diff
all united in happy family Let US as individuals all
be brothers--as States, all ssters-wih one common
father even Cod from whom we can obtain wisdom and
His blessing. may we get our food and raiment a.
Let US not think or talk of separation. Science ac-
quaints US with two means Of separation and
mechanical: the former though sometimes quiet is more
frequently attended by explosion and final dissolution !;
the latter 10 always attended by force and violence. He
who can contemplate. talk of and even recommend die
solution OF our Union, or pursue those which
he must see will inevitably lead 10 destruction. is not
only void OF all patriotism, and totally deficient in all that
constitutes political sagacty and arsghtedness, but is
traitor to his country and AT war with the peace and lib
ery of the world. sl' q ..f-y III. sai4
Congress, at its last session, after long delberation
and taking the counsel Of the wise Of the nation,
passed law 10 secure the enforcement Of portion OF the
constitution which had been long violated That nstru-
men had recognised slavery and guaranteed TO support
as right OF property For years past this species Of
property so constitutonay recognised has not been pro-
tected Not only when the owner has lost his property
has he been prevented, in violation Of the constitution.
from retaining II but i has been stolen from him. con-
berry he has had 20 redress He might, with the const
tuition Of the United States in his hand 90 and point out
worth If serys. or abor d"s ma = s,osn y,
escaped from me and the supreme law OF the land says
must be delivered up to me, that the service or labor
due may be rendered." But regard was paid him
for parts Of the land held lesser allegiance in VIC.
laon OF the greater. and call for redress or commute
lion was idle Nevertheless, this injury quietly sub
men. finding they could harbor stolen property with i'm
punity, began think il violation 10 steal, and pro-
claim the swfuness OF stealing and that il was unpun
length led to see the enormy OF the thing practised
and continued violation OF the constitution. the wrong
which was done thereby TO portion OF our citizens,
and the Injurious excitement which was Justly inevitably
and alarmingly growing lhererom. A law passed,
expressing the sovereign will of the people, that the
neglected clause Of our sacred compact should be
forced, and the rights under il maintained When and
the States united in that contract, subscribing the
constitution, there that clause Stood readable by and
comprehensive TO all Il was guarantee to and BY all
the States, individually and collectively II was not
written 90 SMALL nor placed so high that il could not be
seen was il written ambguousy iegbly, that ii
c0ulu De understood; seen com
pretended by all at is historically well known that the
clause in the constitution Of the United States relating
persons owing service and labor in Stale, escaping
into other States. 10 secure 10 the citizens OF the
savehoding States the complete right and title OF owner
ship in their slaves property in every State in the
Union into which they might escape from the State
where they held in servtude The full recognition
OF this rig and title indispensable the security OF
this species OF property in all the slavehodng States
and indeed was 90 vital 10 the preservation Of their do
nestle interests and institutions, that IL be doubted
that II constituted fundamental article, without The
adoption of which the Union could not have been
formed. Its true design 10 guard against the doc
fnes and principles prevailing in the .slavehoh-
ing States, by preventing them from ntermeddlng with.
or obstrucng, or abollshing the rights OF the
Of slaves" TO that clause the Staies in Congress as
Justly TO secure is execution, TO prevent OF their
sister States from being outraged and grossly defauded
The States without slaves have united with the slave
States promising 10 aid and TO them their consti
utlonal rights l. was necessary measure lawful and
right, and compulsory by the constitution II was a
bounden duty Had Congress by Us action violated this
clause OF compact, the constitution broken our
that Union, and maintained BY IL, was refused II was
longer the constitution under which the slave States
united
Let them no man or set OF men dare to liit voice
against this supreme law OF the land. Let religious
secas have dared 10 dopreach against II in their
madness and oetfulness OF the Great Laugirer they
would desire to worship; but rather let them initiate Him
ence TO law in demanding tribute, sad, Render unto
Cesar the things which Cssars, and unto God the
things which be Coda" Let Stale States be de-
ceiyed or persuaded into the belief that this law be
violated with IMMUNITY. Why, II is law auxiliary and
subservent TO the constitution which binds US together