The republic., 1850-11-30
THE REPUBLIC.
Great Union Meeting At Faneuil Hall, i'm
Boston.

and weight OF character was represented in very
unusual strength. and we may safely assert thai,
regarding all the essentials of respectablity and
tho substantial qualities in the character of COM
munity, an assemblage equal to this never before
convened within the walls of Faneuil Hall.
Alta few minutes before four o'clock the Com
mittee Of Arrangements came in, and were re-
csived with loud cheers. At four O'Clock precisely
THoMAs B. CuRTIs, Esq, mounted the rostrum, and
said:
Friends of the Unon-friends of the Constitution:
am desired by the Committee Of Arrangements to
ask you to come to order, and to present for your
sanction the following form Of organization Of this
For President, JOHN C. WARREN, a name
dear in the annals of the Revolution, and connect
ed with the history of Bunker Hill.
For Vice Presidents
ait3 DAVID HENsHAW, of Leicester.
r NATHAN APPLETON, of Boston.
CALEB EDDY, of Boston.
H. A. s. DEARBORN, of Roxbury.
JOHN T. HEARD, of Boston.
GEORGE .. SMITH, of Boston
10 ALFRED GREENOUGH, of Boston.
SAMUEL LAWRENCE, Of Boston.
For Socretaries-
CHARLxs J. HEsDEE, of Roxbury.
A. w. THAxrxR, JR., of Boston
GEoRaE X. SAMPSON, of Boston.
JosEPH Smith, OF South Boston.
"a lvBRs }. Austin, Of Boston.
THOMAS J. WBIrTrMoRE, of Cambridge.
The meeting having been thus organized, the
venerable DR.. WARREN rose and spoke as follows:
1t il not without reluctance that appear before
this great assembly to take part in the political
proceedings of my fellow w-countrymen. Having
from carly period Of life devoted myself TO pro-
Sessionai duties have not entered actively into the
politics Of the day, but have never ceased to feel
the deepst interest in the security and prosperity
Of our common country, and have ever considered
that, when these were in danger, it was my duty,
"a well - that Of every COED citizen to devote mind
and body 70 their protection and preservation.
Such crisis seems now to have arrived The
Union, and consequently the existence of this ma
tion, arc menaced, and, unless there il great and
gessrai effort in their support, we may behold
the mighty fabric of our Government trembling
over heads, and threatening by its fall to crush
the prosperity which we have go long and happily
enjoyed. Tst,'- - -
Il has been my lot to have lived during q period
when 0ere was no Constitution and no Union; when
thsrs was commerce, no manufactures little of
agriculture, ofany of the caiula ted to make
. powerful and happy people. IL was q period
when there was no sound currency no confidence
between man and man, and no harmony in the ac :
tion OF the different Stats. IL was a period when
nsn's hAnds wcre turned against their nsighbors,
whom the courts were beset with armed men, when
laN and justice were trampled under foot, when
best towns and villages were threatened with pill
hge, 6re, and the sword; when the soil was polu-
ted with the blood of its own citizens l remember
tho uDorganised little band of fathers of families,
who. in that emergency issued from this place,
feebly provided with arms with the other means
calculated to put down daring and desperate re-
belf1on. What q dark moment thisi What
dreadful orebodng arose in the minds Of those who
bad been expanding their labor their treasure and
their blood, for the safety Of an unhappy country
But in the midst of this gloom q ray of light
showed itself A Constitution was proposed, and
after cautious investigation and careful adapta-
ti0n to the varied interests of the country, was
adopted as bond Of everlasting union. Under
tbis Constitution a new order of things has arisen
Commerce and agriculture have revived. Manu-
fhcsurss have every where grown up. Education,
Literature, and science have been diffusod in all
our cities and towns. The highest prosperity has
pervaded the nation, and presented to the wonder.
ing eyes OF Europe the spectacle Of federal repub
lie, Tree without icentiousness, and rich without
luxury. l .rr.f at
b Now, let me ask. 10 there any one desirous of re-
turning to the disunion Of 1862 Is there any one
who II willing to trhe with, to spurn at or TO go
behind this Constitution If there is, I cannot go
with him. GO for the whole CONSTITUTION and
the whole UrIoS, a. ths best security for the ibcr
ties Of the people FoH THEsx I STAND HEnE; and,
II am not ready TO exert every faculty which ]
Possess 70 uphold and maintain them, shall be
fAlse 70 the blood which runs in my veins false to
the ancestors from whom ] am descended, and
false to every sentiment Of my own heart stand,
then, at all hazards, for the Constitution and the
Union, one and indissolube, now and forever.
DR.. Warren's sspccch excited great applause.
r. w. w. CRrsSovsH, Esq. was now introduced,
and said: "Fellow-citizcns, have been requested
TO present for the consideration of this meeting the
following resolutions, prepared by the Committee
ofArrangemens:
Resolved, That the preservation of the Constitu-
ton and the Union 10 the paramount duty of all
citizens; that the blessings which have how ed from
them in times past, which the whole country IL
now enjoying under them, and which we firmly be-
lieve posterity will derive from them hereafter are
incalculabie; and that they vastly transcend in inn
portance all other political objects and considera-
tions whatever.
Resoiced, That would be folly to deny that there
has been and still IL danger 10 tie existence Of the
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of Disunion, constantly weakening its strength and
alternating the Ininds of one part of the people OF
the United States from another; and that il this
spirit be not checked and restrained, and do not
give way to spirit Of Cancellation and Of patriotic
devotion TO the general good OF the whole country,
We cannot expect long continuance Of the poti-
cal tie which has hitherto made people; but
must rnther look TO groups OF rival ncighborng
republics, whose existence will be state Of pcrpct-
uAl conflict and open u
Reso'red That all the provisions Of the Constitu-
ton Of the United Statcs-thc supreme law Of the
hnd-are equally binding upon every citizen, and
upon every State in the Union; that laws passed
BY Congress. in pursuance of the Constitution, arc
equally binding on all the citizens, and no man is
a liberty to resist or disobey any constitutional
act Of Congress any more than another; and that
We do not desirc or intend 10 claim the benefit o
any one oil the powers advantages of the Consti-
tuuon and 10 refuse, or seem to refuse, 10 perform
any part oil its duties. or TO submit to any part o
ite obligations.
Rsseicsd, That the adjustment of the measure.
which disturbed the action OF Congress for nearly
ten months of its Last seasion ought to be carried
out by the people of the United States in eoot
hith, In all the substantial provisions because al
though we may differ with each other bout the de
tails OF those measures, yet, in our Judgment,
renewed popular agitation of any OF the main qucs
tions then settled would be frsught with ans
extreme dangers to the peace and harmony Of th.
country, which this adjustment has happily re
stored
Resolved, That every species and form of resis
tAnce to the execution OF regularly enacted law
except by Pcaceablc appeal to the regular action o
the judicial tribunals upon the question Of its con
sutuionabty--an appeal which ought never TO b
opposed or impedec-is mischievous, and sobver
sive OF the fret principles OF social order and tend
10 anarchy and boodsbsd
= bs'''vss. That msn, Who directly or indirectly