The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-06-13
CITY OF WASHINGTON, THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 49, 1850.


the inhabian,s and the laws Of Natare lt il morally inn
/ iish stseE tn Ne E 1N.' esss.4
And am not right 10 saying that whatever other
qualities he may want man. with my letter before him,
who could say that took the ground that sauery
could moi eria IN me nsw Territories does not want
But this writer is not only brave man-he is also a
phlanhropc His article abounds with declarations
upon that subject made where this kind Of philanthropy
nothing personally but studied phrasc and where
he is safely removed from the difficulties and dangers Of
the question But his philanthropy il tempered not with
an Oit w A. r.,
manufacturers that hey leopard their pecuniay inler
ess \ sthat New Mexico slave will also 6e free
trade" tohch wH be most disastrous 70 "oW northern
businsss men," t 5sF st s32
But we have lessons Of patriotism as well as Of char
y and OF profit in this ddsctic essay The writer IL pa
trioc for il his hopes fail, the country is doomed to
run It's unmoestcd career Of conquest of despotism,
and Of inamy;" and he announces with evident gratR
cation that her whole Atlantic seaboard THAT OF the
the mississippi river may be a. easily divided physically
as POLITICAL into independent portions"
He cool, too. while hotcalm while excited; for he
that ms words cool the Wfrts, he mas
feelings are IKE me lightning. &C.
He is .wth0ut aspery,'' though he charges !" por-
ton" of The members q the House Of Represenatiyes
with whom he was In daily intercourse, with confed.
Grating with majority OF the Senate in this unustable
machination" The righteousness OF this proceeding is
difficult TO comprehend and impossible describe to-
gether with many choice flowers Of rhetoric culed
from The garden He says he speaksyespecfuy Of
those from som he dissents while, a. ,hs zane time he
attributes the motives OF those who dier from him 10
what he ays is technically "a biPcomnltting the too
common error of measuring all other men BY his own
standard, after making that standard mercenary one
Is evident he cannot conceive how public act
without a bid" And with modesty and charity worthy
of the school OF iaeccs, Of which understand be is
distinguished professor he assigns % me the pre-emi.
nence of making greater sacrifice OF consistency.
honor and truth than any other public man.. because
was The accepted candidate Of the democracy for the Of
flee of President II has been my fortune to receive
NJ nj rv m v fe
have received more acceptable Than the honor Of
such censure from sucha But be is not partial in
guished senator from Kentucky. and OF his I" practical
Joke" In the effort 70 put stop the agitation o his
country, and Of .he roar oi laughter" which 81 Ike
fsa de ioie would down the course Of ages il
not for its horrible consequencesl Shade OF Quint
ian what figure for disciple who inyokes Thy name
and appeals to thy authority !e 8iaN3Af @As w
His susceptibility to Temperature il the great physioIo
gical curiosity OF the day for he declares, with All due
gravity, that any person who could read Me BIZ
recaplure Of fugitive slaves, whout having 6is blood
boil in his veins has powers OF refrigeration that would
cool the tropics"
He has commendabe appreciation Of his position and
his Influence for he considers himself with others, as
standing in the forum Of the World and under the eye
Of posieriy" And with want Of reverence, irrecon-
cilable with Of his professions, he says that
orty OF the House Of Representatives OCCASION
| 'swres,ed like Jacob with the Angel OF God !" The
Holy Scriptures have higher object than ba introduced
into the party contests OF the day, and lecturer upon
education especially should not desecrate them to such
purpose this Whether his reference to this myster
passage OF the Penaieuch is intended rheorcay or
logically, illustration argument, do not
know; bat be il the other, it equally fas as the
writer does not tell US whether il is the conduct OF the
therefore left without application Certainly could
have been merely illustrate the Of nights
sion of the House Of Representatives, that Of taste
and pety would resort 10 the Bible. Its contests
and confusion need passages Of Scripture history
for their appreciation And this tissue OF bad taste bad
morality, aud bad logic, is printed by charitable subscriP
tons aud scattered through the land to name the feel
ings OF section Of the country against the other, and
10 hasten this fearful agitation, till the arbament oil
yields to that OF force, and the fate OF coun
try is committed TO the chance of unioward events
The characteristic disingenuousness OF the writer Is in
Enohins remarkable than in his treatment OF the
views Of the distinguished senator from Massachusetts,
in relation 10 the little probability OF the extension Of
slavery 10 New Mexico, because the climate OF that
country is untavorabe TO those productions which can
alone render slave labor vauabe-a sound and practi-
cal opinion the ruth of which experience Is every day
Well, sir. The writer Of the letter. in reviewing this
casons . from ~ physical premses'oi defining the law
OF the spirit by geographical phenomena-of ascertain
ing "wheher people will obey the laws OF Christ, and
others they would be done by looking at the ther
momeier'of "underiaking to settle BY mountains and
rivers, and not by the Ten Commandments great ques
ton Of humanity" together with much more fppancy
OF the kind negectng TO read or heed the third
OF those commandments he invokes. and which says
to every MAN, Thou shalt not bear false witness against
thy neighbor" II is not by direct charge alone that
1
may be done eectually by insinuaton BY assertion
This the writer understands and practises Tor no one
knows better that the honorable senator from Massa
chusetts dreamed OF measuring moral duties by
the accidents of soil and climate bur that he did measure
the probability Of the extensop OF slavery by s profit
loss which OF course must be regulated BY the value
OF its products And this gross Misrepresentation of the
opinions o colleague in the national legislature - ac
companed with professions of admiration ~ has Powers,
gratitude for ms past services, and Of his owa ddsnce
an dissenting from has Can insincery go further
But after ALL sir, may rn out that this very letter
may place its author among the benefactors OF the coun
try. II will certainly do 80, IL II was the occasion to
which we owe that beautiful and powerful exposition Of
tanned in the Newburypor leteone OF the master
Iy appeals to the reason and patriotism OF the American
people that has appeared in my time Had the dstin.
gushed senator from Massachusetts Mr. WEBsTERl no
other claim but that to the respect Of his counymen,
that would be enough for present and future distinction
The Senate will bear witness that il 10 very sell
dom enter upon such task this II suits neither my
TASTE nor my habits There are things II s difficult TO
touch and at The time escape pollution But this
appeal TO the passions OF the community s 90 pre- emf
neny mischevous and reckless in it's professions and
regardless OF legitimate patriotic results In its perform
ance that ii has for its author distinction or rather
notoriety TO which few will aspire, and which fewer
still could attain. &Ve -, E
But SIR return 10 the objections to the union Of these
measures. . sf8ss. ~ AtaN S9. b, ssslJ
II is not to be disputed that, II convenience peI-
mted would be better. in the usual course Of legs
laon that each question should be finally settled BY
itself But that is impossible and the union OF subjects
is therefore mere matter OF legislative expectancy As
| n ineonuruv abont which we have heard 10 much,
certainly that does depend upon any want OF natural