The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-08-20

nit them to their legislative bodies. participate with
them in the pleasures OF society the exercise OF
political power Who dreams OF such msdnessi The
complaints among the northern people Of the increase
OF foreign emgraton--ihelr already crowded poor
hoasesthe sentiment Of the great body Of the people,
which has been tested In several States, will supply the
answer
But if the promiscuous population of white emgrans
which crowds 10 our shores be obnoxious TO many OF
our own people, how much obnoxious would be an
indscrmnate intercourse with this ignorant and
degraded race Is il possible to colombo as the last
alternative, this immense crowd OF beingss Where
are the means Where the individuals or people
who would attempt il Immediately They are no. 70
be found. Since this Is so, how futile 10 that philanS
thIopy-how Intellectual III the Accomplishment OF It's
evident object
Are these abolitonists madmen Do they not see the
mischiefs which they themselves peperatlng upon
the very blacks whom they profess to serve The south
has right to say Let us alone. You have no right to
NEEDLE with peculiar institution III Il be an evil we
understand better than you II it admit OF remedy.
we know best when and how TO apply II. Your fore
fathers consented contract with ours TO form great
and growing coIfederacy OF States. They contracted
with u.s. although they knew we had slaves among us
They even guaranteed on the very face OF the compact
the security OF this property. Why. then, should you
presume TO NEEDLE with al this time! Are you willing
10 abide by the bargain' II not tell us and we will
part with you readily you part with US. II you are
let alone Cease to disturb us by your impairment
interference. Cease to deny any OF the privileges
which claim your equals in the government Cease
10 deny any participation IN the territory we have &C
CURED by the mutual sacrifice OF blood and treasure.
Are your interiors! How comes IL to pass, then,
that STAKEHOLDER conducted our armies to ylcloryhat
avehoder composed the Declaration OF lndepend-
encehat savehodlng State hrst prepared the way for
the formation of constitulonthat Shareholder had
The principal part in is formation Ana why are we
your equals Besides, what hypocrisy is there in the
conduct Of these abolitionlss! They profess to serve
their buniering interposon Some years ago the South
began to discuss the subject but did they
mence the task than these iactous fanatics set in and
ant no
laws had to be strengthened. Slaves longer per
med to be educated eeyto have the gospel preached
by their own coorei minstersto go unTestrained from
plantation plantation Now, all thus has been changed
and the blacks have thank their pretended friends,
THESE anus DIES for the change they have undergone
Say that slavery is even an evil; yet it is still greater
evil Tor ignorant fanatics 10 attempt 10 abolish by pre-
cpltae The blind French feyolu,ioniss have
ruined 81. Domingo; the English people, msed by their
false philanthropy have paralyzed jamaica There no
maxim sound than this AS slavery the work of
TO establish 1t is equally the work OF long time TO
abolish IT, We have right. therefore, to claim every
account that you let alone, unless repent Of the
solemn covenant which you have made with u.s." While
the spirit OF abolilonisn persisted at present,
what d-solatlon what wreck and ruin would follow lis
train, II should lead the ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF The Union
In the humiliation OF the most glorious government which
the world has ever seen! Allowing thai the papable OBJ
ect OF this philanthropy could be accomplished
the Liberation OF this from bondagebut that II must
be done-as II done Immediately will beat the sacr-
nee OF the Union which ask, would be the greatest
evil, the greatest sn in the sight Of God-he coniiDu
ance OF these blQcks in bondage-with the Union irm
in strength and pospenty-wih all their natural wants
abuntany supplied, which if free evidently would not
De; or their freedom. with the Union dissolved, and
more than twenty millions OF people IN anarchy and
arms. drenching the land in their own and brothers
blood. am tue answer must spring FROM The un-
der-taadng to the lips OF every OF America, Let Us
patiently endure for while less evil, that may
avert overw hemlng caamityand sin, which IN It's hor
rors, portrayed III the future, would make the very
angels weep
Inox turn to the question as applying to Territories
Admitting tnst there natural obstacles TO the es
nj Lat
turn to the constitution What is It's naaIes Whence
its origns What the history OF the times in which il or
iginatci In It's nature guarantees justice 10 all men-
exclusive privileges 10 section undue or
unnatural advantage over another The prosperity II
secures was intended TO be a common prosperity. The
achievements under it must be common achievements
II originated in the shines which tried mems souls !"
when the same interests coDhcng now; when
the same agItang question had more practical appca
ton than at present The history Of those times is wn
ten by the most eloquent pens. Now, where is the
provision which prohibits any place that subject to
the cons tuition the privileges which people ENJOY IN
States under the constitution here Is the provision
which TO section OF common country an
undue advantage another The question can be an
sweed categocally, and am sure embraces the whole
subject. There such reg ulaton That constitution
is in itself compromise, and sufficient compromise for
circumstances that may arise under H. people Will
only inelligenty consult its guarantees.
Surprising slavery to be established in those Territories
which may never besupposng the principles OF the con-
stuiion thus admitted and observed would not the
state of things then be infinitely better than dissolution
which must follow blind persistence in the advocacy
and support OF the present sentiment at the North
have before shown this.
would address also few remarks TO our brethren OF
the South In case the law OF Nature should exclude
slavery from the Territories which would be the greater
wrong to yourselves peoplehis alternative, or the
dissolution OF that Union which r the Embodiment oil
your strength the ark which is still able TO carry you
onward prosperity and glory What mischefs would
follow in the train OF dissolution general weakness
IN the whole physical structure without federal gov
ernmen compelling you, your enfeebed state to toter
onward alone, seek the alliance OF some foreign and
migbtier power--most probably England from certain
identity OF cotton interests This would subject you TO
thai oppressive yoke which your fathers once
fought bled and died to throw off II might subject you
grievances similar TO those under which the people OF
Canada wnhe-opening the way TO the escape oil hun
dred slaves TO where there is one and without
hope OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that interchange OF
life of bo,h-bnging inguIfng flood of ruin the
length and breadth OF the landeavng the States thus
detached TO share the fate of their sectional inercss
the powerful to subdue the weakerand thus open
ing the way for the succession OF anarchy and des-
poiism Are all these considerations 10 lose all their
weight in the turmoil OF the passions ! trust they are
trust that there yet actuating the hearts
of the people OF the South and hope that the Union ~
not thus TO be sacrificed would appeal both to the
North and the South Surprising that the vast Territories
which have been recently acquired were IN reality the
Ophir OF od-that those hills hills OF pure and
massive god-,hat those wales beds OF pearls, aud
be, weighed az the value OF the Union II the Union
fall and die in consequences OF receiving them INTO
her bosom, better, far better they had been sunk IN
fa omess depths of the Pacihc-better far better.
that they should be left to mould their own destiny,
merely extending TO them such aid our part as bu-