The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-09-15
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which calculated 10 tranauize he public mind
and preserve the glorious Union OF our country Within
the same time we have received evidences from various
quarters sufficient to establish the result OF these great
measures
For nearly three years past fearful struggle has
been generated by the splendid acquisition OF territory
which we had made by the success OF arms, extend
Ing the bounds OF empire the Southern Pacific and
throwing open the nexhausble treasures Of gold which
had slept for ages in the bosom OF California, and re-
qured the touch OF yankee ingenuity to develop 10 the
eyes Of amazed world and opening the nearest road
across the ocean for eastern trade between China
and America As scarcely any good comes without its
evil, these acquisitions of territory had opened up
new difficulty and new of contention
between the various sections OF our republic They
brought back upon the excitement of the Mis-
souri, controversy, which had sumbered for nearly thirty
years. What was to become Of these territories we
had conquered Were they to be thrown open to every
citizen OF the United States and all his property or
they 10 be confined TO those citizens only in the free States
who had no slaves to carry 10 their borders' One doc
trine that the whole of this territory TO be-
come free soil An opposite position was taken, that the
territory should be thrown open 10 all, the principle
Of non-interventon, which denied any jurisdiction to
Congress the subject OF slavery and left the Ultimate
destination of the errtoy slave as free. to the
majority Of its citizens when they should come to form
State constitution be admitted into the Union The
test which grew Of this varied its ramfca-
tons and fearful in its results The whole doctrine Of sa
very was brought into the discussion The country
into parties the alarming because they section
al in their character The discussion penetrated every
State from its villages up its Legislature. The debate
necessarily transferred Congress- and fort three
sons and for nine months nearly Of the present the
torch of discord was raging in all its fury, until many
good and intelligent citizen began TO fear the dissolution OF
the Union with all the caamtes Of civil of blood.
shed by brothers hand, and the breaking up Of that
great republic which is the only hope of liberty to all the
oppressed nations of the earth asass5Jge4
The sionest hearts became appalled, by the prospect
The goes of the past and the hopes Of the fuureour
prosperity and the destiny of suffering worldwere
at issue The danger threatened TO become imminent,
and the fears of all good patriots became enlisted in the
agtating They asked, "Shall we sacrifice this
glorious Union Shall we turn our brethren into enc
mics Shall we break up confedcrscy whose flag is
respected in the most distant andwhose achievements
have admiration from the foes OF liberty
whose commerce is penetrating every seawhose ambas
sailors received with respect at every court Shall
Amcrica-the brilliant United States OF America--be
expunged from the map. with all the glores which the
very OF American carries with il. and that
mighty confederacy whose name is now the proudest
among civilized nations be stripped OF all her magical
power, Of all her past gores Of all her future prospects.
only to be broken up and rtteed down smaller
federaces or separate States they too, warning with
each other with their borders brisng with cannon to
defend themselves to attack their neighbors with
heavy restrictions Stacking each others commerce. and
merce upon the seaboard States subject TO their com
merca exacons, and taxed with heavy duties for the
benefit OF the exporting States Can peace exist amid
these fragments of the conederacy No secession OF
one State from The Union can be peaceful Il must begin
in III blood, and must end in the efason OF blood Shall
these porenious consequences take place from euds
or want Of harmony and Cancellation among the several
Sa,es' Are we mad enough to reduce rank in the
scale OF nstons,o exchange admiration for indifference
respect for contemplate separate States in.
feror coniederaces despised abroad and warning at
homeland only because the South has one peculiar in.
sti,uton with which The general government has
stitutiona right to inerferei
"Sha we forget the days Of our fathers when they
fought and conquered together, and when, bound 10.
gether by common services and the warmes friendships
they expected to transmit their children fabric TO
shelter them all, which no tempest could shake and
wbich.would defy every enemy to impar''
These appeals made to the people, and they were
felt everywhere The love Of the Union still proves to be
the strongest feeling in The bosom OF American Yet
the danger still imminent strong feeling OF in.
dguaiion and discomfort had penetrated the South.
Some malcon,ens had even run into disunion, and
trying 10 ns their poison into The minds Of Others
and TO propagate their doctrines Congress has been in
session for the unparalleled period OF zine months and
agtaied and torn 10 pieces By the discussion Like
the frogs Of Egypt, this harassng question became
mingled with every movement Weeks were wasted in the
organization Of the House. and then the storm OF debate
broke loose in both houses II ragged with violence for
weeks aud months, stirring up all the elements Of dis.
sensio aud in its aspect than the caudron OF
Macbeb's witches. Of agitation appeared
on the borders Of the Rio Grande. where collision was
apprehended touching the boundaries OF Texas, between
her volunteers and the troops OF The United States drop
oil blood shell at tina, moment, and with those issues,
would have probably spread through all the South and
The general excitement OF the nation would have gwen
Importance to this Transaction, which might have IN
volved the nation in the horrors OF civil war lhanks
TO protecting Providence, this and all other danger y
rapidly passing away Texas is already tranqnized.
better spirit i peryadng the two houses OF Congress
Dsmocrata who have been separated Tor months past