The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-03-16

not only giving aid and comfot 10 that class OF pol
icans, bat u u giving encouragement to them to 60 on
IN TACT Is telling them to go OHIO go on perpetuating
and perperatIng their outmges upon the rights OF the
South. The continued commission of these 0utrages
WILL 70 my Judgment, effect ultimately dissolution q
the Unions certainly il will be either dissolution OF the
Union the degradation AMI ruin OF the southern people
This class OF men, both the southern men who ex-
Provso men, and aii men Of that class and kindred oi
politicians hold be false 10 the constitution OF the
country false TO the Unon false to the great mass OF
American people will not say they false 10 them
selves; for they may desire dissolution OF the Union
The other day il said by the senator from Maine,
lMr HAMLINl-l may not have his precise words but
have the substancethat they had in his section OF the
country class OF politicians desiring the dissolu-
ton OF the Union; and he says those who now initiate
their policy expect to be recorded upon the same
Convention which to sit at Nashville IN June next and
compared it to the Hartford Convention, which as
sembed IN Hartford for the purpose Of taking sides with
Great Britain against country, when we were
engaged in with that government--a convention
whose avowed object and purpose was TO take sides
against the American government and perhaps to effect
secession from the American Unon Is there any such
thing in the Nashville Convenlion' Has anything been
ntmated from which any such inference can be drawn
dicted, when the southern meeting was called, that
that meeting was Hartford meeting; and it was
sought 70 destroy the effect Of that meeting BY the
outcry OF mad dog and HIrford Convention. and
such harsh names. What is the object and purpose
Of the Nashville Convention! Why, sir, the southern
meeting last year made an address to the South repre-
States, and gave statement OF the plans which they
proposed 10 carry into operation and what y the sys
lem of measures This address has aroused the people
OF the South they have had their primary meetings
they have spoken in their Legislative bodiesand Misss-
sppi has suggested the propriey Of calling southern
convention to sit in Nashville for the purpose of pre-
serving the Union The who pretends, who insinu-
ates otherwise, trying to make the public believe
falsehood which he cannot believe himself The object
and purpose Of this convention have been expressed They
for the purpose OF OF advice and TO adopt
and settle upon some plan OF operations OF resistance TO
the aggessons Of the North upon their rights secured
10 them by the constitution OF the country and not for
the purpose OF dssolvng this Union, Of forming any
other confederacy The futhest they would GO at the
conclusion Of their deliberations, would be 10 submit
South q remonsrance to this body, setting forth what
would be the consequences OF certain acts which may
be passed by Congress- Yes they seek to destroy
the merits Of this convention, by crying out it
venon for the purpose Of dissolving the Union, making
the charge in the absence Of proof-nay, more. making
the charge against proofs-a charge which they must
know to be false when they make il.
This convention is to devise ways and means OF pre-
serving the Union. as was the object oil the southern
meeting twelve months ago 10 this chamber and in pre-
serving the Union, matter of course preserving their
constitutional rights; for without hem they moth
ing for the Union They will cling to no other Unioa
but that creaied by the constitution of this country but
will not submit to any Union enforced by usurpaion
They cling to the Union given to them by the convention
beaded By ,he great name Of George Washington They
Iary TO the provisions OF the constitution That un
derrtand be The position OF the South II is not this
resistance, power WHICH Is 10 pro-
duce dissolution OF the Union Sir. If these usurpa
ons carried out, the great work is done The pow
ers oi this Union btoken. and uampled under the
feet OF the people OF the South BY these aggressive usura
This agitation will have the effect Of remodellng the
political parties OF the country, aud more especially the
party in the North of all the patriotism Of that
lion OF The country under one bannerhe banner OF the
Union--wheiher they heretofore called wings
democrats. The Union is nown danger-endangered by
opposite party, opposite class OF politicians and
there must inevitably be rally under one haga flag Of
the union OF the patriots OF that section Of The cogatry
for IL is 10 that class that 10 look. The South
will in future stand forth man, and operate
and act with that party in the North that maintains the
lconsiiiuion that supports and maintains the Union,
whether tina, party heretofore called whig demo
cratic This party becomes the conservative and Union
party Of the country and will therefore receive the uni
ted support OF the entire southern section o the Union
There will be another party in the Norh-a party area
dy in exisienceiis limits prescribed, its objects avowed
and proclaimed. II is the abolition party, the free-soi
party, Wmot party, and all others oil that stamp Of
policD Dheresy uniting in party, these, matter
OF course, will unite with those who do not prefer the
Union, bui their heesy and will rally under the flag Of
the aboonsts and the Garrsons, 10 advocate the dsso
luton OF the Union.
find. Mr. President in looking al the publications.
periodicals. and reports made by the conventions held by
these various parties in the North that they their
object, their great object TO be that of dsunion; and
they assign consistent with their honesty
They say that the constitution OF the United States au
thozes slavery throughout the entire landthe peculiar
aud broad ground that have assumed They say that,
under the constitution of the United States slavery ex
lists everywhere in the United States, and that slavery
in Massachusetts, by virtue OF the clause relating
10 fugitive slaves They must 90 outside OF the consi
tuion OF the United States and beyond IL; they must
overthrow it, put il down, prosrate it, break IT, ruin IL,
and Dissolve the Union: like the senator, yes'er-
day. who argues that although this is the constitution
although the Supreme Court has recognised this TO be
the consiituion-and although he has taken solemn
oath 10 support that constitution yet, account OF a
higher law, which he thinks he has received from God,
he will disregard his oath and the constitution, them
aside, and violate and rend the bonds which hold the
Union together He does not 10 possess that
of moral popnety-that OF moral responsibility TO
Supreme Beingthat is entertained and acted upon by
that they remain under this constitution take
oath to support it, The senator, however can take
solemn oath 10 support IL 10 the letter, and then turn
round and say that he IL not bound by not bound 10
support by law-say this in violation OF the solemn
oalh which he took when he took his seat in this body
Well, Mr. President propose 10 trace this northern
party, this abolition party little further and So how
they do stand. | have SOM. few decumepts which !
propose TO read upon that subject The fr Is, sup.
pose. The highest authority among them. propose to
read part OF the constitution OF this party ~ ihey have
| a constitution which they have adopted:
''Coralpiion Of the Amriean aad Fasigr An,i Aapoy
"Whercas the Declaration Of American Indcp cpendence
that II Is seEevidsnt truih that all
created equal and that they endowed by their Creator
inalienablc rightstai among life,
political Is based upon Holy Scriptures, which
declare that Gvd hath IN sde OF blood all nations Of
men, dwell all the face OF the EARTH, and which
aue all mankind love neighbos them selves;
country held IN slavery by their fellow countrynen; and
whereas the practice OF buying aud selling human beings