Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-12-27
Union Meetings.

This week We publish an account, Of the
Union Meeting held a, Bath on Monday eve.
ming, 10Th inst. The resolutions and speech.
g ~ ne occasion were truly patriotic, and
win no doub, receive the hearty approval Of
nearly al Of the people Of this State. Avery
few individual, fign to believe that the Tn
ION il no, In danger, that there Is no necessity
Coz Union Meetings, and that they arc GOT up
by Union men frightened by buc-bcar.-
True there may be no danger Of the Union,
but It Is because Of the wa,chiulness Of the
people; and We believe these meetings will
serve to awaken them TO true sense or,he val.
ue Of the Union to their real interest apd hipp,.
uess, To incrcaS, their love and affection Cor %,
and TO check the pans and operations Of Dis.
uaon.ss, whether North or South, and turn
them from their real schemes. Although
much has been said upon tbs subject, and Ne
bore soon to relieve our readers, Nc may sl.ll
look 4, the history oi N, pas, with some pro
II 10 ourselves, a. well a. 10 those who can.
no, ,ee the danger that NC have gone through
!, has been Truly aid that better then ore
year ago, Congress me, a, Washington, and
there commenced one Of the mo-, stormy and
exciting seasons that this country has ever
passed through. The slavery question vas
tic a'l.ahsarbms one Of the nation, ani as Il,
va ccrs,tcrcd with nearly every other inn
rrrtani oDe which came before Congress, 4,
VAS rightly considered the most dlnccr-as
20 the vnioa Of these States Of suy tha, was
ever as.,a,et. The admission Of California,
me boundary Of Texas, territorial r5vsrnme1;
t5r v,ah and New Mexico, we're an mixed boz
With the adjustment or restriction OF slavery
.1 s1-h a manner a. TO render Il extremely
tgu5G-' Il auy one Of them could BE- PASSED
through Congress The friends Of an thee
measures Gel; no lille so,.c.,utc on account Of
the difficulty which surrounded these 9ues.
lions.
From enc portion Of ,he country came
,,rous Tsmsas,raacs sgaius, the admission Of
Cahi9rs1 and the F'oicsod BOUNDARY line Of
Texas. also aro.ns, the prohibition Of slavery
m Utah ard New Mexico. From another
portion came petitions ~ favor Of an these
The representatives Of the two parties me;
aat examined into the merit, Of these cues
TORS, and after becoming satsfed iha, neither
party could or would sgccumS or GO over 90
the other. agreed 10 s.,ilc them by c5mgro-
mise. The cousu,-aoaali,y Il each question
was fully examined, and although those Who
vcr, oppressed 20 the admission o.! California
and territorial government ior New Mexico
were constrained 10 Acknowledge tha, under
= s;r.c; construction Il ,le Constitution they
o. 81, be passed, they .a.i to their opponent
dat if,hc Constitution must be - ug.l'y OIL.
Arsel TO in this, they icmaHi Ia, D, shall b.
adhered 10 10 other things Now, then, We
NIL consent 70 the admission Of California
and The bills relating to New Mexico snd
Uuh, yr5ril,d, YOU will carry out in good
faith that clause N the Constitution which
slys iha, " flgi,.,es from labor shall be given
up" 1--WE will DO il, said the other party
Il was therefore bargain. The North 60,
the State and the territory, aal the South the
Slave law. The latter considered themselves
poorly paid for al that they had surrendered,
but were willing 10 stick to the bargain, like
hoaorable men. How was 10 with the other
plrty' Did they stand BY this acreemcn,'-
No, not couisn, with three bills OF, of,hc four.
no, satisfied ,siii 'sre1iy:fr, per orri. Of the
profits, they wanted a S,i,s more. Leading
Wing newspaper, called the bargain afro
ci5us. meetings were held IN which 1t was
declared that the people would no, stand BY
d, Religious paPers called upon the people
to rcruS,eis the contract. Preachers dcuoua-
ecl i, from the pulpit, and advised their hear.
eS to treat It as i nulliiy pronounced i, con.
uary TO the laws Of God, and went so FAR as
" say thai whoever stood by il was in danger
Of eternal punishment. "RepeAl, repeal, !"
runG oct from a thousand voices, and the par
" which had given up the ,hree-iourths Of all
they had eon,endei for, were being driven to
perics, madness, and declared in the most So
lean and determined manner, that sooner then
submit to the giving up Of the remaining one
fourth, they would break Up the partnership,
and appeal TO the law Of seli.deicnce
Conservative, sensible men, seeing the in
justice Of the course Of those unrrIucipled
spectators, met together and resolved to
stand BY the contract and fulfill i, to the LETT
ter. 1--WE are for a continuation Of the part
nershiP," said they, "we are for Union, and
We call uPOa all 10 JarOr Of Uaioa to join
us" This, as a matter Of course, did not
suit those Who wanted the partnership to cUa-
tinue, bu, wanted also themselves to have all
the profits. Il eomPels them TO either admit
thai thy srs opposed 10 the Unioa, or to girs
a 70 ne bargain. No wonder that they deny
tho necessity Of Union Meetings.
oREoOS.-Ths Oregon Spectator Of Oct.
l., says; I'VE give 1t as our decided opin-
ION, that in less than two years time, Oregon
will be knocking at the door" for admission
min the Inion. We hone howsye, yxh.,