The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-07
CITY or WASHINGTON.
sArUsDAY MORNING, DEC. =, 1850.


urging for months on the attention Of counymsn.
thai there danger be appehended at this crisis that
those who deny or underrate il ignorant fool
hardy that il becomes highest duty TO know these
things to look the danger the face and provide to meet
and overcome H. The clouds lower in all quarters OF the
heavens Modification is rearing its gogon front an the
Norh--disunion in the Southland the elements OF dis
cord and commotion convulsed and heaving IN all
parts OF the country The outbreak is suppressed the
connection is partially settled for the tune but the vessel
Of the constitution is now in that condition SO gaph
cally portrayed by the poet
GAS she drfed on her path,
Ell There silence still as death, sE
Had hs bravsst held his breath
Shall we lie down TO sleep behind the bulwarks, while
we are drifting on the conflict, or arouse all our en-.
eges clear the deck for action. and stand to guns
This is the question for each man to decide For our
srlves we are resolved every trne to his
post Let what may happen, shall be prepared for The
worst while we pray for the best We know no better
mode to perform our duty.
The recent nullfying act OF Vermont has created
deep sensation in this city, and will produce deeper one
in the South as soon as it is known. No part Of the
country can look with an Indifferent eye upon this most
extraordinary and alarming indication of dsloyay TO
the constitution If the erpress provision Of that nsru
ment requiring the delivering up Of fugitive slaves can
be thus tramped and spurned what portion Of it will be
strong enough or sacred enough to meet with more re-
spect at the hands OF the dsobedient factons,s We
fear there is none.
We confess this proceeding has filled US with anxiety
and gloomy oreboding The only par, Of the Compro-
mise in which the South felt any considerable interest is
thus to be given up prey 10 traitors and to fanatics
ard what man can be so blind bgoted not to per-
ceye in the present excited OF public feeling hatths
will cause reacve agitation, which will sweep that
region, now gently calming down. with The fury OF a
tornado! We know the character Of her people, and
their fiery resistance wrong There is limit to their
endurance and this example, If it be followed in any
others Of the northern States, will constitute that line.
It Is the Rubicon Of the Union God grant that il may
not be passed We fear there mischievous informed
dlers in other States who will seek to pursue their
footsteps We call upon them, in the name OF the con-
sution and the Union, to pause in their mad career
We call upon the people Of Vermont to reconsider this
fatal action and blot the reasonable enactment from
their statute. book But il they do not. what remains for
the friends of the Uon of The States and of the Rights Of
The States to do We can only courseto unite
and act in the crisis as one man The difficulty is to
bring this desirable measure about #
i We will resume the consideration Of this subject to-
morrow, and take the liberty Of suggesting TO our fellow
citizens OF all sections, grounds upon which we
hope unity and efficiency be secured among the
Il From Boston Post.
under peculiar never before oc-
cnnsd in hisoryand much will depend on the char
ion both at the North and the Southso RE are ele
ments that bode naught bu, anxiety peril and, may be-
Of them with more Than usual care Their warning
4 What Is there ali through the South The answer i.
found in every southern mail The sentiment OF gov.
errors Of States in their messsgosthe action Of political
conventons-he proceedings public meetings-the Ian.
guage OF public meahe proposed restrictive measures on
northern commefeethe tone Of the pressal speak
clearly and thoroughly southern public sentiment might be
there Is IN portion states that com pose This great
coniedeIacy feeling OF evaporation, di.conient that
Is ominous oil anything but continuance Of that fra
Try To thi. must be added the party Of open dis.
ever rash, on any plan that win dissolve this con.
ederacy Now, this is not speculation, theory, suppos
crush the spirt Of harmony Northumberland worse hss
that doctrine In its old olais rampant LIS ju.tiRcson
| or what II holds 10 justify it's mainly admission OF
the ffee State Of California Unon which, IL Is
d % Ss o. power .na, has . long e
southern documents, but this 10 the thing
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Aiabsma and
Texas IL unites men who united before. II has
incacuabe mischief But ten perate southern press
state the nature Of this sentiments 8
1
are leaders Ia this movement They anything but
fsctonists They do regard secession as merely Ia
evitable, calamity be avoided, object
most desirablenot the least OF evils but the
| circumstances, a positive blessing"
Now, what co at the North What but politi-
cal sentiment plan OF slavery agitation and action that
much calculated promote designs OF southern
dsunionists though the carried Il on lshed
10 do this Here Of the measures, known as the
peace measures has been seized with ugerlike e-
Tocy. as plausible and powerful mentality
compsh partisan purposes The abo
hionss-the Tree soil aboonssthe sellers
the Seward whgsa up shout Of horror the fugi
tive slave law This IL now echoing all through the var-
channels which resorted mould pub
lie opinion In addition, large portion Of the whg press
Of Massachuses uol Boston, led by the Atlas Bos
ton, Is infaming the public mnd and that one
peal this law And, st the doctrine OF opea re-
sssncc 20 this law Is publicly and privately defended
the ignorant fugitive Is exhoed hmsefto teeth
defend his natural rights, and thus
he standard OF rebellion whore all 10 peace prosperity
and happiness. This state OF things. slso might be de
prehend. win deny who Is observer of what IL
passing around him This Is qualification in its worst
and most strocous form The fanatics madmen who
this cannot have reflected what they are about
one person and resist, can aud two hun
dred Let body Of take tis stand, aud what
would be the certain result CTvL houv's no-
ties Such resistance would be quelsd. peeccsby
chilly, without with blood. h s., E'..rl5T
Under such state Of things, North and South does Con-
gress together has behind great and pstri-
odc work Of the great Of the fepubcof We
ude adjustment Let Il be that there
hings about them that miEht be ameoded-let be that
there provisions In them alike 20 and
northern opnion-stiIl who looss calmly at the
complexion Of Congress this
disturbed The southern ecessioniss egaie