The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-06


for these ends, are bot hell which there is
NO MOI ally and dignity in keeplngi From such des
perae and eless tanaiclsmii such there ISL turn
70 ,be moral sentiment Of this assembly. is not here
II Is NOT in this hall--he blood of Warren In the chair
The form OF Washington before you--ihai will defend
the constitution from the charge OF being compact Of
guilt | will not here defend the convention which
famed IL and the conventions and people which adopted
t. from The charge Of having bought this great blessing
Of eQunt ~ immoral promises, more honofed IN tne
breach lhaaa the observance. Thank God we yst hold
that that transaction hooesitha work beautiful and
pure-and those engagement, in all their length, AMI
breadth, and height. and depth, sacred
Yet will Say that. il 10 the formation oil such a
Union ID was Indispensable, we know II was 10 con-
tract these engagements expressed and implied no cove
mani made BY man ever rested the basis OF sounder
morality, They Tell Us tina, although You have the strict
right according 10 the writer's on public law TO whom
Mr. Curtis has referred 10 restore the fugitive slave 10
his master. yet that the virtue OF compassion commands
hs and ali and
apprecabe bOth-whch we do, and avert BY the nsru-
mentality OF 2 Union under a common government. may
we not on the ciearest moral principles agree not to
exercise compassion in that particular way The
virtue OF compassion would command You to rescue any
prisoner But the citizen, TO the end that he may be
aoled, and others BE- enabled TO indulge more various
and useful compassion in other NODES agrees not 10 in
duge il practically in that mode Ii such stipulation
immoralf No more so is this OF the constitution,
Iaey yell ~ maj slavery $50 wicked nlng una, nsy
and that i there is implied engagement TO abstain IRON
doing il is engagement to neglect an opportunity Of
uOlnR kO0us anu VOlu IN tue forum VI COneCltnCe
wash ever heard Of, that one may not morally bind him
self 10 abstain from what he thinks particular oppou
niiyof doing good contract in general restraint OF
philanthropy, any other useful calDDg Is vod but
contract to abstain from specific sphere OF exeron is
not void, and may be wise and right To entte himself
instruct heather children week days, might not
pious mssonaryengage not to attempt to preach TO their
parents on Sunday To win the opportunity OF achiev
ing the mighty good summed up in the pregnant language
Of the preamble e the good az man has
dream olive might well surrender the privilege OF rey
ing the masters Of slaves, with whom we must either
live or bear no life t1
Will the phianthropist lell you that there is nothing
conspicuous enough and glorious enough Tor him
in thus Iefrainng from this agitation just because our
10 forbid it, Ay. indeed, is it even so IL his
morality of ambitious and mounting type, that
effort, by the exercise OF love, or Kindness, or
tolerance, TO knit still closer the hearts of great
people, and thus to insure ages OF peace, OF pro-
gress OF enjoyment, TO- so vast mass OF the family
Of man, seems too trivial a feat! 0! how stupen-
dous a mistake What achievement Of phildntT0.
py bears any proportion to The pure and permanent
glory IF that achievement wherebu busters Of con-
tigsoas Statss, pertsety organised governments y
Themselves eUery one ui OF energy conscious Of Strength
jealous. hen hostae ke he t,ibes # Greece atsr the
l.o naa rssd4e az dass q aay aa
of maternal peace the grand agencies Of deoraiion
and advancement shall operate un,mpeded the rain and
dew OF heaven descending ground better and still
better prepared TO admit them the Of time,he
providence OF God-leadng that noseless progress
whose wheels shall turn not back, whose contamination
shall be in the brightness OF the latter day What achieve
ment Of man may be compared with this achievement
For the slave alone, what promises half much And
this is not glorious enough for the ambition of phian-
thropy! aa-fa lei ,5
No, fellow. citizens-6rst of men are the builders OF
empires Here it is, my friends--here-rght herein
doing something in our day and generation towards
"foming more perfect union; in doing something by
literature, by public speech by sound industrial policy,
by the careful culture of faterna love and regard, Dy
the intercourse of business and rendshpby all the
within our command; in doing something to leave
the Union. when we die, stronger than found il.
Here. here the field of gandest duties and highest
rewards Let the grandeur OF such duteset the SPLEEN
dor of such rewards-su6ce Let them reconcile and
constran us to turn from that equiyoca philanthropy
which violates coBracs--which tramples on awwhich
confounds the whole subordination OF viriueswhich
counts ii light thing that nation is rent asunder and
the swords OF brothers sheathed in the bosoms OF
brothers. if thus the chains OF slave may be violently
and pfematnrely broken a s