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

here and now say that II the faot Of one man, o
one region OF country or one party more than another
/ 'But The pity of Il. Iago-the pity ofitw
How appalling have been its effects and how deep and
damnpg viii be his guilt who rejects the opportunity
reconciement, and continues this accursed agitation
without necessity, for another hour ]
Why, 10 there any man so bold or blind as TO say he
believes that the through which have been
passing for year have left the American heart where
they fosnd ~ Does any man believe that those sfec-
uonate and respectful regards that attachment and that
trust those cords OF love and bonds OF twhich
knit thspeope together one, ia earlier and better
time, are as strong day as they were year ago Do
you believe that there have been Tremendous
apparatus o influences al work so lopgsome designed,
some undersigned, but all at work in waytbat is TO
each other, and yet have no effect Recall what we
have seen in that time and weigh well Consider how
many hundreds OF speeches were made in Congress- all
TO show how extreme and intrepid an advocate the speak
er could be OF the extreme northern sentiment the
extreme soulbern sentiment Consider how many
lot thousands OF every one OF those speeches were
constituents. (not much esewhere) every one OF whom
agreed with him perfectly, and was only made the
angry and more unreasonable by them. Consider what
caballngs and conspIngs We're going forward during
thai session, IN committee rooms and members cham
bers. and think OF their private correspondence with
enierprisng walters ON events Turn to the Amer.
ican newspaper press. secular and relieious-eyery
edltor--or how vast proporon--transformed into a
manufacturer OF mere local opinion-loca opinion
local opinion--workng away at his battery--bg or
liiule--as il it were the most beautiful operation
IN the world TO persuade one-ha Of the people how
reasonable and how odous were the other half Think
OF conventions sitting Tor secession and ACKNOWLEDGMENT
by the very tomb of Jackson-the buried majesty" not
rising to scatter and blast them Call to mind how many
elections have been holden stirring the of the peo-
pie TO its profoundest depths, all turning this topic
Remember how few OF all who help 10 give direction to
general sentmenthow few in either house of Congress
ershave ventured anywhere TO breathe word above
whisper to hush or divert the pelting Of this pitess
storm and then consider how delicate and sensitive
thing is public opnon--how easy il is to mould, aud
color. and klndle and that when moulded. and
coored and fired, not all the bayonets and artillery Of
Borodno can maintain the government which It DEGREES
are not now, by peril awful indeed Say if you be-
eve possible that whole people 60 ona reading
and exciiabe people nothing reading nothing,
talking OF nothing, thinking OF nothing, sleeping and
waking on nothing for year but one ncessant and We
hemen appeal 10 the strongest of their passonsto the
pride, anger, and fear OF the Souho the philanthropy
humanity, and conscience OF the Northone bali OF il
aimed TO persuade you that they cruel ambitious
ndoen and icenous, and therefore hateful, and the
other half OF it to persuade them that you desper
atey and hypocriicay fanatica and aggressive, and
therefore hateful-say il an exctabe people 60
through all this, and not be the worse for III tell you
nay Such year has sown the seed OF harvest which,
il not npped in the bud, will grow to armed men, hating
with the hate OF the brothers OF Thebes.
Itseems to me as if our hearts were changing. Ties
the strongest influences the sweetest, falling
der as smoking iax | took up the day before yeseI
day religious newspaper published in this city-a lead
ing orthodox paper may describe il, to avoid msappe
henson. The first thing which met my eye was what
purported to be extract from southern religious
paper denouncing the Boston editor of his
tributors, Infdel-n just so many words-on the
ground that OF his anti slavery arguments implied
doctrine inconsistent with certain text Of the New Tes
lament Surely, said to myself, the Christian thus de-
nounced will be deeply wounded by such misconstruc
ton and as he lives thousand miles away from slave
lryas really does not seem to be his businessas it
therefore aHord 10 be cool, wne ms seu,uerh bruirr
lives the very heart oil H. and may, naturally enough be
little sensi,ive--he will try TO soothe him, and win
him. il he can, reconsider and retract grevous an
obiurgaton No snch thing To be called an nfdel, says
ha h, prpshvierian. a honor
He thereupon proceeds TO call the savehodeg South
downright Sodom-leaves pretty violent implication
that his Presbyterian antagonist is not o its few
ghteous, whoever else sand without more ado sends
him adriit
pal Church is rent in twain But if these things done
in the green uee wha, shall be done in the dry II the
spirit OF Christianity is not OF power sufficient TO enable
avowed professors to conduct this dispuaton of hatred
may we expect from the hot blood OF men who own not
nor comprehend that law Of lover
have spoken what think Of the danger that threat
ems the Union have done so more al length than |
could have wished. because know that upon the depth
OF convictions and the sincerity OF our apprehensions
upon this subject the views we shall take OF our duties
and responsibilities must all depend.
II you concur with that there is danger, you will
concur with me, in the second place, that thoughtful
have something to do TO avert it, and what Is that u is
not in my Judgment, fellow citizens, by sereotyped dec
lamation on the utilities Of the Union to South North
that avert the danger II is not by shutting our
eyes and to il that we can avert IT. not BY the
IfO0llsn or Irauuuent pdiuc VI mosc PeoPo on mefe
need the Union than we, and will not dare to quit"
II is not by putting akmbo here there and
ing that will stand more bullying and ii anybody
has mind 10 dissolve the Union, let him 90 ahead Not
thus not thus felt and acted that generation OF our
fathers who, out OF distracted counsels the keen jea
ouses OF States and decayng nationality by patience
and temper admirable as their wisdom, constructed
the noble and proporioned fabric OF our federal system
| " o rise some other such J"
No fellow citizens, there is something more and other
for us TO do And what is that Among other things,
accent that whole body measures oil
compromise, they called, by which the govern.
men, has sought to compose the country in the spirit OF
l7s7 and then that henceforward every man. accord
ing TO his measure and in his place, In his party, IN his
social his literary religious circle whatever may
be his sphere of noence set hs 10 suppress the fur
lher political agitation Of this whofe sutjea
OF these measures Of compromise may say in gen.
era that they give the whole victory 10 neither OF the
great divisions OF the country and therefore the filter
TO form the basis OF permanent adjustment.
They abolish the slave trade in the District OF Colum
the master and while mourn that there is slave who
needs to run master who desires TO pursue should
be unworthy OF the privilege OF addressing this assembly
II did not declare that have not shadow OF doub
that Congress has the constitutional power TO pass ih
law Just as il is and had no doubt even before iseneC
to the clear and powerful argument OF Mr.. Curtis to
night, that out Of all question their duty TO pas
some eecual law the subject, and that il is ncum
bent every man who recognises single obligation
citizenship to assist, in his sphere in its execution
Accepting, then, these OF constitutional com
suppress mitigate the political agitation OF slavery
And, in the first plaee, submit that the two great po
tca parties Of the North called upon by every con
patriotisun and duty strike thus frh0f