The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-03-06

from the baltimore sun Of yesterday.
An msnsnlsnt square, In favor e.
she Union.
Pursuant to public call, the citizens Of Baltimore as
sembsd in town meeting last evening, In Monumsnt
Square e express 10 the Language Of The call Their
hour approached crowds might be seen vending
their way to the appointed place, aud before the meeting
closed there could have been less than I'VE thousand
persons assembled The night was very cold and The
ground damp, or there would, doubtless. have been
enough to have filled the immense space twice over
The stand at the east end Of the had been
ed transparency extending the entire 'front.' oore upon
The memorable words dear to every true American.
the Union must and shall BE- u"I. ne lnaepsn
stand and during the proceedings thrilled me audience
with several familiar and avorte national airs Du-
Ss pa a a SaSasa Ss CITY, TIE shipping
the harbor, gaily haunting the world renowned and hon.
cred emblem OF the republic.
At7 o'clock the meeting was called 70 order by Joshua
vansan esq on whose nomination the following gen.
uemen were appointed officers;
Presidsnt-His honor Mayor ELIJAH SrASsByRy
Vice Presidents Hon. James Carroll Hon John Bar
ney, Hon. Louis McLane, Hoa John Z Kennedy iona
Than Meredith, Hon VIM +. Frck, Joseph W Patter-
SON 7 Dashane George Brown Bsas kc hard
Wilson, Benjamin De Ford Gen. John Spear Smith Henry
Snyder, Hugh Birkhead, Pr, j. Graves David Stuart,
liam H. Collins Colonel William II. Cole. John g,
Bond VIM. A. Hack, A. 5. Abel, Major General 9, Il
Seuart John II. b. Lairobe. g; B. Wilson. Charles +.
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Tiffany, Charles M Keyser. Robert Howard, Sterling
Thomas VIM. McKm, Dabney 5. Carr. Thomas Kelso,
Hugh Bolton, VIM. Bose, Gen. A. Mltenbsrger. Hugh
drew Flanagan, Col. John Picke J. Maybury Turner
Dr. Stephen Collins Mark Grafton, Christian Keener,
esss AiSs of B M John ss ss
ariss--Thos Yates Walsh, Charles M. Gwnn,
Dr. John L. Yeates, Orvie Horwitz. w. A. Page VIM.
Prescott Smith, DR.. E. J. Chaisty, ] Morrison Harris.
Upon taking the chair the president briefly stated the
object for which the vast assembage had been con.
yenedo express the which the people Of Balti-
more entertained OF those who were agating the dis
memberment of the glorious Union OF these States. He
then introduced TO the meeting the Hon VIM Fell Giles,
who spoke 70 the following effects
My countrymen: Never before have appeared before
you with more overwhelming sense OF responsibility
than on the present OCCASION And II 49, therefore, with
reference to its importance that invoke the aid of tina
Divine Being without whom accomplish nothing,
that He would influence nay mind, whatever is low 10
elevate, whatever is dark to lumine, whatever is weak
1t is some seventeen years ago since the citizens
Of Baltimore assembled in the Exchange TO
allegiance 70 the constitution OF these States under the
administration OF President Andrew Jackson and to de-
clare that the position he had assumed with respect to
notification should be sustained BY the people Of Balti
aaf ~ ms men y
one star from the galaxy Of national emblem. 1t
that time when, with patriotic ardor he uttered the
impressive language which burns before your gaze
" The Uaion must and shall be preserved"
And that stirring motto caught up and echoed from
the granite hills of the North to the EXTREMIST South and
far into the West il repeated and the heroic sen
ment it expressed was sustained. The moral power
blended with Gained and quoted the spirit OF dlsunIon,
and peace and harmony prevailed
Ny countrymen, we stand tonight where we did in
1892. We assemble to honor the glorious Union under
which live and TO renew or pledges to It's perpetual.
ton The Union is the best first fruits OF the constu
lion-the palladium OF our liberty. On lis perpetuy de-
ponds our security II is that in which all equally
interested and therefore may TO any other member
OF the coniederacy Whatever may be the evils OF which
YOU complain the wrongs to which you may be sub
iected there are other remedies than such will affect
The Union We say TO them, When you talk OF sePara
ling the Union, you strike at us. We come therefore,
as great counsel OF freemen, IN the spirit OF conclla
ton, pour oil the troubled waters, and to declare
allegiance to the Union of these States under all cir
cums.ances.
My counrymen, Maryland claims to speak clearly on
this subject We sympathize with both parties to this
agitation. We have shared with both the tolls, priva
p and 81 the !. synd s E
aw Her flag has streamed the plains OF the North
and the savannahs Of the South She looks on, there
speak ,, with 6" eandor and Iinpa1sisy M a' "
The Union, as | have before remarked, is the first
fruits OF the constitution; and he whose name we all de-
light to honorthe Father OF his Country-before pass
ing his rest looked down from the then present into
the distant future, and warned his counrymen against
the divisions OF our day, against those sectional cues,
lions which now agtate the land His prophetic eye
say day. and warned against the evils which
beset political career | ask your attention to his
language:
Il
people, 10 also dear you IL justly for Il Is a
pillar In the edifce OF your real Independence the
support ofyour tranquility AT home your peacs abroadof
your safety of your Pospey-of that very liberty which
you SO highly prize"
Fellow. countrymen, this is the strong, emphatic Ian
guage of who is above all Grecian Roman fame
OF him of whom one has eloquently sad,. ''God made
him chidless that he might be the father oil nation
Forty years afterwards, the immortal Jackson spoke TO
the great subject OF the Union, in language better than
anything that can say. give you therefore, the Ian
guage OF the mighty dead. Hear what he says dis.
union:
"Wha have you to gain by division and discussion De-
Jude yourselves with belief that breach once
made may be afterwards repaired. II the Union
severed the lire OF separation will wider and wider
aud the controversies, which debated and settled
in the halls OF legislation, will en be tried in fields
tie and determined by the sword Neither should you de-
ccve yourselves with the hope that the first line OF separa.
ton would be the permanent and that nothing
harmony and concoid would DO found In
formed upon the dissolution oil the Union Local
would still be found here, and unchnsiened ambition And
Ii the recollection OF dangers In which peo-
ole these United Sas stood side by side against
mon foe the memory of victories won by their united
vaor the prosperity and happiness they have enjoyed
der the constitution, the grand they bear
citizens OF this republican, all these recoleco and
proofs OF interest strong enough bind
together people, what tie viii bold united the new
and Union discovered The first line of separation
would not last for single generaon new fragments would
be of leaders would spring and this great
and glorious republic would broken into multi
ude of petty States, without without credit
Jealous oil anothcr armed for mutual aggression load
\ ed with taxes 10 pay armies and leaders"
i The constitution established system Of government