The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-01-13

10 be- the law OF nation The North will not save
the Unon and the South cannot unless indeed We sub
mil 10 indignes and wrongs OF so degrading character
as would almost make our fathers burst the cerements
of the tomb" and come among US once more to de-
and disown the degenerate descendants who had
have 10 expect Northern demands have assumed form
which it is impossible for 10 misunderstood. First
comes exclusion from the territories; next abolition
the District OF Columbiain the forts, arsenas, dock
yards &c. then the prohibition Of the slave trade be-
tween the States; and finally, total abolition These re
suits are Just certain, unless the first step firmly
will follow his going down. Heretofore il has been pre-
tended that was not the purpose OF any considerable
body at the North to interfere with slavery the States
but that IS an illusion which these resolutions have
come in good time 10 dspel always knew il fase
but did. not expect to see the cloak soon thrown
aside. But even II il were true, would still say do
not choose to PLACE myself at your mercy will not ex
change the Notifications which the constitution has
thrown around my rights, for rail reliance your gen
erosy or your fobeaance Concession never YET salts
ned ianaticism, nor has the march Of the wrong doe
ever been stayed BY the suppicaons Of the sufferer Su
aed as the impulse OF mainess Is the dictate or
prudence. Our duty and obvious policy alike demand
that we should meet the danger on the Threshold and
fal or conquer there II is OF no consequence by what
you choose to designate your aggressions When
principle is established which must bring not only pow
ery but desolaon and death to the South, is inmate
rial whether you call It abolition free soil, or, 10 the
phrase OF the senator from Ohio democracy the end
is the same and should be the resistance also When
the fall OF the ouworks must be followed by the fall OF
everything in their defence. Il is with We can
not yield inch Of the ground we now occupy without
compromising safety, and what is worse incurring
be imposed upon by the miserable deuson that abolition
will pause in the midst OF it's successes. One triumph
will but pave the way another until the widest dream
OF the North, avowed in the other end of the Capitol
is to urge but measure at time 10 proceed step
step and to hide as much possible from the public eye
all future results That would indeed be shrewd game
and well worthy Of the brain that conceived it. But
unfortunately for its success, there fingers than
one in the pe there are too many demagogues to con-
troll; and the sentiment they have awakened among the
honest but misguided masses is too impatient Of restraint
to await process SO slow and faguing. They have
been taught to beeve that every hour slavery continues
the continent deracts from their chances OF salvation,
and that its abolition has been specially nrusied 10 them
by God himself No wonder they 60 beyond the knaves
who have duped them No wonder they refuse to listen
to prudential counsels, and demand prompt action at
whatever sacrifice Of life or property to themselves or
others Il human ALL is the nature OF
the fanatic.
But few years since we were told that the right Of
petition was all they designed to secure. Success has
added boldness to their demands. and those who
claim to be moderate and conservative men talk with
npfted hands Of the horrors OF slavery and expect to
very grateful when they promise to postpone the work
,f robbery and murderyet little longer
The senator from Ohio, before taking his seat in this
body, addressed remarkable letter of his constt
lents and he has today reiterated the sentiments it
aimed He claims to be democrat, and AYERS thai abo
iion constitutes portion of the creed Sir, the senator
rom Ohio and myself have studied in different schools
aashi and Madison @ and Jackson az illus illustrated under
and il 10 inculcaie strict construction OF the constitu
ion and total abstinence from the exercise of any
power This L. the whole creed summed up in
~ the doctrine OF free democracy by this simple test
Where is the constitutional provision which gives TO Con-
yress the power to egsae upon the subject OF slavery
the territories elsewhere maintain that il is not
be found in that instrument and that there is granted
,ower from which il can be implied II follows, then,
hat the exercise OF the power must be anti democratic,
Ind Tree democracy degeneaes into the pures federalism
But choose to base my argument upon this ground
llone II Congress possessed the power, its exercise
would be unjust and nquitousso unjust as to call for
esstance at every hazard and to the last extremity"
The senator must pardon me for asking upon what prn
;ple OF natural equity, aside from any question OF con-
utionai right the northern States rest Their claim to
exclusive possession of the feoresi Did their treas
ire purchase the national domain Was their blood alone
)oured out TO acquire iti Or did il down an
exclusive inheritance to hem lappea TO the history Of
he country from the earliest dawn Of the revolution to
he close OF our latest struggle for answer The money
which has been paid for the territories raised by du
les upon imports levied notorcusy and designedy Tor
he protection OF the North, and paid almost entirely by
he South. Instead Of burden to you, il has been
How stands the account Of personal servcesl II
southern who pointed out the road from bond
,ge to ndepe ndence, who led you riumphanty through
he perish seven years war; and sernly refused the
laden with which grateful sodieTy would have
.rowned him. Il was southern general and southern
soldiers who breasted the British bayonets at New Or
cans and added one OF It's brightest chapters the his
ory OF the republic Southern blood has waered every
,ain from the ST. Lawrence the capital OF the AZecs
rhe memorable fields OF Palo Alto and Resaca de la
Palma were won by southern general II was before
he genius OF southern leader that the walls and towers
,f Monterey crumblednto dust, aud two southern reg
snalched from the cannons mouth the palm Of victory
In the gorge OF Angostura southern valor again
stemmed the tide OF and rolled back the murderous
charges OF the foe On the sands OF Vera Cruz another
great name which the South has given TO history and
nown added TO fame already impershable, and wrung
which they could not withhold At Cerro Gordo the
story OF southern achievements ewrten in blood,
and among the rocks and volcanoes OF Coneras the go
rous old Palmetto State vindcaed her right TO the title
,f chivarous and senced forever the tongues OF her
Ieractors Sir, mean TO indulge in disparagement
lone their duty noby upon the field would not, II
,ould tear single laurel from her brow. But claim that
he record gives 10 us least equality OF the
langers the common suferngs and The common umphs,
md demand equal participation in the rights they have
established The senator from Ohio considers this an
,ny be because, in his view, repeated submission has
anctifed aggression, and the successful perperation
II one wrong fully justihes another. Sir, however
enormous il may be, can tell the senator is pre-
enson we do not mean 10 abandon. We have yielded
ime after time to northern encroachment. we have
suffered one violation of the constitution 10 follow an.
,ther until began to lose own selfrespect Bat
hank God, different spirit is now abroad in the land
ind the descendants of those who fought at kutaw, al
iulford, at the Cowpens, and at Kings Mountain, are
beginning manifest something OF the old revolutionary
blood Repeated aggressons have forced US TO recall
many things we would willingly have forgotten, and
demands cannot fail to remind rs OF what has already
It's uses TO recall some striking events the history Of
The past suppose IL has not escaped the memory OF