The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-03-29

safety than be seems 10 do because PERHAPS am in
situation more exposed 70 danger But be should reco
crew FIRST were shipped We have Iost ssb, 81 he old
landmarks II there be voice to command we hear II
not-a hand TO steer, we see 1t not Dstrust and
pcon are last taking the place OF the generous confidence
which used to animate the crew; a portion OF them
have been told that they to have no common in
teest ~ the voyage TO share ~ nothing but its labors
its peTis and difficulties; and this, too, when the
night and the storm are gathering around and an un-
known sea before us. Is there no danger OF driving
them to despair What If they should refuse TO touch
them with the pains and the penalties OF the mutny act
What il you do '-if you should apply. force l-f you
should oyerwhelm and master them How long after
wards before the winds and the waves would master
you No, sir; II is not thus that the ship is TO be
saved With united hearts, with united hands, with
united counses, we can ard ought TO the ship the
fTeghted. We may save mankind, whose gaze is upon
us, the pain Of beholdng the spectacle OF 80 vast
wreck upon each fragment Of which portion Of the
would. indeed, float away, but each upon its sepa-
rate course and to destiny all unknown
We aud ought to settle this contest upon the prin-
cpes OF justice and OF the constitutions not sir, by any
half way compromise which would cover up and con-
cea the difficulty without removing it. Such patchwork
would be iusory. and invite false hopes, whose dsap-
pontment would increase the bitterness OF the dispute
when i was again renewed. The party the other
might find supposed ground for charges Of bad faith
and thus new elements OF strife might "embroi the fray
On the contrary just settlement long settlement
II is good to-day, and good tomorrow hundred
Years hence Is it too much them Mr. President for the
South to ask, that this government should NOT be
vered either directly Indirectly into instrument oil
warfare on her peace and her property' Is it toe
much for her to ask to be permitted to take hei
seat at the board OF family COUNSEL without being
received with tauns, insults, and denunciation! Is II
exravagan in her 10 that the provisions OF the
sution inserted for her protection and because the
condition upon which alone the Union could be formed
should be executed not according to their letter merely
but in spirit and in truth And last but not least does she
seek more than the constitution guarantees when she
all the citizens OF the United States should be protected
by the general government wherever its jurisdiction ID
paramount, and its flag floats the sole emblem OF hui
authorityl Can this last be refused except by
denial OF the right OF property Now, sir what is there
in all this to offend the wel.setted opinions, the
plausible preudices, OF any large portion of fellow
citizens We do not ask them TO establish state
of things, or TO create anything which did not ex.
list before; but TO recognise facts and to acknowl-
edge obligations created not by ourselves, but by
our fathers. when they formed this Union 10 which
we are all attached We ask for peace and justice
is this too much for one man, for one brother, to
expect OF another Can the southern States exist the
federated equals of the northern with less than this
Mr. President am deeply anxious TO settle these exciting
questions peaceably and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS only now,
so permanent. For this purpose am willing to sacrifice
feeling pride Of opinion il have it. interests even If moi
OF too important character-anythng, in short which
can do, consistently with the honor and safety of my
sttuents; but there is thing will dol will
not sacrifice those rights which necessary to protect
the liberties OF my native State, be the consequences o.
that refusal what they may. But, sir exhaust myself
and weary the Senate. will pursue the subject no fur
Their