Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-03-23

Bot for the sake Of agumen suppose am IN error N TO-
alton the construction put upon the oonssiiuuon sno
claiming equality Of right 10 participate IN the dement's re-
,ulting from the newly sequired Territories OF the uneo
States obtained by the joint blood and treasure OF both GO
lions Of the Unon In the absence Of any constitutional sa1
what would the great principles Of equality ana
scribe Could be said, any principle OF Jusoe anu
equality that one section Of the Union should DC enurey
cluded and that the whole domain should be appropriated 70
tbs exclusive Of another section, simply ON me score
numerical majority Why s TINS course o ROss - ,hs
Father of his Country upon taking his final leave OF puoc
station refer TO the Farewell Address Of Gen. washington
In that address he urges reciprocity and equality OF rights
upon ALL desrng the people to abstain from any ming 'na'
calculated TO produce sectional eaouses OF heartburn
ing chickering's Aside from constitutional right those Feelings
to which he refers would inevitably BE- the result Of any at
tempt exclude the Southern people from Aeif nsu's ~
the prosecution Of this question: whether they possess con-
sutiona power NOT large portion OF The people OF he
Northern States seem TO have been resolved upon cayog
into practical operation and effect their plans 70 exclude the
Southern people from any participation IN the .stoH &C
them sir in point Of States well as in numbers OF people,
the North has the majority IL therefore, they can unite
among themselves against the South the uniform
will be the carrying out OF their measures Ia 'he io q
What them would be the inevitable consequence Of carrying
into practical operation this system Of measures denying 10
the entire Southern portion OF the Conederscy the gni
which they believe be constitutional and guaranteed them
by the sacred instrument thus forcing upon them measures
derogatory to their honor and In violation Of their equality
citizens Of the same great Confederacy What IL s that
will be forced upon them answer the dissolution o. the
Union Such oppression on the part Of the North viii cal
forth that ancient spirit which animated the great leader OF The
revolution and which also inspired the noble band who ral
ed around him. to resist oppression greater and me fragrant
than was offered the ocoonesby the mother country No
sir the Southern States would be found resisting OPPRESSION
like true descendants of their revolutionary fathers resolved
upon maintaining their under demonstration involaoe
And who Mr. President would be responsible for The con-
sequences What is the Union What creates ~. What
holds together 1t is sir the constitution Of the United
Nd that's ipsYu
no Union Violate and trample that sacred instrument
and you have broken the Union. All OF our liberties are
guaranteed within the constitution, and Of them tie
right of property. For the South TO submit to usurPson,
allowing themselves to be considered inferior beings TO the
majority who deprive them of their constitutional rights, Of
their Liberties, and Of their privileges Is to say that they are
prepared become the slaves Of section OF the Unon
who may usurp power them But they are not thus
prepared The inevitable consequence would be resistance
Resistance would be equivalent TO dissolution OF the Unions
and whether that dissolution to take or not depends
in my judgment, upon the union OF the Northern Ststes
themselves their action upon the great AMI momentous
question now under consideration Can that union be Affect
ed II is sometimes said that there is no alarming difficult
ty that the South will not resist but will subm! 10 oil
these ourages upon their rights contuiionaiy guaranteed
It was said by the Senator from Mane the other day, that
the South were in their decaralons that the
Senators from Southern States abored here and eswhere for
objects and purposes mansty at variance with the profess
sons made in their speeches He thus attributed TO them
dhonorabe motives if dishonest motives The Senator
from New York gave argument OF precisely the same
character on yesterday. Politicians Of this character, Mr.
President live upon this species OF excitement and not upon
peculiar merit moral worth For years gone by when
there was no danger ola dsouon excementofh character
was fosered by these fanatics in the Northern States and
this has been the Of the leading OF both the whg
and democratic parties here they have both been vieng with
each other obtain the votes Of the aboonss al their
ea elections This was the when there danger
of disturbance when the country was quiet and easy and IT
these gentlemen msead the minds OF the people OF the
North they conceal the dangers OF dissolution on ac
Al md
into practical operation the which have been preached
by them for years past with view OF acquiring political pop
ularity why then the Union would really be in danger
But have also heard the arguments OF Senators earnest
" desiring to effect reasonable compromise this great
question And these arguments have not underated the i'm
portance Of the present crisis No. sir We have heard the
most distinguished and patriotic men of the nation-l am
proud to say from both sections of the Unon-who have
scorned attempt acquire popularity by any such means
this They have been warmed to sense OF the exist
ing danger And the distinguished Senator from Masachu
the other day showed that he bad become sensible
that the Union was in point Of fact in DANGER by reason of
the differences between the two sections and, although he
disagreed from to what the constitutional guarantees
are yet for the sake Of the Union, for the sake OF harmony,
and perpetuate the liberties Of republic achieved by our
oreahers and sustained hitherto by his heart and hand he
has acquesced in reasonable mode Of adjusting the question
Yes sir find that there is patriotism IN the North and
patriotism the South This patriotism Of the North and Of
the South will inevitably unite Those gentlemen who con-
tend that there danger and desirous OF keeping up
these anatca feelings in the North well know tina. there is
large portion of patriotism in the North and the moment
that the people Of the North discover that they are false
phe playing upon their creduy, and governed by selfish
and ambitious motives alone, not motives OF patrlosm and
discover that the Ugon is in point of fact in DANGER they will
rally the constitution hcy will rally to the Unon casting
from among them forever those politicians who have thus
misled them These politicians will fall. From the evidence
before merom the Of the speech delivered by the
distinguished Senator from Massachusetts,, and from the cha
acter of the speeches Of other eminent Senator's am fully
of opinion that the North entirely unite. If however,
the South generally would for sedefence for sefpre
servaton then would say that in any event there
danger be appehended to the South If the South could
be made to rally and to unite upon the great principle OF self
defence and self preservation matter there were no
sutonal rights in jeopardy, there would be no fear The
very of her presenting such united front would at
manifest to the entire North that disastrous consequences
would inevitably result from any attempts at oppression And
whenever that fact shall be demonstr ed to the North, have
abiding confidence that will prove the eectual settlement
of the question, and preserve the III ion, although may be
at the sacrifice Of certain politicians
But Mr. President unfortunately the South is not entire
" united though rejoice that they very nearly So and
maintain strong hope that will be entirely whenever
the emergency for action shall arrive But they are not su
6centy united at the present time to put end to all cav
and place the matter beyond doubt. would like TO
unbroken phalanx-a unaninty of feeling among all the
Southern States and determined ands6xed resolution and
purpose maintain their rights for, II that purpose were
communicated spoken made public to all parts Of the Unon
the danger might be discovered, and the patriotism Of the
country of every section rallied to the Union from de-
suction. | regret the want Of entire unanmity among
the Southern States regret that there hough
very few, gratifed to say who in admitting
provso and who do not think Of offence to the
South although there made In South