Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-03-02
g 1t is the very error of the moon:
" She comes more near the earth than she wont,
&C And makes men mad"

/" She comes more near the earth than she was WON'T
And makes men mad"
The Commercial" a journal published at Will
mington, IN Co. in whose more immediate neigh
borhood the People seem pretty generally to have
parted with their senses, in its number of Saturday
contains the subjoined article; which we copy by
way Of letting our readers know the full extent Of
the danger they are in, when persons, capable Of
seeing the consequences of the course which they
are taking, yet hold on it. Such is the effect OF
fanaticism, every where, to mislead those who
know the right and yet the wrong PURSUE" Here
is the intelligent Editor of respectable paper who
tells us that he has duly pondered the dreadful
consequences that to ensue that he has admit
ted to has mind that no equally glorious or great
structure be erected on the ruins of the Unions
that the explosion thereof will astoaad the yorld
and strike disnaay to the hearts ofthe friends Of
freedom euery sohe,e; and yet he is ready for it,
upon the plea of supposed necessity which is itself
no more than the dream of disordered mind
. FROM THE WILMINGTON COMMERCIAL OF FEB. %.
TIE Editors Of the National tegencer misunderstood
they suppose have become converts to the doctrine Of
the Ohio Senator who sad this Government Of ours was
destroyed tomorrow, could make good in six
weeks"
We have more idea that we could form good q one
might enjoy if influenced by the Constitution,
than we that find better home than that OF
his household But if driven from the Union by the
persevering encroachments her rights the South must
form the best Government she and do the best she
We would be very sorry be cassel among those who
look with Indifference The issue. We have duly ponder.
ed the dreadful consequences that We have dd
ated to our mind the certainty that no republic will here
after attain the power and glory of own should dis
union II will be political explosion that c astound
the acord and strike dsmay to the hearts Of the friends Of
freedom every achere.
But let il be remembered that the South submits TO DIS
UNION, not from choice but from necessity if
We repeat what have before sad that the North
responsible for the consequences Let the people Of the
slaveholdng States treat the question Of slavery national
and view the matter in the light of the Constitution and
all will be well.
But here is pendant to this picture, which has
just fallen under our view, in which citizens Of ad-
mted personal responsibility, in the opposite ex-
treme 10 our friend at Wilmington, exhibit delu-
sion, wfuness, quite equal to his; with this abae
ment of their power to do mischief, however, that
the intelligence and constitutional principles of a
vast majority of their immediate ellosvcitizens are
always ready to coun,erplot and cornteract their
disorganizng devices:
MAssAcHUs krrs Hon Henry Wilson, the poet Whit
tier Hon. John M Earle and several other prominent Free
soers OF Massachusetts, have called State Mass
OF the party at Faneui Hail. Boston, the 9th Februa
~. The call for the Convention sry strongly ,uorded
talks OF the jeopardy of human liberty. Of the plotting of
treason ty the slaue pepauass the of government
association the Dnon the present alarming crisis and
OF the nfeIible determination Of the people the free States
10 sustain the Union any and every hazard their xed
unsteabe purpose, under the Constitution and within the
umon 70 arrest he ertenson Of Slavery into Territories
noo to abolish the sape trade and sarery in the DIG
tria Of Coiumbiai RELIEVE THE FEpEHaI GoyrRr-
sBNT FROM ALL coSNExIoN WITH AND REspoS4rBILrrr
ron SLAVERY and to place the Government openly active
jy, and perpetualy on the side Of freedom"
Verify, these men are mad