The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-02-09


their earliest breath Invoke your forbearance on this
question: Ask yourselves il it is right 10 exaspeate
eight millions OF people upon an abstraction Pa matteto
OF substance and OF life buto you the merest shadow
OF abstraction Isl likely, let ask that the Union
can survive the shock which must ensue, II yol drive
eight millions q people 70 madness and desperation
Mississippi and the glorious old State oil South Carona
listen TO the warning voice OF these and all the southern
om The South ' and tell me We are not sporting above
volcano Oh gentlemen pause beseerh you IN tins mad
career The South cannot viii not DARE not submit to
your demand The consequences to her are terrible be-
yond description. To you forbearance would be vir
iuevrtue adorned with love. truth justice, and patriot
ism TO some men can make no appeal appeal not
to the gentleman from Ohio. He like Peter the Hermit,
feels himself under religious obligation TO lead on
this crusade make no appeal to the putave father OF
wmG' pOo Like Eghsm he q 70 hs
array themselves ortts slae cftht 1Iaaion. and
the Union. When the fatal step is aken, Il will be too
late to repent the folly Of this hour When the deed is
done and the fatal consequences have fallen upon i
will be vain, idle, than folly TO deprecate the evil
good do heirduty Let those who desire 70 save
the constitution and the Union out from among the
wicked and array themselves On he side q ssee and
liberty and law, we will make new vows, enter INTO new
covenants stand together and fight the demon OF dis
cord until death shall summon US 10 another and better
world
You think that slavery is great evil. Very well,
think bat keep your thoughts TO yourselves II II
We not seeking to force il upon you we intend to
keep ourselves If you do not wish to come in contact
with this crying evil stay where you afe 1t will never
For myself regard slavery as great moral. social,
political, and religious blessings blessing TO the slave
and blessing to the master This y my opinion u d.
you think not have seen more OF slavery than
you know about ii and my opinions are, think.
ss Woi esousy s T beese planted Il this country through
the providence Of God and He in His own good time,
will take it away. Civilization dawned in Africa The
Christian religion preached to the African race be-
fore its voaries carried it to other lands Africa had the
glad tidngs of the Saviour long before His divine mis-
sion was revealed TO us. And where s she now !!
Centuries have passed away, and all traces OF
Christianity, every vestige OF civilization, have de-
parted from that degraded and benighted landa race
OF cannbals. roasting, eating men as we 90 SWINE and
cattle Resisting with hre and sword all efforts oi
Christian ministers lift them from the deep degradation
they perseverngy worship idols and craven images and
continually after false gods Look at the condition
Of ID people, and contrast il with the worst condition
OF the in this country, and tell me the eye of
fancy, in its utmost stretch the elevation at
which the southern slave stands above the African IN
hsnative junglei And yet philanthropy, doubleddis
Tiled extra refined philanthropy, bewais in peous &C
cents the fallen condition OF The poor slave lhe
negro in the South have been civilized, many OF
them evangellzed Some are pure Christians all have
been improved in their moral, social, and religious con
dton. And who shall undertake to say IT was not
within the province OF their Creator to transplant them TO
our soil for wise, benefcent, and holy purposes
II is no par. OF my purpose to discuss TINS propositon
pit than to the halls OF leg islaiion,
Ii may seem to those not familiar with the state OF
public sentiment North and South, and the dangerous
issues 10 which il is conducting out OF time and out
of place for 10 discuss the value oil the Union am
not afraid of the consequences OF such discussion. IL
is discussion not to be coveted, bat one which the
times and tempers of men have forced upon u.s. 1t Is
useless to deny that the Union is in danger To discuss
its value is to ascertain its worth When we shall have
done this, better decide how great sacrifice we
can afford 10 make to secure its perpetuity.
We of the South have ever the fast friends OF the
Union. We have been so from an earnest attachment TO
its founders and from feeling OF elevated pauotism-a
patriotism which above all groveing thoughts and
entwnes self about country and our whole country
We have made, and now making day by day. greater
sacrifices 10 uphold and maintain the Union IN all It's pu
ry and dignity than all the other parts OF the country
Drop for moment the sacrifice oh feeling; forget the
calling insult, you habitualy heaping upon ussand
let US look other sacrifices. We export annually in
rice cotton and tobacco the peculiar products OF soil,
than sevenfyve millions OF dollars IN value Your
whole national exports do but le exceed one hundred
and forty millions OF dollars These articles of southern
export the support Of your immense carrying trade
and OF all your ou rishng and profitable commerce; and
these do not include the sugar OF Louisiana Texas aud
Florida, do estimate the colton rice, and tobacco
consumed in the United States II all these were EN-.
baced exports could not fall short OF one hundred
and twenty millions OF dollars need not add that as
separate Independent confederacy we should have the
heaviest agricultural export OF any people on the face oil
the earth; and that our wealth would IN short time
be commensurate with our immense exports, no rea-
sonabe doubt In the Union our exports become
the trading fuad OF the nation, and Inc pohts go
into the general Golfers We know all THIS and more,
we know how much we contribute to the support oil the
government, and we know, too, how little We get back.
Il gives no pleasure discuss questions like ths, bat
solemn duty will not forego, from any mawksh, SEN
ienia devotion to Union. is right that we luy
understand one another You think the South Is not in
earnest Now, this opinion is based upon one OF two
hypotheses: either that too much devoted TO the
Union 10 run the hazard of its dissolution by manly
yndicaon OF our rights, else that afraid to
counter the perls OF a dissolution That we have loved
the Union is most true That affections enwlne
themselves about IT, and reluctant to give up,
aso true But our affection is ordinary plant Nour
ish it, and il will grow the poorest sol neglect II, OF
trample upon IT, and il will perish in the richest helds.
will not recount the story OF our wrongs. ! but ask
you can such wrongs be the landmarks OF love, o
that mutual and earnest devoted love which stool god.
taher when the infant Union baptized, and without
whose fostering care cannot, will not must not sur
vrvei Throw an impartial eye over the history OF the
last twenty years. aid answer II there - anything
there which challenges our devotoni Who does not
know that time after time we have turned away ~ sor-
row from your expressions, and yet have come back
cngng TO tue Unen and proclamnS that with all her
faults, we loved her still" And you expect us to DO so
now again and again you expect 10 return and, on
bended knees, your foTbearance No. you do noti
you cannot think 80 meanly OF us There is nothing 10
past history which just es the conclusion that we
will thus abase ourselves You know how much high
toned people ought 10 bear and you know full well tnat
n We have horne TO the last extremity You know that
we ought not TO submit any longer There is not man
OF lofty soul among you all who in his secret heart does
not feel that we ought not TO submit II you fancy that
our devotion to the Union will keep us in the Union,