The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-13

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THE BEGINNING AND ENDING COMP AAxp--Ai,sY movins
Bihe indefinite pOsipOnemcht oil the M hill MI
Benton commenced his speech the 10th oil jane m
1.-The proposition that the whole proceeding was founded
ION mistake He declared with his usual smpikcaton.
that the people OF the United States not they
been represented be, distracted condition He de-.
Fhed that there strife national distress He knew
|of gaping wounds that needed 10 be healed Sincs
|the United States Bank had been put of the way and
constitutional currency and depository had taken III
place, had any people done better in all their
germs The political distress was all among the poll
Ia present lie had listened with amszsment to III,
fecitas which he had heard upon that floor" This
gone in the beg inning OF the speech But what does Mr.
Benton say in the ending OF this speech Why he makes
the following appeal aQ
Mr. President. it time 10 be done with this comedy
errors California is suffering for want Of admission New
eierco Is suffering Tor want q proieclon The public
ongess Is suffering for want OF progress IN business
Che motion intended ~ terminate Them by moving the
ndehnite postpoaemont OF this unmangeable Of in
congruous bills each an impeachment the ohes that they
may be taken up by and in their proper order
20 receive the decision which their respective merits
anire
That the condition Of many public and private concerns
Us better than It was before the democratic al
uded to fully carried into effect is
THAT the business of the country generally in course
pf prosperity need not be denied But unless the polti
ta dissenson, which 10 the theme and almost the
bnly theme OF public discussion shall be healed,
very branch OF business and every audabe pursuit will
pc affected Not one can escape its connection with that
suffering which the honorable senator portrays already
Existing California, in New Mexico, and in Congress-
And to what extent any business pursuit may
4aally suffer- if the mad agitation which has brought on
4he present distraction should not be Queted, do not
undertake 10 calculate. But there no extreme that
I'VE can imagine which that suffering in the business and
character OF Congress may not eventually produce, and
even be liable in its effects to transcend
[Providenee Herald.
The above criticism borrows force from the fol-
lowing sensible article. which copy from the Albany
State Register. No man group the various dangers
which here developed. and the deep agitation that
pervades the whole country without feeling that never
were the political dangers) greater than at present
THE UNroN-Next to Christianity, the Union (under
the consttuon) Of these States Is the most valuable
Ind important institution the earth. Its destruction
would be common DISASTER and throw an ipenetrable
gloom the prospects OF mankind. g4
This Union was founded not only in community OF
Interests among its members, but faternal feelings,
part of the people OF the several States who entered into
d. These cannot give place to disrust dscord and ha
Pred without sapplng OF its foundations Constitutions
hnd institutions Of government must be upheld either by
the bayones of standing armies by the good will and
general acquiescence of the governed.
Opposition to British encr0achmens and the common
cause OF the revolution were the FIRST bond that united
The American colonies. Then they made mutual sacr
ces shared the pes and universities their people
fought and BLEED together under Washington, and tr
umphed under the same banner and the same fields
AT the close OF the revolution, not merely the inter-
and necessities but the stronger ties OF affection and
Brotherhood led them to form closer unon and united
the people OF thirteen separate and distinct States in one
nation. 4.sef 444s.es
Unity OF sentiment, self sacrificing forbearance gen.
impulses and patriotic feelings were necessary
accomplish SO great result
nato ify he we'd Onlv in
in which il was formed Not only identity of interests,
mutual wants. and common dangers, but community Of
are essential 10 the continuance of the Union.
We often hear said Let this that section dissolve
the Union if they dare; let the South try it, and how
they will come out. II would be easy matter for a
northern general bring them back General Scott with
900 northern men, could march from the Delaware TO
the Rio Grande" But let it be remembered that fear
not the tie that holds the widely distant portions Of this
country together They were brought together and
mented by aectonaie regard, and not by fear. not by
civil war or fratricide.
That the consequences OF dissolution would be most
disastrous 10 all sections, and overwhelm North and
South in common ruin there be no doubt; and yet
that consideration alone sufficient to keep them to-
gether,
II is melancholy truth, that large body OF men at
the North entertain feelings OF bitter hatred against their
brethren OF the South, and are continually denouncing
them in the most unmeasured terms And 1t Is equally
true that spirit OF hostility, arising from what they
conceive 10 be just sense OF aggravated wrongs and
pggressons exists to very great extent on the part OF
the people OF the South towards their brethren OF the
North The kind feelings and good neghborhood which
formerly subsised between them are well nigh broken
up And these alarming circumstances, which can.
not be overlooked for moment by the statesman and
true lover of his country II thngs continue to 70
thus, God only knows where they will end
We must not shut eyes TO the history OF the world
throw aside the lessons OF the past and think all will
out we'll The arrogance and opposition oil Charles
| TO public sentiment cost him his crown and his head
ii refused to be instructed by that lesson and
perslsng to the last that had ru
ined his father One section OF this country, by OBJ
snate disregard OF the public sentiment OF the other,
may drive it 10 disunion The swapping asunde Of any
the weakest tic that binds part OF this country to
another is an ncpient step towards dsunonthe begin.
ming OF dissolution.
ID il not 80 much New Mexico and California the
wild and angry passions that have been let loose the hos
tile feelings that have been generated, the elimination
and recnmInaon that daily exhibited. and the fierce
that INDUCED in, and which, il un
checked will inevitably lead a rupture that alarm
ing This is no time TO fan the flames; but time when
all good and patriots should endeavor TO exngush
them The strife is high enough already, and whoever
seeks 10 increase it il traitor
II is time 10 cry peace peace when there s no
peace This glorious Union is above all price; and il
would be folly to attempt 10 conceal that ii il some
Now is the time for its friends TO to its
They must not wait till the seeds of dsunion widely
that they cannot be eradicated. Instead OF being
eaous anything. should be exceedingly sentative
TO every thing that threatens the Union Casting out the
wild spirit OF ungoverned anacism let return to that
marked the inception OF republic, and to which We
are indebted for our greatness and national prosperity
We have abiding confidence that the Union will be
but it will be done by the patriotic efforts OF
lis friends in spite Of fanatics and disunioniss, North
and South.