The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-31
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY II. 1850.


More Uitralsm.
We have laid before our readers startling evidence of
dsunonism in the speech OF Mr. Rhett, OF Charleston
We afraid this feeling than we ex-
pected in the State of South Carolina; yet we hope that
it has not infected large portion of her citizens But
there too many signs Of the malady not strike the
attention and excite apprehensions Gen. Foote has
referred to the spirit of the toass which offered up
on the 4th day of July-he very last day, should
suppose in national calendar to call forth such dem
onstratons.
The danger which these men invoke by their dsunion
madness bears double aspect. They carrying out
the schemes of such men Martin Van Buren,, who
with, from spirit of revenge, TO destroy the nationality
OF the two great parties which bind the Union together.
thus creating mere sectional organizations against,
each other until The bonds of the Union ere severed by
the fame OF sectional excitement. They at the
tine Strengthening the hands OF aggression, and furnish
ing weapons OF the mcsi potent character to such
William II. Seward and the advocates of higher law
Even the presses Of that dangerous clique using
the speech of MIR Rhet to band together the forces OF
aggression, and TO stimulate them TO further assaults
the constitution In times past Mr.. Rhelt did mischief
enough-more than he viii be able repair. We
well remember his disunion sentiments and the disunoh
toasts which drunk in the Barnwell district in
1874 They scattered broadcast by the wing press
and they fell heavily the democratic party during the
canvass of that year. Then Mr. Rheu and his followers
played into the hands OF the wing party and the advo
Gates of the restrictive system; they strengthen
the hands of the abol,onists and the beresi foes Of
southern rights Such disturbers Of the public
peace-mischei makers, who weaken every cause they
advocate. II is indeed time to sound the ALARM and
arouse the people. We have demonstration before us
which think il duty to lay before readers be-
wish to impress upon the people the necessity
Of coming the Of the Union. There is imminent
DANGER and our brethren in the North well OF the
South should be acquainted with the signs that are
hbited in the horizon. On the present occasion to which
refer. is not whose speech breahes dscon
tent and disunon but it comes in the shape of
popular meeting which has taken place at Camden, in
South Carolina
The positions taken in the speeches and in the resou
lions OF the meeting all ultra The first thing which
strikes us is, that they adopt ar their dtimaum the
Missouri Compromise line. Nothing else is specified !;
nothing else is said be satisfactory. This Missouri
ne which has been often considered with dsfavor by
the politicians OF South Carolina, laid down as sine
qua The great principle Of intervention which
would have been eagerly adopted in 1870. and which
gress any constitutional power the subject OF sla
very, is not mentioned in the resolutions, but
be cassed with the other proposed for adjust
ment as Intentionally fraudulent and desgnedIy
wicked" I'd The propositions which are held out to
Texas held up "breach OF public faith" when
neither OF them is to have the slightest validity without
the entire consent Of Texas But these gentlemen mis-
take the character OF Texas Whilst she will sickle
Ii r. L.. 4
is the last State in this Union who viii consent to play
into the hands Of the dsunonsts One OF the youngest
children in the family will be the las, 10 break up the
peace and the harmony OF the whole 3D. There is an
unqualified dcnuncation OF the whole scheme OF COM
promise. Notwithstanding il abjures the Wmo Provso
which has been agiiang the South for three years past
and although it restores the true theory Of the constu-
ton and epudiaes The jurisdiction OF Congress over the
subject OF slavery.
But the spirit Of these resolutions moderate even
than the speeches which addressed The meeting
What, for instance, we to think Of Colonel Maxcy
Greggs speech. who can conceive Of possible cate
CORY which does not breathe Of southern conederacy,
Of secession, some movement towards disunion, in
some form OF other The genius Of Mr. Rhett pervades
his whole speech.
Should the sectional compromise be adopted, why he
contends tina, j, must be met by the formation Of sep
ara'e confedsncy
Should California be admitted, the only il
the part OF the South, and the taking posses
sion Of California By force.
And should Congress adjourn without doing anything
the must lie adoptcdha, is, the adjourned
Mash vile Convention must secede from the Union and
seize upon California. Thus in either event. the least
that is be done is TO break up the Union OF theee
States Il Col Gregg serious, is he mad In factsI
nothing was TO save the Union but the Missouri Com
promise line. which had been repudiated by the
politicians Of the South No conciliation compromise
was to be employed bu, the Union is to fall sacrifice
10 this monomania Of the ultra school
We will not critically analyze the arguments Of
these orators We merely present the wild results
to which they have arrived We will not condescend TO
inquire VIII ether the South will be better of without the
Union than with it. We will not stop to ASCERTAIN
whether the South the North will suffer the most BY
the clash OF arms Mr. Gregg just "A unfortunate ~
was John Van buren,, when he calculated that the North
could subdus the South They are both out Of place.
out Of time, and out Of their We will not pause
to inquire which Of the southern stars will shoot madly
from their spheres. along with South Carolina But we