The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-11-26

charge Of their duties We will save the Union for our
free and for ihe benefit Of those who
seem ready with ruthless hands 10 tear il ssunder.
am. my dear sir with true regard.
Your friend and obedient servant,
DANIEL WEBSTER
b. F. AYR. efq FF t AZ h
These letters having been disposed Of, the chairman
read the following resolutions:
al Rssopsd That we attribute the unparalleled prosper
tate. under sss ooasaioa wSsn we consider ID. n.s
eud OF property. person. and e and the restrictions
mem. Of Inc Old Wodai when look apon the neigh
boring republics of,hs New World distracted by civil dig
ence we eel sensby. estimate too highly
ps.s hs. once
Destroyed .the noble ides Of Amercsn liberty. liberty
ever' led by every dictate OF understanding
and every emotion Of our heart, % sdopt his sentiment
own II struck with judicial blindness. as
Gods people old. shall cling tAis
sud the tempest close around him. Let stand by
The s =. !. !, and sy , our country ione
let il be- borne on the dag under which we rally in
exgenoy that We have oSk COUNTRY ONE oossrru
90 Rsorsd That the fabric Of general government is
side over Iy Washington and com posed the wsesi
IT time that tried meme souls assembled from dill
ron. cor aicng Interests offspring
concession S,nana e.pc and Of sincere affection and
mise, concession respect and Affection can Il DO sustained
IS R.soivea. That through the com ined agency OF
southern ultraism and northern unatcsm our beloved
ruin and our wanssi gratitude is justly due 10 those
PARROT statesmen whose wise counsels conducted
We cordially approve those measures hsy have passed
which settle forever the veaed questions growing out Of
spirit Cancellation and compromise by which
s u q & e
BY their commen dangers. .ulsiinx. aud success,
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With other eslngs thai those u regret; YET as czens Of
we are content 10 leave tho
has Iei, Ito the States wherein i exists.
80 R,soivsd, That the fuKitivosave law recently on
acted by Sonsres based upon aud @ @ Inc
sy ssnsd b. ss 10 ns
In the opinion OF wisest statesmen and
ali the people 81 and bile recognise
fullest the right OF the people to call for the nodca
abiding and order loving citixens cannot encourage
irregular opposition 10 Us acknowledged authority.
counenance any attespt resist its thar
enertain no respect those zsaots and
who Sc. up 2, affect 70 e. az .ne.a own
their country that We are opposed TO At The
y life, liberty. property, but In the absolute
s. Rssoiusd, That inasmsch anaticsm is striving
10 enkindo sectional luminosity, and designing and
misguided men. sexing upon every plausible pretex
Speaking with can.emps Of ,he Uion and ioseai q
all those ideas Of enlarged patriotism that xlowed % bright
y In the breasts OF the founders Of
dangerng in the pursuit Of one idea the and har
sna sds
the Father of his Country-ha the Of Amrcan
peaion derived from local lhas The Amer
lean people should cherish Cordial hsbitnai, and i'm
servation with jealous anxiety whatsvv
suggest suspicion that IL In any event BE-
ing every attempt ALLEVIATE any portion OF
from the rest Or 70 enIeebls the sacred ties which no"
link together the various parts :"
During the reading Of the fifth resolution, some one
cried out mo such thing !" but the interruption was
promptly silenced.
The Hon. Ichabod Bartlett, OF Portsmouth, was IN.
first speaker called upon and his address breathed truly
fraernal spirit Turning to banner on the platform
hearing the inscription. SHE constitution and ths
Union, he read it. and said that though not youns
man, under banner be would cheerfuly enlist and
hight till he conquered or tall with il. If, unhappy,
should fell in the contest, which certain parties
ing. he perceived that addressed to all who
in favor of obeying the laws and sustaining the con
siiiued authorities Of the land-a call which contained
an ominous implication that there those who wers
opposed to such obedience and giving such support This
was true. There were newspapers and public speakers
ance to the laws and to the constituted authorities
and he asked If their course would be tolerated in
this community, Without submission to the law
a stale Of anarchy must follow The only objec-
ton urged against some Of the laws passed under
the constitution, and demanded by il. was that they
who were subec, 10 them But there was no novelty il
the law objected to-no display OF injustice. I
bad been in existence since 1703 and for sixty years III,
n
had just at this time discovered Were we to give ui
everything have most valuable earth TO set res
the slaves with whom have nothing to do, The cvi
existed and was fully acknowledged as such when the
constitution formed and received the anxiou.
consideration of the bes, and wisest OF that day
But now set OF young men set themselves up above
Washington, Roger Sherman, Hamilton, franklin, JEFF
ferron, aud Madison II those venerated men had beer
such steam engine abolitonists az have now arrayec
themselves against the Jaw, should never have had
constitution. or enjoyed the blessings which we hav,
reaped under IT, In the fugitive slave law, without tra
by jury he saw greater hardship danger 10 the per
sonsl liberty OF any free than existed in the
a fugitive from justice.
j, He referrel to the letter OF Josiah Quincy, senior
and ill recently president of Harvard College, countenan
cling resistance TO the law passed in strict pursuance
the agreement entered into by fathers and when snct
recommended violation OF The agreement. il
he said Tor its friends 10 rally, aad make their de
termination maintain il felt throughout the land Wht
would destroy the constitution and institutions fol
all the negroes that ever trod the soil Of Africa No
he. The feelings Of the North had been respected b,
Congress in the abolition OF the slave trade in the Disc
i OF Columbia; and California, New Mexico. and Utah
were secure from slavery. The Nashville Convention
bad decided 10 wait for the of the Moth in rela
ton the compromises which had been adopted but hs
satisfied that the southern fanatics will execute the
threats ii the North prove unfathful 10 the compromises
The first blow struck will be followed by the dissolution
Of the Union But would the slaves be freed by II The
baggadocos Of the North would find that in resisting thu
government and violating the rights secured BY the con
4 siituton, they were a. weak as infants. But whehe
they conquered conquered the country would b
equally ruined in either case Neither law nor lberi,
could survive the catastrophe Ruin, destruction, AMI
bloodshed result And he astonished to FIND
that clergymen were encouraging the measures which