The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-01


- oyeIhTown and q nsoidaled government, having
and will Il Of is powers is now
~ government OF the uniop. Every compromise, too
W. which the Sonih has tniered including the com
mes Incorporated W y great charer OF the pub
Ibsrtes has been utyly disregarded BY legislative
Is,ess our people npw, Heretofore, are not only in
ael DIES oed 81 The IHohs Of Their industry bat their
ne,nbuons the public purse continue 10 be expended
an,nsi popoTons 10 i.ll or the reyers and sappers
,hs domestic altar, While by Congressional enact.
.o,s the Morrill, in The various branches OF industry
is heeu forced into condition of unexampled wealth
ma ,ower the advancement Of The South, so prodgay
sbed BY NsiuJA with all the elements of prosperity
J gratness has occupied position far below what il
nl have reached, had the confederation been com
osj Of one people ia interest and feeliDg The North
1 SOUTH in the pany days OF the republic, both rever.
cj and loved the Union for the unreasonable blessings
insured Unhapnly, II - now maintained by the
amer 10 eectuae is long cherished designthe dis.
rhi sealent and &c ,ralatlon OF the latter
asked Tor the evidence ot these grave accusations
ainsl the governments AMI people whose SUPPORT and
rndshp we once 50 dearly splaed, point with grief
4 heart TO the often perpeiraed or attempted encroach
Is b Congress on the reserved rights OF the States
~ nendary resolutions of Stale legislatures the sweep
|, denunciatons enanaling rpn different associations
rni ior the special o Garry ing throughout our
ns the torch OF nsurr, elton; the bitter aud yindic
| ,s ceilings OF the press, the bar, and may add, the
apt; the ipammaoiy halangues al popular meetings;
M clua robbery oi miiions oil our slave property by
|smssres, not only without am effort by the northern
S,lr uoy enments 10 enforce the provisions OF the
aulon concerning fugtlves bed 10 labor but by the
authority OF law and the force OF public opinion encour-
g and sustaining these ianatical exhibitions OF public
Rncnt; the annihilaiion at blow OF the principle OF
|S. equality, by the exclusion OF one-haf the citizens
. The confederacy from all participation m the newly
qured domain; the violation oil great sectional COM
ppnse by the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of southern member OF
IN apn, ~ order, at convenient season, to carve from
bosom free and hostile State in line, The unceasng
,sanls upon the character OF the Shareholder by all
asses in public and IN private enemy 10 God and
an-as unworthy Of seat at the table oil The Lord, or
enjoy coparneIs the noblest beques ever inherited
streemen The ultimate object OF this consentaneous
IOyement in which governments and people are The ac
A. is the emancipation OF the negro throughout the
On in which he is consiltutionally held as property al
Tough its execution may consgn to the same grave the
er and The slave, and spread desolaton over their
cannon home.
While rejoice in the conviction that a large number
Individuals at the North do entertain conservative
ynons on the matter OF slave property, and whose
pce occasionally heard in the uprOar oil The waters
strife, yet, overawed by the impeuosty OF the torrent
shch perhaps destined to overwhelm the land, they
voluntarily shrink from the task OF attempting TO stay
Mosress The instances are rare in which, where the
m has been made, deprivation Of Office or other mark
ispeasure and rebuke, did not quickly follow This
ITSELF, il proof needed, proclams the deep seat
mess and all pervadlng character OF the disease which
eCt. the body polite of that extensive and popuous
For about one,hird OF her political existence South
UOlRa has presented an almost uninterrupted scene OF
sluietude aud excitement, under the proyocaton of
alumees and threats poured from thousand tongues
81 10 forms the most offensive. During that period it
ay with truth be affirmed that the public mind has
ot year been free from the most painful solicude
sae indeed has long fled from boders and discon
ht and alarm are everywhere present Better, far bet
"A, il would have been for the South 10 engage in a
y conflict with the North than TO have endured the
YGurmg anxiety OF anomalous struggle, the conse
\1lsces OF which are beyond the ken of human pre-
esuce. An open war is limited by the causes which
uiuce il but the further continuance OF such war
Official, religious, and socal-as has been waged by one
ay against the other and in which strictly defensive
guie has unwaverngly been preserved blythe weaker,
Oa alsy and dishonor the history OF the Ang Saxon
ace Whatever may be said by the demagogue and the
anac, il pride and high privilege to declare that
unexamped iorbearance of the South is referable
osy unaffected devotion 10 the compact OF SO,
Dad the principles Of constitutional liberty
Our present distressed and agi'aied condition has not
solely from the recent aggressive measures OF the
FEDERAL government These, effected by Illicit and willy
onblnalons, having destroyed forever the balance oil
over between the two sections, the equality OF the
zes and the equality OF right in the people OF the
ae constitute Tie crownng evidence OF the fixed de-
rmnatlon OF dominant majority 10 consummaie lis
hdlous purpose OF sezlng by law oil ITS own enact
INT the entire inheritance OF common ancestry. The
A1ng ruth al length stands openly revealed, that the
hope OF arTesting the OF infatuated rulers is
ns forever. The final act OF the drama is over and
Ha the curtain which The future from the eye
Ae patriot shall be lifted, il may be that the Palmetto
GHer wall be SEEM among other standards, waving
hahphant people, united Institutions, and la deter
naton 10 maintain with hdelity their new relations
~ their co-soveregns and the nations OF the world.
Hneruiahle providence, TO assign US the condition OF
British islands OF the wesi and 10 rvet the chains
a which are manacled, the people OF South Caro-
will at least be comforled win the assurance that.
e ignorant OF their destiny, they not unmindul
be duty they owed 10 themselves, their descendants
their country.
Does hope still linger in your bosoms that the dark
nd which envelopes The political horizon will yet be
eled s-tbat the enemy will forego his premeditated
ssn Of reducing your honosd Commonwealth TO co.
al yaSsilage! To these questions satisfactory an
u will be found in the melancholy experience OF the
H-he oyershadowing influence oil the general govern
at, insured by the permanent ascendency Of the sec.
nal party which aims at the hilation al prop
l--he history OF ianatIcism--the renewed and aug
sird agitation OF the slavery question: and the recent
iGca yenhcaton OF our Tears that al the North, the
visions of the constitution in behalf oil southern rights
moi be enforced without the shedding of blood. II to
section which now has the control oil every de-
nenl OF the government the preservation OF the con-
tiaey is Indispensable 10 the completion OF its work
aesecratlon and ruin 10 US its dissolution, AS CON.
between thiriyoDe States, Is necessary TO our social
political quiet, and the safety Of our institutions Or.
ed Ito establish justice, insure domestic tran .
fy provide for the common defence, promote the
sal welfare, and secure the blessings OF liberty 10
ELVES and our poseFty," IN relation 10 each and all
ae essential Objects the bond Of union having been
'ealeiy mutilated by majority oil the contracting
e. The minority have no longer any security for life,
ny, and property 81
The time, then, has arrived TO resume the exercise OF
powers Of self protection which, in the hour OF un.
N@hng confidence we surrendered 10 foreign hands.
nus reorzsnze our political system on some surer
ser basis There is no power--mora or physical
CAP preyentit. Theeventi is indissoluby linked with
1ae, and fixed as destiny In the admonory Ian.
e Of our lamened statesman, " the worst calamity
nuld beiall us would be 10 lose our independence,
oslnk down into state OF acknowledged inferofiy,
dng for security upon forbearance, and not on our
mSiy and disposition 10 defend ourselves"
lave not attempted TO discuss the question OF seces-
The right of a State TO withdraw from the Union
siroR the nature and principles OF the constitutional