The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-11-01

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this further advanage-and in all great moyemsn. !,
this description il is OF indispensable importance
10 secure union TO The South we'll as friends il the No
By trying every amicsble and honorable means 10 sr
the Union, you satisfy its friends in the South They :.
that every means has been tried in vain, and that aoh
will be sufficient to preserve the South from further !,
gression but a 6rm and determined spirit Of re,,.
ance Our policy, therefore. has every advanS,,
over that Of our correspondent in Mobile. Men.
time. the South should insist on the most h,b,l
fulflment Of the compact Let her proclaim thai II,
FIRST Of its leading measures repealed. or agaed
dangerous extent. modified without her free coneu
renee will be regarded declinaon Of duty which
will Justify on her part any measures Of selfprolscm
even 10 the extent OF secession disunion She NAV i
driven to this course by the reckless measures po
posed and advocated BY mischievous body Of disuno
lists and demagogues at the North. who hold ,ha, I'M
constitution is subject higher iacs Of conscience which
they have enacted 10 suit themselves The constitution
therefore, being merely declaration Of general prnc
Pies is frail defence. II is only by the adoption ol
practical measures that its enforcement can be made c,
tain, when such subversive doctrines are avowed
We repeat that we advocated the different, measures
the Compromise together. one system Had each been
pressed sngly, we should have objected TO some d
them but as whole rendering to each section some
local benefits. and not seriously mpairng the rghisd
any. we regarded as wise and just "peacs
Offering" to all Those who assert that the South
gained nothing by il must be much misinformed. III,
fugve-save law. by the very violence Of the assaults
which are noW made upon shows that approaches oa
faithful compliance with the duties enjoned by the con
sttution The utter abandonment of the Wlmot Provo
in the Territories is also triumph OF justice and Of
truth over fanaticism and the arts Of demagogua
These are the considerations the part Of the South
Tor the Compromise and, although not full equivalent
for what was obtained by the North. they ys,a CON-
plete acknowledgment Of the rights Of the South and the
duty Of the federal government to support them.
We have entertained the strongest hope that the great
body Of the people Of the North would stand BY The
measures of the Compromise and uphold them with 6el
iy We still hope that the denuncation Of the iugi.
ve-saye bill, the threats 10 repeal it. and the spto
resistance to its execution exhibited in Boston and
few othe. places, will soon pass away The mass Of
the people love the Union. and should respect The
laws and frown down these negro riots. and their white
meters and abettos better spirit is already awaken
ing in large portion OF the North The highest judicial
unctonaries in the landtwo of the judges Of the Su
preme Court residing in that seclon-have spoken out
without Sinking or evasion. We have much reason
to hope that the highest executive authority Of the land
will be true his constitutional duty and will take every
care that the laws be faithfully executed. The mighty
gathering at New York on Wednesday night-the voice
OF the sound and fearless democracy a, Tammany Hail.
and in other paces-almost the entire press OF all parties
except the abolition and higher law organs, few and far
between-all these give promise that at the North The
Compromise will be sustained in The patriotic spirit in
which it originated II il is, and interference with
provisions be attempted further than by Mr.. Seward md
his motley compeers, what has the South 10 ap,rhnd
from course of moderation What urgent occasion b
there 10 secede TO dissolve the glorious Union Non.
We have survived the agitation OF 1920 and 1899 and
why should despair al the darker pers that
round US now!
Before, them ay to the most extreme measures Ia
wait the issue OF the experiment that is going
Let the South resist when the Compromise fails. OF
single other blow is struck her Let her trust 10
fellow citizens OF the North to unite with her. But
il she is forced to the unwelcome alternative Of "h.
king new guards for her security" after she has sI
hausied all the of the constitution, Of The
law, Of patience, and Of patriotism. then, indeed. will
the South stand in attitude Of moral grandeur before
the country and the world. WroDged, she has pro.
tested goaded she has forbornc strike oppressed
che has appealed the constitution. and has resisted
only when patience ceased 10 be a virtue, and when
longer Submission would have been crime. Whsr
then, would be the southern heart that would not bei
for The onseti Where would be the patriotic hear o.
the North that would not sympslhize in their srugy,
with feelings as ardent as their own
Had our respected correspondent seen the late numbers
Of the Union, and known the demonstrations at the North
to which we have referred. we trust he would have
agreed with entirely in believing that the time for
certed resistance any other than moral iorce has mol
yet arrived Thus far, then, we say, sufficient unto The
day is the evil thereof " and when that evil becomes in
incurabe by milder MEANS be and the
try will find us-where we ought to be--in the front
rank OF the strife, whatever may be the shape il assumes
or the pers to which il may expose u.s. The time may
come. II may sweep on faster even than expected
But have put down our foot. and plant ourselve'
upon the doctrine Of Intervention The whole Com.
promise ought 10 be carried out; and further, new
aggression sho1d be aitempted-no agitation per-
mted in our public councils. The most vigorous meas.
must be adopted to prevent it. n these fail then the
issue is made, and the Union cannotbe maintained The
most glorious structure that the world has seen will
be sacrificed to the rage OF fanancsm and the inrgues
faciious politicians Isdestiny in the hands Of The
North Another aggression and the southern movement
cannot be arrested. In that caseya platform
raised to unite the whole South What the South most