Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-02-09

sir the st question which naturally arises is supposng the
Union be dissolved for any of the causes or grievances
which complained of how far will dissolution urnisn
remedy for those grievances the Union to be dissolved
for any existing cause will be because slavery is inerdc-
ed or allowed be introduced into the ceded territories
slavery threatened TO be abolished In the Dct
of Coumbia because fugitive slaves are not restored, as
my opinion they ought 10 be, 10 their masters inese
Believe would be the causes If there be any causes when can
lead the dreadful 10 which have referred Let US
suppose the Union dissolved what remedy does II IN Sc
state furnish for the grievances complained OF IN It's uni
ted condition Will you be able at the South to push slave
ry into the ce8ed territory How to do supPcsng
the North or all the States nosh of the Potomac posses
sion Of the navy and army Of the United States Can you
expect say under these circumstances that there Is
dissolution Of the Union you carry slavery into California
and New Mexico Sir you cannot dream OF such an occur
renee II it abolished in the District OF Columbia and
Union dissolved, would the dissolution OF the Umon
restore slavery in the District of Columbia your chance
for the of your fugitive slaves safer in state OF dis
solution or of severance Of the Union than when the
Union itself? Why, sir what is the state Of the factf In
the Union you lose slaves and recover pu mere
let me revert to which ought to have noticed before
because it highly credbe 10 the courts and uries OF the
free Safes In every instance, far my information ex-
tends which appeal has been made to the courts
ce TO penalties from those VINO nave assisted M de-
coying slaves from their every instance far
have heard the court has asserted the rights OF the owner
and the jury has promptly returned adequate verdict
his behalf Well sir there is then remedy whilst you
part Of the Union for the recovery OF your slaves and
some indemnicaton for their loss What would you have
il the Union severed Why, then, the severed parts
would be independent Of each oheroreign counesand
slaves escaping from to the ohe would be like slaves
Gaping from the United States TO Canada There would be
no right of ertradon no right demand your slaves
right appeal the courts of justice to indemnify you Tor
the Of your slaves Where slave escapes now by
running away from his MASTER hundreds and thousandswoud
escape the Union dissevered-I care not how nor
where you the ne whether Independent soveregnes
be established. Well, sir finally, will you, in Of dis
solution Of the Unon be safer with your slaves within the
separated portions of the States than you now Mr. Pre-
sdent that they will escape much frequently from the
border States will deny
And sir must take occasion here say that, in my
opinion, there right the part of more OF
the States secede from the Union War and dissolution
Of The Union identical and inevitable, in my opinion
There be dissolution of the Union emily by consent or
by Consent one can anticipate, from any existing
stale things, is likely obe given, and war is the only al
tentative by which dissolution could be accomplished
consent were gven-if possible that were to be
separated by great nen less than sixty days after such
sven would break out between the slave
holding and onsavehodng portions OF this
the two independent parts whicht would be erected in
virtue the separation In less than sixty days. be-
ieve our slaves from Kentucky ockng in numbers to
the other side of the ver would be pursued by their
Our hot and ardent spirits would be restrained Wy OF
the right which apperans the Independence of the other
side of the river should that be the line of separation They
would pursue their slaves into the free Sates they
would be repeed and the consequence would be that, in
less than sixty days. would be blazing in every part Of
this now happy and peaceful land.
And sir how you going separate the States of this
Confederacy In my humble opinion Mr. President, we
should begin with least three separate There
would bea Conderacy of the North, Confederacy of the
Southern Atlantic slayeholdng States and Conederacy Of
the Valley Of the Mississippi My life upon it, that the vast
population which has already concentrated and will concen
tae the headwaters and the tributaries Of the Mississippi
will give their consent that the mouth Of that river
shall be held subject the power Of any foreign State
community whatever Such, believe, would be the
quences Of dissolution of the Union Immediately ensuing
dissatisfaction and discomfort disseminated throughout
the countrythe Confederacy of the Lakes perhaps the
Coniederscy Of New England of the Middle States All,
sir the veil which these sad and disastrous events that
lie beyond it, is too thick to be penetrated or lifted by any
mortal eye hand
Mr. President. ana directly opposed any purpose of
cesson separation. for staying within the Union
and deyng any portion of this confederacy to expel
drive out Of the Union. | am for staying within the
Union and fighting for my rights, if necessary, with the
sword within the bounds and under the safeguard Of the
Union. am for vindicatng those rights. nc. py being
driven pt narshy and unceremoniousy by any
portion of this confederacy Here am within it. and here
to stand and die far my individual wishes pur
poses it to protect my property and defend
SELF defyng all the power earth to expe drive
from the situation in which placed. And would there
be safety fighting within the Union than Of
Suppose rights to be violated suppose wrong to be done
you aggessons to be perperated you, not
better vndcae hem have occasion resort to the last
necessity, the sword, for restoration fhose rghts-whin
and with the sympahes of large portion of the population
Of the Union, than by being without the Union, when
large portion of the population have sympathes adverse
your own You vindcate your rights within the Union
better than expelled from the Unon and driven from it
without ceremony and without Authority.
Sir, have said that thought there right the
part Of States TO secede from the Union. think
The constitution of the United States made
merely for the generation that then existed but for posery
unlimited undened endless perpetual posterity And every
State that then came into the Union and State that has
since into the Unon binding itseby ndso-
ube bands to remain within the Union ITSELF and remain
within by its postery forever Like another Of the sacred
connexions in private life it is marriage which no human
authority dissolve divorce the parties from. And if
may be allowed to refer to examples in private life, let
the North and to the South what husband and wife
say each other We have mutual faus neither Of US is
perfect nothing in the form of humanity is perfect; let u.s.
them be kind to each otheobearng forgvng each others
faults and above inhappiness and peace together
Mr. President have said, what soemny believe that
dissolution Of the Union and identical and inevitable
that they convertible terms and such would
be following dissolution Of the Union Sir, may search
the pages Of history, and erocous bloody,
mplacabe, exterminaingnot the of Greece,
including those of the Commoners of England and the
revolutions Of France-none, of them all would rage
with such violence be characterized with such boodshed
and enormies would the which must succeed if that
event ever happens the dissolution Of the Union And what
would be its termination Standing armies and navies
stretching the of each portion the discover
cd members would take place. An exterminating warwoud
folIowno sir, war Of two three years duraton but
of inerminabe duraionand exterminating would
ensue, until after the struggles and exhaustion of both par
ties, Philip Alexander Caesar or Napoleon,
would arise and cut The Goran knot and solve the problem
the capacity for government and crush the liberties
of both the severed portions Of this empire. Can you
doubt it
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