The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-13

thew could devise for tbs settlement OF most perplexed
exaggerated. and dangerous quarrel between the North
and the South Ii would be absurd TO require that
bill designed for such purpose should contain nothing
decidedly Objectionable in the eyes OF either section
such requirement is to De made, all bills OF peace be-
come At once imprsctcable, and every sectional
controversy. however alarming dangerous, isI
put utterly beyond the reach OF adjustment
We msy. therefore. lay i down tina, sensible re-
Aeoaiag men, f1Asndly 10 the South, 10 the Union,
and to the peace and happiness Of the country,
will not take any hostile stand sgainst this BILL merely BE-
cause - obnoxious 70 grave objection which they
Of it provisions They will look to the good which the
bill contains and the evil which viii prevent as wen
= 70 the objections, great or small with when Imsn
chargeable and they will feel that where such tTemen
d0e at stake IN the present matter ney ~
under the hkhes, moral and patriotic oblKa,Gns
ths stand ARMY n favor Of that SIDE . on and hs
chsnces for the country to lie a., :, vo;s .,x;h
W. rua pursue this course, IN order 70 avoid contrib
uting by different action our part to the present ad
mnsion of California as separate measure, with her
constitutional inhibition OF slavery and contributing also
TO the future successive admissions 81 New Mexico and
Utah. with like ant-slavery constitutions.
w ssuss pursue this course, or we shall make our
solves partakers in the great political crime OF withhold
ing the benefits and protection Of civil government from
the people OF Utah until years hence they shall be pre-
pared for admission and be actually admitted States in
10 heUnion.
We must pursue this course, or we shall be guilty of q
great and incapable crime against the South hersel-fhe
crime Of keeping New Mexico and Utah without organi
xaton government, in order extensive fields
for freesoism and abolitonism in the North for years
to come By means Of the agitation thus kept up, abo-
ldonism and freesoism will rapidly grow and spread
Our friends At the North will be Gu, down to mere cor,
poraFs guard it, indeed. there shall be left to tell
As tale Of their fate and heap burning repoaches upon
m Tor having contributed TO it.
W must pursue this c0use-we must shut up this vast
tion-or the kne Of the Union already sounded and
il funeral procession will be seen distinctly shadowed
forth in the long lines of geographical parties that will
emerge appaingly to view IN the next presidential elec
Southern democrats are. in especial manner. bound
to pursue this course that the magnificent territorial &C
quistons which they had so prominent part in making
for their country may not become by their fault in the
present crisis the originating of their countrys
RUM and an eternal monument OF their delinquency and
shame.
For myself who, six years ago, devoted himself
victim the altar OF party in support OF the measure
and the man with which and whom began the train Of
evenu which now threaten with universal explosion
and ruin, cannot feel particle OF doubt to the duty
which every consideration, sacred and proane, concurs
to heap up mountain high upon me.
II should be ferventprayer that this territorial quar-
rel should be settled Things have reached point which
renders the efsctng Of some settlement critically fear
fully important Ii is quarrel which is rapidly degene
rating into malignant and ncurable gangrene on the fair
body OF confederate republic Already does she feel
from deep dervatve morbdness taking possession Of
her sem-more formidable, by far than the OF IT.
riteton out Of which it has sprung.
10 addressing ourselves to the work OF paccation and
settlement, let do in manner and spirit COMFORTING
with such object Let be careful of involving
selves and country in the perls OF se qua mons and
sine qsa no~im They are things essentially mnatory
and irritating, and not conciliatory in their character i
and we have seen that conciatory conduct is what
duty and honor unite to demand OF in the present
ucveny. Every s'~e qua non gives rise to a factous
point OF honor-a point OF honor which, however email
requires OF the party laying II down to stand by and in
st upon il to the utmost extremity. without regard to the
hazards or consequences How perfectly sure, then, ought
veto Be OF the position we have taken, in all respects
and how entirely certain that there be other
which We can accept basis of adjustment and peace
cousently with safety and honor, before entange
with s qua Mons and St honor S .S:H
although objectionable in leading feature, does pre-
sent general basis OF compromise and settlement, to
winch We can accede consistently with our safety and
hopor.
Let it not be said or feared that by accedng to
i. end thereby manifes'ing conciatory and com.
he demon Of .Soon.n ana eapo.e the South
ana her slaveholdng institutions to increased eop-
ardy The contrary will be the effect That demon
will be dsped weakened, and crestallen under such
. course OF policy part for well he knows that
we shall thereby raise up ever augmen,ing troops OF
Trends at the North TO espouse there, and beat
him down In his own strongholds Well be knows that
the great vantage ground Of agitation which the Terrific
ries have afforded him, and will continue afford him,
long a. The territorial controversy kept open will be
taken away from him SO controversy hall be
ciosed on terms such those contained in Mr. Gays
bill Well he knows, and fearfully foresees, how
sralxhtiy, from that moment he will be "cabned,
cnbbed, confined and that from thencefoTth he will be
cut on FOREVER from the vast OF attudes and CHI
mates on which he has grown 40 huge, and will be
suteSod 70 comparatively poor nDbnKs, and mpoteD VI
mot contemplate, rawlings against the savehodny
Of the South, entrenched securely in her impfegna
BILE citades Of State rights and State sovereignty
for no man who has made himself acquainted,
every southern ought TO do with the gea, doctrines
OF State sovereignty State rights. and State remedies,
they exst under federal system, can doubt that in
them lie real safety and protection for against the
muib Of abolonsm In them each southern State pos
cecses, IN majestic severalty, its all sufficient ca
DEL sword and shield, against the inroads of this foul
enemy, though they should be made through the
AVe00eo / Ia hal
ever when such nroads shall be made or attempted
and the enemy shall not recoi and disappear
before the aharp sword Of notification, who can doubt
the course which the southern States will sterny take
Rssuming At once all the robes Of sovereignty. and
graang again all the awful attributes OF unlimited po
b6cal power, they will throw themselves soennky on
thsir sovereign right Of secession, and withdraw from
governments, with all their peculiar institutions still
standing unchanged and unjosted
So, gentlemen, il il the Union OF the States and not
the institution OF slavery in the South that real and
ultimate danger from whatever forwards the growth and
stimulates the audaey OF abolonism The first appaI
ling shadow Of dIsunon that will be cast before il il
vmoy approaches will be geographical division Of
parties N the presidential election. Should the present
territorial quarrel instead OF being adjusted AS il ous
to be- Be prolonged thousands and OF thousands
IN the North and South striving TO prolong it, the
very next election will exhibit division OF this kind
!he opening scene IN the grand tragedy of disunon will
then have commenced. The catasirophe may not, per
hae, wait Tor the OF second or third
eiecaon OF this sort Far when great national parties
dieused throughout every part of The Union. add which
form ~ strongest cement shall exist and shall
slaveholdng and non slavehold States shall be ar
rayed earh othe in he IN