The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-09-28

For x. Unisa
SENATORS Yulss ana Davis OF m.ss@shusstis.
In perusng the admirable speech Of the Florida sen.
ato delivered on the 9th August last, find the following
colloquium
"Mr YuLEE Butt have here set Of resolutions Of the
Mas egaiue also ia reference 70 the Texas
nexsten. pesenlsd mere IN iSiA Iw' read one Of them
ssol.sd That the Of faithful
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Mr. DAyis, OF Massachusetts II the senator will allow
me, will ask him he means to assert thur " any punlie
act OF Massachusetts she ever proposed 70 dssoS5 TINS
DO NV as in saying that the
cbusetts did snbs,antiay assert that BY the
Texas she would DO absoyed from obligation the Union
with Texas the Uaion she entered having been
fined to the original territorial limits Of The United States
timely declared that the act Of asimsion wond have
binding force Whatever upon the people Of
Although il 10 suit the present policy Of Massa-
chusets to appear The unconditional friend and uniform
supporter oil the Union, those who have read her history
know that she has been ready TO assert her rights IN
opposition 70 the federal government a. she was to VIM
dicate them in the days oil colonial oppression. m -
Massachusetts. however, has gone an important step
further in her opposition than any other State Not con-
stands up boldly Tor ss CELEBRATION nc q The Constitution
upon which this Union is based. a
About the period the celebrated Hoar mission" was
attempted by which Massachusetts desired TO proclaim 10
ready listeners in southern cities that there power
in their States establish such public laws
cesssry % retain ~ peaceabe snbecton certain portion
OF their communities. ii senator Davis will examine her
archives. he will lind that she soemny proposed an
amendment OF the constitution, which, when adopted,
must al once dissolve present confedeacy Az have
copy before OF the resolution, except such is
contained in report submitted Uy me to The Alabama
Legislature in is44-45 upon the proposition OF his State
to strike out the three hfihs rule contained in the
third clause Of The second section, make the following
extract therefrom:
i" Is well known to all wittsthe history OF
the convention which adopted form Of govern
rise 70 great debate and agitation in I'm. body and for
long while threatened It's dissolution The States repre-
sened In that conveno sovereign and Independent
II was the right OF each determine the conditions
whci, il would enter into the federal compact The slave
holding Safes believing their interests and their rights
CURED the existing rule OF representation insisted upon It's
adoption on the other hand i was .,ienu osy resisted BY
no slaves and the clause. as stands the consn-
ron, was finally sdoptd asais. he yo,e Of battwo States
thus framed was subm tted States and adopted by
The history Of this provision Of the constitution there
fore, shows thar IL Incorporated by the
the thirteen States order 70 consodats their Union
southern ates surely can see nothing in the cir
cnnsances which now surround Them TO cause their sban
donment Of security 20 senuousy insisted on. When
reference with their domestic institutions merely
subject OF philosophical speculation Now there in
some Of rhe States faction yearly ana rapidly
in power, tstmuiaed by Influences from abroad, and
of the institutions of the Son.h careless
Of the and regardless Of the Already
cause governed BY the spirit Of wild fanatcsm; already
/ has shown itself strong enough to All the temple
gion with discord, and divide its altar already has
the halls Congress, and before It's potent voice
the OF the people have been driven into the
sdopton Of rule, which virtually submits The and
deberaon OF that body, chosen TO the inter
IS, of the whole Unien the disposal Of those
!, u,,dsr such circumstances that the State Of Massa-
chues proposes 70 pluck rom the constitution It's
Warned by Virginia tina, the proposition was regarded
has ransnd % This State the following resolution Of her
legislature approved sixteenth March, eighteen hundred
Of this Commonwealth do express the deliberate sentiments The
os an % die soa e
nom containing virtually dissolve Union,
,hs Insertion and every
amer, they now do. hrny
Alabama, like Virginia, regarded this as proposition
to dissolve the Union and her legislature unanimous.
When Mr. Calhoun said in the Senate, if we de-
sired the perpeiuty OF the Union an amendment should
be made 10 preserve the balance which the constitution
out Yankeedom Yet al that yery lime Massaehuse,t.
had solemny resolved that the only condition upon which
this Union could continue to exist TO take from the
States made themselves subject 10 IT, and the destruction
OF which would force them TO withdraw from it, sai
The history OF the present period will serve to illus
irae what is The Constitutional roy by which this revo-
luton . TO be effected W 1aaN III
The exclusion OF the South from all participation in
the Territories now held or hereafter to be acquired
which, if | mistake not lately commanded the direct
vote of noeafyw Senator's with the facilities now held
out for The formation of States and their admission
ino the Union at once, realizes the efficiency Of the
constitutional way" by which the present slavehoding
States 10 be driven upon the dread alternative OF alb
ject submission or resistance.
! ask Mr. Davis, with these facts before him. as an
honorable and high minded man, (which believe him TO
be,) to answer the question propounded TO the senator
from Florida, "Has Massachusetts by any public act
SEPTEMBER, 1850. "MOBlLFp