Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-12-14

miseiyings 10 advance did the news from the
North but thought knew your people. knew your
dsinGul1bed Senator, (Mr. Dickinson) Cheers knew
the Isle senaor from Massachusetts, (Mr Webster)
knew ~ Senator from Michigan mr. Cass j the Senator
from Aiaois Mr. Douglas and numerous others from the
free Ste had conversed with these Senator'S and they
assured that the people Of their several States sound
upon js qneston and in my State pledged myself to
the tru6 q their statements aud it is with ordinary
tisacn that witness to-day enthusiastic manifestation
Of tha nent Of which spoke in anticipation. If had
e6tainsd for single moment, doubt of its existence
in this Empire City Of Empire State that doubt would
have voniehsd and will carry back the people OF Lou
ssn<he pleasing that entirely right in the
staterepft made months ago. [Cheers.
Ny dinguished friend from Mississippi has alluded to
the Comee of Thirteen, and he has stated that he
not mcber Of it. But though he member of il,
he ws a. creator cheers and but for his most
exeonG esnst sarcasms denuncaons and every species
Of oppoon brought to bear from all quarters, the appoint
ment ne committee would have been accomplished
He and persevered till the compromise
psssst committee and he not member Of it only
becsu Vished do the work without taking the honors
fCheeS81 The Importance Of that committee was greater,
pehar Ian you are Up to that time in the Senae
- 1jjdeis and II only In the committee that the
rca s c wEo 1havs alluded laid their heads and their
hearts together, and forgetting their party distinctions and
preudces in the aabsorbng love Of their country.
framed those bills which ultimately crowned with
Loud cheers II ought, therefore, never 70 be for
gotten that Of the most conspicuous actors in the drama
Of which Committee of Thirteen constituted prominent
part my friend who has just addressed you. CHEERS
am happy say with him that the DANGER in great
sure, past. The indications Of Georgia distinct; Of
Alabama there doubt and ultimately Mississippi and
all the sIaveholdng States will be right except perhaps,
South Carolina but in her there indications
that she will pause before she takes the rash step she has
Probably you are not aware Of the extent she has
gone Independent of the action of the late Congress- there
too much reason believe that she was decidedly deter
mined separate from the onion long ago. The Governor
has declared the greatest Of the State have declared
and the abest pamphlet ha, issued from her printing
presses has not only declared it, but taken the ground that
there ought be separation between the North and the
South from the ncompatby Of the interests Of these two
| great sections Of the country.
The DANGER think is but the solemn lesson which
conveys ought not to be lost upon full ofwarnng
and instruction. Let not tempt such peril again. and
imagine that because have escaped it unscathed
may pass Though 1t with equal impuny again. Con-
sant ation wears away the solid rock the last feather
breaks the cams back and the public mind tated by the
past will be fonnd each of agation less and less
able to bear it. Let me, in all freedom and cando tell you
that these agatons revved- the fugitive slave bill
is repealed materially modified rendered dead letter
BY refusal carry out its provisions in the free States and
slavery should be abolished in the District Of Columbia,
you may call his by what you will, but when you do
you may assured that the dissolution Of the Union
Loud chees believe however, that the existing laws
will be carried believe that the compromises Of the
constitution will be carr out and therefore it was that
said to the people of the South Let complain of the
North n advance. If they do adhere the compact
then will be time enough for to the agitation fol
But if the should be violated again, you
may expect the disastrous consequences do not say
by way boasng of the prowess Of the South but when
you consider the foutous circumstances by which the
naced danger aveed and that the providence Of God
which has always watched the Unon interposed in
most singular in that crisis, you will admit
that there abundant for aarm Controversy had
human passions had been aroused
and high places had pledged themselves strongly
that this question would perhaps have been settled bat
for the accident that changed the administration of affairs
from the hands of one to those of another The
promise bills bad passed the Senate but in the House of Re-
personalities hung the important upon which hinged
the fate Of althe fate of the Union ITSELF If the Texas bill
had been rejected there is God in heaven civil
would have been waged in this now happy land The
forces of Texas mahaed every preparation made
for hostlites session Of the Legislature called
by the Governor and nothing wanting hut the appica
ton Of the match the train laid in order to produce the
explosion But say she would have gone alone into the
struggle or with only the aid Of South Carolina and Msss
spp yet raise the tocsn Of the banks ohc Rio
Gande, and hundreds Of thousands Of Southern would
make with her. and H her STANDARD of revolt
Let u.s. them avoid the of any such danger future
We the South have condence-we always had confidence
the North, and for doubt to the future
But though the of the people in the North have
manifested any ndspoon to to the South let me
say that in matters you were little slow in doing JUS
ce. Not only is il incumbent upon every man to act from
patriotic motives himself but to exert himself make others
follow his example, Your city has population of over half
million, and intelligent, vuous and orderly people
never existed But in this great and virtuous
nity y or one hundred men, restrained by the law and
the police might lay your vast city in ashes so Is with
those who raise the torch of dcod Let me humby suggest
that not only ought you conduct yourselves with popney,
but compel those among you to do likewise Cries Of
bravo We do not expect any thing that from
YOU We do require that you should silence the camors
Of anaticism and abolition but do expect that you will
lay some restraint upon them Cheers. Let aboli onss
talk as much as they WILL but let them creep into your
high places and speak for The country Vehement cheering
II was not 80 much the anacism of the North that cared
orits rawlings would have passed by the idle wind
but when your Legislatures in solemn concIave assembled
passed resolutions and further and opposed the laws
thus violating the principles Of the constitution inter-
preed it. and taking the local power OF the Central Govern
ment into their own hands, you will agree with that there
was some cause for apprehension. We you there
FORE to control these men, and not permit them to msepe
sent you BY your following this the country will
soon attain TO such degree of prosperity has yet
reached But you have the boldness and the courage
to put down fanaticism, conclude that youthe
people of the Norhae not the people your ancestors were
and we shall have agree with South Carolina that the
full word "sepaIaion" must be pronounced. CIies of
Never do not anticipate such catastrophe but it is
for YOU to decide whether il shall be pronounced or not
One great of the difficulties between the two sections
is want Of mutual understanding of each other has been
settled purpose in certain quarters keep the people Of the
South from knowing the real Of the North. Perhaps
intelligent they are there is n that is
correctly informed and the majority of them think, this
very moment that against hem because he presses
lead them asay. One of the remarkable Of
the sagacy Of the Union Safety Committee Of this city is
that taken diuse correct information in
the South well the North. Let only understand
each other brothers, and shall quarrel 1t is by
mappehenson and perverseness that such unhappy differ
eres arise of the most decided statements ever made