The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-05

We had marked of nearly the half OF Governor Floyds
admirable message for publication indeed, would
have given us great pleasure 10 lay the whole Of it
before our readersbut want Of space compels
coafne extracts 10 the closing passages They are
marked with equal discretion and decision.
The governor not for rushing out Of the Union al
once but he is for standing by il long consistent
with the rights Of the South To the words Of the
Richmond Republican: A.
"The governor. while be pays highly eloquent tribute
the Union the conclusion of his refers the
Opposition the Slave law in the North, and
nends Virginia TO declare that its repeal essential
mod hcation virtual repeal Of the Union. We entirely
coincide with the governor in that conclusion. II is
conclusion upon which the whole South agrees one
We have heard IL from the lips Of extreme western
yirgnians well IRON the citizens Of the Il may
heard every day, publicly and privately, from OF
all professions, and Of all creeds religion and politics.
The moderate of people upon this subject
nfexibe the ultra Touch tho fugitive-slave
law for iyou do regard you sssaing the consriu
tons The language of the whole South for southern
blind that the opposition excited by
fugitive slave law arises from the provisions Of the
law itself. bat from opposition to that constitutional duty
Of which IL Is the object OF the law
To repeal that law is to nully the constitution, and
course destroy that Union Of which tho constitution Is
the corner. stone. :" aasf-i ..A Ntl -@ 81 b
In connexon with this cannot express the disgust
which feel when occasionally hear OF north
ern member OF Congress saying that be will not 20 for
the repeal Of the fugitive law, but will strike for modi
fcaton at some future period We beg leave most
respectfully tell such northern members that such
"equivocation will undo them" Neither trick, menace,
nor force will suit these times Fair-dealng, truth, and
justice are the only weapons that may be safely
poyed .Myword for il. honesty is the best policy"
The governor Of Virginia proposes to lay "a tax upon
all the products Of the non-savchoding States offered for
sale within (her) territory There serious objection
TO commercial restriction, il the South is compelled
right herself and resist Blu, II Virginia peans remain
within the Union, she must resist only in constitutional
manner We presume the governor means to tax the
articles from the North through merchant licenses
some other upon the goods after they have not only
entered the State, but mixed up and become pa OF the
property of the merchants of the State according Mr.
Berriens idea and particularly to operate npon those
States which provoke retaliation BY their own niscon-
duet towards the South Should the aggression continue
upon the South through memorable majority in Con-
gress il win then become The duty Of Virginia and oil
the South to resist every hazard and to the last
tremiiy. ualg v ssa- alsi - ,A.1 St.aisl ~
The South do not yet understand the Norh Recent
caions there are more encouraging. And yet there
bousauds Of southern people who suspect everybody and
everything believe that the North 10 ell aboli.
ton, and that she cannot be trusted We believe thai
this Is mistake. The North certainly Do not undersiand
the South They do not believe that the South 10 In
earnest and yet we arc conkdent that the danger 10
most imminent and that any attack upon the fugitive
bill any future axgressions or any deep agitation viii
preciptate the South into fatal explosion
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