The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-11-08

From the oall.,in Tenth Legion
HON. ANDREW EwING's SPEECH.

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On Monday. the 2lst utmo, our town was crowded 10
extesi that has no, been Witnessed Tor many day
From the anxiety TO hear Mr. Ewings speech. we were
for the first time fully aware OF the deep interest ieI by
citizens in the proceedings OF the last Congress
There had been mnrmuTs heard from our eouniy-ho
complanis against their repeseniatyes mere was n
heartily expressed their silence was their only sign OF
consent They had confidence N Msr representatives..
and trusted thai Mey had ao ,b az Eo9 wss 70
give an account of his stewardship knowledge mat all
would now be explained, and desire TO fully under
stand ali these questions, drew out wings and democrats
in crowds There no party feeling upon that day
there harmony for The once while all were united
as souhees who WISHED < S know they had received
Al o'clock large audience had assembled in the
Methodist Church. when Mr.. Ewing rose and com.
the thirty first Congress- had passed 1.-The hammer OF the
Speaker had fallen, and their acts written in
American hstoryand that he had come before them to
give an account OF his course or in other words OF his
stewardship. He then gave the features that pre-
scented to him his arrival Washington. These
more dangerous and Troublesome than were eyer before
presented in our history. He found in the House $50
men. in the Senate SO men. opposed to slavery
being majority. OF forty m the House and four 10
The Senate This majority had proposed to pass the
tories and in the District OF Columbia to preserve
slave property from all executions issued from the
Supreme Court and in fine, to drive Inc South BACK 10
with deadly foe in 'front.' but with all the harrors OF
slave instruction at her back There stood the North
and rayng her forces for the contest Mr. F. had gone
there with the determination TO fight for the interests OF
the South but that would not lead him to assist in disso
wing the Union Ii the Union IS 10 be dissolved, Con-
sss not to D. i w pO to the people they
moi have been settled, he would have come home and
reported to the peoples and il is only their decision upon
the reports OF their representatives that can bring about
with Congress, Mr.. Ewing then submitted TO his
constituents. what would they do' He asked, what
is dissolution! and said that when he was in Con.
gess, he stood by the South and threatened the North
but now that he was with US, he would tell
what dissolution was There would be no end to the
and snatching away dearly oved friend Let hand
be raised bring forward haday Upon that day there
will be stretched line OF two thousand miles for to
guard thousands will cross it TO abduct our slaves
in turn will cross recapture Them take revenge
Blood at length follows; then war, 10 which there would
extngush slavery IAN the horrors OF civil
here strongly pictured to which were added the dangers
following a declaration Of emancipationl Mr. Ewing
showed that this fight did come, it would fall most
heavily upon Tennessee and Kentucky; in fact these
two States alone would do the fighting. The North
knew il she knew their S,,. seen their
eye upon these States and knew that there would De
fight without them. South Carolina and Georgia had
chivalry; but they had not the men,. and could never
march their armies out OF their borders and leave
behind their families to be exposed TO the dangers OF
attack from their own slaves. Tennessee would not
would put of that day, and when she does fight must
know that il is actually necessary.
He said il great mistake to suppose that the men
Of the North would not fight The northwestern States
had turned out some OF the best soldiers IN the world
This fight, then, would be for yearsmillions would be
spent-thousands would be slain Under these circum-
stances, Mr. E. was ior settlement He said that the
North had majority, and believed that she was right
and beleyed that right There therefore,
sons. A compromise mus, be made BY yielding both
Sides but the South did better than thsshe got every
thing che gantd lBy beautiful DEPRESSION. the orator
power that preserves our Union.l
Mr. Ewing came to the three great plans by which
i was proposed to settle all this difficulty These were
would speak OF TayoIs-he did not approve it; but
he had respect for General Taylor, and would no,
dead. The Missouri COMPROMISE was next explained ;
and Mr., Ewing then argued that this Compromise
originally prohibited slavery north Of SO deg: 30
and he read authorities 10 show that il was vic
lenty opposed by Jefferson and Calhoun. In
1920 this Compromise was proposed and sustained
promse-for the South would have established slavery
south Of the line. We hereby lost all the benefit Of
Gent settlement. 1t was violation Of non-interven.
ton, and southern man could stand up in Congress
and say that il constitutional or that was just.
The South had placed her representatives in such stu
alton that they could receive the Missouri Compro-
mise. When non.ntervention was proposed, Cass and
Dickinson said, now 60 with you and non Inter
venton was the broad basis upon which all could meet.
that nointervention had been put record Ore
gon, Louisiana, Florida, all had come in with restrc.
lions but here. for the first time, restriction.
Non-intervention upon the books, and the abo
litionsts like John Wentworth, might sell out their stock
for little profit In all this Mr. Ewing the protec-
ton OF an all wise Providence Tor II had gone TO
could have gained nothing than inter
vention, with all
The Texas boundary question taken up by Mr..
Ewing. He showed what claimed by Texas
and her evidences OF title. The South believed that
her title good Clay's bill proposed TO pay ten
millions for a pan OF her claim, this rejected
Pearce's bill gave thirty thousand square miles
Texas said she would take it, We could do moth.
ing more. Not foot is given to free soil for the
bill provides that the articles OF annexation are not 70 be
violated With the ten millions Texas can pay of her
debts, advance in improvement, and can soon make
three more new slave States Thus we rid Texas OF a
portion Of her ignorant population, and give her chance
to improve
The admission of California was next taken up.
Mr. Ewing said that he would have voted Tor
the admission OF California unless these other ques-
lions could have been settled but IL was question alto
gether OF expedency and not constitutional question
The North gave non-interven,ion and fugitive bill
and we voted for California
In connection with this part Of the subject Mr. Ewing
noticed the Mexican ordinance He said that this obIec.
ton Of its being force thought TO be in force
mere shadow. Congress cannot legislae for shadows.
To have repealed would have been violation OF
intervention and then that slavery may some day exist
in these Territories is incidentally recognised and pro-
vided for in the fugitive BILL and in other ways The
treaty of Guadalupe Hdalgo does not recognise single
Mexican law. The common law was established in
these countries and the Mexican ordinance was asol
ished surely ss was their right to make religion test