The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-02-03
the Question VI shs Day


The National Inteugencer came out Yesterday with
Of its tremendously long articles. and il is devoted to
the ominous Eua ofhe Day" Il consists Of more than
seven mortal columns We have waded through it and
whilst we have neither time. space, nor inclination to
anayzs various positions. yet consider due to the
great order Of the day to give few cursoy structures
to the theme which it discusses.
One Of the objections which strikes us at the first
glance is. that it is TOO a.e We have appealed to the
National Iatsgsneeh from time to tme for nearly two
years past to grasp the subject and present its own
views upon IT, We have warned it about the dangers
Of the Wlmot Provso We have pointed out the flames
which about to attack its own hearthstone in the
District Of Columbia. We have respectfully warned its
editors and he rest Of mankind Of the danger OF electng
man to the presidency who has permitted his friends to
cajole both sections Of the country for their votes and
has refusedio come out boldly and declare his views Of
the Wmo Proviso. He minated his purpose to sacrifice
his constitutional yeto il were arrest The progress
Of fanaticsn yet the National Intsgeneer refused to
protest against his election Its editors adhered him not
withstandng and they opposed the election Of another
candidate who would have arrested the public excitement
by the exercise Of the veto The President still declines to
avow his opinions. YET his organ still clings to his
equivocating and diatory policy; and now, when the
storm has continued to increase, amid the "masely in
activity" Of the cabinet and its organ. we are sauted with
long Official article-about matters and things in gen.
eral-not calculated to suggest any available RENE
dy, or to pour oil upon the tempestuous waves.
We have no disposition to cast censurc upon our
contemporary; but it does appear to US very extraord-
nary, that it is only when we are approaching the
hact Of the drama this able and influential press should
speak for the first time The eleventh hour is at hand
when the argument is almost exhausted-and when ap-
peas 10 the chronicles Of the past scarcely effective
address the understanding amidst the excitement OF the
scene; and yet is that for the first tme the organ
Of the administration raises its voice in vain.
The appeal Of the National Integesr is not only too
late to have its full effect but il is not frank and bold
enough to suit the crisis.
Long as its article is, we read il attentively trusting
until we approached the end. to frank disclosure
from the principal organ of the administration OF its views
touching the Wmo Proviso. But in this expectation
we were mistaken. The Inteli,gencer adheres to its
position Of noncommittasm upon that points and while
pretends in the fourth column Of its article, to make
full profession Of faith, limits itself to the declaration
that slavery the southern States left by the constu
ton exclusively under the control of the States in which il
exists and that the rights Of the South shave been invaded
in every instance Of legislation by whatever State gov
eminent which interposes obstacles to the execution
within its limits Of the third clause Of the second section
Of the fourth article Of the constitution which provides
for the surrender Of fugitive slaves Here il stops short
and remembers to forget that the great question which
caused the present alarming condition Of affairs the
Wlmot Proviso and the power Of Congress to prohibit
slavery in the Territories Of the United States The VIII
mot Provso is not even mentioned and the whole ques.
n Il. H..
remark 1t seems that the time has not come when it
shah Be revealed which portion Of the Union cheat
ed in the election Of General Taylor.
The plain intent and meaning Of the National Intsii-
gsno 10 to condemn the convention of slaveholding
States proposed to be held at Nashville in June next
The propey Of holding that convention do not
sder open question to be discussed at this time We
regard the matter already settled by those who have
right under the constitution to settle it We be.
isve that the people Of the southern States are as
firmly attached to this Union--yea, more so than the
editors Of the National Integeneer They have many
memories in the past which bind them the people OF the
North They never forget the days when the men Of
the South and Of the North forth together against
common oppressor, their blood minglng as ran on
the battlefield They know that at Monmouth and
Bunker Hill, al Trenton and Brandywine, at Camden
and Euaw, and at Yorktown the bones Of southern men
and OF northern moulder in the same grave. They
remember those things and they cherish them in their
memories, and they feel the strong ties Of common
language, Of common religion, and Of a common
ancestry.
yield TO no man in devotion to this glorious Union
The cardinal points Of faith have been the rights Of
the States and the Union Of the States We have cherish
ed this Union dear to "he ruddy drops that warm
our hearts, but that Union must be maintained in the
same spirit in which II was formed II must be preserved
by Cancellation, concession, and compromise II is now In
imminent danger, and repeat what we said but the
other day:
With such convictions upon our minds we sbould be
false 10 patriotism and our duty the people, not TO en-
press fears, and to invoke counymen to conoa
ton and compromise, by which the dangers which every
believes the Union may be aver,ed He In
traitor the Union who stsuch crisis the present fold,
his arms ndgrsvey his countymcn there !. no
danger We believe, h the people Of tho United States
could realize and comprehend the extent Of the dangers
which beses the Union. they would not HESITATE in the
spirit Of our revolutionary fathers take immediate
ures them by reasonable and honorable compro
mise Of extreme opinions on sl sides.
The National Inisilgsnesr begns to confess the exist
ence Of this DANGER else we should not have had This
elaborate lecture Of more than columns II sees
the movements that made towards the meeting Of
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