Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-08-21
From the National Intelligencer.
.rndivisibilitv of the Union.

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...nlence between MIR WEBSTER and citizen
y Nnrth Carolina whose letter is i'm our hands)
s th< question of the right of any State at its mere
:r INA Measure, to withdraw from the Union.
III was the language of WASHINGTON, that the
r,r;c, ssconshtutes us one Government Sach
ssre he doctrinc and the language Of the t'atf-
70 of the Republic The Government was TWEEN
J. g ,sars old before the notion was pualickly
y.,oywed. and then with general reproba.ion. Of
~ r;sht Of . State to withdraw from the Union.
: The letter Of Mr. WEBSTER 10 his North Caro-
- correspondent reminds us that we have seen
a. name of the late NATHANIEL MACON, o.
Gorth Carolina. cited as fasering the idea oil the
I'M Of any State to break up the Union We
hsre heard him, on different occasions, express
mianruare as strong as ever flowed from tie bps
Imam opinions directly the reverse Of this.
~ilne of these occasions our memory enables ns
rely to refer to. II was that OF Debate in
~ House OF Representatives in March, 1912,
!, IN occasion or the reception and disposition
- Message from the President Of the United
cs.tes. transmitting to that body a series Of pa
s.rs (the Commission and correspondence Of
lam Henry, British Agent) providing, in the
,saosage Of Mr. Madison, that then receat PEE
,oS whilst the countries were still at peace, "a
ssrret AGENT Of the British Government was en-
,Ioy-pA i, certain States in foneatnr disatisfac-
sapt
wi IN ;ntrirues with the dsafectctl for the pur-
rose 81 bringing about resistance to The laws,
ri arentnaly, in concert with British force.
"A des;roying the Union, and forming TIE East
avn mart there cf into political coaReXion With
Great Britainv This exposition. rs NAV be con-
ir.;ysd produced great excitement, IN and oat
il Congress. No one believed the persons in
New England with whom Henry heii commmi-
ratioa. had any thought OF ''secesS;oa" from the
Tn;on. though soe,e of their public writers had
,s,5s NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of what thew Monlti do
W., from feeling that this disclosure reflected
ANN them in some degree, some of the cd Fed
e.al party in Congress resented il, whilst Others
.ia.tzI 10 rid:caie the Whole matter; upon w,l,ca
aemoastra.i MS of feeling old Mr WipGERV--sce
then thought hm otd---f.om down Easc qaated,
,yans, those who naasle them, the Old saying
among euners, that .'you may know tna wounded
nigeons BIZ their fat!taiagn Towards the close
81 his Debate. The veteran patriot from North
r,rolina took part III it. IL a speech reported IN
the National lntellisencef of March u, 1of2, /
fromwhichw ne quote so much rs shows wAatwas
III opinioa Of the iuyiolabljiy sc The Union, and
i thc conaac. o. those wao saol,a coas,ira to
Dissolve it,
.aIf Macon said tbs was one Of those debates
which sometimes arose IN the House. in wach all
were on one side oil the question. Sotalas eaa
be more true thaakat these papers do prove thai
Great Britain has notyet ceased her attempts 10
disturb the peace OF this nation. In this case, g
man who had seen in the service Of this Govern
ment: preferin- the British. was whist IA Canada
engaged BIZ Coy. Craig % 60 into part OF his
counfry 10 eadeayor To procure division ot the
uaon. Mr. NJ. said he had four years aso stated
thai both Great Britain and France had ag,utS
in this coaatry. Had they not had them IN other
coantries? They had ;.a.,a he cited Holland y
particular instance.
.sThe Constitution {saia Mr. Nd il tcauarl
on the Union of these States, ami (it | may BE- al
lowed 10 use q word once fashionable) on THE
iyplvfsIBIGrTT OF THE EMPIRE. And what was
the object of Great Britain? For what did she
employ this man? To separate the Un!oa 10
destroy the Constitution, The greatest worA cf
the greatest men OF this couatry has pyod3ceG.
Sir, | was almost struck with horror, when
such documents were reading, to sec thata any man
could laugh at them. Iaey expose an attempt,
not to stab an individual, bit Is stab a natio2."
.Iunders.ood enough Of the papers, as read, 10
know that he, Henry was an agent OF the Brit
nh Government, sent here to sow dlsaaion, and
that was enough for me. So ioag ~ we are
goyeraad by interest, mutual VANS OF BY COM
mon sense. SO long snail wc continue united. We
are placed in situation that We clgat to love
each other, anu we always should. ID not olg
mad passions sometimes run away Tt,a uS, OQs
part of the nation delights in usiag the sea: az
other in agriculture; we ought never to dreaa, o.
a.sepacahoa.a
Correspondence bgtteeea u GeaitsarR IL Nora
Cursaniaa and itT He2&tGr.
Hon. DANIEL WERsTER:
Deer Sir: The question os the r2sht o. Il Safe
70 seeds from the Union is, rs Won are dc latieSs
aware, producing at this time. N this part of the
Ua:on, no iacaas;derabe degree OF excitement.
And as il is question IN whica every free Anar-
can IS directly concegae9--l qr2stol upon which
every free American saoald b. correctly nform-
ed, as upon lis decision MAJ depeaj TIL feature
and happiness ar misfortune aud r'.a
of this great co,lntry--ana believing a. 10 that,
from voar intimate acquaintance A4ta ta2 prln-
cipes unoa which oar GesG"ala2n' il based, and
the operation Of all is macfigarv. you are eatire-
w competent to give upon this as Haaa all o'hes
gaest:ons of a ike character. correct nfo7ma ion:
and being anxious myself, is Macy Others are
10 possess correct views with regard 10 tlss H.
lect, desire YOU, valuable as kGov y2ag ;iaie
10 be. 70 devote a moment in giving an answer 10
Inc following interGogatorg:
!. Do yoa belize ta&t q State hos r.s,.. % s.
cale fsom the Ua;oa.a
Ry answering this question. str, YOU viii con-
for favor on many of voMc conntrrnan here,
who believe rs | do that an opinion oil yoGrs thus
expressed. would 70 very Tar toward qn,etiug the
exciicmsnt that the agitation of this sAhjNet has
Produced in this section of the Unioa.
With profound admiration for your character
as an American citizen,
| am, sir your obedient servant,
July 20, 1851.