The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-03-15

peace. We do hsl tie prospect bsfor. US with great
= = ion TIE rnioa saved usn4uilly re,,orsd, tho
suuliqp experimenting to itsuue principles the beacon
nm once more held ~ 70 lores9 nations, and The friends
OF tery longer dsunted and dispiriled by the ship
wreck Of The only republic IN the world,
And now, before drop the pen. have announce
the interesting fact that the Washington letter. which
turned the attention OF the legislature Virginia 10 the
nisson addressed by General Cass then Score
taIy of War, and tha was written at the instance
tainiy with the concurrence. OF General Jackson
We trust that Virginia will be found where she ,ea.
thena devoted friend Of the Union well the rights of
the States. dele mined strike the star spansed
banner until every constitutional has been
ed for saving her right. well the Union she
will set her face again she did then, against nufca
non, or southern confederscy disunion until she is
compelled 10 choose, as Mr. jefferson says, between .gov
eminent without Limitation OF powers and separation
from her sisters thar she will watch with equal
her own rights, as we'll this glorious Union that
when any OF her sister States should seek madly
ifom their spheres, she, well North Carolina and
the Keystone State and the Empire State and States
viii be iound ready cooperate together In renon
persusding eneatng their sister Stale preserve The
Union, IL possible consistently with obligations
constitution and her rights. #&
These are the conclusions TO which we arrived in Au-
gust last We adhere to them still We say frankly, in the
spirit which we hope becomes American patriot-as
citizen, too, OF the Southas the of that old noble
unterrihed Commonwealthrha the time of action has
now come. We appeal, then, to her legislature act,
and not 10 adjourn, without sending forth four FIVE of
her most distinguished citizens the mission OF peace
She owes it to herself. To the South to the whole
Union. Let her invite similar commissioners to be sent
from other States. to be ready 10 repair TO Columbia
when the legislature of South Carolina shall assemble
there in December That body ia fix the time for
the convention 10 meet whose delegates have just been
elected. aad large proportion Of whom are seces-
sionists.
This mediation one OF the great conservative prnci
pies of the constitution Each State is constituent part
Of the great conederacy, and each State has right to
demonstrate with every other State upon the course
which they shall pursue in regard to the common inter-
es,s. Each partner may properly interfere with every
other partner in the concerns OF the partnership
If this course be not pursued, what then Shall the
federal government draw the sword upon South Caro-
lna force. blockade her ports send troops to CO.
cree the State Then, what might be the conseq
A sympathy might be created among the contigu-
southern States Such the excitable character of
the public mind. such the danger into which the whole
subject might run, that every available experiment
ought to be made to avert the and to save
this glorious Union
Vginia-the FIRST of the southern States-whose exam
pie has always exercised powerful influence over all
the other Sates-whose counsels have been equally
regulated BY moderation and 6rmness-whose principles
are stable as the hills-and whose muster roll en-
braces galaxy OF some OF the greatest whom this
country has produced whether the cabinet or the
feld-should not fold her arms in apa'hy, but should
come forth in the defence OF those State rights and that
noble Union which have been always emblazoned
together upon her banner We appeal to her. therefore,
with heart in hand, in the free spirit that becomes free
to forth, TO lead the way, and by her high pre-
cepts and her imposing example contribute once more
TO 'ranquze the country. by warning the North. and
arresting South Carolna in her mad career