The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-12-30

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guard them against those voen, and oppressive factions
military establishments which gradually poison lis
very fountan-if. in word the Union be essential 10
ferrous TO urge objection government. without
which the objects of the Union cannot be attained, thai
such government derogate the oi
The governments Of the individual States Was then the
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and the hard earned substance OF millions lavished, not
safety but hat The governments OF The individual States
that particular municipal estab bshments-might enjoy
mites and aurbnIes Of sovepe,sns We have heard 81
the imPous doct'ne in the Old World that the people
were made for kings not kings for the people Is the same
doctrine 10 be revived in the New in another shape that
the solid happiness OF the people 10 be sacrificed TO the
views Of the political nsiirutonsol different form u is
100 early ior politicians TO presume on our forgetting that
Inc public good,he Iea, welfare OF the gtea, body OF The
form OF government Whatever has amy other value than
the plan OF The convention adverse 10 The public appiness
my voice would be, reject the plan Werethe Union itse
the Union In like manner, as far as the sovereignty Of
the States cannot be reconcied the happiness Of the
ier be sacrificed to the latter How the sacrifice is
say has been shown How far the nnsaerhoed residue
Will be endangered IS the question before us"
II is possible may be asked what remedy Mr. Madi
son proposed in case of intolerable oppression He
himself has furnished the answer He understood well
that possible for case 10 arise which it would
become the duty OF State resort 10 revolution but he
never dreamed OF secession a remedy. II
CURED TO him that there could be such thing peace
ton was fresh in his memory, and he understood
method OF destroying government but by force of arms
His remedy Tor oppression plainly expressed in the 46h
| number oil the Federalis:
"But mbous encroachmens of the federal governmen,
on the authority OF the State governments would excite
would be signals of general alarm. Every government
would espouse the common cause correspondence would
spirit would animate and conduct the whole The
combination, in Short would result from apprehension
yoke and unless the proec,ed innovations should be vol
unfairly renonnce ths same appeal 70 trial Of force would
be made In the one case as was made in the other"
These were the opinions of Mr. Madison. They are
the opinions OF every of TIE sages TO whose teachings
we have been accustomed 10 lock Tor advice IN times o
President, the views OF General Jackson. They have
been Too recently read IN the hearing OF the Senate.
need not repeat to you the opinions OF Mr. Jefferson.
need repeat you the opinions of any OF the dsn.
gushed men who have departed from amongst
Sometimes, il is true that in some of their writings the
word secession, something equivalent to IL is used
believe Mr.. Jefferson used the word. la one
place only he used the word !" SESSION do not recol
lect 10 have the word secession" in any of his
writings Sometimes from the natural belief resting upon
their minds that there could be but mode OF destroy
ing established government, and that by revolution
they may have used words which by forced construc
ton may give some FEASIBILITY TO the doctrine OF seces.
4 sion but always IN tracing II out you ascertain that
when they speak OF breaking up government, they
4 mean revolution
Let us suppose however. that the right exists Wha,
is there in present condition to Justify resort TO ii
The OF heaven shone upon happier land
than this There is no, an individual in lis WIDE limits
who specify single essential right OF which he has
been deprived Here every seat himself beneath
his own vine and his own hg tree and looking around
monarch in all the earth who dare lay his hand upon
the smallest article of property about me-" When his little
infant climbs upon his kneewhen he feels It's young
BREATH swee,er than the odo of rose leaves tanning his
cheek, how proud must be the reflections which swell
his bosom he remembers that he too will grow up
with unshackled limbs that him. all others in
this happy land the road every honor and every emo
Il ls n fuf
when that little paue shall sway the desiines OF the
mighest nation on the globe. And for what we
asked to exchange all this For what asked
give away this present peace-this future hope For
the march OF armies and the roar OF cannon For the
hoarse drum and the pealing trumpet. For night Of
and darkness, in which yell and groan and prayer,
and curse the death shot, the shrek of the virgin and
the wall OF the infant will rise mingling up to Heaven
Let il be remembered, too that we are invited to this
banquet OF bloodo this scene oil desolaon and horror
by senator of the Union-by one who has taken
oath support the constitution which binds together
stain the Evangeliss with blood, have heard that
there those who, from envy, or hate, or avarce.
could deliberately swear away the HE oil fellow being,
and this is crime which all mankind have held in unds-
sembed horror Blu, what is II when you contrast its
effects with the wide desolaton dsunon would produce
Brother aIrayed against bro,her the raising fra,ri
cidal hand against the father happy homes and smiling
harvest giving place 10 wasted fields and smoking ruins
the church itself becoming den OF vice and immortality,
and blasphemy of the living God rising even with the
incense OF the altar Sir, envy neither The head the
heart of that man whose genius leads him TO become
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participant in scenes like these.
| Mr.. President, il not my fortune to agree with
those patriotic men who framed the Compromise.
doubted its healing effects but when differing from
them respected their motives, and felt that Rome, IN its
proudest day. assembled Senate OF loer intellect
or puer patriotism But now, sir, when the work is
compshed and its good effects visible everywhere,
bow 10 their superior wisdom and only ask the humble
privilege of assisting to maintain it unimpsred
II is argument against the Compromise that II has
not been everywhere acquiesced in at and without
question. When the ocean has been agaied by tenn
pest the waves not subside in hour So II Is with
The human mind when has been agitaied and excited
by angry discussions requires time to dspe preudices
and remove animosies. Those preudces and those
animosities are dispensing far rapidly than anci
paed and every lover OF liberty ought TO congratulate the
nation on the auspicous result But few months since
darkne and gloom hung the land The most san
eune among us looked forward the future with dread
and apprehension but thank God the clouds are nearly
dispersed Through that dark vista messenger OF peace
has winged its glorious way, and thousands OF rejoicing
songs are already rising the air Yet little longer,
and the land of Washington will be redeemed from ana-
chy the eye of the pilgrim will again turn hther not IN
doub, and terror but 10 hope and joy and from p TO p
Throughout, the whole land will swell the glad chorus,
10 tTiumphe 10 umphe y" the republic is sale, and
the banner Of the free more floats beneath an uh
clouded sky
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