The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-05-07
ing learn ia what way the Courier expects the catastfo
phe will be ayertod The following extract from that
oil lah October last dou IS contains the specific

ing learn in what way the Courier expects the czaso-
phe Will be ayered The following extract from that
paper oil sh October last doubtless contains the specific
/" Had We been 70 Congress Of the since
passed ana intendsd To safety the Soah would have
eeived our yote-no matter how cordially approve Of
i hs as me cry OF ai.anoa was heard IA our
believe that those who to il are serious in
entertaining such intentions but II seousf they really
Iuyit fhls Union is be thus disembsfed,
rao,, 70 the uoon % be thus dealt with. Our language
your idle mpadenr and lie threats hen, aud
p .o o saa any measure Of CON PROMISE pass Ins
our lhdsnen', Tho tims has arrived when those who
and b. made ssl tie consequence. The bare idea
ov war Is horrible 10 eonem plate yeit is nothing in com
seek the dsne UNDERWENT glorious Union may
with the fate they merit, and the folly and madness of any
such experiment be fully exposed and the question BIO for
ever disposed of sincerely hope that whenever this
threat Is again IL fom wlia quarter It may
no impeachment viii be thrown the way of The alienip
conclusion"
Nothing would suit the secessioniss better than the
line OF pocy here marked OUT Tor, m the hTsl place
hey Know mat II would be difficult 10 collect efficient
orce at The North for such purpose; that northern
camp, would perish by disease great numbers and that
The is gun fired by northern troops to bring southern
STATE INTO subsection would rally other southern States
TO The support OF their struggling sister No; this glori
Gus Union was not reared upon such basis upon
such basis can il be sustained. II is Union of com
pact and OF choice and before we swagger about forcing
States back into the Union, il would be well to try so
much OF prevention as is Implied IN keeping our own en-
sagemenls. man who proclams his love Of The Union,
and yet deliberately violates his The faith
OF which the Union rests, either deceves himself in
lends 10 deceive others. Union different from that es
tablished by the national constitution Is not THE Union
Again man who, protesting TO be willing to fulfil his
engagements, objects every practicable OF full
filling them, and does not fulfil them, would do better
justice 10 The other party BY proclaming himself knave
at once. The iugtiveslave law is the result of the
collected wisdom Of the nation, after months of pa
lient effort and inlcrchanges OF opinion between men
OF different sections and parties II is the method Of
carrying out The provision OF the constitution in re-
gard 10 the fugitive aves most acceptable TO northern
men, which III the view OF southern promised 10 be
efficient Tor that object And IT must be perfectly evil
TO candid persons at the North, that if this law were
modified TO suit the views OF aboitioniss and their
conederaes, it would be entirely inefficient to carry out
The stipulation OF the constitution And this believe
be the real purpose and design OF most of those who
object the present law. They wish practically TO null
se surrenderto keep the promise to the ear and break
II 10 the hope" Now this kind Of Punc faith will not
answer. The North are bound 10 meet the question fair
y and squaTeiy and determine whether they will comply
with this important stipulation of the constitution not.
Ii the latter then, for decencys sake let them say
"bou. nn,l'hcaaa 0, secession They are the nuliers
and seceders They have dissolved the Unon by DELHI
eraey violating the compact which created II. II IS
fact perfectly well known and often repeated, that with
could not have been formed To attempt 10 shirk IRON
that provision now either by stralagem force. while
avail ourselves OF all the advantages which the con
tract ourselves rank villany, and breach
of covenant Moreover. we MAINTAIN, and are prepared
10 show that il the American people were to-day placed
IN The position that their fathers were when the con
stituiion-i. G., the Union--was formed, it would be
our duly in the sight 'of God and man, to do
they ddto 10 the insertion of the clause in
regard 10 fugitive slaves Tor the sake ct preventing The
border orays which would otherwise be inevitable, and
those other and united blessings which the
Union brings TO ourselves and mankind, not excepting
the colored This, in view, is not doing evil
that good may The surrender of fugitive slaves is
contrary to Scriptures as we understand them. On
The contrary, we have the example OF Paul in support OF
H. anta
of the present law PARTICULARS, Gasmuch he
surrendered the fugitive without being required 10 do so
by any human law, $50 far as we are aware, and with
waiting Tor him TO be discovered and claimed by his
master Paups conscience must have been very differently
constructed from those OF some OF the abolioniss lie
returned slave TO his master they steal slaves IRON
But to go back to the Courier and Enquirer In
that paper Of Friday is an article repeating subs:an-
italy The doctrines OF the previous one, but with this
exception, that the editors now say they shall oppose
every attempt at repeal of the iugitvesave law. The
whole paragraph reads thus. Cine italics are The
Courer's j
"Tne people have tho right repeal or amend
this which they had make II. This right must bs
admitted or we may as well abandon ali pretensons
publcansn at once But while we insist upon tho right
repeal IT, and look upon denial OF that right as ALB
.urdy and AT war with the constitution ITSELF shalt OPP
po every attempt repeal only unjust the sou,h
out as violation OF Que OF The great compromises upon
repeal possible, and know would be unjust bat we
deny the right of the people to repeal or modify this
any similar law,
When we first read This paragraph we thought il mean,
something; but perceive that does not In perfect
consistency with IL, the Courier may agtate ever so
hercely for essential modhcatioa" the effect OF which
will be Just bad TO agae for repeal since ia either
the wound will be,ppened afresb, and the way pre-
pared for another tredendous excitement, which the
country is not in a condition 10 bear II The Courier in
tended say will sustain the law as Is. and oppose
every attempt repeal modify ii, we shall be most
happy acknowledge the whenever enabled To do
In view, the question VA you sustain the Compro
mise Is, and oppose ats repeal modification y so far
transcends importance any other political question be-
fore the pablo, that neither ought TO be kept out
OF sight in the party arrangements OF the day II is the
question of questions. As 1t shall be answered by the
people generally, so, in opinion, will be answered
The question whether this great repubc-ihs model re-
public-shall continue united and happy or be shorn OF
it's glory and strength For ourselves, go for the
Union is, the Constitution it is, and the Compro
mise it is; and will vote for no man and sustain
no man for any office who have reason to believe
will see TO disturb either And this position occupy
in common with thousands and thousands OF our fellow
citizens who feel that the maintenance of the Compro-
mise in all its parts, without modification evasion, is
essential the harmony If not TO the existence OF the
Union and that party is worthy OF thsir support
which either afraid ashamed its firm adhe-
sion to that important adjustment.
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