The republic., 1851-01-02

in question The early and uniform popularity of
this measure Is beyond denial nor ia this calcu-
lated to excite the least surprise, since its adoption
was warmly recommended to Congress by two for
mer admnstrations--Mr Polk's and Gen. Tay-
| lors; and since the people of that remote part OF
the republic possessed peculiar claims to our sym
pathetic regard, not less by reason of their propn
guilty of blood and lineage, than that cruel depr-
vaton ofall government, which they had been fated
so long to endure The territorial governments for
Utah and New Mexico were both based upon the
| great principle of non. intervention, which has
now become one of the fundamental articles in the
creed OF the Union party of the Nation. In the
acts establishing these governments is to be found
no restrictive clause in regard TO African slavery
! The people of each Territory allowed to regu-
late this delicate matter for themselves at the pc
riod OF their admission into the Union, which ad
mission is not clogged with any condition whatso-
ever that would prevent their coming i'll at an
appropriate time upon footing with the older
States of the Confederacy. The act providing
for the settlement of the Texan and New Mexi-
can boundary question was one OF indispensa
! BILE necessity, without which civil war and con-
sequent destruction OF the Union could not proba-
| bly, have been avoided, and the constitutionaty
! of which has never yet, SO far as ! am informed,
been any where seriously controverted By il
question definitely settled which would
doubtless have given rice to much conflicting opn-
ion among the jurists of the country-as in fact, 1t
had done already y-and have been produc of long
continued and vexatious controversy III court also.
cannot perceive that either the South the North
il seriously wronged by the running OF this line in
the manner provided by Mr. Pearce's BILL and it is
| undoubtedly true that both Texas and New Mexico
are more than content with the action OF Congress
upon this subject. The act abolshing the slave
depots in the District of Columbia, and prohibiting
the bringing of slaves into the same as merchan-
| disc, is just such an act as ought to have passed
thirty years ago, and which, if Mr.. Randolphs
counsel had been duly respected, would have been
part of the law of the land whilst he still Wig
orous and influential me mber OF the National Legis
lature. The act referred to, in fact, is mere
police regulation, such many of the slave States
have themselves long since provided for their own
| security, and which in ts operation cannot by pos-
sibiity do the smallest detriment to any human
being upon the face of the globe. The Fugitive
Slave bill is only compliance on the part Of Con-
gress with one of the plainest and most imperative
provisions Of the Constitution; one, indeed, with
out the insertion of which il ID than probable
the Govern ment itself would never have enjoyed
potential existance for one instant.
shall not at present cxpatiate upon this fruitful
topic. 1t has been often debated in your hearing,
and the law under consideration has been vindica-
ted trlumphantly, both here and elsewhere through
| out the free States of the North, by Of the
ablest jurists and soundest patriots to whom the
country has yet given birth do not in the least
degree doubt tina this law will be faithfully enforced
by those entrusted with the administration of JUS
| tce among you and know that if extraordinary
aid shall be at any time necessary to the vigorous
and successful execution of judi ial process, the
President Of the United States will be ready and will
ling TO put IN exercise for this purpose all the power
with which he has been invested by the Consttu-
! ton. Indeed, feel bound in Justice to say, that
the President and his Cabinet advisers deserve, in
my Judgment, to receive the cordial thanks of the
whole country for their firm, dscreet, and truly pa
triotic conduct amidst the difficult circumstances
which surrounded them; and cannot in the least
degree doubt that they will be sustained in their
commendable endeavors vindcate the dignity of
the laws and to rescue the Republic from menaced
overthrow, by every true patriot in the Republic.
When upon visit To the far southwest recently,
ventured, Ill terms OF temperate commentator,
| (such as ! thought it became to employ 10
speak of certain traits which believed to belong to
the character OF the Chief Magistrate Of the nation;
and | did not hesitate to give assurance to the
friends of the Union, with whom had intercourse,
that MIR. Fillmore might be con tdently relied upon
as man who was altogether incapable of disre
garding his official Obligations, and who would be
sure to see the laws faithfully executed. by whom
soever their iniraction might be attempted. His
first annual message has since made its appear
ancc, and those who have read that document, and
have observed the bearing and demeanor of the
President since, will admit that did not do him
more than justice in advance Of the through
which he has since passed. The effects of his deci
sive action have begun TO show themselves in the
most striking manner, and the healing counsels
which he SO seasonaby administered in his mes
sage, have already more or less assuaged the
cor of sectional animoeity and curbcd the licen
ousness OF the leaders OF faction, that, without
exaggeration, may well say OF him
-.'Celsa sedet Kous arce
Sceptra tenens: molletque animos ct temperat iras
Citizens of Philadelphia! Fellow conntrymen
Of the venerable Keystone State of the Union in
obedience 10 your gracious invitation, have come
hither from the Capitol of the Republic, and from
scenes of excitement and toll to hold frank and
patriotic commune with you upon the great ques-
tions which have so long and so unhappily dis
turbed the public quiet.
Allow me, in conclusion, to offer few respectful
suggestions in regard to the course proper to be
pursued by all, if we desire TO give permanency
TO those peaceful and kindly relations which are
now happily springing into new vitality among US,
and to Danish forever from our midst those hideous
evils with which have been 80 fearfully menaced
for many months past Believe me- it will not do TO
tam nt ma hay her.f
with this irritating and perious question of slavery.
1t will not be SAFE hereafter to engage in attempts
TO obtain Legislation of any kind whatever at the
hands OF Congress upon this delicate and dangerous
subject. Iperfecuy agree with what said the
other day by one of the most gifted of the
New England, IN speech which does equal honor
10 his heart and To his head. | perfectly agree
with MIR. Curtis, OF Boston, in the opinion stated
by him, that since the peace OF the last
session of Congress became laws, there is no single
point on which the General Government can touch
the subject of slavery for any practical purposes
without putting the Union in imminent and ex
treme danger" agree with him further in think
ing, THAT there ID now left no single point on
which the Government of the United States can
undertake practically to do any thing on the sub
ect of slavery that will not, in all probability,
dissolution of the Union" Let US them for Hea
vens sake, hereafter refrain from all such danger
Gus experiments, and confine ourselves within the
scope OF our constit utional powers. Let us, faith
fully and iearlessly, carry into effect the whole
scheme of congressional adjustment, in all ts
length and depth, and breadth, and height, and
according to its true intent and meaning-so that
the institutions of our fathers may be perpetuaed
upon earth and the blessings of civil and religious
liberty be secured to ourselves and posterity
forever.
PAINEs GAS LIGHT.-"We are aware" says the
Worcester Spy, hitherto an unbeiever, "that many
readers, seeing this caption, will be ready TO
claim, 'Ah Monsieur Tonson come again y while
others will salute it with that ready rctort,
which ignorance opposes to whatever it docs not
comprehend, the magic word 'humbug Yet we
shall be deferred by no consideration of this kind
from laying before the public facts and considera-
tions such we deem that duty, as faithful |
journalists, requires The Spy describes in detail
the apparatus for making hydrogen gas and pre-
pairing it for illuminating purposes. "We have |
not doubt,' says the Spy, " that it is done pre-
ciscly as is claimed for it, and at expense com
paratveiy nominal The whole examined
under such circumstances as would preclude the |
suppostion OF fraud And tsays, in conc lusion,