The primitive Republican., 1851-04-03
z a0Nl'tNe NOt tttyIltJiss 1ytIF1 sstI G
Great Union Meeting.


Great Union Me citing
In accordance with a previous call for thai
hrpose, meeting of the citizens of Lowndel
Suntv, friendly to the preservation of ON
|esent union, aud disposed to abide by tllS
Compromise measures of the Congress
he Il. S.. took place at the. Court HOUSE
liz town of Columbus, on 4 tuesday the 18th
John 4 Connell ESQ, was called e
hair, and Charles III. Morse was apPoln-
ecretary.
assuming the position assigned MN,
Cornell submitted to the audience q
but pertinent and foreible explanation
q objects for which they were convened.
sa,ns s,lxs sre,.e ,inFsubstance as follows
~ have assembled here, fellow citizens,
Eject a more perfect .organlzaeloh ol .s,le = 9
on party; and to appoint DELEGATES TO tue
htict Convention to be held at 6reensboro,
4be Union State Convention at Jackson
he first Monday in May next, and the
saction of such other business as may be
he'd necessary.
I'M trust that our efforts in behalf Of our
atrv viii be crowned with success; and
tho ITSIoN of our fathers, the UNION of
sbincton and jackson will be preserved in
INTEGRITY, and handed down as the richest
hcy to posterity. | battle IN this cause
h zeal and confidence; am for the Union
IA the Constitution as Il Is. Here are our
eguards-here are. the bulwarks for the
teetion of the rights Of the South :
Nice Chancellor Dickinson then came for
I'd, and, presenting the resolutions which
h be found below, advocated their adoption
IAN address, characterized by great clear
IS and force of reasoning, and breathing
most fervent and resolute devotion to the
Hhion and Constitution of his country. seThe
eculiar position he said, 'swhich he occu-.
led before the public, operating upon his
snse of delicacy and propriety, had, Tor sew.
Val years past, restrained hln- IRON taking
hv part in the political discussions which:
ad heretofore engaged the minds and enlis-
ed the feelings of his fellow citizens; but.
.rcumstances had changed, events of fearful.
moment were in progress, and crisis, in his
pinion, had arrived, when it was the solemn
uty of every lover of his country to lose all
hought of self IN his solicitude for her veal,
nd spurning all personal considerations, to
Iromulgate, with unselfsh and uncalculating
|oldness, his honest convictions in regard to
he great questions of the day. Thus view
hg his responsibility as an American citizen,
|e came forward, resolved to fling himself
Ito the great conflict which was beginning to-
waged around him, and to battle with all
le energy which heaven had endowed him
/ what he believed the emperilled cause of
bth and patriotism, the Constitution and
|e Union. In his opinion, there existed no.
hquate cause for the dissolution of the
hion The series of enactments called the
bmpromise measures, when viewed in con-
lction with all the circumstances under
Ihieh they were passed, he regarded as a.
ise and an honorable adjustment of the cx-
ting difficulties which had been pending
tween the two great sections of our confed-4
lacy, and, as such, ought to be cheerfully
Equiesccd in, and faithfully adhered to by
lery true friend of our common country.
e knew nothing which had been the subject
i such gross and perScvering misrepresenta-
on, aud of such malignant abuse rs these
measures. Agitators laboring
infame to madness the sectional jealousies
i the south and north, had depicted 1t III
Drm and earb so horrific, that, unless cor
ected, the compromise would become the
ftcnt wortl-the favor;te bugbcar, with
Fitch the nurses of the land would alarm
beir infant charges, and frighten the refrac-
rv iuto peace and ticeility. But gross IN
lsticc had been done to it. When the tu-
\ ait Of sectional passion should subside and
G minds Of the people be prepared fer an
lpaTtial contemplation of the great plan OF
justmcnt, it would tower aloft with proud
sc-cmincncc among the noblest monuments
n enlightened craftsmanship and patriotism :
he speaker then proceeded to show that it
N Is far more favorable to the rights and in
rests of the slaveholding states than it was
A Inerally represented or believed to be
N ie assertion that it left the Mexican laws
4 d ordinances, and with the rest those abol-
N ing slavery, unrepealed in the newly ac-
ired territories, was frequently made, and
Id been the theme of much fiery and heroic
eclamation. But clause in the territorial
! lis, which he read, expressly extended over
bese territories, the Constitution of the T.
He then read and commented on that
krtion of the territorial bills, organized the
! bdicial system Of the territories, and also,
certain portions of the fugitive slave law,
Hlich he contended clearly recognized the
ght to hold slaves In the territories, and
AXE provisions for that contingency, favora-
e to the protection of that species of pro-
krty The principle of protection being
us recognised, it xould be consistent with
adjustment, to pass additional laws as
d ~ might be demanded, should the soil and
hate invite slave labor
4 In the wide range of his elaborate and able
lress, he discussed, separately and collec-I
4 Ely, all the various enactments comprised
the adjustment scheme, and commended
IN to the sanction and the acquiesence of
audience. But the peculiar circumstan-
under which they became the laws Of the
d, and especially the fearful and imminent
lis from which they had rescued our ma
bal union and government, invested themH
b far more potent attractions for the heart
patriotic citizen, than the intrinsic merits |
hich they themselves possessed When
|puds Of midnight blackness shronded our
itical horizon with the pail Of an irnpene-
N Die gloom, when the fereest elements of
Mitical faction and disorder. roIaacad fra,,,