The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-12-28

aAe senator has thought proper 10 speak OF the sym
paiuy between aboiitionlss and myself II seems that
ne observed that when the senator from New Hampshire
Mr HALE passed some OF his witticisms here, laughed
and that laugh. like :. Lord Burleighs nod" meant a
great deal Well. sir like to laugh and confess that
when the senator from New Hampshire, Or what is bet
and extraordinary wit. do laugh, hecause. illumi.
nafd by It's coruscailons, cannot help it, But seems
ina he perceived also some political corporation and
sympathy between u.s. The other day the senator from
New Hampshire up here and expressed his cordial
appreciation OF the compromise doctrines OF the senator
from Mississippi; the from Mississippi had said
ha The South bad got all that they claimed by his Com
promise The senator from New Hampshire Immediately
closed hands with him. and said Yes, you have got
all The sought TO ioment the North the other 10
subject the South After that exhibition of fatenal
operation aud sympathy should have supposed that the
senator from Mississippi would have been proud of
ha harmony 10 allow others TO within its sacred
spell Who praises the Union than the senator from
Mississippi Who praises IT more than the aboltonisls
why, here is the senator from Ohio Mr. CHAsE,l who
at lhe last session OF Congress pronounced euogy on
heUlion worthy Of the from Mississippi himself
he said was like the heavens above TO fall
He did not remind us however, that from the heavens
sometimes descend Hoods and empests, which desolae
The land Here too with HIM, the senator from New
York, Mr. SEwARp.l with whom he dimes; and the
ator from Massachusetts, IMr. SUMNER and all The
abolition senators, who ready with their eoquence to
swell the haleluiahs of the senator from Mississippi TO
the Union They know that the Union is their necessary
instrument to overthrow slavery in the South. They 60,
oo with the senator in his consolidation doctrines.
They wish TO enlarge the powers of this government TO
reach southern slavery. AS the whole abolition political
heIesy sprung up from consolidation of course they
will most lovingly embrace the senator, with General
Jackson's proclamation the great democratic abol
ton constitutional platform. The senator especially
brings 10 the notice OF the Senate editorial in the Union
newspaper in which II is asserted not only that General
Jackson wrote the pIocamalion-every word Of ilbut
that is be adulterated by Mr. Blas explanations
The abotlonsts want the thing just is, that they
may, in the first place, have the power to assa slavery
by the general government second that when they assa
il they may e up their northern adherents by declaring
that the South whch has got all claims and lastly
they want southern man who will swear the thing
Thus consolidation northern aggression, and southern
submission move harmoniousy together and the
from Mississippi and the abolonists cooperate in the
grand drama OF African emancipation by the action OF the
general government They co-parois together, with
this difference, however, that the senator by far the
greatest patriot OF Them all He will do more Tor the
cause of abolition IN one year than Garrison, Tappan,
Co can do in twenty He said yesterday that he for
the Union all hazards OF course, then, he is for the
Unon with emancipation. There is ally just of
the kind these abolitioniss desire. Yet he
OF an affinity with The abollions,s because laugh,
have expressed the opinion that the fugitive slave law is
unconstitutional ! think that this law is both uncons
utiona and gives the aboonsls advantages the cons
tuition does not besow. Ii their own Slate authorities
bound 10 surrender up fugitive slaves they
fugitive criminals, in my opinion our facility for
recovering fugitive slaves would be greatly increased
But The Supreme Court has said otherwise; and have
said bow 10 the decision OF the Supreme Court. My
opinion therefore, is an abstraction but is his conso
dalton policy abstracon-or his desperate unionism,
all nslrumentaes in the straight road Of practical
abolItonism, Yet he charges me with afinlies and
socations with abolonists-l who propose to resist and
cut loose from themand by laying before the people OF
the North the only form which now destroy them,
The Of the Union and should this fail, then TO cast
them out forever from all political ASSOCIATION with
he charges me with the sympathy Of aboiionisis!
The senator from Mississippi Mr. FooTEl says that II
he TO attempt TO declare for secession as have done,
upon the floor OF the Senate, or 10 say do anything
which mig ht overthrow The government il exists, " hist
his tongue would be parayzed, his conscience
would shrink back with horror in his bosom! And why
is this sir? Because he II would be inconsistent, II
seems, with his position a senalo-a part OF the gov
eminent Inconsistent with his oath 10 support the
constitution Now, in the first place, do not think this
has heretofore been the oi the senator from Mis-
sssippi. [Mr, FooTE Whenever he is very violent IN
impugning any course, only watch him little while, and
you will find that is because he has practised il before
himself That is very much the here Did not the
but yesterday this floor declare that he got up
both the Mississippi convention and the Nashville con-
posed the Nashville convention. put forth an address 10
The people of the southern States The National inte-
gencer of this city, quoting the paragraph shall read
convention and southern confederacy and the senator
got up here, and IN Offering his Mississippi resolutions
and the address, defends and supports them upon the floor
Mir FOOTE | declared that it was a Union docu-
MIR. RHETT will read what this address says and
what he says and then the Senate can decide what sort oil
Union document II 10.
He read 10 The Senate the following words from the
address of the people of Mississippi 10 the people OF the
southern States:
Beside and beyond a popular convention of the south
ern States with the and the hope OF suestlng the
OF aggression and Il not practicable then 70 concern
rate South H undertaking and action the con-
venton OF Mississippi suggested as the possible ultimate
resort call by the legislature. OF the assaed States OF
sill more solemn nventionsIuch should be regularly
elected by the people Of those Staesto debeate speak
with all the sovereign power Of the people Shoul,
in the result such conventions be called and meet they
may lead TO like regularly constituted convention OF all
the assaed provide In the last Tor their
separate welfare, By The formation Of compact ~ UHion
such crisis, in the language OF Madison, one spift VIII
animate and conduct the whole "
Such are the words and the senator from Mississippi
not content read them, undertakes TO expound wbls
endorsing them. Tie says:
"If in these important points, the North should prove
unwilling to do ustce-whch Heaven forbd-it the OF
fcnsive menaced (our exclusion from our Ter
rtoes shall be adopted and the grievances already con
essedy inflicted shah remain unrcdresed then the south
en States will assemble IN convention to consult for theii
safety and welfare; and II Justice shal suil be win
held all ciiic and constitutional exPcdlens have
been tried in van why then the southern states may lee
be Duty forced npon them, needing ~ t as
rstort from the Union,'
! There is secesson advocated in the last resort and
nobody advocated il upon any other terms There is
southern confederacy proposed by the Mssisspp con-
venton and supported by that senator, as last resort
and nobody proposed it in any other contingency. wal
a destinct declaration to this effect deprive us OF oo
Territories and give redress, and we VIII seceot
from the Union, and sci up southern conederacy,
Mr. FOOTE, After all pacific and constitutional
means had been resorted TO in vain
/ Mr. RHErT. do not what qualihcaiions The
senator makes They do not alter his position lie sup
ported FIRST the proposition, that in certain contingency
most probable and which did occur there should be
southern congress, which the southern States should
appear their sovereign capacity, and should seeed,