The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-02-25

WAsHIssroS. February 81. 1853

Your printed circular oil the nth instant addressed 70
me here has been received IL invites me TO oin you 10
che cslebraon of ihe approaching anniversary OF ash
inc tons Birthday" al Macon, nso'gia, " " a'u
by my ''counsels, and aboye all 10 unite WIN Sou ~
Inv vo1l under Gods providence as the BEST not the
only to,eson OF cherished Union against the dan
grroas a,tacks OF faction and ianaicism" Ii presnma
he that YOU hardly expected me to be III person with you
on The occasion 10 which you feer and as circumslan
ces have deprived of the qualification OF forwarding 10
Won IN TO be read the occasion OF your ceebfa
on the solicited word OF counsel" in manuscript have
the goodness TO indulge in addressing you brei re-
ply through the columns OF a newspaper-the Washing
ton Union.
II is on the observance and abidance of those great
peace measures which SO happily PASSED the last SEES
sion oil Congress-, you express II. That you Stand os
the defence present circumstances OF the Unoh and
which you desire 10 see founded natiohai Pohtedi
party.
We are agreed in thinking that if The confederaey
be to be overlhrown by violent malohly OF single
State. or OF fractional minority oi The States oil
the Union, in another OF lis sections y would be
best to rest so grave enterprise on more serious causes
of complaint than to be found IN the late system OF
measures "a which YOU refer We agreed, moreover,
in thinking that these measures constitute as whole,
such settlement of our late stnies AS the country IN
all It's parts may well stand upon and ought TO enforce
AS such will afford me pleasure to unite with you IN
such action may TO me necessary and suitable
to secure that result
Your request respecting the founding of "a great ma
tional organization the basis OF these
recalls TO my mind that | was honored with APP
poiatu,ent by political meeting held in Milledge-
georgia, uuTDB nt lde oldte as utl-
egae to convention proposed 10 be held in this city
the 22d instant with view TO effect that object Indulge
me to That have never at any moment supposed that
such convention would meet We have seen is true,
that late have modified, to extent old party
distinctions in many OF the States both North and South;
but whether the masses OF the two great parties which
have long pervaded the nation will remove from the
grounds of separation to which they have been hitherto
rooted and form on the issue suggested in your
circular is not apparent THIS T. to be tested take it. not
the the friends OF adherence to the late legislation
throughout the Union may entertain as to lis importance
Should adequate be deemed to exist, arise
we may assume that the polls will exhibit il, Withou,
demand for H. am free 10 say that no patriotic or dis
interested man can desire it,. We may, then, think,
safely trust this the hands OF the people themselves Of
the Union. 10 Georgia formal movement OF the KIND
to have been made, and new combinations formed
onthe OF the late party divisions and party names
OF wing and democratic. Indulge me- as a Georgian, in
a word OF comment on the new appearance OF party
relations among US. The southern-rghts" party,
whose policy and example have led the order Of
things in Georgia, the first strictly and merely geograph
ica sectional party lis not that has heretofore existed
in the Union IL was composed, PRIOR 10 the late State
to the government within the Unlon,' and of 'acqni
essence in the past" accompanied with vague demands
Of securities for the future. do not speak in any
offensive Iewoachful sense, when say that viewed
phosophicaly and narrowly, there can be little doubt
that the more active agent which gave rise 10 this
new organzaonthe life blood OF its circuiaon--wa
secession, an overthrow OF the government or, at all
events, g war upon it that logically looked 10 that re-
suit The party embraced considerable minority of the
CluZcne Oh tue Sldlc, oi al Tue sidues Vi oplnioH
described. and acting avowedly with reference 10
very dferen-nay, IN numerous instances, to precise
ly opposite objects: some the overthrow, others the
perpeiuaton OF the Union. Yet, with all this diver
sity they found, the assembling OF the con-
venti0n TO fall vastly short OF a majority. Allow
me here to PROFOUND inquiry Has this party :
viued the action OF the convenient Are no, It's purposes
abandoned and lis members but seeking their way back
10 the alliances TO which they were lately attached
Now. if be true that, review OF the grounds OF
ntroversy or 10 Difference to the general sense OF the
tate to the contrary, they have really surrendered
heir late purposes. and are deslrous TO lail back
upon the counsels OF the late Georgia convention have
no hesitancy in saying that both justice and generosity
unite as seems 10 me, to forbid on the part OF the ma
lorty, the inerpostion of any obstacles to it. The
political inconsistency personal injustice and spirit OF
prescription which, in the violence OF the times have
characterized individuals embraced within the minor
ity party, on laie issues cannot egmately guide the
conduct OF prevalent malorlties II II be true, how
ever rs you suppose, that separate body OF voters
rising TO the footing OF party exists among us, which
kept together by hostility TO the Union on account OF the
passage OF the late measures by the force OF opPos
ton 10 those who (now that they passed) adyo
Gates of their observance" the is, tha-opnions
remaining they archie separation Of old asso
ciaes and the formation OF relations are demanded
by principle. and are things indeed OF simple necessity
A word gentlemen, in conclusion, 10 the dis
puted value of The Union of these States. II has been
denounced by individuals as failure" Is this ia
and d,spassionate version OF its history Leaving out Of
view the pers OF the future, and waving the language
Of present passion would not be more true to say OF
that has-despite all the injustice and heartburnna
which have ranspired within -ana much of both hav.
f2nepireO-up 10 present moment al least. Vastly
transcended in the growth power, and prosperity Of The
people OF it, the most sangune ancpatons OF those IL
whose wisdom and forecast its foundations were laid
and COMPOUNDED previous political philosophy everywhere
IL staiesmanke to denomnate IL failure because
difficulty exists perhaps never wholly superable IN re
covering IRON the Intrigues and awessness OF person-
in the veholdng States fugitive slaves who ba
displayed the power and will TO escape from the Wig iancs
OF their masters in those that slavehodlng Or ]. II
that Georgia is dishonored bya Boston not Too
much censure cannot be well bestowed the conduct
OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. maIor,es of Stale egsla
tu.s Nor,hin this affair OF slavery but these DO prove
is in or less danger; that we unite IN deprecang
For the most fruitful source OF peril slavery agitation
the "Norih," citizens OF the North, responsible
Apart from slavery issues there is certain mixture oil
other motives, UNSUITABLE unusable, in the desire tc
get rid Of it, in the responsibilities OF which citizens OF
the South share.
Believing that il disunon shall come on occasion, il
will be found to have early enough-tha, in such
event. ii is our privilege TO hope that may enter
upon il with the advantage OF stronger and more ex.
tensive consciousness OF its necessity than have
that we have not fine, performed the full measure OF
our duty institutions consecraied by many past rec.
ollections covering 80 much OF present prosperity anc
happiness and the hopes OF which have other assign
able limits than those be upon the confidence
nj liberty TO indulge in the intelligence and virtue o
the peope-we owe, AS II seems To me- the Union the
compliment OF giving the fruits OF the late Legislation
passed TO preserve IT.
Yours, &c,
M J. WELLBORN.
To Msssrs. A. u. CHApPELL, JAMES A. NEsBIr. AND
others, committee, Macon, Georgia.