The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-05-29


gve to the ues of the vcinags from which he has fed
With such opinions with such concessions 10 the hopes Of
abolition aud such disregard OF the spirit OF concession
and harmony involved in the adoption Of measure
which the patriots all sections OF Union had hoped
removed the question of slavery from the OF poll
tics is not amazing find that the President charged
with the execution OF the laws, encourages the chief o
Ger OF his cabinet in annhang hope necessary to the
good Of the county, And this is done whilst the pari.
sans of The in the southern section Of the
Union are attempting charge dsunion upon those Of
their fellow citizens who will endorse the orthodoxy
Of President Fillmore Is it expected. let ask that
the people OF the South should have confidence in the
Compro when Mr. Webster. authorized 10 speak or
the President, not only declares his wing followers
that he did what he could get jury trial for the negro
in the ycinage to which he had fled but that that measure
is to be construed all time giving freedom
to the negro in all the territory OF the South not yet ad
United as State or States into the Union'
But. remarked in the first expression gave our
views after reading the speech Of Mr. Webster. we thank
him that he has been honest and candid in fixing The
true position Of his party He has saved The democracy
Of the land from all trouble in proving the people that
neither Mr. Fillmore the wing party occupy the true
national ground those compacs OF the constitution in
the faithful Observance Of which all The interests Of the
States and the people protected and all separate
denotes reconciled aud made work in harmonious CO.
operation for the general good
1t will be in vain hereafter that the SPECIAL organ may
hatte itself that there is substantial difference between
Messrs Sumner and Rantou and the President and The
members of his cabinet II the head OF the great whix
party is so welded TO the infected abolition feeling of
portion of New York TO be obliged to denounce all the
great who have sanctioned the acquisitions OF ter
ritory from France, Spain, and Mexco--if the re.
VOTED sentiment of Massachusetts is to be appeased
by the assurance that it was misfortune that south
en obstnacy and prejudice would not agree for abo.
liton jures TO try their right Of propertyf the anti.
slavery fanatcsm only of this country but Of all
Europe be propitaed by The that the ad
mission of slave territory into our Union unconsu-
tionathe time has when the people Of this cosn-
IL will not be amused by the Aimsy idea Ma, Mr.
Sumner monster because he declares that the fugitive
in Boston shall not be surrendered before trial there and
Mr. Fillmore is patrio, and hero because he thinks
the negro ought to have that trial. but yet declares that
he will execute the laws refusing it.
1t is to such extremites that politicians reduced
whose system OF action is not in harmony with the
genius of institutions, and whose position, therefore,
in all the great crises to which have been subjected
mas DeeI lHVdIiduiy ouVC'Sc W Ju1e'SN - 'S 6~'
majority of the people In the civil reformation Of 1900
in the second for independencein the reform
which corrected financial system. and defeated the
effort TO incorporate power like that of the British Bank
into our Treasury Deparment--in the occupation and
government of territory consequent on the removal
of the Indians and the extension OF borders to The
Pacfc-in all that has been done 10 give expansion. hope
and power to the energies Of our people. and the infu
Al. n II.
has been as steady in behalf Of those views OF the
constitution which favored consolidation as were
those of Mr. Hamilton TO the belief that the British
government was the model which we should study and
initiate.
But we do not despair il administration whose boast
il has been that was faithful the compromise Of the
slavery question a Of peace and harmony, is
no sooner in contact with the people than il acknowl-
edges itself to be actuatcd by sentiment of deady hos
tlity the southern section Of This Union; for what
be hostile than the declaration that the stakeholder
ought to be dependent abolition jures for his prop
erty and that the admission Of slave territory into the
United States is stain upon the memory OF the great
men who committed this trespass on the constitution
There are sound men, constitutional majority we trust
in the North and West as well the South, who will
recognise in these sentiments only the usual faacies Of
party that has yet been identified with the ma
tona tests Of true repubcanism, and cannot therefore
WELD the momentary prejudices which gave II power
in such manner as perpe,ua,e that power Does not
every one see that the real effect il not the design, Of
Presden, Fmore's recent visit to the people OF New
York will be the continued org oil anti slavery
party, reconced to the Compromise only because ena
bles wing administration to famliarize the people
the idea that slavery is q political ev-an evil pro.
scrbed by the whg conscience. limited to its present area
and proper 10 be assaled hereafter in all the ways which
are possible short of the violent disruption OF the Union
How else are we to understand MIR. Webster when be
said to the people of Buffalo that he had done all that
he could against slavery--hat he opposed the Mexican
war. the treaty giving California. and whatever BY
the .lightes, implication, could commit him 10 an act by
which territory tainted with slavery could be made part
Of this Union
4 II is not in this that Washington reasoned
when he told his counuymen to frown down any at
temp, array section OF the Union against another
il was thus that Jefferson explained to his county
men the purchase Of Louisiana, and that Mr. Monroe
treated with Spain for Florida Far different were loe
feelings and sentiments which acuated General Jackson
when he aroused his fellow citizens in behalf Of ibs
claims OF Texas protection agans, the machnaio""
Great Britain and France, and counseed war rather hAa
the surrender OF inch OF territory to the asgrands
policy OF the despos OF Europe twas upon the au'ho