The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-06-14

s~sss 10 ssow thai ih,s very alleged liability TO abass
- ~ ~s.st ~ord Of that Ian seism at the Nonh-sy,
.aa 10 me ~hx psrsy Of the North. too-wheh is now
most v.osnt 10 is asasnesauon OF the statute il
s.ss. The cry a. arrs~.l tho Law. modify il, be-
c4ass savsnsnes he. already shown thai IL Is now La
bio 70 .ba.s Axas-, that cry. psalinx fas and wide
ihrosxh NE aosthssa sag ranks. The fugitive law. as II
stands hs. regret 10 .~y IN our Judgment. guaran
ss~ ysss of any kind whatever that il
may oos 10 sss veto power OF the President
for s protection We commend the guarded language OF
the message this point lbs careful attention Of
resae1 Il sss follows
!" IA h.sdg - hsss sssa sspsoisd that ias series
Of pssss al ass s~sssoa. ~h the view OF
hs.ns hs sections. daasrsaess which had sprung from
shs slavery and muiserisi questions should have
realized saslf b~nonosnt pefpcs al nat.ai concession
IN the nature ~ cs@ptosn.e mus, a-cessarly be nn-
~seens 90 q ssfscsns opaioas and rhnagh with
sseh concessions could have been
formed. and csaao be sf ansnty sustained. have
them made shs sabsc, Of bluss controversy both
s~ctiOas Of ms rspsss,c rsqsis-d many months Of dis
esssoa sud d~llcssstssa she Of
majority o Congress ia the,s favor II would be strange II
they had been received ~tls tnmsssts spprobaoa by
people and States regaasssd and hs.ea Nv the exciting
ooa,sovsrses of their r.rses~ofslvss believe ,hose
10 have b~~a rsgaises BY me circumstances and
conditions of ms eoaauy bsl@ve tnoy necessary
10 ssy ssrsss and sa,o.n~s that rspd.y alien.
ang sscsoa oi hs coanuy iscm another and destroy
ing tbos~ Hs~rnsl sentiments which the strongest
ports Of tbs constitution They adopted the spirit
Of coneliiaoo aud I'm the pnspos~ ot eonc,ssioa be-
sve great majority of fellow cs,sens symp.,hize
in that spr, and that paspoS. and IA the main approve,
and prepared In oil respects 10 sustain. these enact
men,s cannot doubt that The American psopss. bound
together by kindred blood aud common traditions, sill
cherish paramount regard for the Union OF their fshs,
and they ready s~bohs any attempt TO violate
its integrity. diasrb the compromises which IL 10
based the Laws which have been enacted under
iu authority
"The ,erls. Of measures 70 which have alluded are
garded by . settlement. la principle and sub.
nnsl ssuemsnt-of the dangerous and exciting
subjects which they embraced Most Of thsss sabsc. la,
deed. beyond reach, ~ the legislation which dis
posed Of them n It's chsrsctss final and rrcvocabe
may BE- yvsssmsd. fom s oyyosuse~ wAih iAsy sn ~
ce~~tssd that Of those free tro
factions bur. their mutual dependence and connection,
they formed system Of oompromiss the most concisiory
and best for the entire that could be Obtained from
conflicting sectional interests and opinions
"For this reason recommend your adherence TO the adj
usmen established by those S~fa iiss Esd
ysts~rs hall deossssas the ~sesssfv Of A<v hssstso~
to gsayd agaiwa svasio~ o. absss
"By that adjustment, we have been rescued from The
wide and boundss agitation that surrounded and have
Arm, distinct, and legal ground to upon and the
casion, trust, will justify Ia ~xhotnE my countymen
rally upon and maintain that ground the best II
the only OF restoring peace and qaist 10 the country
and maintaining nviois,e the integrity d the Union"
We trust that our past has fully shown that
are entirely incapable Of msepresen,ing pervertina
the position OF the administration upon this most i'm
porant question But when, in view OF the open hosl
ity Of the main force OF the whig party At the North
against the fugitive Law. perceive systematic attempts
to u the people OF any State section Of counsr,
into fancied security. by claiming TO pu, forward in ID
defence alleged pledge Of whx executive interference
for its protection, when such pledge has ever beer
given or ntimated. have deemed it duty TO lay III.
matter from the record understand IT, fairly before
our readers