North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-03-05
-.,, Address, tina, the Union can be Preser-

III A.
Admitting this to be true, it cannon oe ho arc lis
,bere il great difference among l"o0o w., os,oas
friends. There is class OF '': Tf I bod ,hat
what it loves; another that reVieS ~ -, f,;ade Nc
oprion of the Union whlc ir Se disunionis,. The
nuloate i should inevitably ne c'eu I 7 - ~
~ 49, 7 1--we am proud OF; and love my
comntrvmrn 10 whom it binds me- love u "ecauSe
:, is ne stronger, happier ana more Prosre'ouS
~ '"oN GorId otherwise be; because II contributes
man we SUI and promotes the welfare of the people
20 'ie :, Guards our liberties and dIfuses cIvIza-
,;n because it is great, honoraoie' powerful ana
hno6cent And when speak oil my attachment 10
IIion have reference and include that which
:: ~, essnce-the compact fiom which 1t arose, and
:; which il lives. The constitution of The United
States constitutes the Union OF The States, as much as
tho blood bones, and flesh constitute the man; with
ont il there is no Union another and different SORT
If Union. of which know nothing. But if looked
pnon this constitutional Union degradation ana
a crime and if regarded my country men OF hall ne
States as oppressors, outcaSts and outlaws, wlth
ont the pale of the church, and without the Pae OIL
the law, TO whom charity was due, ana 10 whom
no oath could bind, it seems to me that shou'u nor
lose moment to break such ties and part WIN such
associates. And yet the men who proclaim sucn sem
rnrents offended il question is raiseo OF .ei at
tachmen; TO that Union which u'eS P"' " SUN
frghtful colors.
1t is no doubt strong PROOF OF tne general dIach-
ment of the North the Union, that Its enemies are
compelled by the force of public opinion to pretend
themselves its friends. And yet the lnsldcus war
fre which they thus carry on is more dangerous than
omen attack. II is necessary 10 tear away the veil
which conceals their Designs and expose the nevlta-
HE tendency of their measures 1t Is incumbent up
IN ne to defend our constitutional government and
irdica,e before Christendom character
tim Let US repel with scorn and indignation the
accusation that our fathers entered into compact
condemned by Heaven, and with but one parallel in
m ipioui,v flor so we have been tod) In the history
~ the world Save US from such friends of the Union
as these! Their false doctrine can hurt more than
ali the powers Of the earth. When snch shall be the
Lessons TAUGHT in the schools and preached from the
pulpils, the time will he come TO burn the Capitol
and tear down the monument OF Washington; for
,b;nk there are not many who could support a gov
erment which made them infamous in this life, and
e,posed them to damuation in the next.
Gentlemen, it is for you who have prospered be-
vond all others-who have your city spring
bv MAGIC to place among the great capitals of the
worldwide are already the merchants and carriers of
a continent and may look TO become the commercial
centre of the gohe-t is for you especially TO vlndl-
cate the form and maintain the supremacy OF OIL fed
.eral government. The constitution of the United
States is the talisman of your greatness, 1t is the
fountain whence your riches and magnlhcence have
INCREASINGLY flowed and when that fails, your decay
will begin. 1t is in your power, from your numbers
and wealth. from the unanmity of sentiment prevail
ing among you, from your facilities Of commun cation,
and your command over the press, TO exert great
and wholesome influence upon public opinion. Join
these advantages discreet resoIuteness, and you
will triumph all obstacles.
o. 1t is my fixed belief, formed at least upon
much observation and reflection, that the continuance
of the Union depends upon the suppression of sec
tiona controversy upon the subject OF slavery. Ii
that controversy shall be renewed now, have no
hope that will end. If it continue always,
the Union will be worIhless-nay, curse. BE not
Gecaved by false signs agitation is suspended, not
abandoned. The ambitious hopes that depend upon
il will not voluntarily die. Watch it in its pienl
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT it before it gains strength. There
is option-you must kill it, it will kill you. rs
The compromise measures should be held infe-
rior only the constitution in sacredness. They are
be regarded in the of compact that may
be changed at the will of of the parties, but
only by the consent of both. see safety here. and
see it nowhere else. There is way (and only
one) this result; but that is very simple,
very certain, and requires nothing but concert of ac-
ton make il perfectly successful. Let The men for
whom you vote be wings or democrats as you NAV
prefer the the other; but be sure, above all
else that they will stand by the settlement. If that
shall be maintained. the constitution upheld and The
Union preserved shall sleep soundly, whether the
duties be specific or ad valorem.
am, very respectfully, &c.
WILLIAM DUER.
We have placed hand at the commencement and
end of of the above paragraphs, for the purpose
Of calling particular attention it. Let the facts
which that paragraph contains be noted and remern
'bered. They proceed from Northern man.
There is point in the letters of Messrs. Buch-
Mr.. Dickinson speaks of the Constitution as
pact MIR. Buchanan speaks of it as g contract,''
among sovereign States and Mr.. Duer speaks of
the Constitution the " of the Union, and
as the compact" from which the Union " arose.
The Northis the point, of all others, where Union
Meetings ought TO be held, and where reverence
for the Constitution and the great principles which
the Unions founded, ought 10 be inculcated. We
record such events with pleasure and have only to
express the hope that gentlemen who hold these
Meetings and shape their proceedings will clear
of party feeling, as they declare they desire and in
tend TO do.
We deserve that one Of the speakers on the occa-
sIon-ihe Hon. Edward Everett, of Massachusetts,
coupled with the declaration that "ninetv-nine out
OF every hundred Of the people of his section were
In favor OF strict obedience TO the laws, this express
sion: In reference TO aggressions against the laws
outbreaks, either at the North SU.sth-he said he
believed they carried their own correctives with
them. Now, We should like to know what out
breaks" agains. the laws the Southern peope have
been guilty of. Why speak of the Boston ont,
Tageg ITSELF and 0y ITSELF as deserves to be spo-
ken of, without Juggling in the South to soften the
expression, and without doing the Southern people
gross injustice1
We would rot give rigid and honest enforcement,
of The fugitiveslave law, for all the declarations on
paper that could be made by the people of the free
States from this time forth and forever. Let them
carry out this law in good faith, and let alone for
the future, and the Union will stand; but let them
neglect refuse to do this and they will have " out
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