The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-24

do hereby declare their intention to maintain
the ssid settlement inviolate, and 10 reaast all
attenpEs to repeal or alter the acts aforesaid
unless by the general consent OF the friends Of
the measures, and 10 remedy such evils Gf apy)
rs tisns and experience may develope.
"ADd for the purpose of making this resolu.
ton effective, they further declare that they will
not support for the Office Of President, or OF
Vice President, or Of senator, or Of representa-
tive In Congress, or as member OF a State legis-
lature, any man, Of whatever party, who IL not
known to be opposed TO the disturbance OF
THE SETTLEMENT aforesaid and to the renewal,
IN any form, OF agitation upon the subject OF
slavery"
Sir. let no man charge US. after the explana-
ton which have been made, with any attempt TO
dictate or coerce any portion OF our fc|low-citi-
zens. Let no one accuse US of attempting TO
build up new national party ut the expense OF
the two great national parties already existing
but both of which, it must be confessed, have
become of late somewhat less pure, little less
united and greatly less efficient for high patriotic
purposes than they were formerly supposed to
be. Let not the gross Islander be again reiter-
ated that we wish to subject to reprobation
those members of Congress who CHANGED not
to vote for the plan Of adjustment last summer.
free discussion and prolonged consultation. But
now the various questions involved in it have
been decided, adjusted, and. 4 trust deinitively
settled. The language which we have used in
our manifesto neither approves nor disappr0ves
the conduct of single member Of Congress
who voted either in support of, or in opposition
to- those acts which constitute this plan OF settle
ment We have simply presumed to declare
our "intention to maintain the said settlement
inyioiate, and to resist all attempts to repeal or
alter the acts aforesaid, unless by the general
consent of the friends Of the measures, and to
remedy such evils (ifany) as time and experience
may develops" and we have announced, in con-
fornity with this declaration. our determination
not to support for certain offices "any man, of
whatever party, who is not known to be opposed
to the disturbance of the settlement aforesaid,
and to the renewal, in any form, Of agitation
upon the subject Of slavery" We have not
said thnt we should refuse our support to those
who did not approve the settlement in its in
ception, but 70 those who are at present in favor
Of disturbing it, and of reviving those scenes OF
strife from which every true patriot must desire
the country to be permanently relieved.
Now, sir, by way Of further explanation of
the objects of those who have entered into this
agreement beg leave to call the attention of
the Senate TO portion Of another article, in the
newspaper already referred to. (Which is the
Union" of this city) In the leading editorial
article Of this morning the venerable editor of
that excellent journal takes occasion to defend a
circular letter which has Just emanated from cer-
tain gentlemen in the city of New York, who
constitute a corresponding committee, appointed
by the Union Safety Committee, whose patriotic
services have been so warmly applauded of late
throughout the republic These gentlemen of
the committee, it would seem, had been most
ficrcely attached by rabid disunion print, pub
lished in this city, the name Of which ] do not
choose, for certain reasons, TO mention in this
illustrious body. | will read the circular thus
assailed, and thus defended, as it happens to
have very close connection, indeed, with the
manifesto which has called forth such indignant
Reproduction from the lips of the senator from
New Hampshire. Here it is:
New YORK, December 2, 1850.
DEAR SIR: Another epoch in the history of
our country invokes The attention Of every pa
triot L, the brief but eventful record which
makes up our annals must another page be writ
ten, by conveying to posterity the knowledge
that secession and resistance to the law are
boldly proclaimed All men who advocate fealty
TO the Constitution and obedience to the laws
contempt with which both are regarded by n
portion ofthe American people. A prompt and
eiiectual resistance must be made to these here
sizes by all who would protect the Constitution
and preserve unsulied the majesty of the law.
The crisis will not admit of delay. Each mo-
ment the fatal doctrine of notification gains ai-
ditiona strength and, if not speedily condemned,
viii acquire sufficient power 10 overcome the
resistance which is made to its career by wisdom
and Patriotism
1t is unnecessary to specify the aggressions
which have been committed upon the constitu-
lona rights Of the South by the Northern IA
natcism. They have been deeply regretted by
large body of our citizens, viii they are m de
an excuse for advocating secession in the South
ern States. Each demonstration made by the
Aboltionists against the supremacy Of the law,
is the signal for renewed assaults upon the
Union party of the slaveholdirg States. The
Aboiuonisis, foiio,cing The example thus setfheni,
make The Incorporate language Of their Southern
allies The pretert for another onslaught upon The
conservatives of The North.
INSCRIPTIONS candidates for office have vastly
increased the notification and abolition excite
ment, by yielding to its demands for the purpose
of obtaining votes. The most effectual method
Of arrestng the evil is to teach all aspirants for
political honors that they will lose more Union
votes than ey will gain from the disorganizers
To correct and develope public opinion, ar
rest the fell spirit of notification, and re-estab-
lish that fraternal love which once prevailed
throughout the Confederacy, was the design Of
those patriotic men who assembled at the Union
meetings which have been recently held at the
North. Here the demonstration should not be
confined. The invocation in behalf of the
Union should ascend from every city and hamlet
in the land. The moral power which always
flows from these patriotic demonstrations, is
already indicated in the more healthy tone of
public sentiment in the city of New York.
The undersigned have been appointed cor
responding committee by the Union Safety
Committee of the city of New York. II isour
pleasant duty to open correspondence with
prominent men throughout the Confederacy.-
Great results can alone be accomplished by large
bodies of men acting in concert.
We shall be happy to learn from you at an
early day that the inhabitants of your section of
the Union have established "Union Safety Com
miitees," and proclaimed their motto fealty