Litchfield enquirer., 1851-02-27

TIn;oo. because the law is not suited to their taste? And yet. if the right be- longs to one State to do either for the passage of one law, it belongs to all for che passage of any. If South Carolina has the right to judge and act for her self so has Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Delaware.
 MoreoveF, we of the South, especially, owe it to the fidelity and discretion of our Chief Magistrate (himself Norther" man) to cEeer him on, and encourage him in his patriotic determination to enforce ths execution of the laws. as well in the South as in the North and this is not to be done by your endorsement of one who stands ready to condemn this crown ing act of his administration.
 In my opinion, there should De at 'n~ lime. not only in this district, but through out the country, entire unanimity among the Union men of both political parties. In Democratic districts the conservative whigs should unite upon the strongest Democrat, and in the Whig districts the conservative Whig, until we ultimately weed out this moral postilence from the land until we drive the whole faction into indiscr.minate association with one or other of the two great parties ot the country, or force them to take a distinct md independent organization. as the avoved enemies of the General Govern neut, and, by consequence. of the Unlon itself. Let them do this, or at once re- nounce the devil and all his works
 will not deny to these gentlemen certain degree, and a certain sort oi pat r;o,ism. but the objection to it is, that 1t is not of the right sort. know it is e1" cess;ye and srfoaeing for the Stose Gov ernmen:s, especially for the Southern States: but attaching little or no value to the Union, they concentrate all the!r notr;o,;s m on the States separate and d'> v;ded They no doubt honestly believe .hat the South would pc benefited by se- "sd;nc from the Union; but can we be> l;eye that benefit would result from DIS ,n;on to any? On the contrary, do we m, know that it would prove the ultimate
 If then, they arc fer attempting the impossibility of peaceable secession, le' them say sol If they are for secession hy Revelation. let them say that Ano ic. ms try the question and settle It at on.o and forever. But, in Gods name do not let them work in disguise. Dc no, @ let them, as pretended friends of the Union, undermine the temple whl'e we are asleep and unsuspectlng. They nave crown with rapid strides in few years snd hold possession of many of the h'gh, I nlacs. in Government, both State and FsSeral while not one of them could live an hour in place by the peoples will in this State. if they would only ayow what they are supposed secretly to desire.
 BuI if. for mere political purposes that immense portion of our Democratic hrethrer who like us cherish the Union ahove all price, and who loudly condemn ,h;. monslrous ard growing evil. (that regret to believe has taken deep root in Their own ranks,) will still withhold their suppor, from those holding op'nl"ns ;r common with them on this all>'mpor- tant and vital question. so Tar aooVe al rartv considerations, and unite upon merc party candidate, without respect to his views on this subject. 1t only serves to render the necessity the more lmPsra- tvs unon us to close up our own ranks and nresent an united harmonious and un' hroEen line in maintenance of tIe Con' sti,utiou and the Union. -
 For myself. am free to declare, ana | think it proper to say so here. that l will vo,e for any conservative Union lov'ng Democrat. who was in favor of the com nrom,se in preference to any Whig who ra. onnosed to it. I say this because l believe that if their counsels had pre-, vailed. and Congress had adjourned without adopting these measures ot peace a collision would have ensued between the Federal troops and the troops of Texas. and that this country would now have been wrapped in the flames ot civil war. believe most of them know tn's' and vet preferred it to the compromise. I care not for their present acqu'escencs ;r .hs oompromise. Thankful for small fsvors, i they are obliged to acquissce;; But would they aequiesce if they had the power to resist? Look 10 ?outn Ca, olins at this moment, and from her cos;tion fudge if they would. What would they do if a similar opportunity were afforded again. is the question! vii wais not o put a torch in the hands of men who v will misuse it. The time may come when they would be as ready as before to apply it to our own temple of liberty, and in it's fall destroy the las: resting place of freedom for man.
 Under these circumstances, gentlemen, I feel assured that I shall stand excused and justified in declining to take any po- sition that might. in my apprehension, tend, however remotely. to disturb that harmony and uuanimity that all should
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