The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-03-18

The Charleston Mercury continues to utter il, .,~
ads and 10 rally South Carolina to the cause Of sec,.
In its paper of Tuesday morning il repeats the grop.
had already assumed, that South Carolina should
alone, and without the cooperation Of other States
"This State (says the Mercury has, the Comm.r.
admits, sought by every means to secure coope,,hr
which is sufficient froof that she did desire to sv
cause from that Of the South in general but a, the
time it Las been and declared. The settled Y
ing of her people, that continuance in the Uaioo NJ
its present circumstances was incompabs with bs ~
,y her honor her duty. She has sought cooperate.
cause the motives that influenced her ought 10 b,
equally by all the slavehodng States, because she d.s
a anon with them and Lecaase the combination d \
entire South would insure boodless triumph to The q,
But if this cooperation 10 unaltainabe, II docs not Nv
South Carolina from any part of her duty to proeu \
own people il does not malothe federal governmeu,
the less the instrument Of anti slavery majority Il
make the Union any the less grinding and ~
tyranny il does not stay the notorious and 49,
Of the North towards the .ubjrgation and der
of the South il does not strip the late Comptomis
ures of their insulting aggression upon II does y
lieve South Csrons Of her solemn pledges before hs
to resist the attempts to assign her base and u
position in the conedcIacy. All the OF compais
all The grounds of rcsstance-remain the same, whs
she have the aid Of other States, or be left 10 quad
honor with her single afm. How, then, could our sus
porary cherish the belief her action absolutely de
ed on the cooperation Of others AT all events va IN
have been able the veil from his eyea ~
have given him sght Of the real position of Souh q
lima"
"Thcre is something like charge here that South ca
lima counts apon dragging the South into conflict
defence. Mr. Webster makes il still broadly n
reeen, letter 10 the New York Union committee khu
= fair titement Of the point. South Carolina claim
from The Union 10 her right that the feden
ernme nj has cons'itut oan power Ssn
arm, and ihH she will give no just cause for oonya
even, much less for war, in leaving the confedecy
she freely entered spustions that have been shnt
" violated. She does demand that any shall M
or accompany her in this path. She is willing NJ
upon her own resources and to take The responsible
alone of supporting just and efficient government wa
| her limits. She is ready, tho moment she is out d
Union, To establish the mot fiendy relations with "
who choose stay in il. In all This there bssuA
of civil war--no attempt to drag her sister Sutc,ian
bloody strife to satisfy her appet for trouble Ths
sion South Carolina intends is simply the peaceiul
tion by sct OF her convention Of that original ipds
ent sovereignty in the possession of which she sntea
Union.
" But her right to seeds has besn denied, anaE
been announced from high quarters that any srsaF
carry will be queli,d by force II is the iedeH
eminent that threatens to drag, not only North Carolm
South Carolina, into war, and claims the power Of ka
the cit Of the former n deuge the fsids o.
latter with iraternal blood. a34he
"our friend of the Commercial, (wllmnxon, N
we are persuaded, loves truth well not to canhs
this IL the real state Of the And ask hin,
| answer win North Carolina make to such requlua
the free soil government al Wash ng,on We II
If we wrong ex'ravagsnt in maintaining Aa
| own gallant and tue hearted State, and every ~
Stale, will rss up aud Indignantly rample the fedrde
smmcn, under their hooIs sponer than they vii b
I'M 4 for d.sfr \ Ire
The Charleston Mercury seems to labor unda d
determination to be miserable. Like man wiAsl
eased liver and bad digestion. il complains Of svT
and carps a, everything. There 10 something nj
wrong about il. II suffers under some baleul 81
disease. II views everything with jaundicea =
and with the stern resolve by every manner Of Z
ton to detect faultinsss even in those objects who
sisency compels j, 10 praise.
This tendency is forcibly exempfed 10 its esd4
ticle Of the 10Th, called forth by the exp1hod
3isi Congress. The article TO which we alluds ~
many complaints which we do no, deem il seessaq
notice in this connection. Its stereoiyped ohscS
and denuncialions Of the Compromise do no, ned
reiutaiion now. The large expenditures OF the =
sessions are liable to severe criticism but We nsA
test against the plain and patent unjustness Of
the responsibility Of those expenditures on the dss
party. Although southern democrats presided o7s
branches OF Congress, il cannot be said that M
cratic party, or any party Whatever, was
tendency in the House Of Representatives. Apo
ton bills must originate in the House Of Rspfessn
and they must be based to great extent on ibe ~
and demands of the departments The ad@lns0
demanded large OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES v
in our judgment. went far beyond the wants Of "
eminent. If economically administered. Bu thss'
lration averred that the sums demanded were nso
to carry on the government The democratic
were thus constrained to cover the estimates Of y
selves liable 10 charges OF factious conduct, "a
mputaton Of having stopped the government
sing supplies, from no higher motive than TO sm''''
whig administration.
The Mercury insults the Intelligence OF :"
when il attempts, by loose statements and un'e'"
ductons, TO make them believe that the demoefa~
has become responsible for federalism ana W ''
profigacy." The Mercury sees that the demoen"
can alone save this Union II knows thai nSeS
ure from the principles 81 tina, party, and ",
overthrow OF it's organization, would be loo~esv
solution. The strongest bond which holds '"'
sc,hcr would then be broken. and the sn's'e'
the Charleston Mercury would be in the Fos''~
complement II acts consistently, therefore " y.
cast odum on the democratic party to disparity
bers and weaken its hold on the confidence o. ",
people But the Mercury does not man'es
gard for consistency in the manner IN when
to accomplish i,s object Il charges lha' VI 80 Ia
democratic party became lost in the great NJ"
solidating federalism" and that IN the Tres IN
hard 10 distinguish the democrats at all,
superior reachery and venaity, and men
bi,,srnsss against the South" Thee 90