Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-05-20

The prevailing sentiment expressed in the
various brief speeches of the President, and the
four members of the Cabinet who accompany
him on his Northern tour, is attachment to the
Union and devotion to the constitution which
holds it together The remarks made by Mr..
Secretary Graham, at the dinner table of the
Irving House in New York, are particularly wor-
thy ofnotce, because they plainly and candidly
point out to the people of the North the only way
in which the Union can be preserved:
The most lengthy, and in some respects the most i'm
portan speech OF the evening says the Express)
from Mr.; Graham, the Secretary OF the Navy,
He said he was glad to meet his Wing fellow citi-
zens and he would take this opportunity to speak with
trankness and candor to them. There could be no
Wing Party, he went on to say, unless the Wings of
the North and the South understood each other; and
lfthey did not understand each other, all attempts
would be vain to keep them together. The President,
a New Yorker, had been called to the administration
OF the Government in period OF most unexamped
what were his opinions, and all they asked of him.
expected OF him. was that he would be to the Con-
stituton The Constitution asked no man to approve
OF the institution OF slavery and expected such appro
val OF any man; but the Constitution recognized
obligations 70 that institution, and these obligations
every true Wing everywhere expected every President
to carry out.
When the Constitution was framed, every State sur
rendered portion OF its sovereignty; and in order
torn that Constitution, the South had made some
rhces as well as the North. They were for the BEN
eh however, OF the whole, and thus for the benefit OF
all the parts. Among those obligations TO
surrender fugitives from slavery. The South would
with the North IT the North to become the ref
uge ground oftheir runaway slaves In separation,
either by commercial restrictions by arms it would
have maintained its rights, that no neighboring pow
| ers should disturb its peace and its properly
The Constitution happily guaran teed to the South
what by the comfy Of nations, it had right
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be tempting off its people from their homes, or
throwing in fire brands among that people by tempting
their servants with IMMUNITY to run away. To that
Constitution the Wings oil the South expected the Whg
OF the North TO live and abide BY it in good faith and
to execute its provisions 1t was q materof con-
SCIENCE therefore, tor every Northern who took an
oath TO support the Constitution and such an oath was
taken by every man who held an Office from the high
est officer down to the Constable and he knew no con-
science party hat could so well enforce the duties of
conscience in enforcing an obedience 10 an oa1 and
to the supreme Constitution of the State
One OF the Compromise measures which il had be.
come the duty OF the administration to act upon was
tins surrender OF lugltves All the rest of but
comparatively little importance to the South and this
was only made OF the gravest importance by ena :
bling the country to see whether the Constitution could
be put down or not II this article OF the Constitution
could be nullied directly or indirectly there was no
telling where notification was to stop. If the Const
tuition was good tor anything, it was good as whole
ana could not be broken IN parts. Nobody expected
the whole series OF Compromise measures 10 be approy-
ed by anybody, item by Item Some of The Bills were
very very Objectionable to large parties of his Souhero
counrymen, Objectionable as this Fugitive Bill ia in
| the North; but as whole, SYSTEM and as a final
system OF adjustment, the Wings OF the South acoues-
Geo 10 them ALL and meant to MAINTAIN them and they
expected like acquescence the part of their North
ern wing brethren, in good faith. II there was to be
no sncn acquescence,-if Northern Wings were to
wage war against Southern Whies--there could he no
| wing Party. The Democratic Party had their diff
cuitles, perhaps more serious than ours and il was
doubtful whether they could ever again assemble as
whole, m National Convention; but The Whios could
act together as efficiently ever if thew onv planted
themselves upon The platform laid down 10 the Presl-
dents Message. tGreat cheering
Mr.. Graham concluded by emarking that he had sno
neh WIN freedom ana candor, as among friends and he
heartily thanked the people for the retention thew had
given the President and the members of his admnisra
| ton. "
HIS remarks, of which the above is onlv a sketch
weIerecelved with numerous loud and prolonged cheers
particularly those paris which enforced the unity of he
Wing Party.
IL j. L. Thornton, Esq. of FarmyiIle Va, will
represent the Union Society OF Hampden Sidney Col
i'Re al Inc next annual commencement on the llth o.
June next The public generally are respectfully inyi
| ted 10 attend.
/ COMMUNICATION WITH JAPAN-We mentioned some
time since that number OF Japanese officers and sea
men were taken from The wreck of junk by an Ameri-
can vessel, and brought into San Francisco cores
pondent OF the Journal oil Commerce saws thai the II
s. Government have ordered one of the vessels in the
facc to take these shpwreeked strangers on board and
convey them home, and thus avail themselves of the on
portpnity TO renew the attempt 10 open negotiation