The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-03-09

and struggles of this eoniedeacy. Yet we shall hnd
every thing IA his example and preoeps 10 Tebuke nus
ice aud oppression, aud nothing 10 justify submission TO
manifest wrong We cannot be made wiser or better,
General Houston, Than by lingering around the monu
ment of this mighty spirit IL rises far above the level
OF humanity the pyramids OF Ssostrs assembled above
the thirsty plains Of Egypt Its foundation, BIKE those
miracles OF antiquity seems 10 resi- IA The centre OF the
eanh-lis summit gtters in the skies!
Protected by the constitution, and sustained by Justice
and equality among ITS members regard the Union OF
The States next 10 the spirit OF liberty, and the forms OF
social and oiv poty residing In The States as the hrs
and greatest OF human blessings But like all the bless
ngs accorded by the Almighty 10 man, is subject TO
De estimated by reason, not 10 be myslhed by blind
! superstition that cannot perceive the evils which
undermining the very fabric itself The time has arrived
when hosannas to the Union however vociiefous will
not be considered the best mode OF preserving il and
continued shouts OF "Unoni Union! Uaion ~ will be
deemed senseless aud ridiculous would be for
public OF your dimensions 10 be caug The streets
of Washington playing on that " ineHable instrument OF
! torture" the Scotch bagplpes.
The reign OF humbug and cant is rapidly disappearing
juggers with fools caps and ostrich feathers Will
lind dicut 10 setpeope to pay at the door, and feel
quite certain that shall survive the reign OF poti
cal mountebanks the medical auiocracy OF SWAIN and
believe the Union will survive all these terrific exhi
bons OF empircsm, not by the administration OF doses
OF cant or humbug nnltessimal or large bnt by eaf
less and courageous resistance to every violation, how
ever minute, OF the great character OF our liberties
/ In conclusion, General, if you desire to make South
Carolina peaceful dove, and that she should re-
turn TO her old loyalty to the Union, remit The Union
back to an honest Interpretation OF the constitution
Persuade Congress- with whom you have Tar more innu
than myself, 10 arrest the discussion OF the slave
question in the halls OF both houses stop all aggres-
this peculiarly sensitive subject 10 the South; TO
abstain from mediated violation OF the compromise OF
1892 the tariff and 10 making potuse and I'M
Just donations OF the public lands, or still more iIcenous
appropriations out OF the public treasure; and my Lille on
IT. you would never hear from her one dssonant noe OF
notification, winch seems 10 disturb your nerves as
sadly General the damaged cat-gu and trying pan did
the slumber of the enraged musician IN Hogarth.
In reference TO the first OF these TOPICS the North mas
| ddmOnltlOnS
first and most gifted of her sons He has told his conn
tymen, with wisdom and truth mat are only second
to the lofty moral courage with which he has met the
present Crisis that they have no more TO 40 with Inc
institution Of slavery in the South than they have III The
island OF Cuba" To follow this injunction Is to give
perpetuity this Union. Yet this comes from northern
man, when, fear, some OF our southern statesmen are
prepared 10 surrender our outposls 81.
cannot speak of this distinguished individual in Ian
guage of my OWnit is too feeble and poweress-l must
employ that OF unknown genius, f. stat nomtnis UNI
brG,) whose intellectual level he is worthy 10 stand
tsan OF Mr. Webster that will deter me from doing sig
nal Justice to the who, confess has grown on my
esteem Recorded honos shall gather around his monu,
ment and thicken over nm II Is solu taOc, anu VIII
support the auTes that adorn H."
I Ills time General that | should have done. | have
inflicted numerically long epste on your patience
and perhaps on that OF those VINO may be less wiling TO
bear It, could not have very well SAID less III defence
of State which you have thought proper 10 assault IN
association with my wish she had found among
her gifted champion than myself. There she
stands, however, without lear, and trust IN me end
will stand without reproach. l have no apprehension
either for her honor her courage Ii the saiies oil nigh
public spirit and the keen instincts OF PRIDE which are
hers by inheritance, have thrown her IN advance OF her
confederaes hope, as well as believe undeF ihei'
friendly counses, she will in the end, retire gracefully
and with all the dignity that belongs TO her courage 10 the
line that they for the present occupy But depend upon
it, she will retire armed and without one single standard
lowered She will give the Union peace and her devo-
ted loyalty, the Union will give her Iustice but whist
she will nothing she is resolved 10 take moth
ing less.
no spirit certainly of hostility of unkndness
subscribe myself, General, respectfully, your obed'en
servant J. HAMILTON,
Of South Carolina.
To the Hon. SAM HousToE.
I Oh the Senate OF the United States.
For the Union.
Repyof General Houston, addressed TO General Hamilton
WASHINGTON, March S, 1851.
Sla: Your public letter. addressed TO through the
newspapers and dated at Boston the 22i uumo, is
I entitled a brief reply entirely agree with you that
there is nothing in present personal relations which
should engender unknd feelings OF awaken buried con-
tentons My former letter not dictated by such IN
uences, shall this be in The slightest degree Hinged by
such smouderng aalmosities The past Is ended. dc
wish TO eanlmate The s,rles oil other days between
us New circumstances have arisen, and new duties are
imposed upon " ALL The present and the future afford
abundant materials for the exercise OF all our ability ant
the stimulation OF all our PATRIOTISM 10 these hgh con
sderations let us now turn.
My former letter advered written previously By
you, suggesting certain movements to he made IN Viz
gina deemed your Suggestions ihJuulCous, anu sOt
of the given for them uasound, as well as lh'
remedies proposed ndged and needless referred tt
yourself and South Carolina incidentally and with M
purpose TO dsparage the merits OF either no doub
observe that South Carolina had been Tor number o.
years munous and dissatisfied and seemed FESTIVE unde
the proper restraints OF the Union and the constitution
Ell Upon a fair construction my remarks import nothing
more. This you choose 10 interpret lnto general as
sault on the good people of South Carolina and come
forward, with all the industry and ingenuity oil lawye
filing a special plea, TO defend them by iems, 10 The
number believe, of specifying their blood the
hereditary glory, their revolutionary services their gal
lany IN the OF 1912, and with Mexico, and then
civil and political claims to the honor and gratitude
their country To all these warm Jealous common
dations might content myself with pronouncng
No man--no even yourseli-entcrains more profound
for the great revolutionary heroes and services
the State OF South Carolina than do Her Marions
her Samers and her Haynes with thousand others less
distinguished, but less deserving, have venerated
from boyhood, the companions and co-laborers OF
Washington and shalt despse myself when cease 10
honor their and TO feel grateful Tor their patri.
otto devotion 10 the cause OF their country Many OF
her gallant sous, too, entitled TO all the credit you
claim for them in the wars Of 1912 and with Mexico.
She has produced statesmen also OF the most eminent
worth or all men IN the world trust shall be the
last who would pluck leaf from the lauels that adorn
the brows of either her statesmen her warriors. No,
God forbid hope they may flourish more luxurlantly
as time haows their proud names, IN the Pantheon of
their countrys benefactors But this is not the point
issue between US. II is whether South Carolina has
not been, the days OF nuu,ticdton uneasy,
complaining, and seeking for peiexis all occasions to
dis orb the tranquility and harmony OF the Union. Has
she played The part of vixen in this coniederacy for
the last twenty years. What great measures OF public
policy has she supported What has she not opposed
She has il true been az the Uniop, but OF She