The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-06-05
EDITORS CORRESPONDENTS,


been listened to by attentive crowds of all parles and
ceived with enthusiasm wherever they have been delv
cred They have improved tone and interest as he has
progressed and will do immense amount of good
throughout the whole North and East The great of
our northern statesmen and orators who sustaining
the of the Union with their voices and their pens
is that by way of concession 10 the pejudces OF those
whom they addressing upon the agating topic Of
slavery, they in the habit of gratuously admit
ting that is evil denouncing sin, while they
deprecae all interference with it unconstitutional
inexpsdient Mr. Webster, in his latter efforts, has to
great extent avoided this practice, and thus allowed the
whole force Of his mighty logic and ervent eoquence TO
fall upon the minds OF his hearers without at the
time furnishing them with shield wherewith to parry
the effects of the blow Ha address the young OF
Albany only most admirable in its manner, and
persuasive in its train of reasoning but presented
federal relations in and impressive point of view
New TO great extent-we mean to the people of this
section of the country(for, while very fond OF
talking of the concessions have made and making
to the South there are but few who take into
sderaton OF the concessions the South has
made to us-concessions OF Unreasonable value coeval
with the formation OF and continued to this
day)Mr. Webster's remarks upon this subject
thy of being treasured in the memory of every who
is desous OF approaching the true worth Of the Union in
all it's bearings, what TO it, and how strenuousy
we ought to defend it, He shows conclusvey that to
the establishment of our commercial system--which
could not have been established without the OF
the South, and which assent she most magnanimousy
granted though against what she conceived TO be her
own best inerests-the North and East owe to very
great extent their present mercantile pre-eminence and
general prosperity. He proves that by this system
which is by no essential to The welfare the
southern States, but even, they believe, easure
detrimental to them, New York and New England en-
gross nearly the whole coastng and carrying trade on
both sides of the continent that by il great Atlantic
cities have been ostered and sustained until they already
vie with the proudest commercial marts in the Old
World and our people have become wealthy and indie
pendent with rapdy beyond all example in ancient
in modern times.
The people OF the North have been in the habit of
appreciatng these facts and some may be in
cned to deny them credence, but twelve months expert
ence OF a dissolution Of the Union would bring them
more unpleasant state Of conviction upon the subject
Let the South form a separate confederacy establish
commercial system suited exclusively to their views
and interests throw opea their ports to foreign produce
and export their direct invite the maritime powers
OF Europe to compete for the carrying and cossng trade
and, whatever the result 10 themselves what yen
portray the extent of ruin and disaster this wou bring
upon How much better is it, however TO gard the
present state OF things the point OF view that Mr.
Webster does-,o estimate obligations to the South
and the value OF the relations existing between usfor
She too has her OF the benehts-at their value
How much better do her justice because her DUE
than to be reluctantly forced into our duty by fear of
the consequences, to delay il until those
raught they will be with rremediabe evil, upon
u.s. When Mr.. Webster enforces such lessons a. these
upon us, he is doing good and he deserves well OF his
country, with Cass, and Douglas, and Dickinson and
host of other PATRIOTS who upon minor points differ from
him far the from the west He has responded
10 her call in time OF need and manul!y to the res
cue, when others from whom might have expected
better things have either stood aloof or joined the hostile
ranks.
What contrast does the action Of the pseudo democ-
racy Of Vermont present the patriotic demonstrations
which have taken place in this State under the auspices OF
the great men whom have Just mentioned We were
told, when the legislature OF that State a, its late
session, passed act actually annung law of Con-
gress and provision OF the constitution tia, they were
taken by surprise, acting under misconcepon but
when peruse the proceedings OF the free soil conven
ton al Burlington, and reflect that there is wing
jority in Vermont which Processes principles in all i'm
poant respects identical with those avowed by tina, body
there but too much to apprehend that public
sentiment in the Green Mountain State is great ex-
ter, corrupted and depraved. Mr.. John Van Buren,, it
would SEEM has there repeated the reasonable
doctrines inculcaied his letter the aboonists OF
Boston, and actually melted public assembly resist,
ance the government and the laws He
those whom he addresses upon the election OF Sumner
the Senate and Raniou to the House OF
sets in sending disorganizers disturb national
councils he rejoices in the defeat OF Dickinson;
sers that sixteen out OF the OF the democratic
members elected to Congress in this State in favor OF
repeal of the fugveslave law, or, in other words OF
the dissolution OF the Union, and claims that the demo-
cratic party of New York is firmly reunited upon the
Buffalo platform Now, while utterly repudiate and
discredit The bpes upon congressman and our party
would beg leave ask what sort Of democrat must
he be who can glory in the OF the worst enemies
of the Union and constitution in the defeat OF their best
friends and find theme for Boosting in the supposed de-
seon OF the democratic party of the vital principles
which have ever been interviewer with its existence and
the adoption Of others destructive to ITSELF snbversve OF
the government and runous TO the country What sort
of democrats must they be whose faith he Processes to
sor, OF democrats must they be who receive such doc
trines gladly, and adopt them their own Assuredy,
neither he nor they belong TO our church
We are by no certain. however, that such
sonable demonstrations these may not, after all, do
more good than harm, As in morals people are often
degused by gross profanity and wckedness, and de-
tered thereby from the commission Of similar offences
80 in politics many will be shocked by these bold and
reckless attacks upon all that, Americans they hold
most DEAR and become aroused TO the necessity OF rally
ing defence of those glorious institutions which their
fathers bought with their blood II would really as
if the assertion OF right to resist the lawor, in other
words, to levy war upon the government-by public
man in public assembly which testified readiness 10
exercise it, should s,ars all good citizens, and warn
them like the dram Of foreign foe, to stand to
r. a.