Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-03-08

marks tend support the aboons and should not at all
be surprised should consequently be denounced BY some
Of the papers Of the country very far from Washington,
as having very close understanding with the aboonists
Such mputaions be expected IN these days and man
who has lived forty fifty years, as have DONE and who
not capable Of listening TO political asPerslons upon bis public
a. bs private reputation with GOODNESS and self possession
unf, for public life Public life in all free countries is not
life of queude and repose He who would be useful as
statesman, begin his career by schooling himself to
capscy Of hard simple endurance and DO prepared also to
act down and live down all impuations on his motives
pohcy think the aboonsts have their way according to
the constitution, construed and administered do not
think they would be very unwilling that the existing laws
should be modified changed They would Infinitely pre-
fer that you should send army Boston enforce them
take away the warning, designed In mercy by the Executive
proclamation and march the militia Of neghborng States
into Massachusetts, enforce the fugitive slave law aud thus
make rights under the constitution incompatible with the
sovereignty of the States They would much rather have
that than that the simple alternate should be laid down to
them by the Southern States Stake into your hands the con-
sttuiion and the faith implied give BY your Legislation
rights will dissolve the Union lfthat alternative
presented ought be, with the constitution in our
hands, would nave rights Why, you may pass your
laws but handful of people-tdoes require majority
bae your authority IN every town in the United Sfes
and thus nuly your law, deride your procanaon and put
your army and navy desnce Senator's the other side
Of the chambee the side Of the abotionists
Sir what is che foundation Of abokonism in this Union
1t is consolidation remember many years since that be
who filled the seat occupy and whose shoe alches -
Massachusetts,, longer in this body, mr. Webser)
in debate that occurred 10 1885, elf the principles
you contend for correct, ycu will wake up spirit OF
aboltionin the North you will make your people believe
they responsible this institution and the day that thst
principle Hssa suI Es' Sh is's Viii sfib ID i an y
will be the very rst to feel the eecs The uocsne you
are now maintaining, by being osrscised and scorned
Although that great did net live to see the fulfil
ment of his prophecy it. Who're is the great
statesman of Massachusetts, in Massachusetts .
II well that he is at the other end Of the avenue tor
he now stood in and sought the sufages OF
the people held the seat he then occupied he would be
rejected by overwhelming majority The anhciPatons OF
him whose seata occupy now realized ana conso
dacn here has crowned abolition with its success when
you show the people of the North that this constitution 10
nothing but what majority Of Congress thinks proper to
make it, what the natural inference from such teachings
Why, that whenever majority OF Congress tnnx 70
abolish slavery ought to be abolished and tnat hey are
responsible for the institution they ought abolish IT, Con-
is abotionism and those that have given abolition
mits success this country, the statesmen who have
been driving the of consolidation over the limitations OF
tbeconsituon and the rights Of the South Biz you cam
not consolidate this Union in particulars and in others
leave it unconsodated If you break down the limitations
Of the taxing powers you declare that that power shall
exist merely the constitution says for the purpose OF
revenue, bu shall exist for the purpose Of punderng one
secon for the benefit Of another if you declare your power
toesabsh corporations and thus control the currency
Of the country, you must consolidate the Government in
other particulars You promulse the doctrines here which
virtually make the constitution nothing; its limitations
breath And now, when abolition fears it's head, and
consolidation in the face, you wish to frown down.
II will laugh you 1t is only carrying out the prn-
cpes you taught 1.-THE life you gave it. It is only Kidding
themselves Of that responsibility you imposed upon them and
carrying your princplesto their legitimate results IT. in
past days. all statesmen had stood upon the limitations OF the
constitutions if they had said the constitution gave no
power beyond its plain and simple grants these people would
have respected these limitations their minds would never
have turned to the great question of Southern slavery, and
they would have enforced these obligations ohe constitution,
because their bond, their faith their duty. The
greatest friends Of abolition in this country are the consolda
onists. They the fathers Of it, they have made it.
From their corrupt constructions of the constitution this
hideous monster has arsen shaking this Union to it's
centre, and, in my opinion destined to overthrow it.
Sir, what did this Congress do at the last session Con-
sodaon carried its triumphant unchecked over the
rights and honor Of the South and the rights also OF the
North. By the compromise it called you stripped
the South, having equal right in the whole OF our vast
territories, conquered by US in common with YOU OF
ticipaton in Them You ANONYMOUSLY elected us, but ad-
mted freely only all the people Of the North, but the
people ove other land and tongue to the convcts Of
Botany Bay. They fit to he your compeers in holding
that magnificent country, but we-we your equals in this
Conederacy spurned and thrust aside Thatwas
branch your mighty Of consolidation. And what
else did you do You passed the fugitive slave bill another
decentralization, humbly conceive, although not
injurious to the North And after you had done this, you
then cried out "A hail here peace there is to be
contention; the lamb and the wolf lie down
gether Satisfaction and peace and quietude prevail all
the Union; the South is satisfied, the North satisfied,
all satisfied"
Sir the South has suceumbed far beyond what she expect
ed any body else expected after the solemn committals
she had made She bad resolved that she would resist
every hazard, and to the last extremity, perpetraed
her this spoaon Of her election from Caor
MIA. She has, nevertheless apparently succumbedall at
least but two States But the North for whom you plum
dered ushe North who had riumphed by your consolida
ton, instead of being satisfied with what she had gained
was dissatisfied with the poor boon the South acquired for the
ecapture Of fugitive slaves If the constitution violated
by this law, they should not have complained for they had
than its equivalent in the unconstitutional appropriation
Of California, and the subsection Of the South Swollen with
hearogance pedominang power however they have risen
up and said you shall not enforce this law We this
singular state of things While the Souh-the wronged the
insuled par-s sinking lower and lower the spirit Of the
North rising every day, and saying, with its accustomed
potency you shall enforce this law until length we
are now deliberately debating whether shall stretch the
Union TO the utmost tension Of its powers to put down their
dissatisfaction and resistance.
There is not mathematical problem in Euclid clear
than this Just IN proportion you limit the sphere Of the
operations Of the General Government according to the simple
Puro OF the constitution, in that proportion you strengthen
the Union and just in proportion you ensge the sphere
Of the operations Of the General Government by construction
in that proportion you endanger the stability Of The Union
Those uho adopt the policy of charging the powers of the
General Government by construction have only 90 on and
they will consummate that prediction made by distinguished
statesman on this floor that would become not one
people, but divided people, people onng at and hating
each other You have by this of consolidation de-
soyed the bond Of and bohery that has so long
united together. do not know what other gentlemen
say, but for ONE can speak for my constituency to
the effect Of your legislation upon them They look upon
this Union, the in which the North carry out its
oy.tha sb.,o