The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-06-23

4 One declined. One vote lost One
/ Loud, long, and startling The demonstration. Of
applause that followed the Of this
Now, this report Of the Inellisencer gives the eighth
resolution, read by Mr. Ashmun and adopted by the
convention in the following words:
"s That the series of of the hry.frs, Congress
the act known ihe fugidveslaye law included
ceved and acquiesoed in by the whlg parry the United
States as settlement in principle and substance, Of the
dangerous and exciting questions which they embrace ;
and far they concerned, will maintain Them
and inst upon their strict enforcement. until time and
perence shall demonstrate the necessity OF further legisla
ton guard against evasion OF the laws the hand
and the abuse Of their powers the ohcno impairng
their present efficiency and dcpecate all future agita
ton Of the questions thus seed dangerous peace,
and viii dscountensnce all efforts continue
such agitation whenever wherever however the attempt
may be made; and viii maintain this system
sl the nationality Of the whig party and the integrity OF
the Union"
The resolution appears ia The words previously
Published in the Iaeiigene<r Of Saturday, in what pur
ports to be editorial summary OF the Fridays proceed
ngs OF the convention In the republic OF Saturday the
resolution is given adopted by the convention in the
same words II appeared also adopted in the same
words in the Baltimore journals OF Saturday, and has
been so published all the country. In issue OF
Sunday morning last commented at length on the
terms Of the resolution thus adopted. contrasting il
with the form in which twas originally presented by the
southern caucus, and concurred in by the Webster and
Fillmore delegates from the North and we showed that
The word compromise and the whole idea OF covenant
settlement, and OF final settlement had been struck
out OF it BY the Committee on Resolutions before
,hey would report il 10 the convention and before
the convention would adopt it. We showed also, that,
as thus changed by the committee and adopted by the
convention, the resolution put oil the acts OF the
Thirty-hrst Congress the same footing and re.
fused to put the fugitive-slaye law on the ground
of constitutional mandate requiring H. the ground
OF part and parcel OF adjustment oil the sec
iiona difficulties We held that all these most important
changes Of the resolution by the committee were bad
and ndefensble and scarcely compatible with the idea
OF good faith 10 the natter and insisted that in adopt
ing the resolution this form the convention had per
petrated at once bunder in the North aad crime
against the South.
The apparently elaborate fidelity OF the reports which
gave the resolution in this shape and the entire cor
sisisney Of all the reports OF the resolution left no doubt
minds that il given just "a Me- Ashmun read
| it and the convention adopted IT. BIZ, hal any such
doubt existed az to the accuracy OF the terms OF
the resolution, il would have been completely re.
moved by what subsequently took place upon the sob.
lect in the convention Governor Johnston OF pennsyva
mia, member OF the Committee on Resolutions rose in
h's place IN the convention, Saturday morning TO call
attention % the form IN which the resolutions had been