The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-06-03

part ofhis system Of tactics 1t is not enough
of power from the South, but power must also be
added 10 the North. good general only dminishes
the number OF his enemies by despachng them BY all pos
sbe methods butakes good recruit his own forces
BY the annexation of ansavery Canada the accession oil
strength 70 the North would be tremendous.
"These but auxiliary TO the grand de-
sign which the General lays down in his letter slavery
In that letter he says;
go persuaded that IL is high moral obligation Of
masters and slayshodng States 70 empoy all means not
incompatible with the safety OF both colors ameliorae
slavery, even to erfsrmtaaiion
In other words, ultimate abolition That Is plain
enough The following. though clear. is pregnant,
with meaning, and very suggestive
80 From the promise made To Abraham, thou
sand had elapsed before tho advent Of Saviour
and the sraetes the chosen people were for wise
purposes suffered 70 remain Ia bondage longer man ne
but suggest the remedies and consultations OF slavery
inspe patience, hope, &c.
How Israetes brought out bondage last
BY high hand and outstretched arby the desruc-
tion Of The stborn of Egypt and by the overthrow of
Pharaoh and his hos in the Red We do say that
General Scott conemplaes massacre in every house In
the southern States But IL is undenable fact that this
passage in sacred history is the standing from which
the abolitioniss of the Northblack, white and gray
preach future vengeance, bloodshed, rebellion, and
anarchy when the slaves, aided by the North, grow
and powerful for their masters
and the white population of the South If General
Scott did not mean that the parallel should be com
pete, his allusion the of the Israelites in
Egypt most unfortunate. But will assume that
he only abolition by moral and legal MEANS which
very different from the fundamentally that delivered
Israel from the house Of bondage We will ASSUME that
General Scott had gradual abolition, and violent coup
de nar in his His first step, therefore, with the aid
of his party will be repeal the fugitive slave law for he
ignores the veto power. The will be annex
Canada the next to abolish the razaon laws and
finally aid and influence the abolition Of slavery all over
the United States and Territories.
The nomination, therefore, of General Scott which is
already settled, 'cut and dried In the NORTH is the begin
ming Of the end In the OF his election will be
total change in the administration of the government OF
the country. Emigration will be Observation-Disclosures
will be disfranchsed and discouraged and the Irish and
Germans in particular will be placed under dsabi-
ties than those under which they groaned their native
land There will be plee revolution in the action of
tho government, and tho ongthreatcned separation be-
tween the North and South will last explode in open
rupture There will be terrible commoon in Congress and
throughout the country General Scott himself will be tho
Executive carry these designs and President and
hef, he will enforce the laws with all
the military and civil of the North and at the point
OF the He coward to shrink from the
ormance Of his duty whatever may be the consequences
He born to yield The end of all will
be- that terrible and bloody separation of the Union will
take place. military republic, somewhat like that Of
the Romans, the French, will be gradually establish
ed and institutions will be remembered among
the things OF the past"