Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-03-19
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ing to the will Of their own people
In expressing briefly my views upon :,
subject, winch mas recently agtated the No.. Poan
most fearful degree, am moved bv NJ nation 70 ),
than most earnest desire for the Otner npu
Union which has made us whatwe are! Suaoa Of aa
US blessings and comforting a povver " etlngHD~
which our fathers could hardly have anu Influence
with their most sanguine hopes dsoPpsed eVsn
far off future. The sentiments now snS e0'ea TO
not unknown before the expression oftbo wae
called me here. My own position upon t5;. Wild
was clear and unequivocal upon the record f sube
and my acts-and it is only REQUIRED to a, ~ EW
cause silence might perhaps be misconstrno5 unle BE-
the Union, my best and dearest earthly - Viii
twined. Without it what are we, ipdiv;dr.T are en-.
lectively! What becomes of the nobest ! Sofed-
opened for the advancement of our race in r: eTe
government, in the arts, and in all that diqnsOhh
adorns mankind. From that radiant conser. cM
which both illumes our own way, and poin,s
struggling nations their course, but LET Sc, oUio
be lost, and if there be not utter darkness tho s
the whole is dimmed Do my countrymen ,uSIed
assurance that such a catastrophe is not 70 .eu any
them while possess the power to stay it, Tt;0k
me an earnest and vital belief that as the IT;%h
been the under providence of our prosDo AA
this time, so it is the sursst pledge Of Continue!
the blessings we have enjoyed and which we are
ly bound to transmit undiminshed to our childrer NJ
field of free and calm discussion in our country Luz
and will always be SO, but never has been and P41
can be traversed for good, in a spirit of SOFT NV
ism and uncharitableness. The founders of H. p
public dealt with things as they were presan,.i nc
them in spirit of sef-sacrifcing patriotism ~
time has proved with comprehensive wisdom ~,
it will always be safe for to consult Every NJ
tending to strengthen the fraternal feeling or :,
the members of our Union, has had nv heartfaI "
probation.
To every theory of society or government. whp,b..
the offspring of feverish ambition, or of morbid op,
sasm, calculated to dissolve the bonds of law and i
lection which unite US, shall nterpose ready ,l
stern resistance. believe that involuntary ser,
it exists in the different States of this confedes
is recognized by the constitution. believe if st,ni
like any other admitted right and that the States b
it exists are entitled to efficient remedies 70 enr
the constitutional provisions. | hold that the Ian,
Eof 1850, commonly called the Compromise measures
are strictly CONSTITUTIONAL and ought to be unhesifa,
ngy carried into effect. believe that the Constitute
authorities of this Republic are bound to regard n
rights of the South in this respect they would vpu
any other legal and constitutional right and that M
laws to enforce them should be respected and obevd
not with a reluctance encouraged by abstract opDop
as to their pTOprety in different state of socety br
cheeruy and according TO the decisions OF the trbuns
to which their exposition belongs. Such have been
and are my convictions, and upon them shall art
erventy hope that the question is at rest, and bs
no sectional, or ambitious, or fanatcal excementma
again threaten the durability of cur institutions Or Oh
scure the light of our prosperity.
But let the foundation OF our hopes rest upon man
wisdom. twill not be sufficient, that sectional rr
JUDGES find no place the public deliberations. Itwi
not be sufficient thatthe rash counses ofhuman paso
rejected. 1t must be felt that there il no natona
security but in the nations humble, acknowledged d
pendence upon God and his overruling Providence
We have been carried in safety through a perilou
crisis. Wise couDsels, like those which gave Us Il
constitution, prevailed to uphold it. Let the Rod
remembered an admonition, and not as an eEcuu
agement in any section of the Union to make exper
ments where experiments fraught with such fard
hazard. Let it beimpressed upon all hearts that bea
tilul as our fabric is, earthly power wisdom con
ever re-unite its broken fragments. Standing as I'd
almost within view of the green slopes OF MonceIl
and as it were, within reach of the tomb of WasIin
ton, with all the cherished memories ofthe past ga
ering around me like many eloquent voices oil
hortation from Heaven, ! can express no better ho
for my country than that the kind Providence wh
smiled upon ourfathers may enable their children
preserve the blessings they have inherited