The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-04-21

uo0..l 20 DO injustice 20 the language Of Nh. Cid
ain fresh in the memory Of the House Of Representa-
- reprint that well-known passage which be gave
80 "a a few weeks ago, IN thai branch Of the ma
al legislature;
- sould intimidate bat | tell you there IL =
80 he North which win defiance all the low and
ma chaations Of this Executive, and Of the ninions
~snower When Ae contest shaa eoae--isAsA che aaader
Ta aad Ia gAs~ias aasA,fhsa he slasss sAaR rae N
slAss "a im.iaoa Of the Cuban toadsssa, the south
l,ss 81 he Soaa sAaR feel hat hey meaachen they
A. irysag sIaooAs Of Immortality, aaa recognise he
- trul that they men, and entitled 10 the rights
~ cod has bestowed upon them--when the slaves shall
hst aad sAea shall pale and tresbie chen
d,Hiaqs skaH smoke. ond dismoy sf such co,osie
tksa sy 4 do nor soy see soH iaagh al yoar eoiam-
saa uaock pAea yoar fear o@aeh but do say, when
N time shall come the lovers Of viii stand forth
rsyt the legitimate powers Of this government for free
We shall then have constitutional power for the
of he country and do justice TO the slave Then oa
k, of The shackles from he bs Of e stoue. That viii
b period when this government will have the power to
! hotgeen slavery and freedom, and when il make
- by giving freedom to the slaves And let me tell you,
n sneaker that the time hastens. II 10 rolling forward
NJ President exerting power that viii hasten II, though
4 intended by him. IAaa do the approaching darn
NAT poIieal niepsia shcA 'Oel assured 'eia
! bon tie poId."
Sa.lsraton few days ago A prominent southern whig
ssdsr Mr. Cullom, Of Tennessee gentleman who is
more than parliamentary representative
MANN his speech against the Nebraska bill in Congress,
aed the House and the country by the violence OF his
ouncations and the severity of his eensures The IA
uitc arguments of the abotonists against that bill
pand at his hands eager and emphatic endorsement
b northern agitator could go further in rdiculing
"a assaing the friends Of that MEASURE none could
quail his attacks upon the motives and the sincerity Of It's
kdyocaes none can surpass him in the dramatic
ry Of his population of those who believe that they
ne doing their duty in upholdng the principles OF the
ill.,
And vet almost at his side eagerly drinking in the i'm
asoned and angry eloquence Of General culion, was
keen the man who, only few weeks before, in that
cry hail. cried out nearly in the words of the poet while
ang Of the people Of the South in his dark picture o.
be coming woes that he would not greve If the bloody
snds Of servile war gave
Their roof the fanes and their flesh to e eagles"
was indeed sorry sight and when, at the close OF the
eech Of the southern Representatives the aboionists
osed about him like cloud and poured out their con-
aulatons upon his Speech it sort of poetic sequel
10 The strange and unnatural beginning The friends of
he constitution and The friends Of the South sat by
amazed the whole spectacle and more than one patriotic
heart hrobbed with grief at the ominous conjunction
Let us be well understood. We not Of those who
ek to exaggerate either the designs Of abolitionsm
the dangers of the South Unhappy, both too well
appreciated But believe that to country
nothing 80 full of peril these designs and dan
gers The policy Of the foes of the South bitterly
w Ia. - -. af,I
for bis candor Boldly and perseverngly has this policy
been pursued ygilanty is it cultivated and strength
sned now For nearly years, and long before the
Nebraska bin Of Judge Douglas reported to the
Senate the North has been beset by persistent effort,
running through the newspaper press the extensive sys-
TEN Of cheap publications, and finally the fascinating
luremehts Of the stage 10 poison the public mind 50
fully against the institutions Of the South that the peo-
Of the free States might be ready any hour 10 APP
ud and aid in the dreul realization Of the picture Of
r Giddngs Gen Cullom has the fugtive-slave law
s6ed and defeated in the northern States He has
The who stood BY that law hunted down by the abo-
donists and he has heard the hoarse CRY Of repeal
raised by northern wings in legislative hasa these
constituting the exordum well the accompaniment Of
The crusade started by the Garrisons and the Stoves
and echoed from the European side Of tho great
waters And yet in the face of all these movements,
With The threats and predictions Of Mr.. Giddings
sui ringing in his ears, General Cullo1, southern
representative dnites his voice with the enemies Of the
Nebraska b and allows his distrust in the motives Of
those who support that hio call his opposition BY no
hArsher nAmeto outweigh the impending perils TO the
South and to throw him into coalition with who in
'okf worse than war pcstilence, and famine upon f
sen sovereign States OF this blessed Unon