The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-05-24
From tina Baltimore Patriot (whig paper
SIMON AT THE NORTH.


DISuNION AT THE NORTH.
Mr. Wendell Phillips is one of those ferocous champions
of freedom who denounce the dead the distant to
sembes composed of ladies, children and divne lie is
Of those trumpeers who bray at the onset put are
never seen in the charge The peculiar point OF his
tons TO taunt the North with its subsection TO southern
shareholders and elevate the difference in system OF
labor into religion In the recent saturnaia o. aooi
ton he has been emboldened to another meas
urc of mischief He advocates the dissolution OF the
Union: Eh ~ ISL
"You cannot says Mr.. Phillips, create an antis slavery
sentiment so durable, unreentng, vgiant that the
government cannot outwit undermine it consequently,
the only in which you can save the slave SO 70 ar
eminent eristssce. ~ Our italics]
Here is declaration that the Of aboltionisn is
paramount preservation Of the Unon' u is follow
ed by assertion that Hancock and Adams could be
heard upon the subject SO far from nrdn2 fauit WIN ds
union they would say
Do us the Justice to believe that did NOS intend the
foul trick that has been wrought upe you TIN we could
NO, 70 hold back your bands but dash fragments the
proof OF only bat our fatal mistake 10 blot out the only
record that humanity has against memory. Ii is but
Justice to the past suppose they did TO leave
such legacy as they have done
The New York Tribune has signezed itself by ayowing
doctrines equally snbvesiye 81 the unon u declares the
luton and open declaration of war between freedom
and slavery the North American continent 10 be cease
lessy waged till tie other party finally and abso-
lntely triumphs and u urging opposition 10 the passage
OF this obnoxious law, the following language:
Better that confusion should ensuebetter that discord
should reign in the national councilsbfey tof Congress
itself should blaze by the torch OF ncondary, tall
and bury all it, inmates beneath lie crumbng runsthan
that this pe,hdy ana wrong should DC finally acc.mpshsd
"n pursuing the We indicate, the friend. Of free,
dom the House win be sustained by the press and by the
people and, as zee oe,ere % nhoter orr yPor aau bs
demanded We dcyoutly them to be faithful 10 their
this great emergency and to confidently rely
popular sympathy that will treasure deeds the
martyrs such course will secure the support Of men ho
hold their re chem In the maintenance Of the righteous
which that minority isosed to Our italics
spch are the objects and such the language Of who
direct the abolition movement The declares that the
Union ought to be dissolved the other that Congress
obey the constitution shall break up in wild
disorder prevent the regular action Of the representa-
tive deparnent-nay, IL the hall of legislation shall be
burnedt will be justified by the object and that those
who do this will have whatever support may be demand
ed by men who will hold their lives cheap In the main
tenanoe of the righteous cause"
Here Is gratuitous treason. Why should the minority
Congress break the Of that body prevent
the passage Of law Should this be done in all cases
in which the forms OF legislation cannot be brought
correspond with the wishes of minority Was the gov
made carry out the wishes Of the smallest
number Because IL this minority veto bo proper the
operations Of the government should be stopped when
small number Of obstinate interested members
choose do We say II IL gratuous for II
there shall have been fraud practised upon the people
Of the United States BY the passage Of particular law
the people competent to correct II by repeal Of the
law, and by visiting signal and Summary vengeance upon
their faiihless representatives, Who then nudge OF
the compliance with representative pedges2 A bowling
orator and few whitevercd ncendiares whose fathers
either skuked from the bae-6elds of the republic or
fought the British side of our contests or the men
represent their constituents and held 10 their trust
by the bonds Of character property and desny7 IA
gratu,ous trcasonfor II the Nebraska bill be repudiaed
by the people II may be repealed before the privilege IA
the people who inbatt IL njare anv one That
bill does not recognise ssverydoes authorize lis in
PRODUCTION II only afms that the citizens forming a
new State may have II not they may choose III The
people Of the United States choose 10 elect President and
Congress which think otherwise slavery can be
positively illegal by the power In the mean time
there is crisis which wouldf any could The
resort to this lobby qualification We not pause 10 TAX
into consideration the capacity Of these dsuniouvts 10
carry out their threats Perhaps II civil should come
Mr. Phillips would be surrounded by eguard of elder
~ maiden ladies, and protected by rampant Of whale
bone and cotton waddng His co-laborer in the cause
might perhaps sell file of old newspapers TO aid In firing
the Capitol but would scarcely march upon war of in
vasion. Men who hold the great bonds of society The
honor OF the country and the lives OF other people so very
cheap" have been always according our obser
particularly economical Of their earcasses
The Malta Mail, of the 2sth ult publishes the following
under the head Of Cool Assurance
"0ne of the coolest things dplomacaly speaking that
have come within our knowledge Cor many long day was
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