The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-05-16


yndieats the constitution itself Certainly We should
tualy Yield upon points Of expectancy vital in their
tire when the purpose IS TO restore the obiterated land
marks Of the constitution and reinstae the principle Oh
equality which Is the basis OF the Union and the only Just
hope Of its continuance.
Sir eulogies have been passed upon Mr. Fillmore and
Mr. Webster for their conservatism upon the subject OF
slavery TO which do not subscribe When Mr. Fillmore,
ia 1888 adopted the an-sayery doctrines Of the abolition
party he relied upon sectional question for political adj
yancement and connected himself with agitation
which il required foresight to discover would be inn-
neny perilous In Congress- and in New York, he con-
tnued The same of hostility and aggression and by
an affected mdness OF language and opinion seduoed INTO
the hereses of his creed moderate men, whom the anker
violence of the abolionists Disguised and alarmed Ills
career was consistent and the zeaos Of ansayery We're
faithful in his support IL his known abolition ain-
ties which enabled him to in ls4s vote at the
North which the southern connexions OF General Taylor
notwithstanding his personal popularity would have iost
10 the wing party When by the death Of General Iay-
lor Mr. Fillmore became President he found the public
mind corrupted with the lessons Of his teaching and
the Union rocking with the storm which he had aided 10
raise The fires OF abolition made the earth beneath him
hot as the burning mari of hell which glowed beneath
the unblessed feet OF its exies. SIS
The wing and abolition party of the North but required
the application of those principles which he had told them
were peaceful and wholesome for the Union They made
no demands which he had not taught them to make they
threatened no assault for which his eoqnence and nn
had prepared them II their cosrse was traitor
the Union it was treason they had learned IRON
him. and il could not become any man to front the
perils which bese the country than the who had SO
much contributed to bring that peril When he had
signed the Compromise Of 1850 and sought the presidency
there stood between him and power speetrethe spectre
of nboltion-which barred his path. Ale had stopped
short Of the goal which he had pointed bis followers
and the relentless spirit of anaticisn which rgets the
service Of years in the hesitation OF moment abandoned
and sacrificed him. There in it the spirit OF retribu
tive iuscethe power which he owed his rise visited
him with destruction Some have thought him entitled 70
the gratitude Of the South let those who think SO pay ~
For self have small thanks for the mcendary who
fires my dwelling and when he his own in peril aids
to extingush the flames and demands salvage upon the
little have rescued from the coniiagraton.
Mr. Websers death ] consider Of the saddest and
most instructive facts in history He like Mr.. Fill
more had early nlbbed the doemas of an-sayery and
incucated them In ls4S he had boosted that the Wmot
proyiso was his thunder he had done than
man in all the North !" to swell the volume OF anti
slavery sentiments and his advocacy Of that sentiment
had aided give il popularity and respecbiy When
he found as leading member Of the whig party that the
government of great nation could not DC IN
the spirit of province or asectlor he like NJ
Fillmore compelled to face this "anti-slavery sen
ment' and wrese with il for the safety Of the Union
This sentiment avenged itself by thwartng him in his
cherished hope Of the presidency and by hurting upon him
every species Of detracOn which the most inventive malice
the shameless fasehood could devise Even the
love OF Massachusetts grew changed and cold and he be-
took himself to Marhied in the autumn the year and OF
his life to die The brown forests Of October not more
sombre and waning than his fortunes Adeon was eaten
the dogs hchad kept for the chase and Mr. Webster
bayed worried hunted and at last torn down and de-
sroyed by the very hounds whose eashes had slipped
| for the destruction OF others
N0TESlnce the delivery OF tulS nase
the second chapter of Colonel BESTogs "Ihy Years in
the United States Senate and find the views have ex-
the character of the two compromises sustained
material points by the opinions there recorded OF that
distinguished man. He says:
"Th compromel the work of the South, sustained
the united of Mr. Monroes cabinet the united voice
OF the southern senator's and majority OF the southern rep
| rescrtatives."
The struggle (upon the admission Of Missouri after
she had framed her constution) political frankly
declared by Mr. Rufus King who disdained Discrimination
and in struggle the States though de
the Compromise, conceived and passed ouhern
The resistance made to the admission the State on
of the clause in relation to free people OF color was
only mask to the real of opposition and has since
voting body against the admission Of Missouri that
exclude the whole class Of the free cored emf
population from their borders, AnA sif question:
BY statute by constituoaal smendssSnt For wh'se
throw of all political parties principle, and the sub
tuition of geographical parties Disseminated by the slave
line and Of destroying the and proper action OF
the federal government and leading eventually to epafa
ton of the States II federal movement accrung to
the benefit of that party and at first was overwhelming
sweeping all the northern democracy into its current and
giving the supremacy to their adversaries."
| On page 8, he says:
This 1.-THE line OF SC deg. 80 min called cempro
mise and all clear gain 10 the antsavery side OF the
question: and done under the lead Of the united slave
State vote in the Senate the majority OF that vote IN the
House of Representatives and the undivided sanction of
southern administration. Ii southern measure and
divided free and slave soil far voraby TO the North
than the ordinance Of l7sI That diridsd obo equally h
Of 1920 gore about all o North. 1t abolished slavery
immense Of country where might then legally
exist nearly the whole Of Louisiana left ii only in Flor
ida and Arkansas territory and opened territory
holding States. bat the genius Of slavery agitation
laid"