The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-06-14
Spprog OF HON. ELY MOORE, IN 1888, ON ABoLi
TIoNIsM
w .sHsaruN June IL, 1854


wAsmSaroS June IL, 1854.
Z. As Editor Of hs Unson'
A look upon the present as one Of the most important
periods in the political history ofour country ' y
Nth d. rise and progress in all that Is glorious ana val
M !, The eause Of humanity feel deep socitnde In
~ ae,rooments-m manifest they are-in relation 70
a eo,,iao ers,ts which cast thar shado@s ogof@
nass,a through period Of thirty years OF faithful,
ardent and sincere devotion 10 the great pfihcpeS VI w
aoe,ic marty as they developed oy Jefferson ana
Isclsonone its ustrious founder, ana Tue oter "ho
lf his impress so strongly marked upon The u
~. go, that bis name is beacon-ght TO the wonder
- demoerat who has been betrayed from the PAIN Oh ay
~ his country her honor and her glory by those whose
bc Il has ever been to destroy the constitution nave
L steadfst eve upon those who have been chosen oy
b neope 10 represent their interests ana reflect te sen
timents-henoe the deep and manifest anAes N0i ~
present in relation to coming eee"fs.
IN reading the Union of Saturday morning, June ~
,ssa read an extract from the speech Of the Hon. henry
CLAY delivered in the Senate OF the United otaes On PRIV
s;nq memorial of the citizens of the District OF Column
ba on the subject Of abolition petitions and accord wih
Won in your endorsement of the sentiments there expressed
Ia, a, the sams time being familiar with the causes winch
produced that speech and being of those VINO cooper
acd at the time in getting up the memorial the ooec'
which was to call forth the leading men OF the TWO great
n,onal parfie, which then divided the country, so as to
destroy the Vaccinations of those who were concochg
achemes which, If successful would certainly destroy the
government by drawing sectional and geographical INES
ann constrained ask ofyou the favor publish portions
i ~ apeech Of the Hon Ely Moore then representative
s The State Of New York, which was delivered in the
uonse Of Representatives February 1885, three days pre-
is 10 the delivery of Mr. Cays speechthe arguments
Of which are those Of every gentleman although clothed in
!, new garb who have spoken upon the constitutional
bwer Of this government in relation to the formation Of
I ~, r. Na1,r a,A
yon have to do is to strike out the District Of Columbia
and insert the Territories and the whole constitutional
movers Of the federal made manifest in this
able speech of Mr. Moore.
Nv object simply vindcate the TRUTH and do justice
to man who political distinction from the body Of
the people, who has always proved true to the democratic
party and place the whole affair historically correct
The presentation this memorial is incident of peculiar
interest because sanctioned by both parties Mr.
Clay being the great leader of the wing party was selected
10 present II to the Senate; and Mr. Moore Of New York.
being consutionally sound upon the subject and firm
supporter Of democratic principles in their purity and
simplicity selected by the democracy to present it to
the House.
Its doctrines sound logical and conclusive and the
republication Of the sentiments contained in the following
extracts will place them the bands of those who have come
upon the stage of political action since that time and
BILE them to combat error
Respectfully,
4. B. ROBINSON.
E1trads from the ,peech Of Hon Ely Moore delipedn Con-
E4s gress IN 1889, d6oiif,onsns.
The abohonsts design to effect the abolition OF sa-
very In the States also; and it is worse than idle
it is dishonest and insoenty hypocritcal-nin them
TO pretend that their schemes and efforts limited to
the District Of Columbia and the Territories Every
body knows and many of the abotonists themselves
fes that such is not the fact 1t is as much their nten
ela
in the Territories in this District Such being the
them let examine for moment the nature and tendency
Of the abolition movement II will be acknowledged by
all that prior TO the organization OF the federal govern
rneh the States were in all respects and 10 all nents and
purposes, sovereign and independent States or nations
and such State, of course could interfere with
the rights internal police Of another State without
violation of international law An attempt therefore,
the part Of Massachusetts, for instance to abolish slavery
Id Georgia would have been truly and properly regarded
by Georgia aggression upon her national rights an
assault upon her State sovereignty and virtual denial
Of Der independency a State or nation What would
have been then would be equally true Any In
reference the part Of Massachusetts, with tho subject
Of slavery in Georgia clearly wrong much an In
fraction Of international law since the formation OF the
federal government IL would have been prior 10 that
event The States under the constitution as essen
TALLY and absolutely soyereign-where their sovereign
~ not limited by the constntonas they were before
the formation Of the constitution. And slavery exists
IN the Staenot by virtue Of the constitution, but by
tirue Of &ote sorereeny atont necessarily follows that
without and beyond the power of the federal govern
meni TO abolish it Congress have right TO inter
ere with the institution of slavery in the States than they
have to interfere with the internal institutions Of foreign
power The power to abolish slavery in the States
having been delegated 10 Congress- cannot be exercised b
Congress without violation of the federal constitution
On the subject of slavery the States only ndepend
en Of each other but also of the general government The
States having reserved to themselves all the rights Of
cignynot directly and explicitly conceded TO the feder
goyernment-they are just free exercise those
served rights as II such government had been esab
hshed This proposition hold TO be selfcvident The
right 10 hold slaves not having been ceded 10 the general
government but retained by the States Il follows that
attempt the part Of the citizens of the
States or Of Congress to interfere with the institution OF
slavery in any Of the saveholdng States would be viola
ton OF the rights Of sovereign and independent States
nations and OF consequence in direct and positive contra
vention Of international law.
The aboitonsts by warning against the rights and
egnty Of the States encourage violation OF the national
fath sanction the inracon Of law and endanger the
bi and integrity Of the federal Union In taking this
ground adopt the language OF one Of the most original
thinkers and energetic writer's Of the ages. theyhe abo
htonhtssot the law Al defiance and either mob or
band Of insurrectonists In taking this ground they
justify all the awess violence against which they have 50
vebencnty acclaimed If one class Of the community
may set the laws at defiance, why may not another II
,he eboboniss may set nj nought the international law
which gives the ssvehodng States the exclusive urisdic
uon OF the slave question: why not other citizens
they have right by mob law prevent them II they
from DONG ~ II were not difficult TO convict theabotion-
preaching the very doctrines the mobocra attempt to
reduce to PRACTICE They ought not therefore to think II
strange That they have been but in too many instances the
victims OF lawess violence When portion of the com
muny take IL into their heads tina, they wiser than
he law and commence the performances OF acts in contra
ennon OF law they ought be that they open the
uosr 20 every species Of awless violence unchain the tiger
and must be snswersble for the consequence
What must be the certain and inevitable tendency OF the
abolition movement and what its moral and political re-
sni Its progress shall be onward and its march be