The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-18

The old chsm OF federal and nohing
because I existed IA every State and united lhen ogsther
oy tho ireernsm OF party. Rat the coincidence of
akcd principle, moral and political, win geographical
Inc, once conceived feared would be obtealed
from me mind; that would be recurring every occasion,
and renewing rrtations until would kndie such mutual
ana moral hatred render separation to
ns d'scord have been among the sanguine IN be-
ley,ns that our Union would be Of long duration l now
doub, much, and the great distance and
he direct consequences of this question: not by the line
winch has been confidently counted on--the laws OF
nature control bis-but by the Potomac Ohio and Mis-
sour, or more probably the Mississippi upwards to
northern boundary"
call attention the following and commend il particu-
larry to the senator from Massachusetts Mr.. sunsEa
My only comfort and confidence is, that shall live
to see this and envy the generation the glory
of throwing away fruits OF their fathers sacrifices
and fortune and of rendering desperate the experiment
which was to decide ultimately whether capable Of
self-sovernment THE treason against human hope will
sgnalze their epoch future history the
inc medal OF their predecessors"
Will read one extracts from Mr. Jefferson 8
letters In letter to John Holmes, dated April 90 1890
he said
had for long time ceased TO read newspapers or paw
any attention to public o,irs conhien they in good
hands, and content be the shore
rom winch am not dsaat. But hm momentous question:
hke hre~oe 10 the night, awakened and flied with
terror considered the knelI Of the Union 1t
is hushed indeed, for the But this is repreve
only, not a final sentence"
How true prophet he was, Mr.. President! How soon
after ne departed this lie this agitation commenced and
Il haSoeen continued from that day until This;
"a geographical line concding with marked principle
moral and POLITICAL conceived and held up the angry
passions of mon, will never be obIiterated'
What he thought would done is now about to be
done He proceeds:
can say, with conscious truth, that there Is
earth wins would sacrifice than would relieve
sion Of tina, snd of property o so is msnamed is
oagatee which would not second thought If, in
that way, general emancipation and exparaton could be
effected; and, gradually aud with due sacrifices think
might be. But is, have the wolf by the ears and
we can neither hold hun, safely let him 20. Justice ia
IN one scae and seIfprescrvaton in the other OF
thing CERTAIN that the passage of slaves from
State TO another would not make slave Of single human
being who would be without it, their diffusion over
greater surface would make Them Individually happier,
and proportionay facilitate the accomplishment their
transcription by dividing the burden greater number
c)adjutors"
Now, what succeeds
can abstinence, too, from this &C. of power, would re-
the jealousy excited by the undertaking of Congress
men composing State This certainly ia the exclusive
right of every State which nothing the constitution has
taken from them and given to the general government"
Here he denies its consttutionaly directly
"Coud Congress, for example, say tina, tho non-frecmen
of Connecticut shall be freemen that they shall not emil
CRATE into any other Staes"
will read but one extract more although is not all
that have marked. In letter to John Adams, dated
January %, 1891, he says:
sour anxetes in this quarter all concentrated in the
question, What does the holy alliance and out of Con-
gress mean to do with the Missouri question: And
this, bytheby the of tho Il il only the John
Doe Richard Roe of the eectmen. The real question:
in the S.aes affected with this popula
ton s Are slaves be presented with freedom and
dagger For If Congress has the power regulate
diuons of the inhabitants Of the States within the States
will be hut another exercise of that power declare that
all shall be free Are We then, again Athenan and
Lacedemonian confcderaces To wage another Pe.opon-
nesan settle the ascendancy between them' Or
the tocsin OF merely scrvile wari That remains be
seen. But NOT, hope, by you me. Surely they viii
parey awhile and give time to get of the way. Wha,
a bsdlamite 10 mani"
Here, sir the nstrous Witness called by the
sustain their position, deas them bard blows. He
dsnounces their sacred compact pro-
med iinst human hope being countsrpars
of their predee essors.