The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-03-12

that the only real danger 70 our lnsutuuons ARISES
from making the subject of slavery sectional cues
ton May not respectfully ask the Protestant minis
try OF the South pause and reflect that II they bring
the dongs Of churches iao political discussion lhey
with the fact that OF three thousand preachers WHO de
nouncsd the Judgments OF God upon our devoted heaas
who voted Tor the KansasNebraska bill there was not
upon the paper the name Of single Catholic mlpiss
May lac show that Of hfs elergymen are IN 'hs
bas OF Congress, while 80 have hsntgoaa PfsasNa -,
Nav he not show that he has refused 70 TAKE tne
"holy communion with slayehoderhat ms church IN
the North are not stirring the waters OF sectional strife
that they never do, and never hasf 49, tti, ~,
delicate question Of slavery and by showing iheSe ihngs
drawing these contrasts may they not commend their
church 10 the South and weaken yours These are qnes-
tons far Won 10 consider 1t is but just to large and re-
snectabe Protestant denomnaonI aude to the regular
old B.ptststo say that they have never anywhere at any
lime under any circumstances either North or South, in
tarferel in political affairs.
Why should Protestans agitate this snbject2 Why
should they endeavor 10 build up political party upon
subject on which they have political actionf You
are forbidden 10 oct by the constitution Of the United
Satee The constitution says that Congress shall mare
no lao respecting the establishment of religion or proA
iag tie free erercise Meren Take this case Suppose
President having sworn in know-nohing councils that he
will appoint Roman Catholic TO office is elected ne
takes oaA n support ne constitution Q ne dnaea aHss
That consiiiG that Ro religious test SHAH ster DC
ys0ued as gugcatioa 10 any ocs or p6e Hasf under
Me LJsd SatcSr Suppose, them man is presented Tor
Office dos4 hs not ase 70 inquire una n. hs n G@ ~
tiat account fhe does refuse him. be ootaes ms aa
oatA beealse he thea be would make no religious
Il
But have been asked If | would vote for who
owes tsnsporl allegiance TO foreign power7 answer,
No woula not vote for any man Of any region, Tor
any oTlre who il bound by such an allegiance.
IA to spiritpt allegiance my understanding is that
we all owe that allegiance Power whose Throne is out
side Of tho United staes-io Cop y HAVEN p..,.u
Bat IN al these views perhaps no Catholic or Protest.
dsaglees with and will not elaborate them u-
ther !. .gss..,s- s..-
stated 10 YOU that the great for my having ever
gone mo council was was assured that the presersa
ION OF the Union was the rock on which they built their
cburchrat men who joined in the North, well as the
South, made burnt Offering of their prejudces, and
iDned tth hands locked IN hands IN living chain around
Ike coastut1a IN common brotherhood and IN common
oefenec was told too that could withdraw if was
ssk every laow-nothng who reads this, if such was
his understanding OF the objects OF the American or
der2 Then them to lay aside their partalities ana
preudces and hnkngy patriots 10 look back at Its
IL met in convention at Philadelphia in June last it
laid down platform It put forth the celebrated tweif'n
.hesolred That The American party, having risen upon
the ruins and in spie of the opposition of the wing and
democratic parties cannot be held Ia any manner respon-
sbe for the obnoxious violated pledges of either
that the systematic agitation OF the slavery question by
those parties has elevated sectional hostility into positive
element Of political power, and brought our institutions
into peril il has therefore, become the imperative duty of
the American party ioinerpose for the purpose OF giving
peace 10 the country and perpetuy TO the Union that as
experience has it impossible 10 reconcile opinions
SO extreme those that separate the dsputants and as
there cnu be dshonor in submitting to the laws the
mon Justice and future peace abide by and maintain the
existing laws npon the subject Of slavery final and
conclusive settlement OF that subject in spirit and in sub
stance. .sl.|Es. .e.s.#s.s.#.u ....
And regarding 1t the highest duty their opin-
ions upon subject important in distinct and unequlyo
cal terms hereby declared as the sense OF this national
council that Congress possesses under the con-
suion legise upon the subject of slavery in the
States where 1t docs exist to exclude any State
from admission into the Union because us constitution
part of its social system and expressly preermtng any
expression of opinion upon the power OF Congress to estao
sh prohibit slavery in any Territory, it is the sense OF
the national council that Congress ought TO egsate
upon the subject OF slavery within the Territories Of the
United States and that any Interference by Congress with
slavery it exists in the District Of Columbia would be
violation OF the spirit and intention Of the compact oy
which the State of Maryland ceded the District TO the Uni
ted States, and breach Of the national faith" -
There is platform the subject Of slavery with the
exception of lite pretcrmng) souDd-one upon which
the South could stand They conservative and just
hut what did the northern and the largest portion Of this so
zginstl naiisoi party do They rspuated is section
they spit upon it, they met together in their State councils
and there these ooEscdos UnoRSacsrs satisfied
with simple reputation OF this twelfth section but
doctrines the doctrines Of the party which,
carried out leads in the strong language Of Clay when
speaking OF refusing to admit State because OF eons
tuition toleraiing slavery, 80 DISSOLUTION OF THE
UNION THROUGH BLOODY AND PERlLOUS ROAD
give you resolution passed by know nothing con-
venton at Cincinnati in November last composed Of dele.
gates from of the northern and northwestern States
They declare . ... b.. .#......" ...
rhat The repeal OF The Missouri Compromise was an In
traction OF the pghfed OF the nauoD, ana that III
should be rcstored and If efforts that end should fail
Congress should refuse 10 admit into the Union State
toeratng slavery which shall be formed of any por-
ton OF the territory from which that institution exeu-
ded by that compromise ..-
Yea tbey vail not admit Kansas IL she applies for ad
mission slave State thus, according 10 the language
Of Mr. Clay, and hus every intelligent knows lead
ag the "dissoiphoA Of The Union by bloody road
IOu by this resolution how the know-nohings In the
northwestern States stand. will show you how they
stand in The middle States In the legislature Of Pennsy
yAna the know-nothings and the black republicans
10 their instincts and actions FUSED and they declared
the l2th day of January 1885, in the following form
wit: .....
Re'olred That opposed the admission a any
Stare States into this Union therefore,
Resolrcd That haHsds an Nbrdska should only be
ADMITTED into The sist6rhood STATEs"
Oyyosed HE admission Of any Stare States into
this Uuion the rankest and the most damnabe feeso-
ism, well as tho most direct road TO dissolution
Ia New Iork-in the Empire Sfae the State which
i greatness to the of the Union isin that
State 80 bound TO and dependent upon us by COM
mercal ties The nohngs met there In State
ton at Bnghamton, and they too join In the swelling
chorus OF abolitionism, and resolve as follows
ResolDo That the national administration by is gem
Srdl Of official conduct together with attempt
desoythe rcpose harmony and aternal relations OF the
country In the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise and the
Of oRgresons upon the government OF The
territorial inhabitants Of Kansas deserves and should
ccve he united condemnation n ne american peopL and
that the institution OF slavery should receive no EXTENSION
from such repeal" -.- .-.-.-u.. ---. .-..-.-
The meaning Of which L. that Kansas if applying as
slave State should he rejected This is the platform upon
which they went into their last ghl This the platform
has been 80 much rcjoced over IA victory which would
lead dissolution Of the Unionl Thus stand the know
nothngs Of New York Let us 20 TO the northeastern
the New Enpland-States Maine, Connecticut, New