Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-08-11

would operate upon the emigrants who might
wish to settle in such Territories from any sec
tiOn of the Union, would be invidious and
wrong; that emigration should be untrameled;
that when sufficient number of persons shall
have settled in such Territory would entitle
them to admission in the Union, that the citi-
zens in such Territory alone have the right to
determine for themselves whether slavery is to
be tolerated or not, without control from any
quarter. Islands off" gentlemen; let legitimate
emigration and settlement decide the question.
Could anything be more fair-could any thing
be proposed that would seem more consistent
and proper,
/ must confess that have feared that this
contest in reference to the question of slavery
in the Territories was only masked battery
behind which our Republican friends meditated
an attack upon ono Of the compromises of the
Constitution. L mean that portion of it which,
In making up the ratio of our Federal Repre-
sentativeS allows three-fifths Of the slave pop
ulatiOn to be counted to make up the number
Fever our Northern friends shall undertake
and carry such n proposition rs would strike
out this constitutional right from the Southern
States no human power could prevent Il dissO-
luton of the Union. No man South, who had
the slightest regard for the rights of the States
or OF constitutional obligations, would for mo-
ment remain in the Union when the majority
had set aside her constitutional rights, and
when numbers had Over-ridden the most solemn
obligations.
am the more inclined to this opinion from
the union which has taken place in Pennsylva-
MIA between the Know Nothings and the Re-
publlcans, and which must result in a contest
between the North and South-a sectional
| issue that has for its settlement this question,
and this question alone.
Let me read you letter, written by John d.
Clyde, President of Pennsylvania State Council.
Hear it, Americans of Maryland, those of you
that feel the Republicans of the North are play
ing game at war with your dearest interest
and let me ask you are willing to give " aid and
comfort to party which has been shown to be
abOlitiOnists throughout the entire North. Hear
1T, Democrats of Montgomery, and charge home
upon your adversaries that every vote that is
given in Maryland to the Know Nothing ticket
is In effect voting to sustain the Northern Re-
publicans, and at war with the institutions of
Maryland -
"TO ALL TRUE AMERIcANs-A few straight.
OUT Americans, disappearing Of the union move
Inent, which resulted In the nomination of David
Wflmot for Governor, have issued a call for an
American State Convention at Lancaster on the
I'd OF June. There has been response to the
cali, except in one or two counties the mass of
the Americans deprecating the movement as one
designed TO distract and divide the opposition,
ana give aid and comfort to the Democratic anti
Aneiican ,,aIi o-slayely party The Americans of
various counties We're fully and fairly represented
In the State Conventions; their delegates went
there IN good faith prepared to abide the result,
Whatever IL might he; and, casting aside all per-
sonal preferences, the Americans Of the State gen.
eralty, cordially endorsed the action of the Con
Ventlon, and will give hearty support 10 the
nominees. The evidence of this may be found In
the action Of the State Council, and most Of the
subordinate Councils. Many honest Americans
were misled last year, and made 10 play second
nddIe to the Democratic party and their foreign
kOmish allies. They will be careful not to make
similar fatal mistake this year The tone and
temper of the American press throughout the
state Indicate that union movement is complete
ana perfect In all Its parts, and that the Ameri-
cans ana Republicans, occupying the same plat
fOrm, and rallying under the same banner. will
present solid front TO the Romish and slavery
1attaIions, and march onward to certain victory.
The right spirit is abroad and all attempts TO dis
Iact and divide the opposition will prove abor-
tive. JouN o. Ctyup
: President of the Pennsylvania State Council
1t is evident, from this letter, that the union
OF hnOw-NOthings and Republicans in Penn
5ylyania is complete and / ask you Maryland
Americans, will you not come over to the Dem
ocrats, to Maryland, and the Union, and, by
your devotion to your own institutions, enable
us to present an unbroken front in favor of the
Constitution and its compromises.
Gentlemen, Lord Baltimore received his char
ter for Maryland about 23j years ago. At that
time the red man rOamed at will over YOUR
| beautiful forests. All this country was an nm
cultivated waste. In 23j years your territory
has extended from the Atlantic to the Pacific
from the St Lawrence to the Rio Grande YOUR
population has increased from q few thousands
To thirty millions; your commerce from nothing
has reached 300, ,0O0, 900 per annum your shin.
ping whitens every ocean; while your enterprise
and your ingenuity are felt over the civilized
world; and yet, with all this present ability
and with such glorious future before us, all is
| tO be jeOparlized aud for what-beause the
obligations Of the Constitution have become
Odious TO the North.-new and untried princis
pies are to be substituted for constitutional and
tried results, and sure success sacrificed for an
Imaginary evil, which the progress of the age
and enlightened philanthropy will at the proper
hme act upon, without disturbing constitutional
obligations or individual rights
Gentlemen, L shall hope tha. our glorious
constitution, the sun Of the Union may be able
TO keep the States revolving around il, each
within its proper sphere, while to be out of its
influence State may be regarded as fallen
star, or a wandering planet" whose eccen-
tricities has been its own destruction, but whose
wanderings may not be able to derange the gen.
eral harmony Of the system