The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-01-20

~ and morality of slavery object to tho federal con-
Stuon because it recognised the right of each State to
decide this question of morals for ITSELF
The men who framed the federal compact and the men
who accepted it bond of union understood the line of
between political and moral governments
For the fundamental rules Of political government they
looked to the consitution-or the fundamental rules of
moral government they looked to the Bible As long as
these two to exercise their re-
specve within their respective spheres had
no sectional agitation sprnging from the morality i'm
morality of slavery.
We think it follows that have found the root of the
evil of sectional agitation in the attempt of the moral
government to usup the legitimate jurisdiction of the po
lcal government 1t is not always an easy matter to
draw with dstncness the dividing line between these
jurisdictions The people of the South who educated
to regard slavery consistent with Christian morality
cannot object if the people of the North educated to
regard it immoral 1t is purely domestic and State
natter which every community has right to regulate for
itself The people OF the South have right complain
If the people of the North differ with them this ques
ton morals On the other hand the people of the North
have little right to complain if the people Of the South
differ with them the morality of slavery. But the diff
cuy whenever section assumes to inter-
vene either directly indirectly, to the moral sent
ments of the other It is by certain that is
consistent with comfy and good neghborshp for the peo
Pile of State to resort to moral suasion for the
purpose of interfering with the ethics religion OF another
at least something akin to impertnence that it
is calculated excite elimination and recriminaon But
when section claims for the federal right
take jurisdiction of questions of morals which the two
sections entertain antagonsc positions then the dividing
line between morals and politics is crossed and sectional
agitation the unavoidable result Nobody would suppose
that State section could legimately require the fed
era to take jurisdiction of questions religious
faith forms of church government and prescribe the
favor the other The federal government has just
much jurisdiction of questions of morals growing out of
sectaran ceeds and church organizations has to
terrain the question Of morality to slavery To attempt
such exercise Of jurisdiction in either case is unwarran
cd usurpation Sectional agitation, therefore, is the lille
gtimat offspring of connection between morals and poll
tcs which is forbidden well by the supreme law of the
former by the supreme law Of the latter Each will be
promoted by its confinement within its proper Jurisdiction
DO tn suffer- sad experience has proved by the at
tempt of either trench upon the sphere of the other
THE WORCESTER DISUNIONIST CONVENTION.
The proceedings of the Dsunonst Convention held last
week Worcester Massachusetts, furnish most instruct
i've commentary the suddenly positions of the
leading republican members houses of Con-
gress the of the present session. The
opposition awaited themselves of the opportunity presented
by proraced debate the Presidents message to
construct their platform and need not remind our
readers of the surprise of the whole country at the repeated
declarations in the Senate chamber and the floor of the
House. that the black republicans Unionoving and
upholdiHg party and that so far from being
abolitionsts in political sense they had idea ofner
feng with the domestic institutions of any State They
simply desired to restrict slavery to its constitutional linn
it's We stated the time that these declarations yr
tuay abandonment of the cardinal principles and OBJ
ects Of black repubcansm and quoted from the previous
speeches of Messrs Wilson, Beecher Burngame Gddngs
and other leading friends of Colonel Fremont to show that
directly opposite sentiments had been uttered and directly
opposite principles advocated during the late presidential
campaign In the of this troublesome record Senator
Wilson and his colleagues Of the two houses srove hard
but srove in vain to the impression that there
had been any Backing down. their part; and in
the end good-naured people disposed to regard
this total change of front graceful recognition OF
the popular rebuke the 4th of November lastas an
equvoca acknowledgment they not really in earnest
in their designs against the Union and the constitution
hating promise that past sins should be overlooked
they would endeavor to reanmae their PROSTATE party
upon principles which would have the odor of nationality
about them
The proceedings of this Worcester convention show very
concusively that if Senator Wilson disposed to shack
down. inconsiderabe portion of his constituents and
followers disposed to repudate him. and to set up Mr.
Charles Sumner the true abolition, bIackrepublican
disunion calf of their alteration 1t is but act Of sim
pie justice Mr. Wilson to state however that he has not
concealed from his friends at home the change which has
taken place in his views He promptly addressed letter
to this convention in which he frankly stated that he dis
approved of its objects What influence this letter had
upon the deliberations of these Worcester traitors and ia
natcs may be inferred from the following resolutions adopt
ed by them:
Resolped That henceforward instead Of regarding it
objection any system of policy that will lead to the
separation of the States will proclaim that to be the high
est of all and the grateful proof Of states
manship, and will support, politically otherwise such
and appear to tend most to this result
soced That the the separation takes place the
peaceful it win be- but that peace is seconda-
ry consideration in view of present pers Slavery must
be conquered'peaceably if can, forciby If we must
From the following extract from the report of the pro-
ceedings clear at least to mind that far
from Mr. Wilson being able to make his old associates
vers to the new lights Of black republicanism they
gard him as an apostate to the true faith:
member of the convention arose speak, and did
to certain extent. He had heard Henry Wilson called