The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-11-24

shown the Will and would have Acquired tie lo,gs,
deprive you OF your birtlhght and 10 reduce YOU -
than the colonial dependence Of your fathers. O's
The master mind of the socallcd republican -,
Senator Seward, has. in recent speech al Rocbes
nounced the purpose of his party 10 dslo,ige the IL
Tscy from the possession of the federal governme, ~
assigns reason the friendship OF that mari, ~
what he denomnatcs the slave system lie teela,s ~
Union between the States having slave labor and fo
Dor TO be Incompatible, and announces that one ~ ~
other must disappear He asserts that Il was ~
purpose OF the trainers of the government 20 DESTROY ~
property, and cites evidence of IL the provision
amendment OF the constitution. lie seeks 10 alarm A.
auditors by assuring them OF the purpose ON the art
the South and the democratic party 10 Free slavery uo
all the States of the Union. Absurd all this NAV -
toyou, and incrednIous you may be of It's aoentr
10y amy intelligent portion OF the citizens Of the i
States have 10 believe that ii has been incr
ted To no small extent in the northern mind
1t re luires but cursory examination OF the eons
ton OF the United States but partial KNOWLEDGE ~ y
history and of the motives OF tho who formed n -
how utterly allacious il IL 10 ascrbe them t
pose of interfering with the domestic institutions Of m
of the States Bat il dsrespect for that instrumer,
tanatica disregard of It's purposes should ever inuc
majority however large, To seek, by amending the c
sututon to peryert IL from its original object and
prye you OF the equality which your fathers bequea,
to you, say let the star OF Mississippi be snatched @
the constellation TO shine by its Inherent light il il mus
be so, through all the storms and clouds of war
The same dangerously powerful man describes the IN
stitution of slavery degrading labor as into,em,
and inhuman, and says the white laborer among N,
not enslavcd only because he yet be reduced
bondage, Where lac learned Ills lesson an at loss
imagine certainly not by observation for YOU all knn
that by interest ii not by higher motive slave h.
bears 10 capital rs kind relation can exist bee
them anywhere that it from us all that con
royesy between the laorer and the capitalist which m
filled Europe with starving millions and made their Door
houses an onerous charge You, too know that an0g
MS white men have equality resulting frou the lov
caste, which cannot exist where white men I'LL the MOI
ton here occupied by the servile race. The mechan
who comes among us, employing the less intellectpl
labor OF the African, takes the position which on,
master workman occupies where all the mechanics a.,
white, and therefore it is that our mechanics Lol, M
position OF absolute equality among us.
say to you here, have said 10 the democracy
New York. il it should to pass that the eon
tuition shall be perverted To the destruction Of our r
SO that we shall have the right as feeble mino
unprotected by the barrier OF the constitution to give on
Intellectual negative vote in the halls of Congress wes
then bear to the federal government the relation ON, c
ni fathers did TO the British crown and ii we are WORTHY
OF our lineage will in that event redeem our ,gbt
if it be through the process of revolution AID
gratiles to be enabled To say that no portion Of M
speech TO which have referred received with mon,
marked appreciation by the democracy there asstmJ
than the sentiment which has just been cited Am
happy also to State that during the past summer heard
in many places what previously had only heard from
the late President Pierce the declaration that whcoe
a northern army should be assembled to march far ina
suljugation OF the South, they would have battle
light at home before they passed the limits Of their o
States, and in which friends claim that the Vi,
tory will at least be doubtful.
Now, as in 1857 hold separation from the Union by
the State of Mississippi to be the last remedy the final
alternative. In the language of the venelnted Calhoun
consider the disruption of the Union as great Though
not the greatest, calamity would cling tenaciousy "a
our constitutional government seeing as do in the f
tenal union of equal States the benefit to all and the u
fment of that high destiny which our fathers hoped for
and left II for their to attain love the FLAG Of nv
country with than flial affection MAissp
pi gave me in my boyhood to her military service Fa
many of the best years OF my life have followed that
flag, and upheld it fields where if had fallen
might have been claimed as my winding-sheet When
have seen it surrounded by the flags of foreign couna
The pusatons of my heart have beat quicker with ever
breeze which displayed its honored stripes and bllu
constellation. have looked with veneration on thoa
stripes as recording the original size of political hn
", and upon that constellation marking the fanly
growth glory in the position which Mississippi sn
lolds IN the group but sooner than its ste din
ned sooner than it degraded from its present equal
~ would tear II from its place to be set even on the I
ous ridge OF battle, sign around which Aissitap
best and braves should gather to The harvest home
ieath
AS when had the privilege Of addressing the jcpth
lure year ago, do urge you to the nee,liul prep
ration to meet whatever contingency may befll Us
The maintenance Of our rights against hostile power
physical problem, and cannot be solved BY mere rts
utions Not doubtful of what the heart will prompt
not the less proper that due provision should be ma
or physical necessities. Why should not the State lap
In anory for the repair Of arms for the alteration Of Old
models SO as to make them conform 10 the mproye
weapons of the present day and for the manufacture
limited scale Of new arms including cannon and thar
carriages the casting OF shot and shells and the pqeys
,ation of fixed ammunition
The speaker concluded with some able remarks on b
al State policy,
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