The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-01-25
WASHINGTON CITY, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1859

and ia ail the original STATES property and the
right 10 hold And retain property II thal description
surrendered by the States ID follows. OF
that neither the delegated power the individual states
exercise amy night that matter byond their own
juTissiiotiou
People in the several States may cniertn peculiar
ons ia regard 10 that subject lai every sensible
must that the right Is legal question, and not
matter Of feeling Congress thea has power 10
abrasc ,his right, and viii pretend THAI Stale
legislation can have any forcc bevond s lisntts.
Why shr nsIss the leaders OF the republican ysrsy
determined breaking up the Union, do hear this
constant caor al every erection upon the subject 81
gro siaTery, over which neither legislature
Gongress can exercise axy restrictive control
Do southern 10 aifidge our rights and is
that Justification f5r asssing them No sensible
Mid suiAicly that for all know that they
not 70 interfere with property our instita
tspns, bss csnseaa 10 nlad their aiis. ashing
onAy. aid lrecy welding to others, their legal and era
ssitationa rights lChoers Ilsir great Interest, ~
have t$foIe stated il agriculture, ours mechanics and
manufacturing They furnish with the necessary pro-
ducts OF the earth. and return 70 them fhe oslncfs
"a our haDaiwoTks
ssiass lFoyiuse lass fanishei each seEaI uith it,
peculiar yantases and bIr for the uas Influence Of ee
signing deiaegogues, should to-day he marching
hand IN hand with sympathetic hearts each section
seeking The others welfare and all striving 10 do their
best fur the advancement and Of
Land
The records Of our naon the history Of cur country
and Individual experience all justify she unqualified
sertion that tuer rstioiS. no braver
friends, geDcrouS opponents aud no stron er
advocates constitutional fidelity exist have
existed n this country than those born and TeaFrd south
of Mason and Dixons line and let add that 10 my
opinion none win readily die in the maintenance u
ther individual and constitutional rights than those
southern men regiments of whom have often pcgei
their lives Id defending the rights of
7 try. lRepeated cheering,
Statesmen from all sections OF the country have yet
filth and confidence IN each other. They fully appTc
ciAic the value Of representative government and the
great mission of the American Union. They cgnceic
many things valuable ia the dynsses If Europe bat be-
leYe that our country coustitationaIy directed will yet
dor Of Imperial France. They have heard with p4a the
hoarse cry Of disunion and fully realize the tltl
auencez which mslirected fanaticsn may prolncc
They know that the fall of this republic VII BE- the
caf-ne Of popular liberty. and therefore guarding
om eoFrceion the links Of affection Hich set preserve
4 as a united people. lApplause
Democrats ot New linpshrc, you hare great reason
reoie that, notwithstanding the abored efforts To
create sectional feeling in this State there still
vour ranks Htyro t0asraa good and men, who yet
ycnere the principles Of their ffhers and cheeruly
and warmly extend the fraterna hand to their brethren
Of the south Though surrounded and eyershaoacd w
New England fanatisn, You still ulaintan your pos
cal integrity. Though beaten you not conquered
though oyerpowered by numbers ron retired did the
ancient Greeks asith their faces 10 the foe Adhere
10 your cherished fath and the record Of youF fidelity
viii vet stand you, like gold from the refining fire
The flag which you Tor many bore aloft Is yt TO
float in triumph these days of political darkness Will
surely plss away and the good old cheers of party
win again echo from hill to hill, they did when the
democratic ,iumn Of New Hampshire emerged from the
BLACK clouds If New EnglAnd federalism 10 sustain the
measures OF Madison aud u jackson. Loud and prolong
ed chteriag