Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-01-29

THE UNIoN MEETING. 70 adjourn
ment, a large Union meeting Of citizens Of Co
lumbus was held at the City Hall last evening
A. G. HIBBs was called to the Chair and J. J
FUNSTON appointed Secretary.
After some preliminary remarks by MAT
rHAs MARTIN. Mr.. HUTCHINSON, of the House o.
Representatives, addressed the meeting In Q
brief speech, on the evils produced by the sec
tional agitation of the slavery question in the
North, and Tue necessity Of Cancellation ent
compromise.
He was followed by Gov. MEDARY, who pain
ted in vivid colors the dangers of the present
crisis, and dwelt upon the efforts Of the British
emissaries tolproduce, through the anti slavery
excitement, sundering Of our confsderacy.--
He showed that the design OF Northern dispn-
ionlsts, now is to keep up an excitement andir-
ritaton against the South, that shall render
reconciliation and union impracticabie.
Judge THURMAN next addressed the meeting
He declared that it was idle to think ofpreserv'
ing the Union by force--by coercion. He
agreed with General SooTr that 1t would be bet.
ter to break mp the Union into three or four
confederacies, than attempt to hold it together
by the sword. Civil war would make the pres
ervation of the Union an utter impossible
ity. 4 7a.
There had been a disunion party in South
Carolina for the last thirty years; but it would
have been utterly powerless, had it not been for
the anti-slavery agitation in the North,
which gave tho disunion party in the South
strength and vitality, and controlling influence
over the minds of the people. Judge T. dwelt
upon the great danger Of sectional and geog-
raphical parties, and referred to the warnings
of WARRINGTON, CLAY and JACKSON against cher
ishing or countensncing such parties. Judge
T. being asked by one of the audience what he
would favor as plan for cementing the Union,
answered that he would PREFER the Border State
propositions, the Crittenden resolutions, or any
thing that an honorable man could agree to, tc
q disruption of the Union and civil war.
After the conclusion Of Judge T's. remarks
the following resolutions were unanimously
adopted, and the meeting adjourned
l., Resolued, That the Union Of these States
was founded by mutual compromise and con
cession, and 1t Is neither unwise nor humiiiating
tc preserve it by the same means.
9. Resolued, That we believe with Andrew
jackson and Henry Clay, that the Union can.
not be maintained by the sword, and that its
only sure foundation must be laid In fraternal
sentiments and mutual regard for each others'
rights and privileges. And We believe that
what Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay taught
II cannot be cowardly or base in US to follow.
3. Resolved, That civil war, under what
ever specious name it might be waged-wheth
er "the enforcement of the laws" or "the de-
fence of Southern rights"-would, under exist
ing circumstances, destroy the last hope Of pre-
serving the entirety of the Republic.
A Resolved, That we lrecognize no higher
political principles than the preservation OF ouI
country and the liberties of the people
Y S. Resolued, That we are in favor OF TN
adoption, for the settlement Of our national diff
iculties, of the principles embodied in thu
measures Of adjustment presented to Congress
by the Hon. John ]. Crittenden.
g. Resolped, That we heartily approve the ap
pontment of Commissioners as suggested by
the State of Virginia, to meet at Washington
on the 4th of February next and that we re
commend the General Assembly to appoint i'm
medately said Commissioners, to represent tn
State of Ohio. I'd