The New York Herald Newspaper, February 24, 1851, Page 2

RE LS SES juctive of the wished-for end, or appear to arrogate | vernment. T 4 you 1 peed not press our nt den- | os rell, if there le to i twelve ome persons affect to believe that th> ution of every ofthe com Biorehan belongs te me, depends ao mush upon popu fore, TB* some ood not press ous prcesat Goes | tanner tae gr fan iy hlowaas the clroulars ofp ~~... opie not, sug bas not been, in omy danger. They | cordaut Boten, rave those of the ieceep ate See lear »and the temper and ol YOUF “sticial character the inoreasing languor of | painful topic, he says :—"T feel in Gnitely more than I | #ddreseed President and Heads of Depart- at your eff for ive preservation, with in- | fanatic, will be heard it our land. We shall! that it is not onay to decide. I shall be obliged | our 856 ciated republics 72a hourly see; and a disse- | canexptess tb you for the disorders which have arisen | me: @ifference an: with derision. Tt appéars to me 7 tB¢B beve obeyed the parting injunction of him whose ‘to you, however, for Lage = Y you have = ‘4 Would be, know, fo you, a source of the deep: | in these States. Good God! who, besides a tery eoul' New Yonx, February 3, 1861. that the temper of these 6 is very much like | birthday we celebrate, and Heaven will again favor us promised me on this subject, and as soonas you can | est mortification. have foresees, or a Briton have predic To the President of the United States, Washington:— that of those who, when the fountains of the great | with the ings of fraternal peace. make it convenient _ ai ta ansemtiomane “ T freely, then, entreat you te accept the Bir:—The Union Satety Committee intend to cele- | deep had been broken up, the windows of Heaven Teball be warmly with you upon this occasion in: “Nomen inthe United Btates * fasetorma incur , *PPclatmentiof the G: Assembly to t! brate the approaching 22d of February, by uniting | opened, and rain had fallen upon the earth forty days | spirit and sympathy, and ie Pea rers for. the perpevaity deeply impressed with the neues No ae abe at Philadelphia . for the joomy prospect still the vistons ot a dream. My mind can scarcely reslise ith their ‘et ® public dinner on that id forty nights, until ev but the Peak of | of our glorious Unio! irit of the oon sti- resent confederation than mysel! consi — yy P 4, | ome ray of hope, that those who began, carried on, and | it Cy in sotual existence—so strange, so won- ious day. Ararat was r wal ot still * believe | tution, and remain, friene felt the bed effects of 1 more suneifiy:: che | consummated the revolution, can yet rescue America | derful is eppear to me. Inthis,as in most other | It is thought that, at no previous period of our his- woul ch of ashower’? (Great ap- | and fellow citizen, Geteote therect. and want of power tm Panes may | from the impending ru! matters, we ere too slow. When this spirit first dawned | tory, have the people of eur country been more impe- | plause and roars of laughter, which continued for| The following circular was addressed by the Sestly be bed the prolongation of b at on It was certainly to have been expected that in a t halve easily checked; but it is scarcely | rivurly called om to rally arcund the principles ot | several minutes ) ‘ : ‘ ‘eonsequently penses occasio! 'Y st. More | body constituted as was the Federal Convention. much | wi the Fetch of human ken at this moment to say op, and refresh Toei recollections with his We have se positions for secession formally | committee to distinguished gentlemen im differen than half ‘Aerie’ssed in the | eontrariety of opinion and contiict of seatiment would | when, where, or how, it willterminste, Thereare com- parting words of counsel and advice. brought forward, and colemnly discussed, in the legis- | sections of the Union:— ‘oourse of 4, at qhole of the | display themselves. No fact is better ascertained than | bustibles in every State, to which = spark might set | Theinfuence of his name and fame may serve to | latures and conventions of several of the Btates. Other New Youx, Jan, 29, 1861. Giffoulties and distresses . ‘ave had thelr | that the plan of government finally agreed upon was | fire. In bewailing, which I have often with the keen: | rekindle the fire that breathed and burned in the | conventions are soon to be holden under regular legis- ‘itt hgh tend co oulebrate th origin here. But still the prejudices ‘of some, the ds. | not in all its parts satisfactory; but asa whole, | est sorrow, the death of our much lamented friend, | wordsand deeds of the founders of our republic, and | lative provisions to consider the same subject. Inone | _ The Union #afety Committee by uniting with thei. gigas dQ th as a comprebensive scheme of compromise and settle: | General Greene, I have accompanied my regrets of | tend'to renew that spirit of devotion to the Union | im nt Btate, recent elections show that there approaching 224 of February by ne A ( ment, calculated to terminate existing disordors, allay | late with a query whether he would not have pre- peg te opinions which are to 2- | sectional discontent, and save the country from the | ferred such an exit ‘to the scenes which it is more ‘those different clas: of men in the field of | horrors of civil war, it was regarded by mest of those | than probable many of his compatriots may live to politics.” who had taken part in its formation, as entitled, if not | bemoan.” He was, if possible, still more emphatic inthe decla- | te their cordial and unqualified approval. at least of Writing to «friend, who had made know” to him ration of his views upon this subject, in a letter writ- | their prompt and peaceful acquiescence in its various | that awieh existed in the disturbed district, that he ten to General Lafayette, under date of April the Sth, | provisions. Bueh was precisely the view of Washington; | should employ his own personal influence for the ‘1783. These are his solemn words: — and in his official letter transmitting the new constita- “ We are now an independen: berale, and have yet | tion to the respective States, he spoke of the plan of whleh whould aniinate all hearte throughout tho wide | valle among the people almost au entire unanimity of | fellow citizens at » public dinner, in honor of that extent of our confederacy. sentiment in favor of breaking up the Union ; and this | *uplcious day. | oo ny tine blethday of Asan Mapertant sad betoming onsiliery, in sop: | dissolution of the Union, It is suppaess, may net take L. — oe sand ca Viet ceo Port cf these sentiments, all who may join in the cole- | place withiout conflict in arms. Ministers of war are, | fit yey herity throughout all time ation would feel highly flattered if the chief magis- | therefore, provided, schools of instruction in military | estival by « gratelul, Thiers aud a trate of our country could pare the time to appear | tactics established, and an armed air and attitude | But the present peri our: ae oe among them on that dey. assumed, These apprehensions of conflict, in case se- | 0! the peculiar fitness and propriety Sacer = ‘The undersigned. ‘® committee tor the purpose, ac- | cession be attempted, are not only well founded, but ia | fondness and admin o 0% iy beg leave tfully to ask you tohomor | my Eat ere) certain to berealized. Secession cannot restoration of order, he said—'The picture which Feo bave exhibited, and the accounts which ‘are pub- te learn political tactics We Placed among the | government agreed upon as‘ the result of @ spirit of the commotions and temper of numerous | us with your presence at the approaching festival. be accomplished but by war. I do not believe those mations of the earth, and haves character to ; | amity, end ofthat mutual deference and concession, | bodies in the Kasterm country, present a state of With very high respect, we nen the honor to be, | who paren expect poi other result. Pheir hope is a the Pe but how we shall onan. ourselves time must discover. | which the peculiarity of their politics! situation ren- | thingsequally to be lamented and deprecated. They | your excellenoy’s moot obedient servants. that their cause and its objects may spread; and that | the love of country ai ing fame, that com ‘The probebility is (at leact I fear it) that local or State | dered indis le.’ He added: —“That it will meet | exhibit a melancholy verification of what our transat- ¥.8, Larnxor, Francis Gairrin, other States, by local sympathies. or a supposed com. | bined to acbieve the liberties wi joy. . will interfere too much with the more liberal | the full and entire approbation ot every State is not, | lentic foes have predicted; and of another thing which, Moors Tavuon, BE. K. Coutins, mon isterest, may be Ned te espouse it; so that the | , Our republic advances with rapi pao, snemen and extensive plan of government which wisdom and | perhaps, to be expected; but each will doubtless oon- | perhaps, is still more to be regretted, and is yet more Heway Garvnett, Onaaies@.Carueton, | whole country may come to be divided into two great | ing iis population, and extending ite bounds; and we foresight. freed from the mist of prejudice, would dic- | sider, that had her interests been alone coasulted, the | umaccountable, that mankind, when left to themselves, Isaac Townagnn, Josuva J. Heavy, local parties. and as such to contend for the y, | are all continually reminded of the urgent necessity tate; and that we shall be guilty of many blanders in consequences might hare been particularly disagreva- | are Unfit for thelr own ernment. I am 2 mertised B.@. Wermone, Geoncr Dovarass. Bur Providence has not forsaken us fer veliyinn aroupa tha prineipion of omni nee Xa this boundless theatre, before we shall have | ble or jous to othere. That it le as teow eyond expreselon when I view the clou! io ve This object, [ believe, has n defeate: @ mea- +a arrived at any this art—in a word, that | exceptions as could reasonably have been expected, we | spread over the brightest morn that ever da\ Maw Youn, February 8, 1061. y t A atitutio forms the sete the Depa * sures of adjustment ado} Congress at the last | Ire* value ot that oo in wi Pee eee es Balety’ Comntiion intend te cele. | session, and by the be hee 7 and success with | Kostd of our rights, and of that Union which made brate t ; | which the friends of the Wnion have resisted it in ths | 800 preserves uses e nat! eitamaruss Date eae a pe eit thease, | Bouth. Nor have the efforts of your association, gen. |, The ere Manan) nt ene Ie ploious day. , tlemen, been either unimportant or unavailing. Your | leave reepec' oy A Brany = to: We have _ oth oeed Tt in believed that the present period in our history | voices have been heard throughout the whole lend, | pretence on this festive oocasion.— We have the honor forcibly admonishes the people of our ceuntry to rally | #nd no man oan doubt how the great commercial me. to be your bgp as rn atsnelsidasaeas, cy the experience which is purchased at the price of difi- | hope and believe; that it may promote thelasting wel- | any country. In word, I am lost in am cultics and distress, alone convince us that the | fare of that country #0 dear to us all, and secure her | when I behold what intrigue the interested views of honor, power, and true interest of this country must | freedom and happiness, is our most ardent wish.’ desperate characters, and ignorance and jealousy ‘be measured by a continental scale, and that every de Inone of his numerous letters, writtem after the | of the minor part, are capable o1 effectin &@ scourge perture therefrom weakens the Union. and may ulti- | close of his conventional labors, he says: “There are | on the major part of our fellow-citizens of the Union; mately break the band which holde us together. To | some things in the new form. I will readily acknow. | for it is hardly to be supposed that the great body of avert these e: to form e new constitution, that will | |. which never did, and I am persuaded never | the peopie, though they will not act, caa be so short- , or hereafter will five consistency, stability, aud diguity. tothe Union, | wilf obtain my cordial’ approbation’; but {aid theu | sighted, or enveloped 1m datkuoss as ‘motto. see the | !2,tuppert of the principles of Washington, in adini. | tropolis of the country feels end acts, ox hereafter Witt MosxsTaron, HB, K. Couuins, Sad sumicient powers to tie great council of the nation | someede, and do now firmly believe, that in the ag- | rays of a distant eun through all this mist of intoxi- | fation of his character, and in gratitude for his part- | fee) aad set. on toate. "(appunuse:) Hawn QuinneLt, Onanres @. CARLETON, for general purposes. iss duty incumbent upon every | gregate, it is the best constitation that can be obtained | cation and folly. {og lessons of patriotism end wisdom. These resol. | "era have recently been informed, gentlemen. of on Isaac Townsexn; Jona J. Hexay, man who wishes well to his country, and will meet | at this epoch, and that this. or a dissolution, attracts |“ Youtalk, my good sir, of employing inflaence to | ofthe spirit of our revolutionary fathers, and eke us | Open act of resistance to lew in the city ston; R.0, Wermore, Geonce Dovcrass. with my aid.ss far as it can be rendered in the private | our choice, and is the only alternative ’ He also said: | appease the present tumults in Massachusetts. | know waike of life.” “It appears to me little short of a miracie that the | not where that infiuenee is to be found, nor if ettain- Upon the Sth of January, 1784, he thus writesto | delegates from so many States, different from each | able, that it would be a proper remedy for these disor- Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. other in their manners {circumstances, and prejudices, | ders. Influence is mot government. Let us bave * Notwithstanding the jealous and contracted tem- | should unite im forming a system of national govern- | government by which our lives, liberties, and pro- which seems to prevail in some of the Btates, yet | ment. so little liable to well founded objections. Nor | perties will be secured, or let us kuow the worst at espnct but hope and believe tha; the good tense of | am I yet such an enthutiastic, partial, or undiserimi- | once. Under these impressions, my humble opinion the people will ultimately get the better of their pre- | nating admirer of it as mot to perceive it is tinctured | is that there is call for decirion. Know, ther, precise- feel that the value of the prize they fought tor must | 0d if the accounts be correct of the circumstances of In reply to the foregoing, the following lettere from the memory of their descend. | this ocourrence, it is, siriotly speakin were received by the Committee :— ants; that we who now enjoy the blessings which | 80D. (Great cheering) If men oo! their triumphs secured, must preserve and transmit | d¢rate together, and by force of ari FROM HENRY CLAY. 6 unimpaired the legacy they bequeathed. t the operation of an act of Con- Wssumarer, Feb. 17, 1851. the duties which are conoeived to be enjoin- yn to particular individual, with Gentlemen: --1 have received your letter, informing. le of these States, is that of regarding of making the same resistance to | we of (he intention of the Union Safety Committee, of our Union as the foundation of our peace and bappi- pplication to all other individuals, | New York jto celebrate the approaching anniversary o{ Judicee; and that order and sound policy. though | with some real though not radical defects. ” ly what the insurgents aim at. If they have real the birthday of Washingt lic dinner, and. they do net come #0 often as one would wish, will be | “Although General Wasbiagton thus professed not to | grievances, redress them if possible, or Soke rede pe tag a nooks epi edt by oapeen pcre tgamad eehbens uteapehaipinose | Moe jiayitina Ieahe qhiand'tht Ana Soe-cogemtharmalven produced from the present unsettled and deranged | be an enthusiastic admirer of the constitution, andevi- | the justice of them, and your inability to do it at the It eonld be the niei 7 d that persons concerned in this out- | which prompt the desire to distinguish the occati: ions, I heartily concur in al! Mfording great ratification if the constitutional advisers of the President would aid our cause on the present occasion of celebrating the hday of the Father of his Country. The | the execution of pro erefore, a committee for this purpose, | fugitive, in any and the favor of your presence at the | gentlemen, that she state of public affairs. Indeed, | am happy to observe, | dently entertained the opinion that it was, in severa! | present moment. If they have not, employ the force “that the political disposition is actually meliorating | respects, more or lees defective, yet, believing) that its | ofthe government against them at once. If this is every Several of the States have manifested an | ultimate ratification by the States was a mi inadequate, all will be convinced that the superstrue- imelivation to invest Congress with more ample | vital importance to the natio: net onl; ture is bad, or wants support. To be more exposed in powers; most of the legislatures appear disposed to | in it cheerfuliy and promptly himself, but became one | the eyes of the world, and more contemptible than we pertect justice; and the Assembly of this Com. | of its most zealous and untiring advocates, asa very | already are. is hardly possible. To delay one or the monwealth (Virginia) have just complied with the | large number ef letters addressed to public memin | other of these expedients, is t on the one requisitions of Congress and [ am informed. without | in differont parts ot the Union most conclusively | hand, or to give confiden: 4 will add Q dissenting voice, Everything, my dear Trumbull, | prove I will, with your permission, read @ few ex- | to their numbers; for like enow-balle, such bodies in- will come right at last as we ¢ often prophesied. | tracts from one or two fof the letters referred to | crease by every movement, unless there is something My only fear is, that we shall lose a little reputation | im orderto place this matter all dispute | in the way to obstruct and crumble them belore their fret I confess that I the more disposed to offer tes- ee is too great and irresistib! ow openly their full purpose of pre- | by anueual demonsti ing by arme,or by the power of the multitude, | oi them. Itis highly refreshing to reour, sometimes, for the arrest of an alleged | to the great principies om which our Union has beem ases whatever [ am sure, | ‘ouvded. and to the men who established it. will burn the cheeks, andin- | Among these, the Father of his Country stands out in approaching festival.--We are, with high consideration, | dignation fill the hearts of nineteen-twentieths of the | boid prominent, and unrivalled reliet. To his wise your friends and obedient servants. people o: Boston, at the avowal of principles and the | -cuurele we may, with perfect confidence, repair, to Bicep aa Auove. commission of outrages so abominable. (Great cheer. | invigorate our jotiem, and to stimulat M d ing.) Depend upon it, that if the people of that city | *xertions in the support of that Union which it w: ir. GrirFin then read the letter of the President, been informed of amy fuch purpose or design as | bir noble ambition to achieve and perpetuate. as follows :-- carried into effect in the court house in Boston. Iu surveying the actua) condition of our country.we on Saturday last. they would have rushed to the spot | ought not to shut our eyes to the ers which en- In a communication addressed to Benjamin Harri- | timony on this subject, because there was at one | ‘These are my sentiments. Precedents are danger- LETTER FROM PRESIDENT FILUMORE. and crushed such @ netarious project into the dust. | compass it. Ou the one hend, in some of the free son, (then Governor of Virginia.) of a date only a few | time an impression provailiag to some extent that Wastixcros, Feb. 17,1851. | phe vast majority of the people of Boston must n- | Stater it should not be disguised that there is existing days later. he raid — General Washington himself was at heart,hostile to our Geptlemen:=I have the honor to acknowledge the | cossarily euffer intheir eee 4, but ought not to suffer | 4 spirit ot oppositiem to the constitution and laws, * That the prospect before us is, as you justly ob- | eyrtem of government. In er to Mr. Madison, receipt of your kind letter, informing me that the | a+ aj) in their character and honor. or in their loyalty | which. if it be pot checked and discountenanced, may serve fair dated March 2, 1788, referring to the ratidcation o! the Union Safety Committee Intend to unite with their | to the constitution, from the acts of such person: jead to the most calamitous consequences. On the | new constitution by Massachusetts, he thus writes: — fellow-oitizens in celebrating the anniversary of Wash- | composed the mob. I venture to say that when you | other. ins sin trom opposite causes, there ic | “The decision of Massachusetts, notwithstanding its , gracious | ington’s birthday, and inviting me to participate in pear of them next, you will learn that, personally and | @ like rpirit p threatening, Prematurely to a large inheritance, | concomitanta, is stroke to the opponents of | God, is man, that th inconsie- | the festivities. Many considerations would tempt me | oojtectively, as individuals, and also as represented in | more immediately, the peace an fety of the Union, ton apd run riot until we bi 4, with the | tency and perfidiousn in his conduct? It is but will give full evidence of their | 60 ter #s (hey depend ou the proceedings of one State e brought | the proposed coi Btate: in thi to accept this flattering invitation, did not my official | the city councils. th putation to the brink of ruin, and then like him, | favorable aecision of thone States which have gone be- | the other day that we hedding our bloodto ob- | duties compel me to decline it. | fixed purpose to wipe away and obliterate, to the tull | In fuvor, myvelf. of the supremacy of the con- shall bave to labor witb the current of opinion, when | fore it, and such as are likely to follow, will have a | tain the constitutions uj hich we live—constitu- ees eae be more gratifying than to meet mY | extent of their power, this foul blot en the reputation | stitution. of tke Union, and of the li Tem equally compelled. perhaps. to do what prudence and common | powerful operation ou the minds of men, who are not | tions of our own choice and making—and now we are | old fr ends in your enterprising city. Their uniform | oy their city. (Great applause) oppored to all attempts to violate or endan; ley pointed out, as plain asamy problem in Euclid, | more influenced by passion, pique and resentmeat, thing the sword to overturn them, ‘The thing | Kindaces bas laid me under many obligations, andthe And now, gentlemen, when projects of dissolution | from whatever quarter \hey may proceed. I ip the first instance. than they are by candor, moderation, and judgment unaccountable that I hardly know how to re- | noble stund which they heve taken in support of the | », ‘aken so much ef form and pressure in public | the opponents of the general government will solemn- ~ The disinclination of the individual States to yield | Of the former description, however, I sorry to say | alize it, or to pei je myself that I am not under the | laws and the Union, is deserving of the highest com- | podies in the South. ly pauts betere taey veature to make forcible resist. competent powers to Congress for the federal govern | there are too many; aud among them, seme who would mendation | pling on the public auce to its iawtal operation, No ene living would more ment their unreasonable jesiousy of that body. and of | hazard everything rather than fail in their oppositio: for our country, that | It appears to me, too, that the birthday of Washing- fathe North. you deplore than I should, the shedding of blood in a civil ton is deserving of every honor which Americans can Destow upon it, Itisnow more than half a centary singe the grave closed over all that wes mortal of this | illustrious man; but hi | 8 of the most one another. and the disposition which seems to per- | or hi vade each. of beiny iteelf, will. if there cred obligations of resistance to (ar, is pevertheless not yet conclud- | ar. But if regard) wise and patriotic, therefore, that you com- your love of country, strengthen your re- ititution. the Un! by uniting to celebrate the aunivereary of | promptly und effectually put d the ereat Father of his Country. You do wellto cal! | effect would be to add greater ati to memory his services, to re in your own bosom | to our gloriour Union. Ort hich disturp Bis love of liberty and order, and to draw im patriotic | if thr ocearion were at. t causes which may disturb | jpspiration from his principles and hisexample Yor | It «m of serious concern, that | these primci a thi e will be found | apa racter- | respect and adim . where there isa | throughout the whole civilized world, Destroy it, and ¢ the sagacity of their prognostications impeach- ington was yet at the rise and all powertul within | ed by the Again, in a letter to General Knox, | belm of State, which afforded him a fair opportunity nots change im the system, be | he says:—*l/nder the circumstanzes enumerated in | of exemplitying, in a most imposing manner, the tion. This is as clear to me as | your letters, the favorable decision which has taken | wholesome ¢ficacy of those views which he had con- piace in that Btate, could hardly have bean expected. | stantly, on all suitable occasions. declared, touching othing less than the good sense, sound reasoning, mo- | the duty of the government to suppress all uolawful if we cannot coa- | deration, and temper of the supporters of the measure | combinations against its just authority, by whomso- rs of Burope begin | eould have carried the question. It set on foot, and by whomsoever sanctioned and our newly acquired friends. the | tial onthe equivocal States. In the two which 4. I allude now. of coure, to the memorable ready and proiessedly acting upon this | toconvene--New Hampshire and Maryland--the: © whiskey insurrection ” in a neighboring State, and to inely, too, if ¢ determined to p be no doubt of its adoptio: uth Carolina but | the decided manner in which it was met and putdown How truly prophetic is that paragraph In his Farewell Addrers in which he “In contemplating our Union, it occurs as mi any ground should have been furnished for cl the hopes 0 severe in our folly. They ku individual oppo- | little, which will make no without a dissea. by the intervention of military coercion Thus did he hical discriminations -North- | true Jove ior the ini utions of the country. break ur up into petty, jealous and belligerent frag- sition to their measures is futil a boast that we | tient. The foree of this argument is hurdly to be supply 4 great and salutary precedent in our ethic ntic and Western; when: | Andevery American may well doubt the patriotism | ments and there it » melancholy annihilation of al! ore pot sufficiently united asa resisted by loeal scphistry, Candor and prudence, | anu! which I trust will never cease to be resp: signing men may endeavor to excite a belief thi of bis own heart, when he finds that in that hearc | the bright and cheering antitipations of mankind. ralone’ Is not the indignity. therefore, it i d. will prevail: and yet. I | by countrymen. por fail to command. under suit- real difference of local interest: veneration for Washington begins to be languisbing Gentlemen, you have di d yourselves to the the expedients of party to scquir particular districts is, to misrepr and aims of other distriets. You tion. while 4 eoneil jrcumstances, the emulation of all future Pres 1 the Empire State of the Un t of peace making _ believe there b among us. who would | abl ulate us to vest | hazard every thing rather th cease their opposition, | dents, Fellow citize: and dying away. noble cause of the Union the compromises op t the opinioas | Gentlemen, the path of duty before you and before | which it depends. You have already rendered import- are in the very ry re extenel im the sovereign | or leave to the operation of the government the chance | almost fifty two y: port mise of that not shield your- | me ta plain and broad. It isto doour duty and our | ant and patriotic service for which the whole country of there Unir ot proving the fallacy of their predictions. by wonderful American states 10% pro- | felver too much against the jealousies and heartburo- whole duty thoroughly and fearlessly, it is toembrace | cught be thankrul. Go on; fearlessly move on’ Ip the mov In | found veneration for whore e! ter, and an alfec- which rpring from th presentations. They the free institutions of our country, and to hold them | Triumph, ond universal gratitude await your patriotic of March. 1785, commissioners who had | their sagacity and foresight might be impeached. been previourly appointed by the States of Virginia | @ letter to Thomas Johnson, of Maryland, he says: | tiovate regard for whose counsel: ané Maryland. with a view to the formation of a com- jjournment of your convention, if attempted, a difficult tend to render alien to th be bound together by fraternal affect it who ought to up with all our might, as if upon earth. And then, if th have at this time truggle | exertions arshall | I thould be most happy to be with yon on the ever jal compact im reference to the navigation of car- ter period than the decieion ef the question in jonal affairs, which calls for Who can doubt that his calm, contemplative mind | bw. it will not stain our garments; if disgraceful out- | memoruble 2u¢ of February, but my public dutieshere in Maryland aod Virginia, and part of the | this State, will be tantamount to the rejection of the specticn and energy, that ardeot love of | looked down the lo fcoming years, wad F8W | raves, gaining strength by indulgence and temporary | will not allow me the enjoyment of that high satisfac- erapeake constitution. I have good reasons tor this opinion; and | country, and that disinterested devotion to prio in the di designing men’ would sow Feo- | guccens, shall proceed from stage to stage, till they dis- | tion With great respect wad regard, I am, your obe- les of the resi: 1 am told it isthe biow which the leading characters | which so pre eminently distinguished him when |i tienal jealousi elfieh objects, which tight a troy the lives of men, wemen and children, pull down | Gient rervant. H. OLAY. visit which they paid to Moumt Vernon, they | of the opporition in the next State have meditated. if | Im spite of the solemn advice of Washiugton, { stroy that Union which he loved so well, and w ich he and demolieh the temples of justice, and even wrap FROM LEWIS Cass. Agreed under the advice of their ‘ated host. * to k isnot likely to | farewell adi to bis countrymen, parties charac- | justly regarded as the very palladium of our liberties | Cities in flames, you aud I. and our charastersand Waeasuporon, Feb. 18, 1851. propose lo their res e govern: te the appolat- | succeed im yours. it exanot be too | terized by eographical” discriminations have of | and national prosperity. 4 | memory, both now and with posterity, will at least Gentlemen:—Happily you chosen the 22d of ers, with power to makecon- | much depre But this illustrious patriot taught qui escape the consuming conflagration of reproach. Februsiy as @time for the joan people to come nts.towhich the assent of © ment in N hin exemple as bis precepts. Ho was blesred by mature T am. gentlemen, togetber, to interchavge congratulations upon the po- to ql with a vigorous constitution anda weil balanced and Your mach obliged rervant, littenl blersings we enjoy. for they will eome together gether from the local circumstances of its own, is threaten the | discrimimeting mind. Not brilliant, but singularl, DANIEL WEBSTER. Upon the birth day of j whose counsels and coo- aecribed by the opposition here to complaisance to. Every effort | calm end practical. His judgment was never clouded — sinati ‘ t were, » v use 1s made of it. Am event and judicious | by prejudice or disturbed by pasrion. Witha n The most enthusiastic applause followed the | Come et tee uisition Petes cond re objeat merare ot Vin) simile to this in rt ne wound ao the worst tea- poece fe = paepinen Rb ee he never re eding of this letter. sre ip beautifei unison; and though I cannot accept Densed. direeting jeney imagi for indecision there would certain- joubie: ighteous cause must succet is c) t+ | your invitacion, ye ; fre ports to be comm ly have considerable intiuence upon South Carolina. a self reliance, which nothing could give but a disin. | The following leter was read by Mr. G. B. Bat- | yous invitacion ee eee invited to send deputies to the meet- | the only other State which is to precede Virginia, and happily, and withoat Fa cause, become | terested devotion to his country, and « firm resolve — ler, and was well received by the audience :— mory of the greatest of its advocates and founders. hall's W | submits the question almost wholly to the deter. from each other. I beseech you—aad. | necessary—to offer himself apon its altar, he proved | tarren yaou 0. &. uicginecs. ‘obese surutag veloc, ta tee Getinae mee amentn te co ntion which assembled at | mination of the latter. The pride of the State is I beseech every man in all our broad | himrelf the prudent. brave and victorious general, and — Wasnixaron, Feb. 20, 1851. tiem the tomb I yieid to none of all the mighty throng. the proceediugs | aiready touched upon this etring, and will be the soil which gave hia birch—who | the wire und segacious statesman. He never sought | Gentiemen:—The timely and appropriate celebs | whe, ov that day and from ocean to eceam, wil thaok eme of govera raieed much higher if there is fresh cause” | respects the wisdom and virtues of our tllustrious | office, but, when conferred, he devoted soul and body y Goa ve r and methodised | Again. ina letter to John Armstrong, be thus writes [‘foretathers hose bosom has, at any time. exulted | to the performance of its duties. Ile shrunk from no Soe eid ta tae topeiae ont ten recente such iyo gabe Nord faite. exe ¢0 Boxer to 4 Thot the proposed consitution will atatt of | im the proud name of American, or has glowed with | labor, of sncrilice, and whenever his services could be | PY2OUG ime is worthy. of the ovcasion, and of the | death A Iruder in war. roler im peace, and ret im amendment, ls acknowledged by its warmes: advooates; | patriotic fervor in recollection of those deeds of im- | dispensed with, he voluntarily resigned the high trusts | Serious eause in which you are so zealously engeced lage © peicion aigiean! cheplan the low 0 bave presided. For | but to make such amendments as may be proposed by | perishable renown which have made our great aod | with which he war invested, and, without a regret. re d Lemploy no mere form of expression, when | as: | like the humblest. even when clothed with the highest, © Philsdeiphia and o Warhingten bimseif is known several years previous to the bling of this memo. | the several States the conditien of it« adoption would, | free pation an cbject of respect and of admiration | tired to private liie. It ie truly refreshicg to contem “' eoeptin = “4 ; cy. the condition ef public ataire had been | in my opicion, ameunt toa complete telection ot it, | threuguout the world—T implore you. yea, I solemnly | plate such « character, and elake one's thirst from #o | SUC Jou how deeply I regret that the condition of th | sulnertty, Aecertiug pow! s with reluctance, and eur- truly larming, and many of the most wiee and saze- | for, upon examination of the objections which are | warn you, not to disregard the exemple and the ad- | pure e fountain of patriotism your patriotic proceedings. It is thrice well, at atime | through the perilous crisis of the revolution, and cious statermen in the republic were inclined almost | made by the opponents in different States, and the | mositions of the Father of hie Country. as [ | But I have ssid more than [ intended and mustclose | 29% 0 ¥ a to despair of = much longer continuance of the | amendments which bare been proposed. it will be | have this day eteayed to pourtray them both in | by returoing my thanks for your invitation, and ex: | jem the instituilons of our country have besa shaten | Chvaugh the eilt ure porto trate, threatening cl. Yederai Union. General Warhington appears to have | found that what would bea favorite chjest with one | your hearing. I beswech you never to forget that | pressing the hope that eo far trom weakening the re- {0 "Relr Suumdutiom by Mo Mgutinm Aree MAIS Bley | Si in ae a cometitution and Untoe been very active in rapport of the call of a general | State is the very thing which is strenuously opposed | it is Washington himeelf who has teld you that it | cent » fiations may strengthen the bonds of Union Souk beseuaaae Gonemmabens= te | the chpresctve laaquere ef out cfm cnn crnvention of the States, looking to ite convocation | by another. Thetruth is men are too apt to beewayed | is your duty to place @ proper estimate upon | that every sectional jealousy msy be dispelled; that Jit. Omer ibe warning voice of tha have made ue one trom many. and which ae affording the oply ground of rational hope for the | by local prejudices. and those who are so fond of | “the immense value of your nstional Union to | every constitutional right may beheld macred wad ia- | Mint taught ue to reecunt aud dwell ape haze made ue one trom mony. aud whieh Rew govern witimete formation of euch s go ent as alone | amendments which have the particular interest of | your collective and individual happi: thet you | violate, and that our glorious Union may be as endur- s Tebiah ahetmenenined te | Atlantic to tho Posidie amd enieate olegee bo could eave (he country frem that anarchy andcon- | their owm State in view, cannot extend thelr ideas to | should cherish acordial. habitual, and immovable at. | ing as the fame of the immortal Warhington. of prosperity im pc aden sna imaions io on. fusion which were already beginuing to prevail [tis | the general welfare of the Union They do not consi- | tachment to it, accustoming yourselves to think aud I havi the bonor to be. or om resily artonithing to chrerve the number of his letters | der that fot every sacrifice which they make, they ce | epeak of it as of the palladium of your political safe. Your friend and fellow citizen, | Fike peund ef ahtcn mane eae srigh teial of Wada Soe tn addressed to influential men in different parte of the | ceive an ample compensation by the sacrifices which | ty and prosperity, watching for its preservation with MILLAMD FILLMORE ood the deliverer of history bar pronounced jud; his car Union adous thie period, all evincing the paintal soll. | are made by other States for their benefit; and that | zealous anxiety, discountenancing whatever may | The letter was received with tremendous ap- opp brow encirel hs his character. am: citude which he felt im regard to the state of things | those very things which they give up operate to their | tuggest ® rurpicion that itean im any event be Z laurels of y—a name which, memory of whore deeds has not then existing, and the confident hope which he che- | advantage. through the medium of the grewt interest, | abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the fret | Plause. with propbetic torec cays end whose names are dupon the long rirhed that the republic would yet be saved from me- In addition to these considerations, {t should be | dawning of every attempt to elienat y portion of Mr. Cuaries O'Conor being called oa by the epuals of mankind the highest and the purest isthe nacedruin by the timely establishment of @ govern. | remembered that & conrtitutional door is epeaed for | our country from the rest. or to enfeeble the sacred 2 following letter from ment of sufficient energy to enforce ice own decrees such amendments as shall be thought necessary by | thea which now link together the various parta” May | Chairman, thea read the seems tbat for various reasons he had not in he fitst | pine States When I teflect upon these circum | God grant ue @ epecdy and s thorough deliverance | Daniel Webster to the committee, amidat the Oor liberties were purchased by toil, trial and lartarce esleulsted on participating personally in the | stances I am surprised to flod that any person wbo | frem the evils which now cadly compass ue about, out pam and interesting | t and by suoridees in life of life itself, rare At the close of one xesociations most tremendous applaw proceedings of the convention; but he was fia ace with destruction sac bistery of the | eveu in the mort rplendia efforte of human patriotiam. ly in- | is mequainted with the critical etate of our public af- | which & ayetem of duced to do ro by the rarnest’ perruasion o: nds. | faire and knows the variety of views, interente, {ve everpment as the wirdom of man has mever | parograph, the whole company rose and cheered | Fatherof our Country, may w all unite in @ hile we look ground upon our prosperity where counsels he could not well dieregatd In aa. | ings and prejudices, which taust beeoutuitedintvam. | been able befere to. devise. and. the rule of which : oh ae saiates — = common invocation to Heaven th portion | wid greatess, to look back upon thelt feeble origin, ewer tos letter from Mr Jay. received w is ing a general government for these States and now | would tm all probability leave the whole world in | !°* S€¥eral mm * of his spirit may rest upon us as nd ani- | to the services sud sutlerivgs of our fathers, and of time. urging bim not te refure the aid of hit name and Little propositions. in themeelves so opposite to each | utter darkuess and despair forever and forever FROM DANIFL WEDSTER. mate us by allthe bright memories the past—the | bim bo ied them sud who justified the confidence of ebaractrr to the ereod movement ia progress be eald: | other will tend to promote that desirable end cag we a Wasnixcrow, Feb, 20, 1861 fruition of the present and the promise of the fature. | bis country. by » life devotedto her cause. And es. — Your sentiments. that our affaire ore drawing rapid- | wieh to ¢ amendmente the wtimarum for adopting Gentlemen -—I a rource of deep regret to me that ith unfadiog lustre this covstitution in | preinily ls it good thurto contemplate the present ly to ® crisis, accord with my own What the | the cflered system THE NER AT NIGLO’S SALOON, my public duties absclately prohibit me from haring fe 2S — pode Ro tog ed Le see an are event wil) be, ie siso beyood the reach of m@ . ver 0 the ition t . the pleasure of accepting your invitation. in behalf o Xe “ ie ppreasive ight We have terete to correct A Ag o7 Oak So nt np pg Be peo ade | if the Union Batety Committe, to attend a public dinner | this holy gathering place of earth's oppressed and | snd the future intolerable, and the evils, whether felt probably bad too good an op peaking ctereaa | Sentiments from All Parts of the Uniten. on the Twenty second, in honor of that auspicious day. homeless children or apprebended, only to be averted by the dissolution a n 4 f fellow. citi it has b of the confederacy and the bi Sf f the neive influence m7 5 vere on. | Aurpicious indeed! Ali good influences, all omens of Throvgh the favor of my citizens, an been y an ¢ breaking up of the govern orineire induwnoe. , Thsic atreng:h | ‘The ceremonies in the theatre were scarcely con- | fUii att oe liverty, free goverument the ereationot | My fortune to have witnessed the severest trial | ment. Inthe farewell address, the most Impressive seems to lie in misrepresentation “and a device | Cluded when the hour appointed for dianer—five | . pation, ite prosperity, bappivess, and glery, hang ene epee bao ever be pen : enemas * wedem and mag og ahd bequeathe. y zue: s S . have observed from a co uous public station the | by acitizen to his country, retiring statesman atm the tears by | o’clock--had arrived. The guests passed to a recep- | over the hour when the eyes ot Washington first open. Capea ye moe gg pinad on ak steamer 7 oe hy ma . rine, progress, decline an convinse the 80: | tion room, where they were received by a recep | “At (Mahl. (APPIN a se the present moment ful agitation which bas threatened the lategrity of | tight distorb our Union. and erpectally those section tion committee acting for the Union Sifety ¢ pature in ferming our confederation aht u« that men wil! no my ioe us to rally in aupport of bie principles to OUr Confederacy eince its formation —to have seen the | &| ‘evlings ineeparabie indeed from an extensive com e fi poe apport w¢ anew our sdmitation of his character, aad our gathering storm in the distance from i's taint and | munity which when once excited by @ sense of inju- mittee. Ina few minutes after five o +a bril- | oRPituce for hit parting lessons of patriotiom aud wis | eatly Murmurings to the zenith of ite fary—to have | ty et injustice yield with dimoulty to the suggestion: doubt whether | liant company sat down to a splendid dinner, given | dom. withstood with others its “ pitiless peltings,” and to | ©! wirdom snd moderation. But he did not foresee jon will not ult Union Safety C. Behind the chai You say truly, gv that the great duty de- have awaited with the faith and devotion of eastern | ard history furnisbes no such example, that in a tim: by the Union Safety Committee. bind the chair arding the Union asthe idolatry the boom of promise which has fiually be- | of pro‘ound peace in state of progress and prosperi was a portrait of Washiogton, surrounded by @ nA 'happluces, and the con. | tokened ite termination. iy uch ‘ue the wan ever shone pon, mich ree Ve that Union So Washing ind’ fret 4 | tBeve protect ourselves gi e world, an: gracefully festooned drapery of American flags. et Ua rom int eoleemee g andy § - see, and I hope st | ith renown enough to inabe ts bouna os or conaery The room was lighted by seven splendid chande. | 4, regard them, and whenever hi which this conflict of elementelp1 with a syatem of laws which imposes as few restraint liers-Zthree at either end, and one in the centre. The 0 arte gg yh bong ge head table was ranged along the south side of the Sy wt By nee gl pen Individual treecom as is compatible with socks blind prejudices en aa 9 it pat! omer ili become a farewell addr room, and was considerably elevated above the t hopes ot humai artful of investing Uongr et with ample aathoniti+s for | they will vo ery climax of | the opposition to tl ald Congress | be produntive of more good without | forth imite defence, abititi abeurdity them for the detriment of the * in en equal ot - eitine nded, if t re derori to make s lasting impr the best publications ticularly the pieces under t ail and Girected by all, and which assures to eac equal rights ard equal hopes im ite administratior and with ® future the mort glorious, if not marr % 7 rather to be ap +d of the powe induced te ate bers of the 1 other five, which extended through the whole | "Qertifoen the character of Washington Is among td by cur ovn dimentions. thet ever invited In reference to th: | length of the saloon, and which were all filled. oe re contemplations of It is aces se tie ewovmneae wt Saas mal tin the firmament o ; i pirit of evil eeemed to pred carkners held bis ruled the boar: wh The Mayor, Ambrose ©. Kingsland, presided. ~ The following were the Vice Presidents:—J. De cent light ) fete our reflections en those things siaage. Peyster Ogden, rested Fg bi Hiram " sorte It we think ot the independence of our mined (to use his | Charles G. Carleton. Henry, Chas. O'Conor, think of him whose efforts were 0 promi- feativity” Pour- | John J. Cisco, Geo. B. Butler, Francis Griffin, Pe- ui : 2 aie + of joyonsness | oe Cooper, Henry Grinnell, James T. Brady, Isaac wae ag powers le Townsend. [These gentlemen belong both to the Inod But their exhilaration greatly increased and | whig and democratic parties ] telth «much keener seat given to theirerjoyment, by the arrival of am express. two hours before day with the The guests who sat at either side of the chai- m for notional pride and gratification, qaee tiene have arivem tor decision, which, & teetion al charaeter bs ve given tise to berrtotore unknown in our history. and whi (ned to dertroy our magnificent pol al aving one stone vpon another to make the beaut tbe Gerigp, or the ekill of the builders, When tt Detert wud the Jordan are passed. and we have reas! ed the promired land. we hear the portentous ery —" 1 your tepte, Ob Lerael!'* we are called upon eration and to soatt: ‘8 fragments to the four winds of Hea ven. committir Un Gertinies to the wayward passions of rival ao y arsumio ieition. ad w vight & ‘open, systematic, and wan that had the questio ign states, the aggressio: been held jurt caure of war througout the etvil- orrupt and ruinous momarch! Requisitio acknowledged to le a model for hin succes bye word in think of glory ia ithe feild, o majority of eleven voices—that is to say, ity seven to | Everet, Massachusetts ; ¢x-(overnor Young, New 10a of all these ideas. (Appliance, Soulen fo to teteoen eek fort York; Major General Sandford ; Mr. Langdon or imeginary injur h he adds) the citizens of Alexandria, when . convened, constituted the fret public company im | Mayor of Mobile; Hugh Maxwell, Collector of the neration and fer- = . i 7 America, which hed the pleseure of pouring a libation | Port; Recorder Tallmadge, Chancellor Wal- v that the spirit which was in r aatrons contingencies. would be | to the prosperity of the tem States that had actually , ato . * na than 5 wae - ev. ; Brigadi ree, and to the coun of pre oo oe Temi vaia thet rq Sisesnthe sae lected that thir day is the ai vereary of the battles of | whiti ‘ U.S.A.; Nicholas [ 4 f Sonstiontion which was ‘the production ef their pa. away the stone from the repuiehre of « oru Facters speak of & monarchies! form OF government | Svilivan's Island and Monmo: re iting, U.S. A.; Nicholas Dean, President of | treed assiduous labors, he mad thie most tm- ¢ntembed constitution. and brought again to light without horror From thinking, proceeds spanking | turned from aeristing at the entertainment, the Croton Aqueduct Board; Captain Levy, U.8.A.5 | portant declaration —“In all our deliberations upon ich our confederacy wae thence to scting ie often bat » aii " ttep Bat how | Hom these details. unimportant as they are in them | 7 ieutenant Davie, U. 8. A.; and Major Morgan, of | thir subject, we kept steadily in our view that b 8 om yi a . 7 eee © triampd for | Seaman bene teak tee totes Wivece bt the British army, with many others a * 2 Se Liter cry Jour ix whites framework dow p hm for the etvowenes Wf tetame te toa w —~ Spon te durable bests. aud that Providence The dining room was managed and organized by fe tnvetved out Snorperity, felleity, satety, perhaps it the sacred rights and bert inte- are incapable of governin still disposed to favor the members of it with 4 ‘ our national existence. This important considera. t sovereign Btates cannot be in tems founded on the burs ups quailed opportunities for political happiness. a committee, headed by Colonel RC. Wetmore, | tion, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds. led ith impunity. It will root the tree of liberty ideal and fallacious! Would to God thal No stat -“ oo gatertain ore couteed who, from time to time, announced the order of | each State in the convention to be lexs rigid on pate mr ions PA. Lar] js Ln = 4 mn in time to ave onsee cpinrone t jeneral Washington. touching the P infer! nitude, than might have been other. of the » will serv ay foun ° ch tecton tocppreeeean | sight ond the L.cgoveraments called [oto being by the proceedings in a clear and distinct manner | Of inferior magnitude, than might have be | ot our freedom more broad 4 deep in the structure thelr n We are pinced together with all the essential o! inemte of identi 1d wi natural boundaries ‘of wil, by atleartin To those for whom t utare, the history aad fate in Republic. furnish ® pregnant lesson the authority of the people, and put in section for This gentleman discharged his duty aimirably, | now present, te the result of s spirit of amity, and of Of roelety; ve mien which never ell ae & solemn ing for the cond protection and happiness, to employ all legitimety i thy utual deference and concession which the pe- | revisit these who survive it will not again return e, . Balntenance 1 Pangea Sead reamamgrengangi coliarity of our political situation rendered Indiapen- d afllict the present generation. Salen aa at appropriate means for the maintenance ot the ression of Rev. Mr. Mercer said grace in a short but ap- laure.) And when his public career wae it ing the | powers conferred upon them, and the au ures of adjnetment passedtat the last session | course upe ‘ing been fairly discharged, it 200) will god forbearance of ones Sil anlawfal combinations set on foot for thelr over- ? jose, he left to his country, as bis last ad to arrent ngl- togete bark sgain ins sen of trou- | fheow. Whilet the etticles of confederation were yet | Propriate and expressive prayer bis most earnest and affestionste exhorte- oy exionsingar qeatane | they trie Toyota. tal therapligpente ood in existence, he had occasion to make known his views During the discuesing of an excellent dinner, the op thie im and delicate rubject. upon the oe my | currence of the erlebrated Insurrection In "Measche. | C084 in the orchestra played several sire. Ample | setts, commonly Known s# “Shay's rebellion.” Ia | justice baving been done to the viands, a trampet ear some claims to public at — letters written LA By this period, | announced the commencement of the intellectual When the Governor of Vir o iar, Reedoiph) not. | Deldness whieh the erisie #0 eminently demanded, | Part of the proceedings. fied General War! ‘bn of intmentas one of | 1%, ome Of which he says to @ beloved friend — The Mavor--Mr. Griffin, chairman of the com- bier. “ Nor could it be expected that my se: opinions would have much wright ont! ‘country m: They 2 been neglects. ae © Inet legacy in the most'scieme iron beei crushed at omes their freedom. and the fate of Greece beca & reproach among the mations of theless, there are rome 41 = f O i hee that = ae tr ts Py similar exemple won the L—~ caus a 0 heer will , altogether for abandon! i ed ue, proving ourselves unworth: ‘ene pertion of ithe And thali we follow i these commotions? Do they proved from licentious. | mittee, will read a letter from the President of the thot viehes, t sen a Deew, British Tad uences ausemiucted by the tories, or United States. Bearte, roy people. and they ‘will prot real grievances which admit of redress Mr. Wetmone—Three cheers for the President both aa they would protect sitares and their f Sw wes redress ee until the Thie call wae most enthusiastically responded to. The band then struck up “ Yankee Doodle,” amidst renewed cheering.