Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-02-27
SECTIONAL FEELING.

SECTIONAL FEELING.
We recommend The following extract from
tie Western review to our eaders, Tor lis truth,
and American feeling:
Beneficial as tAe effects have been proven
10 b., i, is well remembered, that The farm OF
1924 was contested with great ability and 'he
mos, determined opp .slion. he opposers
came forward, fortified with The grand truli'n
Of Adam Smith, that commerce and manuiac'
lures ought to be left unshackled to the Keen
discernnent of ndi> iduai interest and en- err
DR. So, tina, pro Getting d ties were thus inyuui-.
cious as expedents; that no power Was deli
gated 10 the brnrr al governn" MT 10 linP"se
lin. m, and that, wee it Otherwise, imposing
them was. in tht iamliiar phrase ol 'he nay, ."
" taking from ONE msp's pocket TO put i"'o
that Of anothe':" and mure than all, 'ha' II was
u sectional measure, cacu'a'rd 1" oeh'n' '"e
North at IL. expense oil tn D '"th. bu' III
country. wher. the means 0f conveyance are so
easy and multiplied, and where cir' 'ati"h' IN
consequence, is so ranid: country, which l.
subject to such common Necessity OF cons amp
lion and taxation, j. is Impossible, as broad
and general princi lie at one portion OF such
a country should A ,urlsh al rhr expense Of ano>
thcr If the norrh IS beuef'ted by any sys EN-
Of treasures, re.cion mus t ke place, and me
south ultimately feel the eff cts OF 1t IN turn
The people Of rhr rorto are fellow Ct lzens
aud counrrymcu, who have always borne thclr
full share of nuhlic bud rs, md ammo he =
tihnat measure, witNuu' n ultimate rra, ton Of
that beneh' To the reno est and most o2Io
c,ion OF the union ARE there s. atesmen, thrn,
who would actually, or ,ir'ual!v say, "our has
tired % the north is SO desp and unextlnguis
abe. that we choose to benefit for ign nation,
our ri al, our competitor, and which used
.on IL fh.rt h,,- har
pie Of the north who ere bone OF our bone and
flesh OF our Aesr?"
Yet so deep have been these sentiments of
hostility to any thing in the shape of protecting
duties to foster our home manufac uring inte-
res,s, that there have not been wan ing politi-
clans w,o haze seen fit 10 declare, that sooner
than const nj to an increase Of such duties, they
would choose 10 Withdraw from The union.-
Our feelings and our sense Of duty im2rl US to |
a word upon THIS sentimenl This de'estable
language is coming bat too common in our
journals and public dcba'es. A sub governor,
in remote territory, Coaching the slang OF his
superiors, talked in speech % hi, Legislature,
with great hippancy about d,s>nl,ing the union,
on tn score OF some petty 6 ievancr which NO
eye, 5ut his, could discover NJ osteEsihiy
more powerful, and less ridiculous in tine as
sumption, ave PUBLICLY held the same language.
F ON the centre to the rrmotest capilar'e>, the
most contemplate drmaeogue Catches the note:
and talks Of disso,ing the union with as much
sang froid, ds il it were no more than breaking
off an affair Of the heart with coquette. The
Ju>tinian code interdicteG the naming OF Ger ain
crimes, as unwilling to divulge 10 human ma.
ture is capabilitv Of committing them. The
bible, TOO, hints a. crimes, wHlcn ought not SO
much as 10 b. named. Thinking men know,
that words and phrases have fearful energy
child hears curses, before il understand
their horrid import: ant is prepared TO become
a hackncyed basphemer. Legi ators, go err
nurs, rulers of,hr people, listen TO the 'ruth!-
II is a fea tul theme, 10 talk Of dssoIving this
great union II NV pre>eus glorious and
heart cheering spectacle. Dissolve i and fill
our canals with The crimson 1nid Of life, and
barricade our national road with caGcases -
Dissolve it, and look al he condition Of thr
members, St parated from the chief organs Of
the system! No. Let the village papers abuse
aspran,s. Let The grea, and good among US
:" ash away the filth Of ubloquy and detraction
with magnanmous patience, consid"rlng that
;his penalty Of extreme license is The ess,r evil,
and liberty the greater counterbal anchg gond.
But 10 talk o! dissol, ing The uninn with 80 much
fiippanoy, and on such trifling occasions, is
another Government The legi!ima.rs snrer-
inslv pronounce L., rope OF sand. The OPP
pre- ssors of humanity every where prav for its
dissolution Traitors among ourselves pray
for it. Po housr pollicia' IS, when their heads
whir, tax about it. But governors, and great
men, and mel in high places, should ponder
The i'm port Of words, before they resor, 20 this
retorical hourIsh,-dissolue the union! To US
it is phrase OF fearful import, tina, chlis the
blood in our wins in the rrpe'i ion: and the
persons, who use it, ms, antly associate IN our
thoughts, with the Catilnes and Arnold Of OH
,r days"