Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-12-20
COMMUNICATION.
For the alexandria Gaseffe.
THE VALUE OF HE UNION.

her fo,tunp. without feelings Of deep solicitude
AMI Li,mav The eye OF genuine patriotism ca
siIy pierces the mis-, arising from the waves II
party rage and tumult; but, piercing u Ror,
shrnks appalled, at the alarming attitude Pf the
Rrpublic: tor II sees her trembling on the verge
of an awful precipice. Has no, the gauntlet Of
defiance been hurried by one of her avorite States?
Has not the shock pervaded the land and caused
the whole Union to shuddsr as with an earth
quake? |, IT not s,ill rncking to its very centre!
III I'VE We anv assurance that it ill last SIX months
longer: Dreadful indeed are these questions,
aud more dreadful still may be the events which
will fully answer thtm We must no longer
deceive ourselves. A momentous crisis IS ap
proachiny. Happy should we be, coald we DIS
miss onr tears as the deusions Of gloomy INA
o,pat,op. or shelter our alarm under the hope oil
av ,k;no from dream. But. alas! neither can
-. do TIE Union will not last. IS IN eve
nv mouth The old and the wise are begin
Ming 10 repeat, The Union cannot last. Not
newspaper but slares 1t forth. The very air ap
ps,rs to teem with the odous sound, aud exult
in. demons return the direfu echo, Inc Union
viii not last. And is it, then, the doom OF tins
Young Commonwealth To drop so soon into the
rra,e Of nation,s--wi,h all her branching hOnors
towering over US to be Whirled up BY The roots
and laid forever low m the gulph ct nothlngness:
tn b. tempest-riven ere she has reached her
nri,pe. and all the budding s,orles Of her spring
time blasted, never To BE- renew eds Her noble
rivers swarm,ns With The vessels Of wide.ex
tended commensurate they 10 be the carriers OF
hostile navies aud the avenues If civil war;
Her blooming Wales aud fertile fields, now smil-
inq unde, the genial hand OF culture aud pouring
forth abundance over The liant, are they to be
TUNED into CORY battle grounds and besmeared
with the blood Of their ouitn ators, nay, Of br0.
theirs and friends, ia extermlnatins and deadly
feudl Horri1 Thought! Oh, how will Old Ed.
land ioy at III, scene! How viii she Joy at see
in. her rebel colonies IN arms not To use them
agains, foreign invaders.-n0t to make her quail
once more beneath their youthful proweSs--not
10 meet her again On her very element, AMI crop
the full blown hOnors ut her crest; but tn turn
these arms against each Others busnms, aud de
luss their own soil with fratricida' h'ood: to
stand arrayed in the Infatuated bands of the nv
IRA headed monster Faction, and convert a coun
try flowing with the gifts of bourtcous pro'i
dence. peaceful, smiling, joyous,-thc hapjiest
country on the globe-th, country Of Washing.
ton,--luto theatre at violence: Ut brokt II al
tars aud smoking ruins: of riot, caiuaoe, desc
iation aud misery. With what .n,Ifab;e com
p!.cencv will toe monacchSts OF the Old " 0rld
D,>puts. KING, Gers, Sul'ans, Emperors. little
Princes and mighty autacrst-, royal and impe
rial slaves aud ati.--nh. how raptufouslv will
they chuC%le Il, bchoding their fond hopes ut last
tually filing ont from the womb of rime.-
I'hr, saw the fabric rising under the hands of
Gus revolutionary sagcs. and taun,ingly predict.
ell that ii would crumbs dawn Of itself. They
Saw il swelling rapidly up from its broad-laid
base, and soon beamin. before the world, the
stateieSt and mast Con>ummate structure Of a
Republic that the eye Of mortal had ever behed.
They san II. now. With varying countenance Of
pale and red, confessed 1t was noble. grand. su.
b ime; but termed It an Utopian Fision."-
They affected to jeer our fathers with their skill
in - castle buildlng." and called them most
excellen, Emperlcks." Near half century have
they bit their lips in angry DISAPPOINTMENT and
chagrin, and scowled at the provoking durability
OF this - Utopian Vision" Near half a centu-
~ has the glorious edifice remained. alone un-
shaken amid the BOOKINGS Of surrounding wars
and revolutions, the asylum of the exile; the
temple of refuge to the oppresseG; serene aud
magnificent at home; honored aud admired,
though enyed, abroad. What! shall re oar.
sefUes tear down this venerated work of our an.
cestors! Snail zee prove recreant To tho memo.
~ Of our fathers, aud gra,ifv the very long,ngs
OF DeSpOtlSm IN tne Via w aria! Shat the no
ly cause of Liberty receive It's dea,h-blow from
as, descendants Of Franklin and Washington!
Fools-foos, majmen, infatuated staring mad.
men should we be, to b. guilty of such lmpious
aud unheard-of folly. We should become a by.
word in the mouths Of men. The name Of Anne
rican would sink back to its old squad of savage
barbaritv 'sThe United States would be re-
membercd-but only as the eternal emblem of
our disgrace. Shall We be as Venice and Ge.
noa? Look at them nov, and compare them
with what they were. Shall we be as Greece
and Spain, and the CITY Of the Caesars? Shall
we be reduced TO the condition of South Ameri.
can Republics No, no, no.
What. then, should be the Patriots course in
this fearful conjunctur.? Guided by the day.
star Of an ardent love of country, let him pom.
der on the Important theme and DIT once deter.
m,nc IL is not time for delay or e,hargv
He must be prepared IN head aud hand 10 con.
front the coming storm The more enlightened
h. is, the more devoutly will he cherish the
Un,nu Is he versed in the government .al poll
cies of the ancient state>' Let hin range through
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