Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-03-04
THE UNION.

THE UNION.
The recent debate IN h Senate has elected sps-
cimens Of cloIucuce which would not dis
credit the most celebrated Orators of airy age or
country. Nor is the fact astonishing. The sub
ject of discussion was one of unparalleled inpor-
lance and magnitude involving nothing less than
the pres, rvalion oft,ii Union-3he nohlrs, fabric o.
free government ever vouahsafed 10y Prov icnce to
,ntn-and, with it, the pcrpetuation OF our lndc.
p%endence and freedom, end the dissemination,
throughout other lands, of those principles Of civil
and religious liberty, the remote influences Of
which have been already felt IN every country Of
Europe, from the Pillars of Hercules 10 lis Asiatic
frontiers. We regret that Our limited space has
prevented the insertion of macy of those Speeches
We have, however, preserved them, with the de
sign, fine subject should not be stripped ef It's in
tereSt, 20 lay extracts fiou, then before our readers,
IS We eau find space for them W. suljoin the con
elus.o Of Mr.. Dallas's remarks .
oar Unjon (said Nj. d is an incalculable
blessing. Wilde it has lasted, what lave we not
accomplished bctI IN peace and IN var 1 All the
9rcat objects Of huo!au associations lave hccn cul-
ftVatel and attained with almost uneXafnpled rapi-
Itty aud ease. Itbcrty has been chusttned and
nude forever stable science has been stormed ia
hrr hundred trenches, and mustered in sli her ram
parts happiness has gently dliused Itself through
an immense population, taking It's own ways over
a boundless region If county and wealth and
power have gradually made the American People
rivals Of Greek and Roman fame. All the hieh
aims, too, of virtuous ambition have been reached
IN tFar - lad .nopln -. n nm p,,,oi nann.t 49,
ry where Acknowledged glory, bright among the
brightest Yield away the Constitution and tn
Union, aud where are we2 FILTERED into fragments,
aud not able to claim one portion Of the past as pc.
cniarly its own, Sir, our Union is not merely n
blessing ii is IA political necessity We cannot
exist without II, ! mean, that all Of existence
which Is worth having, must depart with it Our
liberties could not endure the inecssnnt conflicts of
evil and contcrminous strife our independence
"or,id be an unreal mockcry our very memories
would turn to bitterness. The Senator from V,r-
-iaia justly compared our political institutions To
tue planetary system. / wish he would agree
with nc IN Saymg, that the graf principles Of al
traction and r'pu| ION are equally necessary in the
two cases that the sudden Interruption of eithe,
must be fatal that the National Unlon of So
ycfeisa States can alone preserve US from chuos. u
We %suhi'in, also, the eloqasn / conclusion Of the
specch Of Mr. Clayton, the accomplished Senator
from Delaware:
The honorable senator from South Carolina (Nlr.
Calhoun, has told MS anld MIR. Clayton, that all
human institutions, Ike those who form them, con-
IAN within themselves the elements of their own
obstruction, and that or own government, is now
exhibiting their operation. To the general phIiloso-
piic remark, ! would not have objected but for its
application. All the works Of man nre destined to
decay but while the great body ofthc people shall
remain true 10 themselves, our government can nc
yer he destroyed fut 1t contains within itself end
tess AMI ever rc-naseeut energies which must bring
It on. IN triumph against every effort to destroy il.
from foreign force, it can have notlire to fer. II
breads nothing now from any section oftlis union
which shall ever seek TO protect lfself from the just
operation Of our laws by foreign Intervention.
Yes, sir, a tlrclgn alliance, sought b. any mem
Der of this cooJcdarocy, for tlle purpose oil making
war upon ns, would be the means, under Heaven OF
Immediately rallyiug every patriot, of every politi.
cal party, under the broad banner Of the rennblie.
/ agree, however, sir, that the mortal bl ow to our
liberties may BE- struck by Il hand which has been
indebted to US for existence. The shaft which
shall stretch the American eagle bleeding and life.
less in the dust, must he fcathercd only from his
own pinions and Oh how bitter will be lht
curses of men, in all nges to come. against Tho
''''"" "'"l' "Hu wv ldiiItildl manu- Oh MN WIG
shall loose that fatal arrow from tn stringl
" Remember him, the villain, righteous Heaven,
In thy great day Of vengeance bias, Inc traitor,
And his ncrnicious counsels, who, for wealth,
For power, the pride of greatness or revenge,
Would plunge his native land in civil war %
MR.. CLAY.-it has been remarked, that Mr.
Clay was several times absent from the Senate
when test votes were taken on the bill for the peace
able counteractlon of the South Carolina Ordi-
nance of Notification, and also when the bill was
finally passed, and the cause of his absence has
been Variously OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES persons nttribu-
ting 1t to premeditated design to shrink from respon-
sibIllty others, supposino ,ha, he absentcd himself
in order thotIc might NOT, by voting fr the bin
weaken ms influence Owe. Mr.. Calhoun and the
southern party, an thereby jeopardize the fate of
has compromise scheme and Others, that, although
in favorof the hiV, his hostility to Gen. Jackson
was so violent that he would not vote even for a
necdful measure. reromnepdel -, ,ba D,,,;J.n.