Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1833-01-17

the bitter ~s.iiaes Of the orphan aud The widow
-d ones. and the ksell Of Liberty itself thu, 49,
sSh'st our eoantr..mcn Ia fsr6~arGnce and re.,.
f'on Better, far better. that st.r sksuii SD,
wildly from its sphere, than that the ,r.ole .b,
oa" !sa''iry should be eh.sared W blood. Hold
The States together by The sroag arm # a,.r--.
instead Ut Affection aud interest, aud Nh, .,,,,
&C hs'c I1 1.-THE hrootl,nx dsrkne,. # viii
"narehy," or the worse than mij,.igh, gloom Of
'roy~l dsspoti.lp"
All the "poisonou, dostrine,- which h.,. L..,
promulgated ,hroogh the column, Of M.
Press" amount simply to th-,c:
We have invariably denounced the Null,se,.
ton of both Georgia and South Csroi.n.. q, b.;,x
dangerous anil uneonSitu,isnai.
We have repeatedly said. long before ". hal
any opportunity OF being "se,lueed" 0, the Fat
ern men, las some of oor eucnaie. h,,. y~r,ro,.,-
~ charged upon us, aud IS somc e our f,enar
~e" not very rei"ctaaro believe, tiat II South
Iaroi'ns could not be eonfcute, a. r, mai, 4, ,h,
Union. 'Fe 'sorid let Icr go praeeasiv, vel, ,,-
snred that her interest aud her ~.aLp,,. wall,
500" 'nd"ee her to return to the family circle
We nave always been against the nsc Of force IN
Keep the Union together. (eSe-p, in reierepe. IN
merv factions because II faroe Be necessary Ia
o'hd The States. ~e arc no logger free people.
repeat u. Republic. can ooi, ne held ,oxets-r
nv the bond Of mutual interest and mutual .ff..e-
lions any other tie Is the chord IF d.spof,ssr she-
Their BE- held by one man or b, m.Iiioa.
there' he", any thing incoa,is,ent in our
views at present. With those which VIC have nj
''dys entertained and eJrtr,ssesl? We ,r,;,.,
'"e '~r o' "'rHs to subduc Modification, (ab.uri
AZ " may be, because c1'e,g blo,s which !, given
against IT, will inorecse iis t-gsr unl-,. -. Ken
It down by the iron rod Of military ass,sf.m. We
Know that the power or the Union A. rrr.,. h,,
let u be once employed 90 force upon one Of The
Southern States, a system which thew bs,. IL
e''red' over and over 'sain. they re,~r ,r,4 sub
'' 20 And The Inevitable eiirc; will be, .epara-
Hon, not merely Of little refractory South C.rol;-
na' bu, OF several other southern state.
The great mistake in the whole matter !. this.
""''e d" our remarks have only had reference IN
inc P"ncy 81 eoereion-(not having discussed tho
nSM)-~e have been considered rs Defending the
doctrine y .fl1tfcGaon Does any in,eilir,.,
h'''" oe"e'e that ue wished TO favor that cause,
or That Ne in,ima'ed that South Carolina va. r,rhf
IN her course We ~ilI not 50 far io,ul, an.
good sense OF the community which Ia. "a long
rposed confidence in US. ss to impuie to then,
such nm absnrdiiy. And when the Editor "a mi.
paper shall have be,ra,e ed the rcprese,int,, tyu,,
eoohdcd to him, and misreprescn,ed IN. f.si;,..
or the 'nterests Of his constituents IL will he Tim.
enough To put him under thc ban. His ind ,li.n,
opinions he never will conceal for the self sh pur
pos OF sailing With the popular breeze
As'o that part OF M argument abou, ,I,e ,,-
( oe'''"" oi little Rhode Island and Iouisiana. VIC
90 not deem u our duty now to speak. Ns,h.v-
ing promulgated the premises upoo which o,,-
'"''e'i'o"den' builds, We are not bound to su,-
Tain them-though, IL room permitted. We could
very easily show, that even secession il lea. dan
sero's than the doctrine of susfain,,y l,g.l,,;o,,
By ne s.rori, n, a Republic.
we trust that the mcss sure, now n.nd;,. :.
|o"gress, will ob'iatc al necessity Of r..o,, q,
arins-snd shat. b = liberal eanr,. =. g..
""ee' all dssentions will be healed, and the Union
como forth from the storm, renovated and rain
"gora'ed by the temporary evils which h.,.
'"'es'e"ed ITS integrity. The question nov .,m-
ply i'-D'e Turf or the JHon? And ve ,ra.,
'hA' no false pride or ob,tinaey will preven. sny
true patriot from yielding portion Of a fa,or;,.
theory, rather than PERIL the Union.
| when the Editor 1T the Staun,on snes,.,cr
"sh h"'e 'sken the trouble to inform a. .sA.t
''"'7 spirit 'hSn that Of mere prophecy. diets
7 HaAs al
e"'he remark" to which he has taken exception.
VIC VII then relieve him, perhaps, from his an
prehe"''o"' about our =" bloody -mintsed symps-
my u any particular class of individual. ser,
disposed to be ''prOdigAI Of the blood Of their
friends aud neighbour, We ~. ;,U,