Western courier. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-08-17
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ABOLITION.

ABOLlIION.
On the approach Of an other Election,
where the issue is to have its bearing for
"wcaI or wo" upon the future destlnios
OF the nation--it bebooves every inde-
pendent freeman to watch with a scruti,
Isnizing and jealous eye, the principles
which are to be decided by the majority
for future Legislatures and administra-
tions to be governed by.
! At this time no more prominent ,aGd
characteristic feature Of the opposition
none more powerful in its influences
or dangerous, and ruinous in its tendency,
presents itself to our view, than the sub
iect Of Abolition.
Any person who has scanned political
movements for the last few years, or is
at all acquainted with the political history
Of the country within that period, must
see that in the case of success q strong
effort will be made on the part Of the
wings, to carry out the loathsome doc
trines of Abolition into Lar the re-
voting effects Of which, as they bring
disunon, civil war and final destruction
upon the country, need not now be pic
tured. 1t is fact which cannot be deni-
ed that the leading aboitionists arc wings
and vast number Of the most inauen"
lia of that party, also bend in submission
to the disorganizing doctrines of the alb
olitionist The cause Of abolition in the
mind of every candid observer, is fully
identified with the cause Of the wings.
And of all things most difficult to contend
against, that against which even sober
reason is at times obliged TO yield, is mis-
guided fanaticism. Undoubtedly there
are those among the wings, who though
maintaining, and honestly maintaining
many Of the views peculiar to that party,
would shrink with alright, did they be-
ievo they lent their aid, to this most just
y unpopular cause; but in Politics there
is no r,iddle course. In political sttug-
giles, {" lie that is not with me is against
me-" and that man who attaches himself
to any party is responsible for the course
which that party may see fit to pursue, OF
the evil consequences which the rash
ness of their leaders may bring about.
AS Republicans then, as men who pro-
fess attachment to the union, cemcnted
as it Is by the common blood Of our COM
mon Fathers, shed in the great struggle,
for the common rights of the ,cAOLe coun-
try, it is incumbent upon us to protect
that union and preserve those rights Sc
dearly purchased for us and for our breth-
rem for their rights-arc our rights.
Fresh demonstrations continually adj
monish US that this unrighteous struggle
is approaching The small band which
we at first thought unworthy of notice, is
rapidly increasing in strength and mum.
bers by the arts and unceasing ingenuity
of its leaders. They are working steal
thily, but busjly among US, gradually ex-
tending their fibrcs throughout the land,
till in the remotest districts, wo can now
perceive their machinery, in the shape of
travelling itnoirant priests and lecturess,
religious mountebanks, tract pedlors and
pettcoat associations from all Of whom
the stand taken by President Van Buren,
previous to his Election, and in his nau-
gural of march last against the abolition
ISIS anu tlVti "ttGHiPtS W ihtOilCIO NitI
the rights Of our Southern brethren, meets
with hearty exccrations.
Foreigners intermeddle in our affairs,
and as abolition lectures deuouucc the
administration Of tho country, its meas
ures and its men, in all Of which they arc
heartily seconded by their brother wings
and abolitionists. Where did the first alb
clifton movements originate? 1? not with
men attached to the Democratic cause.
Who has ever heard Of abolition move
ments commencing with Democrats?
The hue and cry now raised against
the annexation of Texas to the Union is
con(essedly a whig measure and who but
abolitionists started it, and are always the
ones to act, in getting up their memorials