The Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1843-1852, 1844-08-28
THE UNIoN-IT siUsT biz PREsERXED.

i The tUNION-lT UST BIZ EPRfSERXED..
The ptesept aspect of public afkts "a South
Carosina has given new importnne to che words
have psaced at the head ofthi 4ticle. 5 il was
yery far beyond oursxp xpectadoash an ems fgency
would have arisen In the polifiSs y Ibis State so
soon after the domestic discords ~ sibeen Healed
which divided her cirizensS fr9sr As2ssto 1893,
lrcndering neeessary an appad coay.to their
fIaternal feelings but. .their patl M BAT intes-
ttine hroi sccfds foreshado = xtzscot appear
ances. Signs are but too postieal feuds
not less bitter, mon less periiSu1 aprosperity
ofSouth Carolhs, than those which, eharectefiscd
that depforable period. sWheHk welloSk back to
that era Of party strife, Il be{otnes d subieo. of
general cohgratuatio0 that the weifate and inter-
est OF the State were not more seriously damaged
than such discords, leading to tie verge Of civil
war, gave reason TO apprehen3s * And now, al
most at the heel of those oomppsed confictsj the
citizens Of South Carolina are bout being placed
in party array, that threatens b gulpli Between
them, which it is the selfish ipdlicy offambtioos
men TO create and widen. Agitation has rcnew.
ed its destructive work. fhe political ,passions
are invoked to aid in the Wicked desigdsof unset
tling the present stability ofpr9perty The Sevil
agencies Of speech aud the press IRE at work to
undermine the SOURCES Of our prSperty. aAsat the
former period, the timid the easily excited a
larms ofthose who are peculiarly sensitive to that
intestine s,pifs. Viii ss sssu soSs sweksaad aa nn.
tiass tils portion Is cor,,e spsr-
dily to the rescue OF tho Stask IN 4 he influence
of rash connsels. The mischief Sf sg tuition it is
needless to say, are ipcalculabl anf often ire
parable. ~
The meetings heldensd the ;,ss s,pssseebes made in
on this subject to the undcrstanding They
are symptomatic of an unsonnd condition Of
opinion among certain clhss af.cur eitzens. Dis
union is an openly avowed sentiment Dismem-
| berment is broached as q desirable contamination.
Where this is not expressed itbecomesc connected
with remedial plans which lead to. it bysneccssary
association. The step is but short between State
action as proposed, and Disuhiop-- oppo-
stion to constituted authority and armed ress-
tanc, perhaps civil war Discpssion of extreme
remedies leads the public mind 70 their familiar
contemplation. In this way, the Sentiment of dis
loyalty to the Union is gradually Undermined =
That which was only po1liied vision, from
which all revolted. even in iRSSination, soon be-
ced from the first suggestiop isahoSnfi,, a sound
from which all at one period Mefs startled with
horror, down to the present Mpifiar use Of the
hateful word, and who can measure. the hateful
gradations, so insensible has beeR the progress o
the idea, which it represents. Is then behoves al
moderate men-all who love tis Union--to com
bine at once and drive from. iif false en,inence
THAT perncious doctrine whickssits 'enthroned ir
ing below among those who are incapable oi
weighing its practical consequences. Now is the
accepted time to root out this pefnicious heresy
from the soil of Carolina now and forever.
| Citizens must not be now divided by shades o.
opinion-by diversities Of political creed by ub
stract opinions on political questions. A hom.
question Of paramount importance calls for the
Union of clear heads and firm hearts. 3 A domes
tic necessity for free copsultatio And United actor
over-rides all others. In the ya1 Of his fight fol
.h. rseservasien of the LIsiaps ~ happy Il
questions in South Carolina is 1ssaf legion Te
go forth to battle under sausPicss is to have as
surance of moral victory. We are not alarmists
We do not think that extreme counsels pre-
ail-that the integrity of the Union can be .ye
endangered; but we owe to ourselves to remove
South Carolina is deeply tainted with disuniol
doctrines.-Ch Charleston Patriot. h''
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