Holly Springs gazette., 1844-11-15

with xifulence and fury, but they were. or
ef1eceds to be, at issue on questions of prin.
ciplesHow, Americans band together under
names of men, and wear the livery. and put
on the badges o. their leaders Then the
individuals of the different parties were
found side by side dispersed throughout the
various districts of our confederated Re-
public; but now, the parties that dictrict the
land, are almost identified with our geo
graphical distinction. Now, there has ccme
that period, foreseen and dreaded by our
WASHINGTON, bv him "who, more than
any other individual, founded this our wide
spreading Empire, and gave to our western
world independence and freedom by him.
who with fathers warning-vo bade us
beware OF parties founded on geographical
Determinations As yet the sentiment so
deeply planted in the heart of our honest
yeomanry, that union is strength, has no;
been uprooted. As yet, they acknowledge
the truth, and feel the force of the homely
but excellent aphorisn, '.Unitei we stand
divided we falP'-As yet, they take pride in
the name of the United State" in recol-
lection that the fields that were won, the
blood which was poured forth and the glory,
which was gained in the common cause,
and under the common banner of united
country. May God, in his mercy, forbid
that |, or you my friends, should live TO see
the day, wbeu these sentiments and feelings
shall be exiincll- Whenever that day comes,
Their is the hour at hand. when this glorious
Republic, this once national and confedera.
ted Republic. which for nearly halfa centu-
ry has presented TO the eyes, the hopes and
gratitude of man a more brilliant and lovely
image than Plato or More. or Harrington
ever feigned or fancied, shall be like a tale
that is told, like vision that hath passed a.
way. But these sentiments and feelings
arc necessarily awakened. and in the end
must be destroyed unless the moderate. the
good and the wise united, ''ffoWn indignant
ly upon the first awnings of every attempt
to aieuiate any portion OF our country from
ia rest, or to enteeble the sacred ties which
now link together its various parts"
Threats of resistance, secession, separation
have become common as household words,
in the wicked and silly violence of public
declaimers. The public ear is fainiiarizad.
and the public eye will soon be accustomed
to the detestable suggestion of DIsUNIoN
Calculations aud coniectures, what may the
East do without the South, and what may
Tue OOutu 90 WITHOUT the East, SnGefS, me
naces reproaches and determinations, all
tend TO the same fatal end! What eau the
East do without the Southl-What can the
South 10 without the Easl2 They NAV do
much; they may exhibit to the curiosity OF
political anta9 onists. and the pity and won
der of the world, the "diyecta mem5ra," the
sundered bleeding limits OF a once gigantic
body instinct with life and strength and Wig.
or. They can furnish 10 the phiIosophic
historian, another melancholy and striking
instance ofthe political axiom, that all Re
publican oEfederaces have an inheren. and
unavoidable tendency of dissolution They
will present fields aud occasions for border
wars, for leagues and counter>lea agues, for
the lntrigues of petty statesmen. the strug>
giles of military chiefs, for condscations, in.
surrections, and deeds ofdarkes: hue They
will gladden. the hearts OF those who have
proclaimed, that men ere not fit to govern
themselves, and she'd disastrous &c iipse on
the hopes Of rational freedom throughout
:he world. Solon, in his Code, proposed no
punishment for paricide treating it is an i'm
possible crime. Such, with US, ought to
be crime of political paricide--ihe disme m
berment of our 'father-land ~