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ment can be 0scertained, it is manifest that
design to separate the States does exist
and that tits favored by those high in au
thoritv, A Southern Convention is pro
posed in case they fail to elect Mr., Polk tC
the Presidency, and determination tc
have a connexion with Texas in one way
or the other. To give the doings Of these
Southern meetings, would require more
space than our paper affords, Indeed, ovel
the cotton growing region Of the South
we are informed from source that admits
of no doubt, that nearly the whole bod y o,
the refecting portion of the planters think
separation inevitable. Whist the desire
for the annexation Of Texas, and the Sc.
curity of the Slave power in the South,
absorbs nearly every other question.
What do we find in the North! The
American Anti-Slavery Society Of the U.
States at the City of New York, at their
annual meeting solernnly resolved, that the
Union of these States mad ceased to be
useful, and that the sooner it was dissolv-
ed the better, &c. Hon. Geo. McDufie, a
Senator inCongress, says he has not looked
on the Union, but with adherence for a
long time. Shades of Washington protect
ps! When men high in the public conf
dence will openly calculate the benefit Of
separation; and that too in the face Of
Washington's farewell address to-the peo-
pie Of the U. States,
In that address the father of his country
substantially warns his fellow citizens a.
gainst even calculating the value Of the
Union. Nay, more! He tells you to con-
slider any man traitor to his country who
will agitate the question of separation
His warning voice once had power but
how changed are the times! Aaron Burr,
who had been brave and mcritorious Colo
mel of the Revolution; and was promoted |
by the Republican party to the second office
in the Government; entered into some kind .
Of enterprise which he said to the DAY Of
his death tOaS not inimicdl TO The Union; but
that he contemplated descentupon Mexi- |
co, was charged with design to dismem-
Der the States, tried for treason before the
proper tribunal and acquitted. Still pub
lie indignation was raised to such an enor.
nous heighth that he was compelled by the
popularaclamor, for time atleast, to go
out of the country and seek refuge in for
eign lands.
The people of some Of the New England !
States, at the commencement of the last
war with Great Britain, felt somewhat dis
affected with the war; and with Mr.. Madi- |.
sons administration, and meeting of
those opposed to the war was convened at
Hartford, Connecticut Although the Con-
vention sat with open doors, and recorded !
their proceedings in regular Journal,
yet such was the attachment to the Union .
at that day, and until recently, that to
charge man with having been a Hartford .
ConUentioniSt, was sufficient to blight his
prospects when candidate for public fa-
yor, more successfully than all the other
,harges which could be leveEled against
him.
But o! temporn! o! morPs! At this day
men who are high in Office, and claim to be
more patriotic; nay more religious than
heir neighbors, have the audacity to stand !
up in the midst Of their fellow citizens and
leClare the union al an end' How is this,
That which was called treason in Col. Burr
s patriotism and christianity in the Pro-
Slavery men Of the South, and the Liberty
men Of the North and West. What has
made the change in 50 short time! Has
the warning voice of Washington lost its
charm! Or has the men Of modern days
become wiser than WOshingtonl
We have not shown our readers the con-
sequences that would inevitably follow
of the States. Civil war with
all its horrors would follow in train, and /.
with it the last hope of the PhiIanthropist
of other cimes would perish. We say let
the sun Of this Union set in blood; and o
long farewell to demonstrations.
We have already extended this article
beyond our original intent, We may at
another time pursue it further. We hope
every lover of his country will consider all
matters connected with the perpetuity of
our ITnion: and hold I'm his hand and stov