Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-01-18
Idle Threats.

This story has been told in all quarters, by all
parties successfully, and probably by all with
equal sincerity. We have long since ceased to
regard II as anything more than scare.crow,
raised by faction to promote its purpose oflhe
day and as such we always regard it with
very little more than contempt, though we al
ways entertain due indignation for any one who
serious thinks of it as desirable. Many years
ago it was threatened by the old "Federal" par
ty Of Connecticut one of their leaders, a cele.
brated lawyer, named John Allen, beginning the
| movement BY several essays in one Of the news
papers Of Hartford, and probably the Conn.
| Courant, written with great plausibility, and
designed TO show the necessity OF separation to
the safety and prosperity of New England at
least, if not of the Middle States. This was
succeeded by similar movement in Massa.
chusetts, before and during the war of 1912
separation being only recommended as neces.
sary to the safety of the commercial States
The war ending successfully, the old Federal"
party, the majority of whom never countenanced
separation, having dsbanded and "the era of
good feelings" having begun with the admins.
tation OF Mr. Monroe, we heard and saw no
more of this scare-crow till 1918, and subse.
qnently, when Pennsylvania and others of the
Middle States began to urge the doctrine Of
protection. Then South Carolina and Georgia
began to talk desperation, and used it rs a ste
reotyped threat I'll about two years ago. Then
Mr. Adams presented petition from Massa.
chuset,s, praying for "dissoluion of the Uni.
on.'' This Of course, produced great excite.
ment and great opposition and foremost in
deprecating such catastrophe were the delega.
ton from South Carolina, who had before been
foremost in the threat. This movement tested
the sincerity of the threat, and shamcd the
Southern threateners into silence on the thread.
bare subject, until abont year ago, when Mr..
M'Duffie uttered some nonsense about "three
confederacies." But now the subject is revived
by the Northern AboItionists, who gravey Offer
elaborate arguments in support of separation.
Thus do we find this scare.crow transferred
from field to field, always for some temporary
purpose, to be soon laid aside by one faction
till wanted by another.
We believe that if No,hern separation should
be subject to the same test which the South
ern could not endure, that it would fall quite as
rapidly No party in favor of separation, nu.
merous enough to govern single State, can c.
yer be raised in this country; and every fac
ton that attempts to raise such a standard, will
soon drop it ftreated with deserved contempt.
Even in South Carolina where the dssolving
faction is less weak than in any other State, it
never could command majority of votes and
in New York or Massachusetts, where another
dssolvlng faction now talk of separation, an o.
verwhelming majority would regard the pro.
ject as prc2osterous. Therefore whenever this
scare.crow is brought from factions garrc, and
set up to trghten the majurity into yielding
some point, we laugh at the attempt to do some.
thing against which all the interests and feel.
ings OF the country will ever wage an interim
nable, uncompromisng war.
One Of the newspapers, with its usual nffec.
tatlon off poilt cal wisdom, says that the "Derno-
cracy'' Of New England and the Middle States
are beginning 10 dissolve their partisan connec.
ton with the Southern States, and in consc-
quence of the position and policy of Mr.. Cal
houn IN relation To annexation; and that Hthis
course should detea, a0nexatiun, it will save a
triumph to the Aboll,onisis OF the North that
will react upon the South, and terminate in the
dissolution of the Union into Mr.. M'Dutfle's
"three confederacics" We do not ye, believe,
after the defeat OF all former PROJECTS mr dissol.
wing this Union that it is quite such rope of
sand as aay faction may suppose, whether Abo.
lilions,s of the North, or 'Slaveocracy" Of the
South The ma jorty of the free Stats will Mt
leave the Union because Texas is annexed, and
the ma jorty OF the Slave States will not leave
il because Mr.. Cahoun's projects for the exten.
sion and perPetuatton of slavery are defeated
This Union will survive annexation, and Mr.
Calhoun, Mr.. MDufie, the Abolitionists, or sla.
very. This mighty confederacy, these United
States Of America, free republican, prosperous
and happy, extending from Labrador 10 the Gulf
of Mexico, from the Atlantic to the Pacfi in.
cludng Texas, Oregon, Nova Scotia and Cana.
sa, will exist for ages aher every vesige of do
mcstlc slavery shall have disappeared from The
earth. We have no fears about dsunion, and
therefore laugh at "disuuonst," Northern and
Southern and all such will disappear, when
sure ofcreOtng their only desert, public con.
tempt-Phita. Ledger.
One OF the Albany fire companies offer to
fight the Anti-Renters on the most reasonable