The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-03-19
WHERE Is THE UNION.

the Union OF these States rests upon the
Constitution This is the compact which
bound them together, and whenever it shall
be broken & irampled in the dust the parties
will be absolved from its obligations, and at
perfect liberty TO remain united or to resolve
themselves TITO their original state Of !ndc-
pendcnce.
As much as we are attached to this union,
ifthe Constitution is to be repeatedly vio-
lated with imPunity, If it ceases to protect
ono state from the encroachmeuts of another
or even the humblesi citizen in the land in his
rights il like Tia; Of Imperial Rene when
Nero caused his horse to be elected consul
it Is 10 be mere mochcry, and exis, III name
only. il would be better at once 10 have it
torn from the record of the nation.
Indeed where is now the union OF these
Staicsl Has net tx Constitution formed by
the wisdom and cemcried hy the blood Of or
revolutionary fathers been repeatedly, and so
fagrantly violated as TO have lost all its sa-
credness and its binding lorcel Did not Gen.
JrThSOD III -NShf CiiSeii4Ss iii Stl&ssbS uJOu
deposits, and in frequent and urjus,iGabie ex-
ercises ofihe veto power Outrage The spirit if
not the letter Of lie Constitution with perfect
impunityi Were not The expunging resolu-
tions OF Benton, the admission Of membcrs Of
Congress chosen hy general ticket contrary
TO the express law of the land, the refusal TO
admit the New Jersey members 10 seat in
the House contrary 10 immemorial usage, the
denial CT the right Of petition, and last rot
least is 10: the admission Of Texas into this
Union each and al fragrant violations of the
Constitution! Can foreign stale be adj
mittcd iato the partnership CT the states with
out the assent OF each a,ii every member!
Ifindeed 4 fc.sisn country canbe annexed,
can it be donc by joint u, o'uiionl IS moi the
adoption of this method dead march over
the treaty makeiug power as defined By the
Constitution There are bat three modes of
acquiring territory BY nation, jy conquest,
by diseoreTy by cession. We have con-
qutrea or discorered nothing, and can there
by any cession OF territory without ireaty!
But says our advocates ofannexa;ion who
~ the By are generally bypocriticai strict
cons:fEot;oa;sts, the constitution says
"nelg sIqtes may be admitted by Congress"
But how aad from whancc is The question.
Can foreign State hc admitted! Can
Mexico, France, or China, become members
of the confede.acy. and IL so, can such a
measure he accomplished by simple joint
resolution
Rut the deed has been done. a majority
in the Senate has heen found who are willing
TO consumma;ea sch,me which by anacxing
Il foreign nation violates the compact Of the
Union. annals the constitution aud is rcroln-
tionary in The eovernment-
And alas Whit is sill worse. the object OF
annexation is openly and unblushiDsIy pro-
, claimed 10 he ;he ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of the slave
pow or il the Union, ard the extension and
peipctua;ion ofihe accnrsed institution con-
,ray to the wishes oftle whole civilized world.
Where! then. we repeat, is the Union!
So far as it rests upon the Constitution it is
Verv nearly dissolved. The chain which held
it together has been broken. The Consiiju-
ton has boen undermined. But it has not fall
len into remedies ruin, and while single
ttoue remains upon another lei tie Wings
rally TO the rescue and re-erect the crunbng
ediicc. They have hitherto and every where
discharged their duty to their country. They
will continue to do ii. They are ihe only
conservative body in the stale. They will
not despair ofihe republic, nor he driven
from their purpose by those rcdmouthed
demagogues and dOughfaces in either the
Loco orNbolitiou ranks who have sacrificed
The country for the sake of party.