The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-08-26

true, then, leaving the ineslculable benefits
which the men Of our own country have re-
eeived from our UmOn out Of view, we may
safely assume that our goysrnnaent has confer
red on the world. an smog nsassliiZs COCO
roo extensive Cor mortal = -
Under the Union ef d
here hsye been happier
jects Of anysather cSsdtk1.
and the millions Of Europe also ar
ming TO enjoy the fruits which have sprung ifc"'
that good seed, so Iib,rsIly strown -
willing hands Of our iOrefsthazs Ought gov
eminent Of which so much can be said to be
lightly regarded Ought IL met rather to be
cherished as above ali price; and its iasiiiuiions
to be guarded as Indispensable to the welfare Of
humanity the world overt
We confess We have most sacTed regard foi
our Union and all propositions FOX its dissolution,
come from what quarter they may, we consider
unwananied and utterly abhonent 10 both rea-
son aud common sense. Within the last few
years men have been prone TO calculate the
value Of the Union," as if il were thing whose
benefits can be told in dollars and cents. As
lAco1ohobtC NOoto ~ &c W dtNctulh ~
vslue Of a good education, or extensive knowl-
edge, OF virtue, OF the Christian religion itself.
Our Union has value which, unlike mercantile
values, cannot be estimated, for 1t is not only
the source Of many and substantial advantages,
but il is also a safeguard and preseNalive from
many and dreadful evils. Overthrow t,-ef1ace
that monument of the wisdom Of the fathers
of the republic, our Constitution,-break up
the ligaments that now bind the North TO
the South and the East 10 the West, and who
can estimate the penis, 10 which the different
fragments Of once glonous whole would iney-
ltably be subjected 1t 10 "moTal treason TO
talk in favor of disunion.
In the recent exciting debate IN the Senate ON
the passage of the bill establishing a territorial
government for Oregon, Nh. Calhoun and others
dared TO assume that the Union was worthless to
the South, and intimated that the slsveholding
States could do better without than with it, We
were glad that Senators Benton, Webster, and
Houston Tebuked this bad spirit. We rejoiced
that the South CsTollnsn met with so little SYM
patty IN his complaints of the wrongs TO which
the Union subjected the South. What logic this
distinguished gentleman uses TO convince him.
self that the Union is a wrong rather than bles-
sing to South Carolina. we cannot conceive
He seems 10 think that African slavery is the
clear and crystal fountain from which flows none
but sweet waters, and that II is as necessary 10
the political and social welfare of his State as
the overflow Of the Nile is to the fertility Of its
lkapEc EVkn n ina nosf ,ll
that this precious domestic institution would
flourish more if the South were disunited from
the North than II now does.
Suppose the Union were split asunder on
line dividing the free from the slaveholding States
what would De the necessary result Of that dis
union? In The first place, a controversy would
Immediately aTise as TO the section 10 which the
territories, the common property Of the whole
people, should fall. II while united we cannot
agree as TO whether slavery shall be planted in
these territories, could we more easily agree
when disunited? Would the people Of either
section agree to make over to the people of the
other section the exclusive propnetorship Of any
Of these teUitones? If disunion should result
from the agitation Of the slavery question, a war,
a long and cruel war for the ownership of the
territories would be inevitable. The question
would be submitted 10 the aIbitrament of the
sword, ard thence would come evils and cnmes
blackeT and more fragrant than any man can
imagine. FTatemal waTs, instead OF being less
Inhuman than others, are always characterised
by atrocities Superlatively feEdish ANY man
who will deliberately recommend disunion, when
IT is clear that it will be followed by desolatng
the brain Of lunatic.
Disunion would not throw wall of proiec-
ton around the Institution Of slavery, and il
Mr.. Calhoun fsncies that the institution would
be safer from assault under such circumstance
than it is at present, his logic must be infected
with insanity. Nothing would be SO likely to
hasten the downfall of slavery as disunion. As
heartily as we desire the abolition Of slavery,
We are not willing to achieve such result at
the cost Of war between the North and the
South. We infinitely prefer to suffer the sys-
tenn to wear itself out. under the processes so
fatal to il that are now at work. Its founda
tons are becoming less secure every year, and
its gradual extinction 10 an event clearly fore
Swallowed to every sagacious mind.
But we greatly prefer dwelling on the bene-
fits Of union TO specializing on the events that
would follow disunion. We do not think that
any very considerable number Of persons, in
any portion Of our cOnfederscy, are so insane
as to wish TO see the Union in fragments. We
feel delightful assurance that the days of our
government are not numbered. but that It will
long exist and PerPetuate the many advantages
that we now enjoy, TO the confusion of evil
sOOthsayers, the shame Of the supporters of
desPOtism, and the blessing of the civilized
masses that are now struggling upwards from
under many expressions into the sunlight of