The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-09-07

prefer tno ststeIuOou OF tSfltisN iNuu'o eHo
New York, to tina, of South Carolina and
Georgia. Would Virginia be unsnimocs
10 her choice of partnetsi Nigh, 10, the
Western portion prefer the Northern TO the
Southern allisocel Where will be hen.
lucky I Whete Missouri What will
LOUISIANA do siih her sugar, with q free
West India competition in the markets Of the
worldi What shsll We do with the Navy !
VIA, with the National Debll what with
the Mississippi!
These questions are more easily asked
than answered. The truth Is, that our coun.
try is more indlvisble than sny other on
earth, and the folly which is bound up III
the though, OF dlsunlon, has no parallel but
10 iis wIckedness.
Blu, let us suppose the line ruu-a peace
able division msde-as peaceable as that
between Lot and Abraham Of old-sOPPose
q convention has framed . new constitution
suppose all the passions of It's members
hushed-all the compromises made, and al
the safeguards established for the protection
Of slavery and liberty. we should set out
on q summer sea, bu, how long would It be
before we should meet with roub ed va
tersl We should ., the ftsl Congress
have Northern and Southern parly-a
tariff and an anll.,arf party-and Heaven
save the mark sn abolition and az anti
abolition party, aud these parties the more
fierce, and the more unrelen,lng for the IN
timacy Of the contact. South Carolina
would still have thorn IN the flesh. Mary
land and Virginia, and Missouri and Ken.
lucky, would soon be Masss chuse,is, Con
necticut, Pennsy lvanla and ONO, under
other names, but Breathing the same hate.
full doctrines. There would be another
dIsunion, and another and yet another, 10
Ill South Carolina would al last be he lone
star, aud in a position 10 longer 10 be de-
feated 10 her eager desire to inves, favor.
lie son with the emblems Of oil ce.
Di.onion presents indeed dark future,
and | envy the nerves OF that man, though
do not his heart, who can look on It IN
troubled and undsmayed. amos, rejolce,
however, ,ha, the Onion is again 10 be pre-.
senied for discussion, again TO be weighed
IN The affections OF free and an intelligent
people. Errors have periodical resurtec.
lions, and have TO be buried by every gen
GRAFTON anew, and truths are never so IN
pfegnably fortified but tina, they invite oc.
casional attacks, which call for vigorous de.
fence. The Union of the States, aud The
Constitution of The Union, were recommen
ded TO the love Of our fathers by reason and
,bar Rod fr1cd
had tasted ils bitter fruits. We have in
heri.ed the faith OF our fathers, and have
looked 90 1t as thing too sacred to be
touched without reverence. Now that II
is rudeIy assslIed, let US come up TO its de
fence, and prove by argument and reason
that i, is the haoaed thing which our
fathers thought il, and iha, II is indeed aud
in truth The veri,able offspring Of wisdem
and patriotism which have no coun,erparts
al the ptesen, day. This will be done, and
greatly err # The day is rot now desss r,
when the Union of the s.. '' o1 ''i
Js '-sus man il has ever been
W-sS1aue hrs. gush Of patriotism which ush
cred i! into beng.
Bot shat shall We do, says the dsunion
ieA, Ill CSSc tue w llAuut Il EONAsO - pdssCH
by Congress To yield to this aggression,
will show SO mean a spuIt IN the South,
that We shall IN the long run be brought 10
tue feet Of The North.
This whole question $ an abstraction, or
rather punclriIo, 10 which the North are
wrong, but 1t syei punc.tho, and nations
have long SINCE ceased to 60 10 var foi a
puuclilio. Trhes cease 10 place nations ii
deadly hostility against each other. Tea
may nov be spll, on Mrs. Masham's gown
wlihou. being washed out IN the blood o
Two kingdoms. Modern civilization has IN
,erests al stake which the birbarism Of pas
ages never dIeamed Of, IN lls highest pros
perliy. h,ugs and despols may make, a
they have made, their subjects draw ihel
swords, and spiil their slavIsh bleed, tor
fancied insult, FOR scott, for sneer, but
free people, who know the value Of freedom
and the perlls which surround it, will ~
no rick which ITS preservation does not de
nand. They will hardly be pei suaded /
forget the glorles Of she past, or their hope
of The future, that they may have the pr
VI "ucIC iuc U
not expect or wish 10 extend II, and wher
lift were planted It would not grow. Til
prohibition OF en- unsshed indulgence,
know, often a~akes the dormant desire
oitener, however, in the miuds Of chtldr,
than Of fuil groan men; but that serIo
national contention should grow out Of su
prohibition, would be something new 10 L
annals Of human folly.
When the Saviour OF the world "
asked ho " often should .e forgive our brot
er, when he offended against us-,ll sey
tines He replied until seventy times sc
co. But the Union of the S ates Of Il
confederacy should be nearer and dearer
US than any brotherhood, and It lis pres
va'lon depend Oh patience, klnsness, cha
~ and forgiveness, then | would forgive
seventy times, bu. seven hundred tunes 81
en-. These are the doctrines Of scripture
source whence have been derived IN,
conservatism, more liberty, more solld v
dom, aud more enduring political happtne
than from all that has been written
Gfotus, PJffendod, Va!,el OF Mon,esqul