The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-09-22

"IHiou, which, according TO promise, ap
pears in our paper of today. Thong
some Of our readers may be inclined TO dill
Ter from the conclusions at which the an
thor arrives, yet they must all agree that b.,
writer OF no no ordinary meIit--evinc
ing ability no less commanding than hi
style is captiy ating-a mind no less philo
sophical Than his deductions are logical
Lei not the length OF the essay, then, deleI
sny from reading il. IL could not wei
have been shorter-it could not well have
been ADLER. Bur, II its own merits fail to
arrest attention in this age Of literary lazi
ness. when men shrink from the Perusal Of
an essay half column long. surely, the
annuncialiOn---lhe GTglaneRtum ad hOmi.
nem-tnat il S from tie pen Of one Of the
first statesmen in the State, will insure It's
persual by a.. classes.
Extremes meet. The ultraist OF South
Caroline, ami the ultraist Of Massachusetts,,
are holding oul their hands 10 each other,
not in menace, as Of old, but in friendship.
They stand on the ssme platform, and. al.
LEI fol. and free communion, have come
10 the conclusion, that if their rights are
not the same, that at ast their wrongs ad-
mil Of tie same remedy. This great rem
edy is the disunioa OF the States OF the
American Conlederacy. Disunion will
abolish the institution of slavery on our
continent, thinks The Abolilionisl; disunioh
will perpetueIe the institution of slavery,
South of Mason and Dlxon's line, thinks
the representative Of the wisdom Of South
Carolina. Now, one OF the propositions,
dramatically opposite, must be false
Tina. both are held, there can be no ques-
ion.
MIR. CalhOun-who so completely per-
sonifes South Carolina, that be IS as much
South Carolina as ever Louis XIV was
France-it is true, he throws a slight veil
over his sentiments. But the veil is Of the
Ihinnesi gauze, and is intended more 10
heghen charms than 10 ceal them-sub
serving lar better the purposes OF allure
menI, lIan OF modesy. His followers and
ms friends, however, do not think il worth
Their While TO wear even this veil of gossa-
mer, and they stand confessed, naked advo.
Gates OF dlsuniOn. They are bold and
manly, Il is true, in thus giving to the coun-
Try Their purposes and intentions; but are
they equally bold and manly in giving us
the reasons foI these purposes and inten-
ions. The WiImot Proviso is the great
grievance complained Of but the enuiiy Of
Souh Carolina TO the Union is older than
the Nllmot PTovisO. The reason is kindly
offered for the benefit Of Virginia, and other
loyal States OF the South. The Pfoviso
might be erased from the statute book OF
the country, slavery might be freely allow
cd from the Atlantic 10 the Pacific, all that
the Abolltonists have done, and thai Mr..
Polk has failed to do, might be cured by
The unanimous action Of Congress, and ye;
Nh. Calhoun and his followers would still
IND some admirable reason for disunion.
The cause Of this enmity to our glorious
Union 1t is hardly worth while to inquire
into. Ii may be the jealousy Of weak
ness, the discomfort Of poverty-operating
on States like 1t does on individuals of III
regulated minds, causing them TO hate what
they despair Of reaching by bold effort or
honest emulation-or it may be disappoint
ed ambition in the race OF party-or, the
most charitable, but the least probable rea.
may spring from an honest patriot
SIN, unaided by prudent judgment and
sound reason. Passing by the cause, the
act is notorious, that South Carolina is
dslOysl to the Union. Her Press. her
Leg stature, ben public meetings, her people
al church and at market, the Crossroads
and the bar-rOom, all testify, with q concert
really marvellous, il the fact be not true,
that the name, and the wisdom, and the
oounsels Of Washington, are not hallowed
IN the heart of South Carolina. If this
State were as other States OF the Union, no
danger would spring from this unnatural
condition of her political affections, and
the designating tendencies OF her political
doctrines. If each citizen would for him.
sell undertake to calculate the value OF the
Union, the Union would be safe. But the
politicians Of the State rule the State
The people are consulted by them, Ike
The old Parliaments of France we're consult
cd by the King, merely TO comply with the
lorms oil the constitution. la most OF the
States OF our COn(ederacy, the constituent
lnstructs his representative; but in South
carolina the representative instructs the
constituent. This unnatural oligarchy,
under the forms OF Republlcanisn, renders
our present condition so alarming.
That the leaders of South Carolina are
hpe Tor dangerous action, there is no doubt;
ana the only hope Of escape, faint one,
Il is true, is, that the people, for once, will
IePndIate their rash advisers. The State,
weak as she is in numbers, in territory, and
10 wealth, is. nevertheless, potent for mis-
chiei. Our Union, TO be strong and bene.
nc'si' must be voluntary. Secession breaks
It's integrity, while coersion is, If possible,
yet more fatal. Little Delaware herself
noids IN her hands the destiny OF this great
hepublic. The slightest disIoyalty on the
Pan oil the smallest member of our Con.
leoeracy should be looked on as on indica.
tlon Of most fearful omen.
sInce dlsunion is threatened, let us look
calmly and dispassionaiely at the conse-
9uenee' Of it. L do not propose to caIcu-
.s'e the advantages OF union, for they are
, ar but simply to point the effects
VI olsunlOn on the institution of slavery in
The Southern States.
dhe Abolitionist thinks that disunion
viii, In the long run, utterly eradicate
In'SSety On the American continent, and the