Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-07-02

Woulu seetu u HOW, as TeRuldr conSe
quence, from the fundamental proposition
of the original address, drawn up by Mr.
Calhoun, and assimilating its importance
to the declarations Of wrongs which sepa
rated the American colonies from Grea
Britain, and giving higher importance te
the present crisis, as going beyond the for
mer, and involving not merely rightsssbu
life and property every thing-thesaIe
ty of the south and all. Fire paragraph
which Contains this declaration was this:
awe, whose names are hereunto annex.
ed, address you in discharge of what we
believe to be solumn duty, on the mos
! important subject ever presented for you
consideration, not excepting lie declaration
wh,ch separated you and the other asnited
colonies from The parent country Iha'
anvozved your independence; but this your
all, not eScepting your safety. We allude
TO the conflict between the Two grea: sec
tions Of the Union, growing out Of diff
ference of feeling and opinion in reference
to the relation existing, between the two
races, the Europeans and African, which
inha5lt The southern section, and the acts
of aggression and encroachment to which
it has led"
From this strong language. exalting the
crisis above that Of the revolution, it would
naturally be supposed that the remedy was
to be the same; and so it was understood
by many, and the words struck out. The
same conclusion would seem naturally to
result from concluding part Of the ad-
dress, in which unannity was invoked,
consequences disregarded the Union trett-
ed as alphabetically worse than useless.
called a sword to assault, and not shield
10 defend, and in which it was left to the
north to count its value. This is the par
agraph which contained these expressions:
GAS the assailed, you would stand justi-
fled by all law, human and divine, in re-
pelling blow so dangerous, without look
ing TO consequences, and resort TO all
means necessary for the purpose. Your
assailants, and not you. would be response
Bile for consequences. 1t would be TOR
them, and not for you, 10 count the Oafue
of the Union. Without your rights, it
would be acorse than useless-a Sacord to
assault, and not shield to defend you"
The mosl significant OF these phrases
were struck out, doubtless because they
more than squintec-in fact looked straight
at disuulon. The striking out of these
passages shows that the majority Of the
meeting dssenied from Mr.. Calhoun's
views, and caused to be expunged from his
address the anti-union passages. The ma
jority We're doubtless in favor Of preserving
the Union; but that is not the present in
curry. The present inquiry is into Mr..
Calhoun's designs-his design in his resolu-
tons Of February, 1871; snd every thing
that occurred in the meeting, and especial
ly the passages expunged from his address,
show that his deliberate design was what
his resolutions alphabetically imported
the subversion of the Union. The para
graph assimilating the condition OF the
south in relation 10 the north, TO that ct the
colonies at the declaration of independence,
was awfufy significant and dreadluily
false. No wonder it was expunged.-
Compare the list of grievances which he
drew up, and which constitute the staple OF
his address that was published compare
this list of giesapces against Great Britain
drawn by Mr. Jefferson and prefxed to the
declaration Of independence-and then see
what truth there was in Mr., Calhoun's
reckless comparison. According to his as
sertion the southern grievances were not
only equal, but greater than those enume-
rated by Mr.. Jefferson. The declaration
of independence is in every house: but
there is another place where the list is
more perfect-the preamble to the cons'l-
tuition of Virginia-also drawn by Mr.. JET
ferson, and where an item suppressed in
the national declaration of Independence,
to crafty some extreme southern friends,
was retained in all its vigor by his native
State. That item was this: ''By prompt
ing our negroes to rise in arms among US
those very negroes, whom, by an inhu'
man use Of his negative, he hath refused US
permission to erczude by zaa0." What
contrast! The kings refusal to authorize
the exclusion of slaves from Virginia; then
one OF the causes of separation, inserted IN
her declaration Of wrongs, prehxed to her
ccnstitution-the nominal exclusion by law
Of slavery from territory where It IS not,
and cannot be, now cause OF separation
of the Southern from the Northern States!
Surely the father of his country had, in his
minds eye, this address of Mr.. Calhoun
when, in his farewell to his children, he
warned them against the Misrepresentation
Of designing men who, for their own ends,
would raise up sectional differences .or the
purpose Of alternating one part OF the Un-
ion from another. His prophetic vision
foresaw the present state of things when
he wrote this paragraph: .
SIN contemp plating the causes which may
disturb our Union, 1t occurs as matter o.
serious concern that any ground should
have been furnished for characterlzIng par
ties by geographical discriminatlons--
Northern and Southern, Atlantic and
Western: when designing men may en-
deavor to excite belief that there is real
difference OF local interests and views
One Of the expedients of party, to acquire
influence within particular districts, IS TO
misrepresent the opinions and aims oil 9th
er districts. You cannot shield yourselves
too much against the jealousies and hearts
burnings which spring from the mlsrepre-
senta,ions; they tend TO render alien from
each other those who ought to ne bound TO-
gether by fraternal affection"
This malediction of the Father Of his
country falls upon Calhoun-lalls upon the
twenty years promoter Of hatred ard alien
alton between the North and South. From
IL Il.