The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-19

nee Institutions viii b. greatly hsxardsd IL government
Of these United States be dissolved.
nuch are The blessings OF the Union, and let us.
nsseote' never excep, IN OF ntolerabe 0ppfss-
son. think ior one moment Of dissolving IT, Let US on
Inc contrary preserve u by good feelings BY kind ex-
prcssions, IN concllistory and Compromising spiri,
Though things look gloomy at this memeut let M
never give up the ship la the Comuomisr hill
should fall hope the wise, and the good and patriotic
men will together and confer upon some other
mode OF saving the Union and giving peace to the country
The history OF nations furnishes indeed parallel 10 the
progress of The American Union Seventy -four years ago
the States of the coniederacy consisted only OF few
colonies, dependent the British Crown. Their popu
'oh numbered only three millions OF souls, scattered
along the shores Of the Atlantic. Now the confederacy
consists OF hiry independent States, bound together by
Tree constitution and prosperous beyond example The
population OF tue Union has increased from three to
nearly twenty-five millions. Like mighty il has
flowed westward: il has surmoun,ed the Appslachian
chain has crossed the Mississippi valley and spread
to the Rocky Mounainsyea even to the golden shores
OF the Pacific From the St Lawrence the Rio Grande
and from ocean to ocean, the grea, republic stretches
embracing in its wide borders every variety of SOIL Of
climate and production She produces the great staples
upon which the commerce of the world depends Her
fisheries vex every sea. and her flag il respected upon
every coast and above and beyond ALL oppression is
known upon her soil, and every citizen is free the
air he breathes This great result is not the work OF
chance Ii has sprung from the inherent necessity of
things The condition OF the colonies on the Atlantic
forced them to unite against oppression and interests
plain papable and ressess forced those colonies into
more perfect union when their liberties were achieved
and their independence established When the chains
which bound TO England were severed any other but
republican government became impossible From
Maine TO the Gulf Of Mexico the elements Of monarch
ca aristocratc government were nowhere to be
All was new in America There no abuses
sancfed by time There were no oppressive institu-
tons, and there tyanncal doctrines which age
had rendered venerable Our people were not corrupted
by luxury, but they had been nuturedin the wilderness
and there no castles here, whose gray walls
had sheltered their fathers in times OF eudal strife; and
there names-no Fabian race-srong enough
to strike down the right, and triumph the peroga
tves of the people The condition OF the American peo
pie fitted them only for republican institudons and the
exgences OF their condition forced them to enter into
friendly union of States Under that Union they have
prospered in peace and triumphed in war Wherever we
look. we industry plying with cheerfulness and
its ncessant TOLL and whole land prosperous
At this moment-at this moment OF excitement, OF
peril, and aarmthee exists not people who ought to
be happy and contened than our own dear country
And yet we struggling with each other grumbling
with each other, refusing to grant liberal compromises 10
each other sticking for the tenth part Of hair with our
countymen, suffering fanatics and indictments to dis
tract us, and threatening to overurn the proudss hap
pest political edifce in the world What madness has
seized upon us!
Yes. amidst all this prosperity. the Union, which has
Ahowered many blessings upon il in danger Of
violent dissolution Providence has smiled ON u; the
earth has been fruitful; man has been oppressed and
the nation has become strong 10 other lands, maayan
anxious eye is fixed upon u.s. and all stand amazed
our great achievements. Yet it seems that species
OF madness has gone forth through the country nsming
the hearts of people, and threatening the psmansacy
of the confedency Fsnaticism has kindled flame
which may require blood to quench Passions have BEEN
aroused which may not be controlled until civil
vuses the continent In many portions Of the South the
people preparing for open resistance order to pro-
tec themselves from the reasonable desgns of fanatics
and factonists Already conflict threatens the
fines Of Texas; and the first gun fired will H-echo
through the whole land 1t will be sgnalgun which
will call the whole nation to We therefore
warn our countrymen OF the dangers which menace
the republic. We beg them to pause and consider They
stand upon precpce and they should act with calmnss
and crcumspection. No calculate the value Of
this Union The human mind cannot estimate the mighty
interests which depend upon the preservation OF this
Union We can suppose il dissolved but our minds
cannot estimate the results which would 6ow from that
dissolution. The onward march OF IRRESPONSIBLE pro-
gress OF Christianity isefwoud be arrested, and the
human in every quarter of the globe would
receive crushing blow But the full force OF the inn
measurable calamity would fall upon the people Of
America Let the Union be severed in twain--even
in few years those fragments would
again divide and with each separation further separation
would become and more inevitable Soon the con-
tnent would be filled up. with the happy members Of
peaceful concderacy but with independent and hostile
nations Our noble rivers which bear the tssming
products OF valleys would become the dividing lines.
and every prominence along their shores would bsis
with cannon Standing armies and Constant war woud
the substance of the people, and the ballot boz
would be controlled by the bayonet. Gaunt famine.
houseless misery. the wrecks and ruins OF warfare,
would become more familiar to the eye than the abundant
havess and the happiness and freedom which now char
acterize land And yet we 10 b. dsladsd with
the wrsched slang that let the different sections set up
for themselves this town that city TO rise to splsnaor
We would therefore. again appeal to men Of oil parties
and Of all sections We warn them that imminent danger
threatens the confedeaey and would beg then 70 lay