Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-03-28
DisuniOn.

We publish the following extract from De Toeque-
vile rs remarkable evidence of the sagaciy Of that
enlightened traveller nd furnishing plausible So
luton Of tIe Of Southern dis on;ent and of the
apparent tendency of the Southern States toward a
dissolution nf the Union
II il difficult 10 imagine dur.bIe union Of a people
which is rich and strong with which il POOR and
even il proved that The sIsngh aud wealth Of the
not The OF the weakness and poverty Of
other. But union is skill difficult maintain time
at which party losing strength and other gain
ing IT. This rapid aud dispnPOrinae increase Of certain
States the ieus the independents OF the others But
IL the powerful States make effort bear
upon the lesser the danger still for there al
,oH as much an the possibility Of the act The act iiseJ
The weak dsu the Justice and uf strong The
States winch increase spi than the
those favored By fortune with enyy and sus-
picion. Hence arise the deeeaied uneanes and Hide
ned agitation which observable in the Souri, which
form striking contrast The confidence aud prosperity
which are common TO other parts IL the Union
The Inhabitants Of the Southern States are Of all the
Americans, those who interested in the mants-
nance OF the Union. They would assuedIy suer from
being left to Themselves ana yet they only citizens
that threaten break the tie Of the Union. But il easy
TO perceive that the South which has given four Presidents
10 the Union finds that IL is losing its influence that the
number Of representatives in Congress are Diminishing
whilst those Of Nurthern and Western States
South which peopled by ardent and ra,eble be-
ngs is becoming and Titsied and alarmed The
citizens reject their present and igHeHce ch the
slanch0iy uneasiness Of uho suspect opPresion IL
they discover law Of the Union which equvocaIy
favorable to then Interests they protest against abuse
Of force and If their ardent not listened
To- they threaten to quit aEscistion which loads
with budens whilst deprive, them Of their due profits
IL the changes have de.cbed gradual that each
generation at least would have time disappear with the
"ider oil things under which has lived the danger
be less but the Of society piecipiae almost
olutonary The citizen may have lived to see his
State take lead Uuion and asrward become pgve
less the Federal Assemblies; aud an American repubc
has been known TO grow rapidly man. passing from
eh OF infancy to maturity in The of Thirty yes-
must not be Imagined however that the States which
their pepondersnce also lose their population their richie,
no stop put to their prosperity. and they 20
crease more rapidly than kingdom Europe. they
believe themselye, to be impoverished their wealth
does not augment rapidly that Of their neighbours and
they think that their power lost because they suddenly
come into collision with greater their own
Thus they are more hurt in their feelings and passions than
an their interests But this is amply sufficient to endangvr
the maintenance Of the Union.
Thus the prosperity of The United States is the source Of
the most serious dangers that threaten them since IL tends
to create in some Of the States that which
accompanies rapid increase OF fortune, and in
others that feeling OF envy msu aud regret which usu-
ally attend upon the loss Of il The Americans contemplate
this extraordinary and hasy progress with
they would be wiser consider with sorrow aud alarm
Thus this enlightened foreigner had the sagacity to
pre6gure, fifteen years ago. the existing of things
with much trulhfuIness almost as if he were now
here and describing what going on. We are sa.-
sfed that envy, mlsrust, and regret" produced by
comparing the present political inferiorty of the South
with It's former supremacy and by contrasting its slow
er growth in wealth and population, when compared
with other sections, have been the occasion of
the prevailing discomfort Than any specific wrong il
has received at the hands of the free States To treat
the disease properly must know its cause and
hence the necessity that the people Of every section
should fully understand the of the Southern all
ment. The statesmen North and West will feel the
importance of app ying nothing but plaives and lem
ilyes to their Southern brethren until the present ex-
citement has bad time to wear of The statesmen &C
the SSuh will also tie necessity of waving the
proposed Nashville convention and doing nothing en-
cula,ed TO exasperale Southern jealousy and i'll will
TIE 6ls Of spleen and jealousy which are unavoid-
eble individuals aid which often influence the mass
cs. should never be permitted operais upon those
who aspire To the character of statesmen to assume
the responsible station of leaders Of their generaiiun
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