The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-03-02
[comausIcATED.l
FAYETTEVILLE FRANKLIN Co., Pa,
February %, 1850.

| MEssRs. EDIroRs: write at the request Of your
subscribers in this quarter, TO inform you that the
Republic does not come to hand with any regularity
to miss il is the rule--to get it the exception.
We sorry for this, because we are the friends
of the noble old hero at the head Of the Govern
ment, and we look upon you as fair expositors of
| his policy and judicious supporters of his views;
and seeing the difficulties with which the fanatcal
the reasonable, and the prating demagogues of the
day have surrounded the Administration, we are
very anxious to obtain the earliest possible authentic
intelligence. You will therefore much oblige us
by endeavorng henceforth to send us your paper
regularly.
presume you would have no objection to learn
the opinions of the masses from one of them
sclves--to hear what the farmer, mechanic and
day aborer in the interior of Pennsylvania think
of treason and disunion, and Of its authors and
abettors. Well, gentlemen, can tell you. They
think that, If the Senate and the House-the Presi
dent and his Cabinet, and the Supreme Court to
boot, all, in their official capacity to declare
the union of these States dissolved, that, STILL such
would not be the in reality. The farmer
thinks that all these officers were elected and set
apart simple agents to carry out the principles
of the Constitution and to perpetuate and defend
the Union--he thinks that neither one nor all of
these agents can ever perform any act, in the ex-
ercise Of their legal functions, which transcends
the power giving them official existence--hc adj
mits their power to preserve, but he denies their
authority to do any act tending to destroy that
which all are sworn to preserve, to cherish and to
protect He owns copy of the Constitution, and
he looks in vain among its articles for that power
which gentlemen in Congress say they possess of
seeding at pleasure from the league of the Union
he thinks of that Union-its blessings and benefits
IL -
has afforded, and the consequences which would
follow its destruction. He thinks all these
things, and he lifts his eyes to Heaven and he
swears by the God of his fathers that this Union
shall never be destroyed Gentlemen, this is no
imaginary picture; it is the sober, determined
cusion of the people themselves-men untainted
by ambition untrammeled by fanatcism-bold,
fearless and free. No, sirs no Let not the agi-
| tator--come he from whence he may-ever dream
that to him his party, his section, is confded
the future destiny of this land. The utmost
which such men can do by their united exer-
tons is to develop crisis which shall destroy
themselves; for be it known to the disunion-
whatever be his appellation-that whatever
advantage a civil schism might bring TO 9TH
ers, him and his conductors in the work OF trea
son it would bring nothing but certain DEATH Srs,
should kill them all The fanatcal Free Soiler,
the fanatical Aboltionist and the fanatical South
erner, shall all fill common grave-and, please
God, it shall be deep The people have
sworn this to themselves, and they will keep their
vow.
When gentlemen stand up in Congress and de-
| claim eloquently about State rights, aggression
from the North, the rights of slaves and masters,
and the evils of tanacism they forget that there is
a party enthusiastically, yea, fanaticauy attached
To he IIt,n Ne ipco nd
stronger than all their cliques combined.
They forget that it is to this party that the future
destinies of this land are confded; and that they
will have change. Sirs, belong to this last party
all with whom mngle belong to this party
there is not one exception. We have no disagree
ments at all; united together band of
| brothers; and we love the Union, moro fanatcally
if you please, more devoedly and intensely than it
! can possibly be hated by the dires factionist of
them all. The resources Of the nation are ours;
the Government and its brave old chief ours;
the army and navy are ours-our numbers are
twenty fold greater than any thing treason
Lexhibit-our courage is equal 10 any crisis which
time develop. The platform on which we
stand is the platform of our fathers and the first
impious hand which is put forth in any overt act
tending to destroy any Of the institutions COM
promises bequeathed by those fathers shall be
swept, by the fury of popular wrath, into bloody,
dishonorable, and premature grave
| We know no sectional partialites-no North
no South--po West--no East-the Constitution as
IL is--the Union as IL is. Demagogues may talk,
and factionists may rave about the rights of this
section or that quarter Of the Union; but the
people want every compromise OF the Constitution
to be literally adhered to-all that the South
claim, legitimately, belongs to her-and no lover
Of his country refuse it. With the peculiar
institutions of the South, the North has no bust
ness the political Abotionst was a scoundrel
from the beginning and such he will be to
the end The Free-Soler is a political char
latan, seeking political advantage out Of pass
ing events; and the threatening, gasconadng
Southron is superlative fool, or he never would
conceive, much less enunciatc, such treason.
These the opinions of the in this
State. They form m.ost important part of their
religion They will sacrifice all, everything, to
maintain them end the or the party who
calls down on himself their practical operation,
will be made miserable indeed.
Permit me, gentlemen, and all for whom write,
TO subscribe ourselves,
Your friends and servants,