The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-11-03
TIL E UNION.


nsw Line OF Division. %. and Dixon.
Our readers viii find below few extracts from very
ominous article in the Southern Press The editors have
adopted line OF division Of our country The ven.
cradle old landmark OF Mason and Dixon is 10 be aban.
doned and somewhat peculiar substitute established in
its stead. Southern -sayeholdng Slaies-are TO
be no longer allied 10 feeling and interest A new sub.
division is TO be recognised. and to enjoy the peculiar
honor OF upholding the constitution and the great fedora
tive character Of system The seoon States" alone
TO monopoze this patriotic platform. II seems they
have been especially aggrieved. The Compromise has
prevented them from raising cotton in California, New
Mexico. Utah, and the tops OF the Sierra Nevada or
the crest OF its eternal SHOWS They will not submit to
this
g They right such wrong whene'er It's given,
Though II were In the court oi Heaven
The "border States" such as Virginia, Maryland
Kentucky. Tennessee. Missouri North Carolina, &C.,
&cthese the submssionsts OF the times, the era
venhearied deserters oil the coon States" They are
threatened with the sacrifice OF the fugitive slave
law No exertons to be made TO prevent it's repeal
or modification by the exclusive organ OF the cotton
States" Does the editor speak by authority or is he
cottoning-in little on his own account We have
heard Of pulling the wool persons eyes, but never
before knew such optical feats TO be performed with
cotton We suspect the editor Of the Southern Press has
discovered for that valuable staple. not much
less important in the art OF humbug than the gun-coon
is in the art OF war
We most respectfully and earnestly put the question to
the good people OF Georgia, Alabama. Mississippi,
Louisiana and Texas, if they cottonin with the Press
and even South Carolina, do you intend to desert the
NJ ~ IN
the support OF the same causel Do you yield up the
fugitive slave law, which Of such vial moment to
them, and contemplate the formation OF new league,
founded on cotton basis We know full well they
would answer, No-indgnanty, No-and that he who
mputes such reasonable and unmaDy conduct to them
blackens their name with the foulest caumny.
The dsunon organs OF the North and the South act in
concert The Seward fanatics declare that if the fug-
tive law be repealed the South will not resent 1.-THE
cotton organ OF dsunon says they will not oppose
and thus they play most harmoniousy into each others
hands Between the two, the recreant "boder States"
are to be robbed of their negroes, nsuted at the North
for claiming them, and laughed at by the cotton
men for losing them. Is this the issue to be pre-
sented and this the spirit in which it is to be met
II time this sinister detection looked to- and the
extent OF its participants made known The object is
plain tisto stimulate the spirit OF dsunon in the
cotton growing Sates to sedace them to betray the
other saveholdng States TO offer them up to the tender
mercies OF the abolitonisls, and establish cotton
bag" republic OF which South Carolina will be the head
Shall this ireacherous scheme prove successful People
OF Georgia, Alabama Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and
Arkansas how do you decide We know you will scout
such proposition with disdain. If South Carolina is
determined try the experiment Of this cotton growing
republic she WILL Of course follow the bent of her
inclinations 1t will be time enough when she has re-
solved on her course for the other States determine
theirs We have not the slightest fears Of their mness
or their patriotism It is impossible to disguise the OBJ
jects Of articles like the following. They have all the
odor of dsunon about hem and they are calculated
reconcile the public mind TO its contamination:
THE cotton States had peculiar interest in terrific
rial question. Important them great
preponderabce Of the black over The white
i'm their borders This would not only diminish the value
Of their great staple by ovcrproducon but
safety The border States may conclndeto consult their
OF The south TO obtain tho restitution of fugitive slaves
They have paid the price, and the contract Is as usual
I'VE have The most unhesaing conviction that neither
the present any other iogiSe-save law ever win be
executed 70 ,e mod no .pc he Up ~
responsible for what they call the sin OF slavery And with
very ,b.y never will submit to the execution fugitive
Save law nor 10 the continuance of slavery itself in the
Union much longer.
.t IL true the subnis sonsts OF the border States
again what they will do II this law nulfed
or aed Let the States he again deceived
The submis sonsts would resist anything; but they
would like have the cooperation Of the cotton States
nexi Congress the law and in Of failure
as is probable OF displaying their love of Union again by
de.erting again tAe allies and their pledges TO be pulled
ia northern papers patriotic nationals, and 10 make lit
tie capital for party, aud TO improve tne chances OF
getting into the federal crib.
We wish il 10 be understood that shall make no
ART he
law We go and shall co. Tor the assertion OF the great
body OF rghu, by the maintenance OF which the South
will have power not only defend herself but TO advance
10 her destiny We are determined be the sup
porter whining and suppcant policy that recognises
peIor and accept vois what greedy majority may
leave from time time Undiscovered"
Let together.
II Ia the sfortune Of the different sections OF the coun.