The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-10-19
Loyalty to the constitution and union

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How much it is to be regretted that loyalt,
to the Constitution and the Union has ceased
to be the pride and glory Of all who call them.
selves American citizens! Many who have
grown up from youth to manhood, and from
manhood to old age, under the protecting care
OF our great republic, prosperous and prosper.
ing, have ceased to regard it with reverence
and alteration, but with a blind faulty and
%hearIless ingFatitude declare their readiness to
dissolve the Union Of the States, and tread the
charter Of our liberties under foot, or tear it in
fragments. This should not be-and those
who disseminate such wicked and pernicious
sentiments should be discountenanced BY everv
one who loves his country and reverences the
memory Of the Iorefathers who toiled and bled
Tor this, the richest and most priceless heritage
bequeathed 10 their descendants. The Consti.
tuition, which secures 10 US liberty-the work
Of sages and patriOls, whose endurance under
tolls has been rarely equalIed, never surpassed:
OF wisdom, prudence. patriotism and moJera-
hon unequalled-the Union which that Con-
%s'ituIlOn makes, and which is indissolubly
linked with 1t, should not cease to be reyered
and sustained, at the instance Of a few mush-
room politicians or party hacks, who infest the
street corners or frequent the public thorough
fares, pouring their evil thoughts or raven
crOakings into the ears Of too credulous listen.
ers. Who are these men, that their hOarse and
dlscordant voices should receive attention, or
merit but contempt? Have they, like the heroes
OF rs, tried and proved their love Of liberty
and patriotism by a seven years. hard service
in their country's cause, by Drawing all the
hardships Of nature and the terrors of the bat.
tie field! OF are they weak pretenders, whose
vanity induces them to place themselves in
contrast with the conscript fathers Of the revo.
luton, regardless OF the righteousness of rhei,
Loyalty to the Constitution and the
Union should fill every American heart-exist.
at his birth-ending only with his life
Otherwise he is undeServing the liberty he
enjoys, and unworthy the nam1 Of American
citizen. He is an alien at heart, and should
drag out his miserable existence under Soma
other flag than the Stars and Stripes Of Amer.
lea. When Rome, in its pride and power. nj.
Ter It's victorious legions had borne it's e~aules
10 every portion OF the known and inhabited
world its citizens knew no prouder feeling
man the consciousness Of their country's great.
ness and glory-no lOitier sentiment than. "i
am a Roman citizen" That, alone, command.
respect, and ensured protection. Have wei
q country less powerful OF great, less deserving
our pride and admiration? Is our aap les,
or less respected? Did she Roman
ever float over more glorious fields, or
wave more proudly Utter harder fought battles,
than Saratoga, Niagara, Yorktown and Bnena
VIstaE Is not that government worthy Of pres
whose flag protects and guards the
wanderer, as with his bark he seeks the sources
the distant Nile, or traverses the plains of
emI-barbarous Asia7 Does history record a
more glorious incident than the influence Of
The Stars and Stripes in a neighboring city,
the inhabitants, fleeing from a maddened
and infatuated mob, sought safety ii the house
the American Minister |? His house was
surrounded-the hoarse shouts ofthe mob min.
with the rafting Of muskoiry and the
noise Of advancing artillery. Boldly aud con.
the American flag is thrown to the
breeze, from the balcony, and the tumul, 1.
the guns are lowered, the mob dis.
That flag is given to all who seek
its protection and security. Shame, eternal
upon the man who wishes 10 bio, ana
from it's azure field, or tear one %s,riDa
from its honOred folds!
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