The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-05-01

J'e''SS obu oppiCseiOU FuUkles III
me hearts OF ole portion OF the new coufedera
cies' and sense, in The other. Of defiance ane
ndiguty.
Und' tuch Circumstances, "xhsi can en-
sue, 10 borrow the language of the grea,
English morallsi, but continual ex,cerba
iion OF aifed-sn urexingulshable 6ud-au
inf essa' reciprocalion Of mischief--s mu'ua
'lsnahct 10 en'faP, aId easerness TO destroy :!
Tho question has been asked, What can
ihe Sia'e do supposng them TO be divided
and separated into distinct sub.dlvislons, OF
incepr ndt Mt sovefeign'rs. Allow me TO an.
sser that question n the woids Of one Of the
nest en'in~n, men whom my Sla,e has ever
produced; man of clear and comprehensive
in'elrel, Of sound heart, and enlarged and
e'dtnt patriotism; who shed a glory around
his native Sia'e, and whose name is held 10
just 'eneraiion by every ne = no acknow d.
IS himself North Caroinian. AT another
period oi our history. The same question vas
asked. In the years 1891 aud 1882, i, had
u'come en- uquifj "a 20 jsct Of di,qu,,iliou
IA my own SIate-aud 10 lat, Judge CASTOR.
IN Gn address DELIVERED IN 1892 before the
lrefary soceirs Of The Unvstsuy, thus ,rca
CT the suhlsc':
"Thrcais Of resistance, seres,ion. s,para.
lion, have become commoa as hou.. bod
words, IN the sl,ksd aud silly violence ofpub
hc declaimefs. The public esr Is familiar.
zHd, and the ubc mlnd viii soon be rccus.
toned 10 the de,tsiabe suggestion of Disun
ton. Calcula'iOus and conj-c,ures-~ hat may
the east do without the sou,h, and What NAV
the south 90 without The ccst-sneets. mens.
ces, 'ep'cacbes. aud fecrimnaiiuns tend
TO the sane fatal end. They NAV do much :
they may eShibu to The curiosity of political
anaiomsIs, aud The pity and wonder Of the
world, the "di jscta mc..6ra the sunder.
Cd b!e' ding limbs Of once gigantic body, in.
slluc, With life, ard sifencih, and yiror.-
lhoy can fufuish TO ihe phlusophic historian
another melancholy and striking instance of
the political AXIOM, that ell republican cen
tdrrscpes hste IN inherent aud Una, olda le
tendency 10 d,s,olIuon. They will presen.
fe'dsoud occasions OF border wars, for lea eues
and coun'e ef.lcngue-, for The in'rigucs Of petit,
statesmen, the situgeles of military chieis.
Tor c"ni,ca,iots, instructions. and deeds Of
dirke,l hue. They will glstdcn The hearts of
those Who haze pfoclaimtd that men are not
able 10 govern themselves, and shed disas
uoUs eclipse on The hopes OF rational freedom
,hruux bout the world. So'on, IN his code,
proposed no punishmen, for psrr'cide. treating
It IS on impossible crime Such wi'h US.
ought 10 be the ctfue ot politlC p,rrcide--
the dsmcnbcrmeAt o our talheflsrd.'
To ne, SIR, these seuurnru,s ---.a. ;,s,
- ~ 81 ka - G,tp
unavoidable results ots separation Of the peo.
pie Of this country into distinct and indel Gu.
dent con fedatacies. And when 'ork al the
y aspect telofe'us, il ls one so dark, hi'ed
with such hortld forms Of dread aud evil, that
will ngly close my eyes upon II, ami desire
10 believe that il is Impossible II should ever
be real d.
Nov, Mr.. Pesidtn', If the evils resulting
from ssolu:Ion Of The Unlon be Of the kind
Bnd magnitude which have stared, is their
any danger Have We Guy reason, IN tho
present condition Of the country, 10 upprehend
that a dissolution NAV follow The action o.
the Congress Of the Uritd States upon the
efea, questions before Us Is there a proba
bll'y that such result may follow any course
which Congress may think proper to take, any
decision TO which they may come, upon these
yeyed and harrasslng questions am tot,
aud never have been, end trust | never shall
be, at alarmist | look to the Union Of these
States as the palladium, not only Of the gen
eral safety of the whole, bu, of the individual
liberty Of tho several parts that compose II.
| will not undertake TO state, SIR, what amount
OF hBzlrd we might encounter oi some domes-
tic con,ul.on bu, that there ia more or less
reason for appteheuslon--ihat there IS dan.
per greater or less-no man chn doubt Who
attends TO what be hears IN this chamber,
and whst he sees thloug houi the county,
The mos, emlnen, mon belonging to this body
realize that we a,e in situation which re.
qmtes grea, skill and dex'eriiy in tho man
sgemen, Of public measures; that there Is
danger, that this Union, though incapable o
a peaceable separation, or. IT peaceab'y sep
ara,ed, Incapable OF maintaining between The
Two por,ions, Of which it is composed, Tor any
length of time, harmonious relations, may yet
experience commissions and violent separations
Whether the danger be greater or lesser
whether il IS exaggerated on The one hand, OF
looked upon as loo small upon tho other--i
thcre be any danger, however remote, an,
reason, however small, TO feor such results, 't
n man with patriotic hear, II furnishes J'is
the same ground Of caullon--lus' the sam'
motive for for otbesrance-jus, the same erount
for the exercise Of care and diligence for Gu
preservation, as if the danger were immediate
or the cause OF fear great. We all reslz
this 10 the ordinary transactions Of life. IT
, man has any reason TO suppose, however re
mote the danger, that the house in which h
is, couccals powder magazine beneath II
|, he does not wait to have demonstration OF th
fac, before he takes measures for his security
, In all human affairs We ore obliged 10 &C. up
on nrobable evidence, and TO provide for prct