Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-04-01
''The Union must and shall be Preser-
we'd -

The St. Louis Uuon, leading Demo-
c attic Journal Of the West, says:
at is not for US to estimate the value OF
this Union, or to draw comparisons be-
tween the conditions of the North and the
South, in the event of its dissolution. @Suf-
ficient for the day is the evil theresf.s
There are evils, we admit, to be rectfed;
but none SO great as seriously to threaten
the stability of the Union. Those POLITICAL
despel ADDE'S, who make it their especial!
care 10 throw the apple of discerd among
us, for their own chance of winni g by our
dis,ensons, must be rebuked 1t is not with
in the scope of possibility, that any respec-
ia be number Of the American people par
ticipate in, or sanction, directly, these
threats and threateners, about 6is p,lving the
Union. Far from it. The people of the Uni
ted States, North and South, love the Union;
and it is only political aspirants, tho, bav.
ing their unholy schemes at heart, declare
otherwise. These demagogues should have
lived in the days of the French Revolution.
and been leaders in the reign of Robespierre,
Marat land other ',Who under the sacred name
Of liberty, esta blished the worst of anarchy.
and misled the French, confding and re-
publican people. All rational liberty, and
law, they abuse; and they seek to subst!-
tute. instead, ana chy and desolation.
"But these men who would dissolve this
Union. if they could, are now known; and
an indignant people will soon render them
powerless to do mischief, as they have been
led to do good heretofore. They will soon
find out the emphatic voice of this mighty
nation echoing throughout the land, North
and South, the words Of the departed patri-
OF LACkSON,-th "the Union must d
will be pl reserved" at all hazards Writ 9
as they will, tLey will find cut at last that
the constitutional laws of Congress must DO
obeyed, and that it is criminal to oppose
them by force Now that the question ha.
been brought to al issue by the enemies
| of the Union, and its friends, there
can be nothing to fear. Disurio, and
disunionsts must and will be put down.
On this matter there can be no compromise.
for the scheme is criminal in itself, and cau-
not be met BY courtesy, conciliation, a d for
bearance. That man can be no American,
who, for the sake Of what he himself ayo~s
to be an abstra elton, medi ates on and ad-
! SOCdtES q tlSSOlHfON VI " Auus
THAT man can be no true American cit
fizen who in advance proclaims he wi OF
pose, by force, the const tutional law OF
Congress, and defy the highest authorities
of the landi In such contest as this, be-
tween law and anarehy-oreer & disorder-
liberty and licentiousness-we cannot hesi-
tate, for orr own part, nor do we believe
any American can, to choose the proper po-
stion-" "the Union, the whole Union and
, nothing less than the Union. With dis
unionists we want no fellowship. An i'm
passible gulf should be made between them
and all American citizens, and a mark sho'd
be put upon them, worse than that of Cain
of old for he but slew his brother, but they
aim to destroy their country, and with ii,
constitutions liberty itself. We have az
abiding faith that this glorious Union can
never be effaced by the wicked efforts Of
such men, and that day is close at hand.
when even they, with all their callousness
Of heart, will blush for their present mis-
deeds