Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-11-14
CONGRESS and she Union.

The time for the re-assembling oi
conuress is near at thand. The COM
,;no session will be a short one, but
quite long enough to accomplish
something for the wants Of the coun-
try in the way of ordinary legisla-
ton, II the attention oil the National
Legislature is not drawn away to
re examine the subject OF slavery,
with all the questions that come
within its range. During the last ses-
sion, running through ten months,
this subject was agitated, till the at
tention of the whole nation was
aroused to the matter in controversy
as it never had been before, and as it
seldom is 10 any subject that comes
before that body. All other ques-
tions gave way and were for the
time forgotten by Congress and the
nation. But the session did not close,
as was feared at one time, without
accomplishing something toward
the settlement of what had so anx-
iously occupied their attention.
What that adjustment was we all
know. Itfailed to receive the sup
port OF good and true men in Con-
gress, among them was our own
member. That any adjustment could
have satisfied all in acoLntry where
ofnecessity there is conflict Of opin-
ion and interest, was not hoped for
by the most patriotic, and could not
have been accomplished by tn e
wisest. But we dc not now propose
10 speak of the wisdom or business
of that adjustment. The length Of
time and earnest attention it re-
ceives by Congress and the public
was never devoted 10 any previous
law-it is the law of the land.
The simple question now is, shall
this adjustment be broken up and the
agitation renewed Shall the COM
ing session of Congress live out its
brief existence amid the turmoil and
excitement that characterized the
lastl We say no. From every con-
sideration of principle and policy, we
trust this controversy will not be re-
newed. We believe that the ques'
lion of renewing this slavery coniro-
versy, or OF standing upon the COM
promises of last session, is TO draw
clear and distinct the line between
the friends of Union and dis-union.
Speaking of the danger to the
Union, Mr.. Hiram Ketchum, at the
New York State Convention, said:
Let this controversy be renewed
and be re-opened; let an angry con-
test arise on the floor Of Congress,
such as may arise at anv day during
an excited session, and let that pro-
duce general conflict on the floor
of Congress, and this Union is dis
solved.
The same language we heard Mr..
Vinton use four years ago in a politi-
cal speech, al Rutland, Meigs Co.
He said that the public mind had
looked upon the dissolution of the
Union as difficult TO accomplish-in
this they were deceived--it might be
brought about on the floor of Con-
gress during an excited session.
Ifsectional parties, built upon mis-
guided feeling and striving for the
attainment of one idea only, sre TO
array themselves against each other
on this question, session after session,
what becomes Of that brotherly feel
ing. by which this Government is
kept togetherl
We say again, we sincerely hope
the agitation is not again TO be re-
newed. lfit is, we believe all friend:
of the Union of this government
will understand that the agitaior:
are in truth desirous of producing
that which their course is directly
calculated to bring about--a dissolu.
ton of Tie Union.
"Col. Sam'l Young, an eminent
politician in New York, died at his
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