The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-10-14
4 II Z R E 2 u Bill C f..
WASHIN GTON:
MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER Il, 1850.
Enemies OF the Union.

We learn that the Hon. Mr.. WOODWARD, o
South Carolina. has been preaching treason t,
his constituents in a Presbyterian church. This
gentleman INDUCES in such extreme notion.
that il is difficult to treat them with seriousness
We learn that he deplored the detection Of
Southern men, and attributed to them in a
measure the .'dcteat of the South' He ode
mUnsirated" also that all ofthe evils fthe South
grow out of the Union. For all that, how
over. he was no Disunonist-not he. Dis
union was dissolution, and dissolution was an
inhalation. Now, mark his remedy which in
his Judgment is not disunion, and therefore not
dissolution nor humiliation: "He was for the
Southern States standing as they are, and the
Northern as they are, each section making its
own laws There was not one solid reason
why they should remain united" Sin the
event of separation, the tariff now in exist
ence would bring in TO the revenue of the
Southern States alone some fire or ten millions
more than it does now to the United States
Government"
Now, if Mr.. WOODWARD believes the doc
trlnes that he breaches, how can he pretend
that he is no Disunionist? By what thin dis
tinctions does he separate his notions and propo-
sitons from direct and positive hostility, not TO
say distinct and absolute treason, to the Consti-
tuition and Union of the States He sees no
solid reason for the continuance Of the L Mon
he attributes to the Union all the evils which
beset the South-he proposes that the two sec
tons should leoislate each for itself,-thus do
ing away with the Senate, House, Executive,
and Federal Constitution and yet, forsooth, he
is no DisuniUnist, no Dissolutonst no traitor
in heart
Mr.. WOODWARD has taken an oath to sup
port the Constitution of the United States He
desecrates church by haranguing his constitu-
ents on the evils which that very Constitution
is bringing upon them. He incites them of
course TO desire to remove the evils under which
they labor This is the first sentiment excited
in the mind of every man who supposes that he
is aggrieved. Having sought to produce the
belief Of inJury-haying suggested the way of
removing II by separation--Mr. WOODWARD
coolly falls back on denial of any reasonable
intention, and protests that he is no Disunionist.
Mr.. Woodward is less frank than his Ado
lition allies in the non-slavehoding States.
They boldly avow that their purpose is to over
throw the Constitution, Union and govern
ment Of the States. They proclaim their in
tention from the house-tops. They are not
only in favor of the separation which Mr..
WOODWARD suggests, but they make no Sc
cret Of it. They are not only Separationsts-
but Disunionsis and Dissolutionsts and Ami
hiIators. and claim 10 he such. They do not
veil their reasonable designs under DISCUSSES
that deceive nobody-but they say what they
mean. and we have no doubt mean what they
say.
This is-not the first time that weak men and
wicked men have sought the dissolution of thi:
glorious Union. Before Mr.. WOODWARD
day. Christian churches have been desecrated by
the promugation of reasonable doctrines TIL,
pulpit has been as grossly abused in Massachu
sets as in South Carolina. A respectable cer
gyman preached before the lieutenant governor
The council, and the two houses composing
the legislature Of the Commonwealth of Mas
sachusetis. as long ago as the 3lst of May,
1909. that " if we would preserve the Liberties
bN Alldl III Atilt fOiAAlDH ~
dearly purchased, the call for RESISTANCE
against the usurpations Of our own Govern
ment is as urgent as it was formerly against
those Of our Mother Country" But the
Union and the Constitution have hitherto sur
yiyed all the attacks Of its enemies, open or
covert; Of those who distinctly proclaim them
selves Disunonists, and Of those who repudi-
ate such an imputation, and who are merely
in favor of " separation" Of the States
We are indebted to Mr.. WOODWARD for an
explanation Of the reasons why the South
Carolina delegation did not vacate their seats
and return Immediately home. after the pas
sage Of the California bill and similar mea-
sures. II ,eas to1uld that o1r obligation oni,,
,rould take his step" Mr. WOODWARD
might have added another reason. He might
have said with truth, that his delegation were
unwilling 20 make themselves the laughing.
stock Of the South and Of the nation by any such
movement for any such cause. They knew
which side Of the line that separates the sub.
lime from the ridiculous such step would
place thcm-and they had no disposition {,
take IL.