The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-12-25
From the Nashviile Banner and JPhig
The Union of the states.

The roar of the storm which but recently threat
ened the peace and happiness Of more than twenty
millions of people, is at length dying away IN the
distance, the hoarse mutteripgs OF elements which
seem fraught with destruction 10 the last great
citadel Of human liberty gradually becoming less
and less with the causes which produced them,
proving a really glorious triumph 10 the wise
teachings of our fathers, and giving new encour-
agcment to the belief that the principle that man
can and should govern himself is eternal To listen
now 10 the earthquake acclamation that comes up
from every quarter of the Republic in favor OF it,
duration, who would have supposed that, but re-
Gently, men could have been found hoping and cx
pocting its dissolution laying plans 10 bring IT To
an end And yet this has been seen; and the Anne
rcan people those who love and revere the Union as
tho greatest gift bestowed upon any people,
may now know thn within itsvery borders are those
who its deadly and implacabie enemies, who
would destroy II TO further their own petty
schemes and base purposes. Aware of this TACT,
let every citizen Of this Government be upon his
guard iust he would be against other ioes 70 its
we'll being, 20 it's eHisence-and no matter In what
quarter they may arise, let the ban OF pubic con
demnstio be placed upon them as iOcs TO the wei
fare OF mankind. At time like the present,
when, within the past two or three years even, we
have seen all Europe convulsod with struggles TO
throw OIL the incubus Of bad goyornment-have be-
held il deluged in blood, in vain efforts TO attain
what, in our possession, enemies in our midst
would madly cast away 20 forward purposes the
fruits Of their own narrow ambitlon-ii with these
lessons wildly imprcseed upon them, they would
quarter, should frovn them down as plotters
against human advancement
The crisis through which We have just passed
should teach even these madinen discretion
should convince them that there is great conser.
vauve power in the country which, aroused, will
ever be i'm direct hostility to sectional schemes Tor
the promotion Of small politicians The ordeal ap.
pears 10 be a conclusive one too u II has called
out the enemies of our republican system, II has
called out its friends, also; and the men who have
nobly come forward in this hour Of its great peril
will have their names inscribed upon the records OF
the country, in all time TO come, a. ils beneisctors
as entitled TO the gratitude Of posterity, in like
manner with the cages who founded the Govern
/ rnent 80 beneficial ~ all.
Dev bv day we now sec the ranks Of the Dis
unonists becoming thinner and thinner. In th'
North both the great political parties OF the coun
| try have joined in repudatng with scorn all ALI
/ ance with the men no have done 80 much evil by
their infamous disregard OF the Constitution an'
| Laws who have promulgated the idea that Their
| was "hieber lawA for the citizen than the Consh
tution er pecting in this age that
would be permitted in great Government hk
like this 70 the exclusion OF matters OF fsctto tn
exclusion of the plain tesshingso those who frames
| that instrument the bond of Union TO thirty on
| great political communities. In the South, TN
! great experiment upon which "secession" hinge
has signally failed in like manner; great Smt
| which was made the battle ground having dc
clared its attachment to the Union, in terms 40 EN-
phatic ss TO leave not ray Of hope TO the men VIII
sought TO revolutionize her.
i Then, we say, that the course oi the hepubhc !
once more onwsrd-the experiment upon which .
much depended, although a dangerous one, ha
| proved that the good sense OF the great masses
almost a certain remedy for evils brought upo
them by the schemes Of ambitious and dcsigninl
politicians. new has dswned upon us, and
In proportion 10 the critical nature OF the lesso
given, will its teachings bc remembered. Whil'
men may we'll csult that the danger is past, le
those who would hereafter hazard our political er
istence for doubtful advantages look to this period
and be warned of the perils which may attend up
ON the experiment.