Southern shield., 1850-03-02
The Union for is Sake,

However much we may regard as unreal the threats of disunion which occasionally come up from the halls of our national legislature 1t is nevertheless the solemn duty of every good citizen to remove all causes of disquiet, and en- deavOr to make the Union more and more desirable--t0 cement it's bonds and perpetuate its blessings. We should be careful to respect the views ofeyery section, whether we give them our sanction or not: and where we must dissent, let 1t be in a brotherly, rather than dogmatical spirit. The glorious Union, which makes our country the most favored spot on earth, and superior to all that the wisdom of man had ever devised, owes its success to the spirit of f0iRra- tiOn and is worth more to the well being of mankind than the success or defeat of any ques- ton of domestic policy that is likely ever 10 cause dissension among these States. Under its favorable influences, religion, liberty, and law, are achieving their highest, mission; human rights, the fullest developments consistent with the general good. and human happiness its anl- plest pursuit. To divide the Union, would be to Weaken distract, destroy, and reverse the wheels of human progress. Such sacrifice to so small gain, would be something worse than folly; 1t would be the madness which the gods foredoom. It is useless to talk of the physical power of our government to prevent the seces- sion of aggrieved States: the Union will not be worth preserving when sectional animosities have made 1t odious to the parties! When the family of States shall come to the family board with lealousies and anger--when hatred has overgrown the memory of common blessings, common suferings, and the prayers and blood of their once venerated fathers farewell to the perpetuity of the Union! In that day, pretexts will not be wanting for evoking the terrors which are born of civil commotlons, inspired by de- moniacal ambition and malgnanthate, to trample down with iron hoof the Eden which God has given us. That day will witness mans crown ing folly, since creation's dawn! the eXtinguish- ment of all the patriots hopes, the christians anticipatons. Far distant, we trust 1t is; but the occasional mutterings of disquet should lead the mind to realize what would be the conse- quences of such a catastrophe. The Father of his Country solemnly warned us against section al divisions, which are as rust on the chain of the confederacy-the only danger we have to fear. Hospurs and zealots are not the men to preserve harmony or give good advice: the one demands everything; the other comedies nothing; and 1t is only by the conservative and sensible portion of all the people that political problems must be solved, sectional differences adjusted, and the Union preserved. A brotherhood that is not kind and concliatory has within 1t no enduring element.-Nelo Havea Register.
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