Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-08-08
INDIANAPOLIS, AUGUST 3, 1880.
DisuniOn.

The time was when this, to the of patriotic
people, was the most odious term in the English Ian
guage. 1t synonymous with TREASON, and no
man, north or south, east or west dare utter such
sentiment. 1t has become familiar house
hold words. Men cOolly and deliberately calculate
the value of this glorious Union consecrated by the
blood of the revolution, and cemened by the strug
gle of two successful wars.
The calmness with which The advantages and dis
advantages Of the Union is discussed at the South
and the North, by the ultras at both extremes is
the most alarming omen of the times. These dis
cussions weaken the ties of the Union.
Massachusetts,, once a most loyal State, where
the first martyr ia the cause of liberty shed his
blood; where the red banner of revolution first
raised, and where defiance was first hurled at the
head Of our oppressors was alienated by interest in
consequence of the war of 1912. She participated
largely in the infamous Hartford Convention and
threatened to withdraw from the Union. The war
terminated and all real cause of discomfort was al
end, and universal prosperity in every department
pervaded the whole State, yet her former strong at
tachment TO the Union never returned and old Fan
euil Hall, the cradle of liberty, has recently beer
desecrated by the disunion and in6del harangues o.
the Lloyd Garrisons the Wendell Philipses and the
two Abbys, Kelly and Folsom.
South Carolina, whose revolutionary history stand,
out as bright page, in 1882 threatened notification
and disunion on account of what she considered al
odious and oppressive system of tariff taxation. He
Legislature took the preparatory steps towards sew
erance from the Union. Mr.. Clay, then member
of the Senate, came forward with the Compromis,
bill, poured oil upon the troubled waters, and tn,
storm that was raging soon abated Carolina got al
she demanded and professed to be perfectly satisfied
Yet her attachment to the Union gone. Null
fcaton and disunion became familiar words in tn
of the young men, and from that day South Car
olina ceased TO feel any interest in this glorious con
federacy and she is the first to raise the blacl
flag Of disunion, under the pretended plea of North
ern aggression and unequal taxation.
Alabama, Mississippi, and to extent Geor
gia, participates in this feeling, which has bee
greatly accelerated by the Nashville Convention
and urged on by that miserable set of misguide
fanatics at the North, who call themselves libert
men, or abolidonists, or free democracy who furniS
the Southern disunionists with the food upon whic
they live and the fuel 10 keep burning that terribl
FIRE, which, if not quenched, will consume the Unior
The Union is in danger, and it only be save
by caImness, moderation, and justice. The Mort
is stronger than the South. They must not thei
strength to Cypress their weak brethren. The Sout
must make no unreasonable demands upon the Nortl
She must ask nothing which is not already guarar
tied to her by the Constitution. The great west mus
save the country.
The free and slave States, separated by the Ohio
have but one common interest. That noble rive
bears on its bosom, to one common market, the pre-
ducts of free and slave labor. We have but one con
mon interest, and God intended we should be on
people, and 60 Whomsoever God has joined togetht
let man put asunder.'' Then let there be but or
sentiment among the Western people, both whig an
democrat, and LET that sentiment be the give
by Gen. Jackson at dinner, when surrounded
nuIlifers, "THE UNION, 1T MUST BE PRI
SERVED" not by the sword, but by moderation ar
justice.
If this confederacy is preserved, no man can ca
cuIate its power and lis glory; but if il is broken
pieces, all is gone. The blood of our fathers hi
been shed in vain, and the funeral knel of freedo
viii be sounded, and all our greatness and glory vi
perish
Remember the warning voice OF washington, WI
with the spirit Of prophecy upon him, looked dow
the vista of time and saw the danger Of section
parties and sectional divisions, and with feeling
deep and strong, as Jacob Of old, when he gathers
his children around him to bless them, he warn'
his countrymen, and the generations to come, Of II
threatening danger. Let chat warning be needed al
all is safe.
The city debt of Boston is ST .ooo, 900.