Litchfield enquirer., 1851-07-17
The Union.
Central Com.

We see vast deal said of late about
the Union" our glorious Union" -
Editors and Fourth>of-July orators in all
sections of our country. have waxed I'M
usually eloquent and patriotic on this
wonderful theme-each striving to excel
everybody else in extravagant eulogies
and excessive manifestations of zeal for
the Federal Government. We do not
object to this. A love for ones country
"a regard for her laws and Institutions
is natural and noble instinct of our ma
ture. Union is an essential and vital
element of our greatness as nation and
our welfare and prosperity as individuals.
None could deplore more deeply than
ourselves, the dismemberment of this
confederacy, or rejoice more heartily in
the righteous and final adjustment Of
those matters of discord which have so
long been the source of sectional Jealous
les and heart burnings. But why. we
ask, is this newborn zeal for the Union
just at this time developing itself so stri-
kipgly in the minds of a certain class of
politicians at the North ? Have they
got any new light on the subject? Is
the Union any more GLORIOUS" now than
it was two years ago, when these men
never thought of clarifying it at the
present rate ? We simply "ask for in>
fomation," There must be some cause
for such sudden and thorough awaken
ing. It has been surmised in certain
quarters that they arc influenced by mos
tives Of personal ambition-that they
hope thereby to attract attention to
themselves as the special friends of the
country. We express no such unchar-
liable opinion but would simply suggest
that the form and manner of their advo-
cacy of "Unionism," has very offensive
look. These men come am ong us as pure
patriots, and talk to the good people of
Connecticut as if they were addressing
the enemies of the Union and trai tors to
the Constitution. This is all gratuitous
and uncalled for; our citizens have no
need of such lectures. They love and
cherish the Union as sincerely and corr
daily as the oud>mouthed DISCLAIMERS
to which we have alluded.
The wings of this region are not wont
to regard the Compromise Measures OF
tie last Congress as in all respects per-
feet; and they reprdiate the idea of in
cooperating any such test into their po-
litical creed. At the same time, we
believe the mass Of them have no urgent
desire to see those measures repealed or
materially altered. If the South flor
whose special benefit they were passe d, }
is satisfied with them, let her make the
most Of the bargain-as she always has
| done. She loves slavery so much better
than she loves the Union, why do not
these Union orators go and spend then
eloquence among her children. For fifty
years past, the "chivalryn have threat
ened to dissolve the Union if the yankee:
would not toe the MARYLAND they have
generally toed it, for the sake of the I'm,
ion! Some of the yankees begin to thinl
it is about time for tAens to make mari
for the southern brotherhood to stop at
Congress has always legislated for tn
South, and Northern Presidents an,
| Cabinet Officers have bowed quite to,
low to kiss the foot that treads in III
dust the liberties and rights of thei
miserable dependents. But there's ye
| a north star and Canada for the hunte,
fugitive, beyond the jurisdiction of Anne
rican legislation.