North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-09-13
The Uni0n===ihe Parties.


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attr;but;ncy motives contrary to profession we sn
ondeavor To show that the Southern Rights an
States Rights party is the Union party anu 'ii i
the course pursued, and doctrines 1nculcated
the other party are calculated, and well calcua'eo
to bring about dlsunlon. -. Al,
II Is evident to every one who has TAKEN I'LL
+s;ns To examine the question, that the Union Is {
vast importance to both North and South, DuC ina
the South could do better without the North ina
the North could without the South. Inc uuIn
this proposition we will not argue here out II ca
be abundantly sustalned-s OBVIOUS 10 AL I'M
beino the case the North does not wish to dlstar
the Union. On the contrary she rightly looks UP
on If as the ark of her safety The South is essen
tial to her prosperity !; and no matter how bite
NAV be her hatred to our institutions-no matte
how much she MAY desire to do us injustice, it i
not her intention to push her aggresslons to tina
extent which will drive to resistance by severns
our political connexions with her.
"Self interest is the main spring to action saitf
the old proverb and especially is it true when ap
piled to our northern brethren. Some of our south
ern citizens have been much censured for clicuH'-
ting the value of the Union the Yankees are prov
erbally a calculating people, and they ns'te tons
been busy in computing the precise amount vi III
reference with our institutions and 9lSuce 10 our
claims we will bear without resort to that step
which will be the last-disunion. lter calcutta
tons are based upon public sentiment at the South
and she will go Just as far as she safely can
When, then she is made to believe not only that
the South will submit to the late Compromise
measures but that she is actually pleased with them
and considers them fair and equitable adjustment
may we not expect some other compromise"
some other measure which will take more from us I!
and are not the principles avowed by this mscaled
Union " party calculated to induce this belief!
They declare not only their acquiescence in these
measures, but their approval of them Certainly
this is more than the North could have expected.
Her utmost hopes must have been that they would
be submitted to in silence.
But this Union party goes farther 1t denoun-
ces those who disapprove these measures as {" agl-
tators and disunionsts. 1t declares it IS their Sc
cret purpose to effect dissolution OF the Union
1t is ready to put them down by argument If 1t can
and if not, by fire and sword. All its venom is
spit upon its own Southern brethren, and we hear
no denunciations of northern States that have prac
tically nullifed the plain constitutional provision
for the reclamation of fugitive slaves. Cllngman,
Ashe, Daniel Venable and other Southern men are
condemned, abused, vilifed, and every species OF
dishonesty is attributed to them but we listen IN
vain for the denunciation of Seward Hale, Chase,
Giddngs, Greedy and other northern Free Sellers
Is this calculated to embolden the North III
her attacks upon Southern institutions? Most as
suredly it is. And is it calculated to strengthen
and preserve the Union? Not unless the Southern !
people have lost that breed of noble bOods that
calculated the value of our union with Great Brit
an that denied the divine ght of kings, and that
would not submit to utter degradation merely be- !
attempted to be imposed by the "powers that
be-" If this Union party is determined to submit |
to any and every thng-to a violated Constitution |
to the injustice of inequality, and to whatever |
rapacous Free Sellers may fit to exact, and all
for the sake of the Union matter how oppressive ,
it may be, then it is rightly named-it is indeed |.
Union party.
Of the motives of this party we have said no.
thing. 1t is sufficient for to show the tendency
of its principles. The North has the power to pass
what laws she may see fit Judging from her past {
have but little to hope from her sense of
justice for the future. If we make no resistance we
may expect to be trampled upon.
Let us now examine the doctrines OF the South
ern Rights party. Do we say we are in favor of
disunion do we preach the doctrine of resistance
to what has been done have we unfurled the flag /
of revolution and declared our intention to sever
our connexion with the North 2 Not at all. We i
say we will submit to the Compromise measures,
but that we do not approve them. We say they !:
were wrong, but not such a wrong to justify
rebellion, because imposed upon us in part by i
Southern men-men of own section. Our
chief offence, then, is, that we will not laud with
our lips what our conscience disapproves. 1t is not
sufficient that we say we submit but it is " trea
SON. because we will not say we approve or else be
silent Is silence concerning wrong received a
principle of Repubicanism 3! If think law .
bad have we not right to expression of opin- 1
ion concerning it I? and shall we be denounced as
agtators," disunionists, and traitors" because
we express that opinion against it ? That is the
very highest pitch of unlimited despotism. L
We say we submit to the past, but make no
pledges Of submission to the future. We take our c
stand and tell the North she must do us justice or
we will act for ourselves without her. We tell her
we love the Union and that Constitution formed by
our forefathers but that the former has no such
fascinating spell to bind us to it when the latter
Is dlsregarded Is this calculated to encourage her
IN her aggressions? By no means Is it calcula- J
led to weaken such a Union as is desirable-a c
Union of equality! On the contrary it strength |
ems it. The North knows too we'll the value of t
the Union to commit any act which it is evident I
will destroy it. If she ever commits such an act it
sill be by being misled by this Union party into
Inc belief that she can do so without danger to the
Union. The Southern Rights party will not mis- c
lead her, and that is the true Union party of a |
true Union A Union of oppression is not desira- L
ble and Union without the Constitution nust he l.
one of oppression t
We regret the result of MANY Of the recent cleo
lions in the Southern States, in which the self q
styled Union party have triumphed because we r
believe those trumphs calculated to mislead the
North and to encourage her in a course which will
place the South in a position, where abiect deora
dation or disunion will be the only alternative {
The people love the Union, and thew were told t
that it was in danger-that the Southern RIGHTS
party was endeavorng to dissolve it because of