The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-01-19

lxionsts and unprncpled demsxogues have we'll nigh
pTecpltaied The country into this frghtful abyss And
ere all the more disposed break silence. because
believe that OF tho two cssees OF sgaos just named
the latter has great deal do with the present
csement than the formss. There is uue settled
conviction IN the minds otihe northern people that slavery
gssai sv and There 10 an ANXIOUS desire 10 the
country rid oil It, But, lett itself. this feeling is ss
stll ~ II is strong and deep; and II could have
been lsshyd into The ioAmins surges which now break
wicked exerlions OF political demsgoxuss There were
men in the ancient republics whose motto was,
"Bstssr TO reign IN hell than in Heaven
and they cared not what became OF their country so sy
were promoted Monsters il has been said cannot per
psusss their species bu, this species If not perpetaed
has been reproduced for Individually have them among
ourselves Like Eros.raius. who. when put the
ture, confessed III at his motive setting lire the mag
nihcent temple of Diana Ephesus was to gain himself
name among poserity. these appear 10 be intent
upon attracting to themselves the attention OF the world
even though be done only by applying the torch
OF civil war TO this glorious Union Let hope that
mercfu Providence will battle their designs; that the
upright and law abiding people whom they have Tor the
real character OF their leaders and that these local
ebulhtions OF fanaticism will give place TO those
patriotic and concliaory sentiments winch have IN
every previous OF history proved equally elca
ci0us sgainst domestic facnOn and oregn aggression
II would be well all classes OF citizens. at this
critical uncuIe TO look dsunon fairly III the lace. lis
unavoidable effects upon the coored population
tute but 1.-THE OF the evils which would flow from H.
Not exhaust your patience by going into the question
frarcidal war. but that would undoubtedly lead 10
continued series OF contentious and descriptions among the
States seems TO be taken tor granted that we divide,
we divide into two considerations. But why stop al
two! II would be quite natural, certainly To form
four considerations rs two. And how long should we
pause at four A sense OF common danger might
hold the new combinations together for a season bu
this would give place. after awhile to local and more
potent influences The strength Of the Union lies not IN
It's physical but lis moral power Its real buttresses are
not It's army and navy It's mines and factories It's canals
and railroads-no lis written constitutions and
charters its laws and tribunals but its sacred traditions,
the nwrought and, until lately universal CONVICTION OF
its unparalleled benefits and that sense OF It's sancny
which has made the nation regard II with reveTentia
awe akin 10 that with which the Hebrews looked upon
the ark OF the covenant The feeling has been that the
Union another ark OF the covenant to us-that
the repository OF our most precious naona memen,oes
pledge OF his future protection This feeling is mol to
be ascribed 10 any specific training II is no set lesson
we have learned al school. or winch has been drilled
into us like code OF morals code OF manners at
home. We have inherited it from the mothers who
bore us; have inhaled il in the air of heaven; it
has gathered nours hment from the scenes OF our fire.
Sides from our daily empoyments, from our journeys
from our sanctuarles, from our national anniversaries
from all our experiences and all our associations Ii
has grown with our growth and strengthened with our
strength, and impercepbly become part OF our being
And this it is which. under Coz, has made the Union
srong; j, is because roots struck down mo
our hearts, and interaced wits the very framework
OF our moral being, that they seem 10 belong to our
personal identity.
Now. dissolve the Union, and no, only do to
thu Union over us Is gone, and gone forever. You an
initiate by stroke that feeling OF lis sanc,ty which
has done more to preserve II than all other causes
bined And II matters not whether you merely cleavr II
in halves divide down INTO quarters or eigths One
pebble will spoil mirror as well bandiu The
people will have learned from single rupture. that the
Union is frangib.-a most fatal discovery For when
they have broken il once, they will not scruple If
sion serves. to break il, rather TO break lis fragments,
NO longer have national existence. The great events
Of our history-he illustrous names which adoru our
annals-hs heritage OF renown committed 10 uscan
longer be appealed 10 as incentives to vuous conduct
a rail-, ing cries in seasons OF peril What orator will
dare allude to Bunker Hill or Yorktown, TO Champain
Erisl What senator will dare invoke the name OF Wash
ington to speak OF Henry and Marshall oil Greene and
Msyan OF Jack and HARRISON OF Hull and BAinbrdge'
These illustrious toiled and BLEED for the UNION
and when we shall have DESTROYED the work OF their
established defended at great cost into group Of
petty arrng confederacies shame will conspre with
gratitude in conslgning their Names their honor-, and
their suderings, to speedy and eternal oblivion.
Nothing-if this calamity awaits us-nohing presents
tsAlf to our expectations but future Illuminating and
DISASTROUS past has been bright and ennobing In
stead OF that bene6cent mission which have been
wont to suppose had been conded to Of leading the
nations on to freedom and happiness, We may look for
ward 10 proraced scenes OF anarchy and bloodshed
which will scken and discourage the patriots of other
lands and supply the passns OF arbitrary power with
Triumphant proof that nations require master.
We are At liberty disregard this consideration
Even il 80 os to virtue and patriotism as to be
reckless OF the tate OF country men, we coad
dude the RESPONSIBILITIES which IN
srsncs the world at large This Union cannot expire
the snow mets from the rock, or a star disappears
iron the armament When it falls. the crash will be
heard in all lands Wherever the winds of heaven 40,
that Will CO. bearing sorrow and dsmay TO millions OF
ssieken hearts not the dismay and incident
the blkhng OF their own prospects and the breaking up
of their household plans but The deep and IDconsoabe
graf occasioned by calamity startling and dsas.
uous in its bearings upon the happiness OF mankind 10
leave the mind opportunity for exIatialng
private mlsfortunes For the subverson OF bs
will render the OF CONSTITUTIONAL hope
Ices throug bout the world What nation gov
ssh, if this nation cannot What encouragement will
any psople have establish liberal institutions for them
sponsibMy and the honor OF solving that problsm in
which all coming generations OF men have profound in.
tsres whether the true ends OF government be
cured BY popular representative system In the munlf
oil his goodness He put US in possession OF
heritage by series OF interpretations scarcely less
than those which conducted The Hebrews to Canaan and
he has TO this period withheld Immunities
o. resources which might facilitate suspicious result
Never before was people so advantageously situated
tor wofking out this great problem IN favor oil human
liberty And it is important for TO understand that
Napoleon inAamed the ardo of his troops ON the eve
a the great battle OF the Pyramids in these pree-
rant words: Soldiers consider that from the sum
mltb Of yondsr Pyramids forty centuries look down
upon you" Whatever the rheloncians may say oil
this speech, they must al least admit that the prin
cipls to which il appeals constitutes OF the most
powerful springs OF human action. and that
u II liberty IN disregard It's promptngs We certainly
bOund 10 remember that the nations looking
net for themselves only, but for the centuries" which
10 follow, 10 learn whether order and law religion
~ ~ II