The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-04-02

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Amidst the violence detection. and notification OF the
States OF Vermont Ohio and South Caro-
lima. mot including New York there bright and
cheering spots in our political heavens, We allude 10
pennsylvania and Virginia. The has manifested an
unsqaivocal disposition to repeal the abolition act
thrust upon her in unxuardsd hour of wing abolition
ascendency and the other has passed resolutions, with
snexamped unanimy. in favor Of the Compromise and
Of peaceful patriotic devotion 10 the Union and the Rights
OF the States which worthy OF the fathers OF the repub
lie in its best days These two great central States,
thanking the North the side and the South on the
other can do muchin fact almost omnipotentn al
laying disconten in rebuking sectional factions. and in
pepeuatng the blessings of the Union We said months
ago, that they could maintain the peace, and guaranty
the Union, they acted ia concert We glad to
that they enlisted in the cause, and with grasp
ed hands are bearing aoft the same banner We trust
with the aid OF the surrounding patriotic States they viii
be nvncble No two States in the Union have deep
stake in the issue Pennsylvania and Virginia. From
their locality, they must be converted. in the event Of
rupture OF the Unon into the great which
thee question Of empire will be determined History has
told us how the wide fertile Districts bordering France
and Germany have been for by the alternate
rayages OF friends and foes Deserted fields sacked cities
burning towns, ruined inhabitants, violated females,
and slaughtered children, have filled the annals Of this
i'll fated region with unutterable wo. What these un-
happy districts have and felt, Virginia. Pennsylva
na, and Maryland destined to and feel with
fold aggrayaton. il this glorious Union be broken up and
destroyed They have fright to speak out in this crisis
they have exercised that right in bold and manly
spirit; and rejoice that they have done They
huk Iii tha fo nf aho
the phrensied zeal Of South Carolina chivalry These
misguided zealos of both sections may fume and rage,
and resolve to trampe on the constitution and 10 hazard
the peace and prosperity Of the country buthey struggle
against fate These States may say to them, as Jupiter
did in the council Of the gods: .r
Ye strive in vain; II / but stretch this hand,
heave the gods, the ocean, and the land;
fix the chain to great olympus height, @.
And the vast world hangs trembling in my sight"
When these States forbid the bans, abolition, and all
other kinds OF nul6ers, must stand aghas and fall back
into their allegiance the Union Nor is it 10 be feared
that these States will sanction any very outrageous viola
tons of the constitution, any acts OF unmanly subms
sion They are hgh-ioned, enlightened and independ-
ent, and are far from yielding 10 wrong from in
c,ng it, Both essentially democratic, and both
opposed to constructions OF that instrument warranted
by its terms and its principles We again repeat that
are reoced this evidence Of the strength Of the Union
II will give confidence and energy its friends in the
same degree that confounds and It's adverse
res Those who have invited Virginia TO take the stand
ard of disunion in her mighty hand leader, may
see how little they understood her true character and
how hopeless and unpropous is their cause. We ad-
wise them desst 10 abandon their course, and TO fol-
low the lead OF the Od Dominion in the path of peace
and harmony promptly as they were anxious to do in
that of discod and commoton. Her example is tina,
no real patriot need blush TO initiate. The Keystone and
the Old Dominon-may they tread for centuries the
road may they stand shoulder TO shoulder in defence Of
the federal constitutions may they march with locked
shields in unfolding the Union and the Rights OF the
States