The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-07-08
Aid, 10 RrflffIion

DID not the present form OF Union, OF
,Ar Constitution, result from the secession
Of Que State from the old Confederation
Is not "the body more than niment,
the family more than the house, aud the
great ends which all Governments ara es-
tablishcd TO secure, worth more than any
particular form Of government
Can the present Union eSist on any con
ditions but the alternative of propagating
restricting slavery directly OF indirectly!
Can il exist on either Of these supposi'
tions, to answer the ends Of its establish.
ment
Win not that cooperation aud union Of
the States allied in interests and institu.
tiuns be produced, more readily and natur-
ally by any one State following boldly her
own sense Of right, and saying hopefully
and cheeEngly. but not dictatorily, to her
sisters, come, let us avenge our wrongs,
and preserve our rights" than by ccrc-
monious and etiquetical holding back of
each and every State, saying to each and
every other "go on, and / win follow"
Does not the very term cooperation I'm.
ply action of some sort
Is not the action of a single State more
likely to preserve the Union, if possible,
by turning back of the Government to its
proper orbit, or the enactment OF new limi.
tations, and explanatory guarantees, than
the formation of a geographical party
of States? The first might end in tisun'
ion the latter could end in nothing else !;
and therefore. they who arc for the
Uuion Mt all hazards" are vefy inconsistent
in advocating Southern Union, for the pre-.
sent Union only exists by a total torgetfu.
ness of the cardinal points Of geography
and the Constitution.
Is it fair, aud candid. and just, for Union
lists to be quoting Barnwell, and Butler, and
Orr, aud last, but not least, the venerable
Chcves, 0he great father Of secession, who
Saturn like, wonld ent his own child)
without telling their readers that these gen.
tlemen are oil avowed and open Disunion-
lists
We ouly ask for information, theoreti
cally, for from our experience in the read.
ing Of Union papera, we do not expect Un-
ionists to care much about fairness, jus,
tice, and candor,"
II is philosophicaly or historically true
| TO coniound the revolution with the Union,
when the first was avowedy measure OF
separation, undertaken to vindcate the
rights Of distinct and independent colonies
and not to establish any form OF Govern
ment or Of external relations? Patrick
Henry, the leader of the revolution, wa,
opposed to the Constitution, and so were
other great men of his day. Would tc
God their counsels had prevailed.
Is not the reception Of abolition petitions
by Congress with or without action, the
allowance and tolcration by Northern States
of societies who only end and aim is ag.
gresslons on Southern Rights--the Oregon
proviso--thc admission OF California the
Slave Trade Acts not each and every
one of these measures greater outrage
and wrong in the Southern States in It's
present effects and perspective tendencies,
than all the acts Of which the Colonies
complained!
Are not the ou'ragcs Of our Northern
brethren less exousable and justifable by
their relative positions, their necessities.
and the constitutional aspects Of the case,
than the acts of parliament which led to
the Revolution ?--CoIua,bia Telegraph.