The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-05-06
From The Ner Orleans Picoyuns Of April 10.
THE UNION

i"o "ue " Iesiiy hhO lnUitlefeBCe Wlth whIc /
certain disunlon spers are accustomirg hem
selves TO speak Of the gra,es matters of TO-
iernsiioual arrangement; the unconcern they
profess TO teel 10 The conduc, of neg citations
between the United States and foreign Pow
ers,oi the deepest ln'e rest to many of lhe mem.
bers q! the Contederacy, might be pardoued
10 the excessive zeal of sudden conversior,.
or TO the naise'e of inexperienced jourosIsn,.
But IN the old horn blowers of sedilion i, be.
tokens neither resolution in themselves sor
IN their cause. When, for example. The
Charleston Mercury -pia,es Of a orees1c.
dence bot|een Mr.. Webster aud the BRUSH
Secretary of Foreign Affairs, upon the sub.
Ject OF fee negro sailors entering the ports
OF Southern States, as a matter in which
South Carolina has only the concern of en-
,ndiherent spectator, II inspires little respect
tor lis sincerity and less for the orpanlza
lion OF which II is the mouthpiece. We
should be 10th TO believe that the people Of
South Carolina could regard, with such as
soiute want OF interest, a controversy between
ms and any other country, we're that Stale
10 reality severed from the Union. There
keep alive something like parlaIl,y for The
remaining States II one should happen to
SWING from It's orbit. But if they have al.
ready begun to regard US as foreigners, AMI
10 look upon monarchlcal Governments with
equal iavor asupon their own, they will have
no reason TO complain Of the other States if
they oppose dissolution Of The Union begun
and set on foot there, with lusl The same de
termination and means they would employ 10
resisting an attempt upon the Confederacy
from abroad.
But such language is mere hravado on The
part OF The dIsunonisls. 1t finds no response
IN public sy mpalby, nor even an echo in the
hearts of those who use it. i, is much IA
me spIrit OF Mr.. Acres appeal 10 Sir Luclu>
OTrigger. 1--WE shan'l rup, Sir Luc,us."
quolh that redoub,able gentleman, by way Of
assuring himself that he was s5ou, to do
something which he had no heart for
And Just 30 do certain public organs speak Of
the dissolution Of the Union with affected
sang froid, or as thing achieved, by way Of
avoiding the grim and shsstly spectacle W hich
ihleNenes between tho conception and lis
consummatIon. This Union, however de.
nounced by abo'I,Ionists on one hand or sedi
ton mongers on The other. is vet of that dig.
nifty which challenges The coucern Of those
who seek lis overthrow and whosoever as
sumes 10 consider II t,he, neither conceals
nor strengthens his nervous condition.
This habit Of light remark respecting the
Union has grown out OF an equally uconsid
crate mode of speech, hough perhaps more
generally used. 1t squie the custom Of po.
hlclsns to take it for granted lba, the first
drop Of blood shed 10 civil strife will be the
knel! Of the Union. This supposi;ion is ba
sed upon, or can only be supported by, the
hypothesis that the Constitution is in such
an enfeebed aud exhausted STATE, that it can.
not spare blood enough to reduce bad humors
or alIay unnatural or dangerous excitement,
Public men, who have been wise in oher
respects, have couutenarced this delusion
and csbals, proflirg by vha better men have
uttered, wilhou, exactly apprecIaing he va,
lue OF Iheir words, press forward their ma.
chnatlons under an immunity fancied from
The idea that they cannoI be he'd without
The certain destruction OF the Government.
Il this be true, the whole structure of the
Republic is at the mercy OF every pdllry club
of dlsunlonlsls and treason plotters that NAV
choose 10 array itself against the power and
sovereignty THE Contederacy. And in this /.
connexIon Northern fanatics are quite as for |
mldabe 10 The safety of the Stale us South. |
ern factonis,s.
But whence comes the idea that the only |
iabTic OF free government on earth is to dis.
appear with the smoke of the first gun fired |
in lis defence! Or where is the warrant for
that the whole structure of Amer.
lean liberty is to fade Into nothlngness, peace.
ably and quietly and Ignom!nlously For
this resul, is argued as a corollary from the
that the Union cannot be saved by
visiting with the penalties Of treason such as
combine to lay it in ashes. The consplratrr
$ taught to hold himself boyond the reach
# punishment, because the means necessary
o enforce his responsibility TO law involve,
lccordlng to these wise teachers, the annlh
alton OF the sovereignty whose Law is outra
,ed. According to this school of ethics trea.
on Is alone thriving vocation in the land
or what sanction have good and true citizens
the turbulent can bring confusion and dis
nay upon them because they cannot be queII
ID without quelling the Government with ,
hem This species of argument may keep
lsorganzers in heart ull they commit some ,
vert act against the State. We appreheud
hat, from that moment, they will find as Ii, !
lie comfort in their logic as they will securi ,
y in a theoretical impunity. :
But 10 resume the ipouiry: whence do
hey derive the fancy, for it is merely such,
hat this Union is to dissolve like a mist 7
ha, il is to die ou: Of inanilioni Is there
ny example in ancient or modern times Of +,
owerful and prosperous people losing their
alonal',y without struggle p! Has any indie
endent State ever succumbed TO foreign T
prce or internal Vaccinations without first I