Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-07-19
PATRIOTISM OF SECESSION.
FROM THE NOZZLE DAILY ADVERTISER.


tiser what considered an unanswsabs argument Of Mr..
LEsAHE against the revamped doctrine Of Secession, whereas
ne plainly shows that admitting the widest vsgariss Of lis
advocates stli unenabe, not say foolish in the
IRENE. IL 10 my purpose to consider the subject in
another aspect and, in support Of my positions shall have
occasion to refer to the distinguished authority
There il in every community, matter how well rsruis
ted and prosperoust may class dscontened persons
who beauty comness in the existing order Of
things, who unwilling let well enough slons snds
who. modest men. think nothing be good which they
have not had part in forming Their @ their BREATH their
amen is agitation, and could they succeed in their designs
the motto ancient tombstone would be sppropss TO
them M WELL desired to be better. took physc, sna
here am" These find fit association in the Abolition
and Secession organizations North and South.
Now, who the and leading spirits In this 6eces
sion excitement May they not be properly classified hus
J. Goodhsers; who have sympathy with the masses,
who look upon the people sensees abb to be wrought
upon and used they, the political mechanics adudge bes
O. Disappointed politicians; whose misfortune it has
been never to be properly appreciated. who unwilling
that their prodigious abilities should, like Greys rose,
bush unseen" and that their anticipated aure "shoud
die ungathered, and who have lost oil hope Of acquiring
and influence under the present organization Of our
Government And certainly should be subject Of laDen
tsion thai hose superior wisdom and pre- eminent abi
ties enable them to sit calmly in judgment upon the fathers
Of our Republic to point out where WAsHrssros erred
where JEfFERsos stumbled, and where MADIsoK misco-
ceived the true science Of Government, still scarcely know
beyond the little limits Of their State neighbof-
hood, while those inferior have attained the very
pinnacle Of human greatness and form the brightest conste
aion IN that GALAXY Of great whose memory The world
will never permit to die.
Who would not laugh, if such man there bs
Who would not weep if 'Atticus' were be |"
In a fact NJ sou,e auni6ca that .,.on~
knowedged wouldbe leaders of the Secession parry and
indeed among its members, few, if any Of them Ae eu
been abroad? To compare ourselves with oursevess said
to be nnwise how much less is it to compare o Gov
eminent with itself
With the large liberty enjoyed in this country sad with
the delicate sensveness that msa fed darses acquire
II strange that imperfecions real o. imaginary
should be found in the constitution ard laws BIZ when We
compare Government with the most liberal anperec Of
al others, and people with their people, ns. have
little forecase and less patriotism would jeopador an
instant such Republic It wonder to that
CLAr, and CAss, and RIvEs, and KIse, and THoHAor.
and LreARE, and Po1SsErr, (though these last re
in the hobed Of disaecon, and host Of others WIN A
looked the starspanged banner for protection in rei
cmes should cling the Union Of these States with ahA
ensciy, and oppose the the mad schemes Of
he Secessioniss It will be remembered that Mr. LEsRs
Minister At Brussels during great part Of the Nulls
ton excitement and any person who read his diary" "a
correspondence while that capital and then favor Sece-
son will have nearly reached that madness which precede
destruction. What would say is much better expressed
by Legare that beg submit few extracts from his
respondence
From letter to Mr.. HoLaEs, dated Bruxees ID Oc-
tober 1884, take the following, which loses Of its
force from age might with equal propety have been
written for the present position Of Carolina inserting seceds
in the place Of nullify sh#.
$50 you going to nulify. Well, can't say have
any great confidence in when they wound up The
revolutionary pitch but strive to hope against hope.
trust in God that my glorious and happy country thousand
times dearer to and grande in my estimation, By
contrast, than 10 not about to seal forever the
dismal doom Of miserable species As for amelioraoD
this side Of the Atlantic, they may expect g see grow
something worth boasting Of who believe In the perfect
bity OF but preserve happy institutions for
ages yet comeo proong the Saurnia rgna which
physical condition and the character and order Of things
inherited from fathers naturally secured and which
have signay enoyed-to do this to very
easy that should any thing happen which, for the sake of
the omen would not even mention shall think the world
mockery M only inspire the despair Of the misanthrope
provoke the demoniac Of Mephisopheles If
the Union should pieces, will be one hdeous wreck,
Of which, excepting New England, two parts will hold
together. None Of will have any country, except what
the rule in Calvins may dignity with that name
technical couatry-a legal right and civil status to decide
on question Of title. But there will be flag known to-
the natisns and none Of ennobng and sacred charities
atner D0unQ tOgctneT
proud retrospect the past glowing ancpaions Of the
future but pracal depredsons instead, and ignobe bor
der warfare, and the rudeness and rocity of
Of mounted babaans, and all the calames that have
scosrged this continent without the chvaly that has ador
ed her vao and the grandeur that has haeIcued the am
| bi ion it has excited"
Writing to the gentleman the 9th OF April fol-
lowing, Mr. LEsARE, after giving account OF the then
Of Europe, and particularly Of France, connues
a. follows:
"Moreover, the repubEque modek (the United Stses Of
Americs) and Laayees ready example OF successful
reform fall fat in the eyes of mankind the Duchess Of
Berry and the strong expression Of one Of the lead
ing Paris papers, France whole 0uenir Of revou
tons Just about the that all eyes and mouths
opened upon the unexpected but deeply Instructive
scene that exhibiting in Columbia (Souh Carolna) and
Washington debaes Of the avote schemes Of
the French liberals he municipal and departmental adminD
aions occurred 10 which the horror Of Federal weakness
and distractions expressed with all suitable force. In
short the Of the leading nuli6en lsecessonssl
ought be up in the vesbuIe Of palace in Europe,
rule half pregnant of eloquent defence Of the old
monarchcsl plan what occurred among you from .he
cond Monday ia October to the lst December
The effect Of the notification excitement clearly To-
awaken exuant hopes in the toeng monarches Of Europe
that their greatest enemy experiencing civil commo-
ton from which would be impossible for her excaie
herself Is the present attitude of South Carolina, and
her sympsthzers and abeors, nervng in like hs
hearts of the enemies Of freedom every WHERE and cru.hr
the fond aspirations Of muitujes the Atlantic who
looking upon the habnger Of better days