The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1851-03-12

/ people IN NuhulIo 70 couio gAhcuio mcdcuics
and to orgsaizs q body Of CO Operl'ors Sho
night coairoI the legislative assemblies aud
liheu respective COMMUNITIES, and watch
perdu for The moment when they could give
The UniUn lis death bloS. Thus is their on
ly hope this is lhsiT real design. Should a
convention ol all the States ufiersaids as
semble, what could II accomplish II could
meet with no useful purpose in view but to
amend the federal CONSTITUTION. Aud now
lei me candidly aud seriously ask any man in
his senses If he believes a general conven>
lion could be assembled in these times OF
lul ulanol aud excitement Of sectional jealousy
and ndimosiiy, from which any real good
could 6c expecteGi II, 10 the days Of our
fathers, Nhen our teIra0tY was cornparluve'
| ~ small, nHr condition distracted and an
archical, ouI confederation iossu and irnil
league. observed ur vnlaIed ss interest or
prejudice dictated, there was su much diff
icuty IN fuimiug constitution by conven>
lion presided over by Washington, and eom>
pused Of many of The most ilusIrons slaies.
men and patriots Of the revolution, what
could VIC hope for now. when every cause
Of repulsion and aniagonism Das been aug
.Inen,cd thousand lOld2 But in addition 10
This, The South needs neither new "guaran-
'leesn nor "reccgnlion of the bargain. p
The constitution IS ample guarantee for her
J tights already, aud stands in need OF neither
new Ieaiinga nor new sanctification. This
great palladium of tie freedom and rights Of
every State and Of every citizen in The Union
cannot be frittered away by special plead
ings, nor overlhrowu by open force. Bolh
means have been tired, and both have igno-
niiniously failed. Is eternal and immu able
) principle rise up with renewed vigor alter
every assault; aud the more they are cons
; demned aud denounced by fanatics and
dcmagoguts, the dearer do they become 10
every patriots heart What wrong can be
inf c,ed on the southern States without
equally wounding the constitution? None
absolutely none. And what necessity can
there lie for amending It's provisions? BY
seeking to do this, the Suuih alandnns her
! strong ground Of constitutional safeguard
, and impliedly at least, comedies that the con
: situtiun does not already protect her rights.
; Ia any wise statesman of the South ready to
} admit that the federal constitution is moi The
yery GgiS of his sectional rights and prlvie-
ges, as we'll as hose of the free STATES?
should regard such man as liltle less than
, demenled. Why, then, broach the idea Of
amending that glorious instrument, which is
as near pc rIectou now as human wisdom
can make il? Ii it he abused or violated
amendment will no, prevent that; for il is as
easy to abuse OF violate the amendment as
the original instrument itself.
II is impossible to c'ose our eyes TO the
; conspicuous figure South Carolina is endeav-
oring to cut inlbis lnergency. Shs coquet,
led with Mssissis2t, aud produced that TN.
lucky uondescripl, the Nashville Convention
She cour;ed Georgia, and offered the lead in
he great enterprise 10 her, but that noble
Stale conlemPuousy rejected il. She is
now coaxing he Old Dominion tc join hel
mad scheme, and offering, as an indncemeni
To place in her giant hands The oriflamme o
lisunipn. Will Virginia accept or refuse tht
profercd ensign oftreason? believe she
viii spurn it with disdain. The Union unt
he federal constitution are too dear TO Vir
ginia TO be cast idly away. They are hel
own children. They were dandIed or hel
knee in their infancy, and now, That they
have arrived NJ the maturity of Iierculeal
manhood, they will stretch forth their pow.
erful aims with her own to uphold her hone
aud to vindicate her rights. No, Virgins
will he The last 10 desert them. The bone
Of Washington, and Jefferson, and Madison
would not repUse quietly in their honoret
graves, II she were 10 mar and blast thei
= great labors of paiIiotic devotion 70 thei
= county and 10 mankind. How does il hap
> pen that Sou h Clrolina is The Only beacon
light in the Union? Who constituted he
}, the pole star in our glorious constellation
d, Surely Virginia will not confess that her sta
= is in the wane, and that Of the Palmetto SteIt
in the nscendeni. Virginia is, as she has
ever been, her own mistress, and can say
to South CaIolinn, or to any other erumblnl
Stale, 'FBe still! WeWant no fimly jars
we will neither espouse your quairels nor
follow your muIinous example, feel proud
TO refer To the course ofmy own gallant
Stale. Texls had too much trouble to enter
the Unio" TO be willing to go out. She
knows full well the evils of war and of iac-
tion formemed by foreign interests and do
meslic traitors. She had enough OF seperate
Independence TO be able to appreciate the
benz fi's Of union and fraternity. Let who
may veer of after the false light Of South
: Carolina, Texas will stand by the flag of ou
Union, and defend all The stars that gem i
with the same bravery and devotion will
which she c'nng through so many hours o
gloom and peril 10 the banner in which gilt
lcred Eer own. i
, II may be asked whether contingency
might not arise when the duty every mai
/ owes 70 The fircsides and homes of his famil,
and friends would require him to surrender
:. The Union. Undoubtedly such sad specta
Gle might possibly be presented Gross in,
n injustice rank oppression, and perseyefiue
nllyranny might p.oduce il, but think lha
y day will never come. II has never ye
come, aud believe il never will. Whel
q it does, II ever, il will be law unto itself
1 II will have TO be met. not BY the evasivc
Ihypocrcy Of secession. or notification, OF
f, sectional conventions, but in The bold anl
, manly spirit that actuated our fathers in tie
revolution that noble spirit which proclaim!
, that the preservation OF liberty will iuslf,
any measure necessary 10 that great end
In the meanlime, let us all, within our ap-
proprate spheres, contribute our utmost ex,
eurons to subdue fanalicIsm and violence
, 10 resist sectional encroachmenis, TO feslor,
kind and harmonious feeling, and 10 cherisl
a ilmse expansive sentiments OF patriotism il
: ,vh;ch tha constitution N nd ,he II,,:r, 80;