The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-08-07
THEIR AIMS ARE IDENTICAL.

Many persons, especially at the North, sup
pose that there is vast difference between the
designs of the Secessionsts and the Union men
at the South. This is great mistake. Their
object is the same, though they seek it's accom-
plishment by different means-the one by defy
ing, the other by cajOlng, the free public senti-
ment of the North. To prove that we do not
speak at random in this matter, we subjoin seve-
raj extracts from the speeches Of the leaders Of
both faa,ions, by which ~ wiz be seen that they
both aim to extend Slavery into Utah, New Mex
ico and Lower California. The Sccessionists are
determined to accomplish this, "peaceaby if
they can, forcibly if they mustn Here is a pre-
cious paragraph from a late speech Of the Hon.
r. b. Rhett, which was made at Walterborough,
South Carolina:
Within eighteen months latter the beginning
of the end) we shall have the ,ohOle South with US.
And more than that, IRE null eLtend our borders !;
,pe ,rM hare Ne,o MsIicO, Utah, and California.
| Utah has slaves We will march into Cslifor-
MIA, and will ask them if they will have slaves,
and her people will answer, Ay, we will have
slavesp And what of Mexicol Why, when we
are ready for them, and her people are fitted to
come among u.s. ne mil take her 100, or as much Of
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lie more glorious than The ancient Republic Of Rome,
which lasted seven hundred years. and had SINH
lar institutions TO our own"
The design is to form Southern Confederacy
to accomplish this inject. Mr. Rhett is one of the
United States Senators from South Carolina, and
has taken an oath to support the Constitution Of
the United States; notwithstanding which, he
makes no secret of his opposition to it, and loses
no opportunity to denounce it as iniquitous and
degrading. Enough of the Disunionists. Let
us now see what is the purpose and aim Of the
so-called "Union men,
The Mssissippiaa of the 27th ultimo gives the
following, from an address by Colonel Freeman,
the Union candidate for Congress in Mississippi
" lie said that the whole vast territory of Utah
| and New Mexico can be converted into slave
| States whenever emigration from the South shall
80 give the preponderance to Shareholders that
| they can form constitutions allowing slavery to
exist in them He said that slaves were already
| in Utah the Mormons owned them when the
| Territorial Government was established and that
active measures were now being taken in CalifOr-
MIA TO call Convention to revise the Constitu-
| tion there
Colonel Hayne, of South Carolina, protesting
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Secession is not required for the permanency and
extension Of slavery
"Colonel A. p. Hayne of Charleston, South
Carolina, then took the floor He rose to define
his position with great diihdence. lie would be
found in the same attitude as Andrew Pickens
Butler and Robert w. Barnwell. | have ad-
, dressed myself to my men in the field Of battle
without restraint; but here am unable to ex-
press the emotions which overpower me. lie
. could say without hesitation, however, that what.
ever her course, or her fate, he should stand by
) South Carolina, Colonel Hayne then undertook
the consideration Of the slavery question as
property question. Within the last three month";
he had visited every slaveholding State in the
Union, except Missouri and Arkansas lie coulC
declare that the institution was upon an adamant
inc basis-it could not be overthrown so easily
and as for colonization, the civilized world hal
not the means Of removing il. We stand stronger
this Institution OF Slarsry stands more firmly nom tina,
eUer did b,tore II ne are IN pdm OF an outlet
Cuba is coming IT, Ii Is inevitable. Cuba IL hai
been said, can support thirty millions of people
AHd Hhen Cuba IS fted up or b.tore, there IS Meri
eO-u,habdsi By an inferior race They must giv'
way to the Anglo-Saxon. No, sir, there is nc
Immediate danger TO slavery and in the future
rely upon it, the South will be united when dan
ger shall come. He therefore recommended pa
thence and forbearance yet little longer"
In the face Of these notorious facts, we ar,
coolly told that there is no danger Of the exten
sion of slavery, and the Union men Of the North
coalesoing with the Union men of the South, sus
tain them by their oountenance and influence
Both the National" PARTIES" Silver Grays'
and" IIunkers'- great devotion to the Unioa
but they are careful not to add that the purpose
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curse Of Slavery into free territory. We com
mend the above extracts TO the attention Of Union
men Of both the National parties at the North
We are not slarmists, and We give the majority
OF the Union party credit for patriotic intentions
but we cannot shut our eyes to the fact that they
are deceived, and that their support OF the Union
party will be claimed as acquiescencc In the de-
signs svowed above.
| In view Of these facts, we renew our appeal to