The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-06-24
THE nIsuNloN SCHEME

Under this startling caption the editor Of the Cincinnati
Gazette makes certain disclosures to the existence Of
diaboca scheme amongst southern To bring about
separation Of the Union IL is the miserable abrica
ton which appeared days ago in the New York Ex
press and which we then denounced another wicked
attempt to excite the North against the South The GA
zette processes to derive its information from Francis
Blair formerly editor of the Washington Globe and says
that the facts in relation this grand scheme of disu-
MON are given lin the Express in nearly the Ian
guage as was used by Mr. Blair The editor says further
that Mr. Blair strong for union of all parties who
opposed to the extension of slavery for building The
Pacific railway and for other great and
cal interests in the presidential election lie is for
uniting on Col Benton and for running him indie
pendent candidate
We have no personal knowledge Of the views of Mr..
Blair either in regard the slavery question his
preferences for the presidential succession and as TO these
matters the editor of the Gazette may report him cor
rectly This is a matter of minor importance, and one
which could only be introduced under the hope that the
antslavery crusade might derive strength from the
influence attached to the of Mr. Blair But that the
Gazette does justice Mr. Blair in giving him authority
for the charge that southern plotting for disco
luton of the Union not willing TO believe Like the
members Of Congress who issued the famous
address, which appeared in the Hgncsr two days ago,
Mr. Bairs opposition to the Nebraska bill may have so
influenced his better judgment to excite fears that
process of time, the South might be strengthened by
new acquisitions of territory until it might prefer to dis
solve its connexon with the North but that he has as
serted the existence of any such scheme that detailed
in the Gazette we far from admitting believing
But il matters little whether such charge be made
directly and positively indirectly and theoretically
Whether 1t be made by the Express the Gazette by Mr.
Blair the anti-Nebraska Congressman who issued the
address alluded to- has foundation except either in
the excited and imaginary fears of its authors in that
wicked spirit of sectonasm which seeks in every possible
way array the North against the South Such charge
comes from abotionss with about much grace did
their lamentations the proposition to repeal the Mis-
sour restriction Although they had repudated and rejected
that caupgose in every possible way they were the fore
most and oudest ADVOCATES for its sacred observance when
Judge Douglas proposed to repeal it SO now we ought
not to be surprised to hear that the who have
until recently been boldly denouncing the constitution and
the Union should be overwhelmed with bypocrtca
horror the suggestion Of southern scheme to break
the Union But We repeat that whether this is another Of
the movements of aboloniss whether it is ascheme to
advance Mr. Benons prospects for the presidency in aI
it attributes ofloyaly to the Union to southern
men it is calumny which they wiz indignantly repcl