Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-07-26
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ty to succeed without a dismemberment Of this
republic following as an inevitable consequence
But we are not left to surmses and speculstions
as to the real designs of these fanatics. They
are becoming embOldened, and begin to openly
avow their reasonable purposes.
At the fusion Convention held at Columbus on
the 18th inst, letter was read from man nam
ed Morrow, in which he strongly recommends a
dissolution Of the Union, and that part Of the let
was loudly aPPlnuded.' ~ 80 .H'
The Buffalo Express, Wing paper which
goes the fusion movement, does dot hesitate to
openly avow dsunion sentiments. Hear IL:
1.-THE North is preparee for such a crisis. Il
would endure the shock without fear or trembling,
and pass right on in its destiny Of sustaining q
purely free republic. When the day shall come
that the south may leave US, freighted with her
millions of bondmen, she will depart. If at all,
rceling and surging in the waves Of her own in
ternal and stormy element Of oppression and
wrong, and dash on to inevitable ruin. Even in
that fearful hour the heart Of every Northern man
will beat higher. They will feel, as did our fore.
fathers when their independence was achieved
and recognized, that fearful crisis had been met,
and severe trial had been endured, but that the
contest was over and the future was full Of hope
and brightness"
That dissolution of the Union is the design Of
these mad fanatics who are striving to form Sec
tiona party, is too openly avowed to need further
proof
1t was against such designs as these, it was
against the creation OF such sectional parties,
,ku1 Wo.L;notor TaAaraon T.oksnn and THAR
compatriots raised their warning voices, and their
warnings have uncommon force at the present
time.
In seeking to penetrate the dim future Of their
country, says the Detroit Free Press, the fear Of
geographical divisions and sectional political par
ties most concerned Washington and his compat-
riots. 1t was in these that they saw most to fear
and it was principally to warn his countrymen
against them that Washington delivered his Fare
we'll Address.
1t is our purpose to make some extracts from
that Address to-day, believing that by so doing
we can furnish wholesome food for sober and
solemn reflection. We apprehend that there are
those who are likely to be drawn into the new
organization in this State who do not realize its
purposes-ts designs. 1t is a see
tional party-the very kind OF organization that
Washington deprecated, and raised his warning
voice aguinst. 1t is party whose purpose is to
break down the barriers Of the constitution, and
whose design it is to destroy the Union of the
States. ..H
Washington spoke with prophetic vision when
he said:
"The unity Of Government which constitutes
you one people, is also now dear to you. 1t is
Justly so; Ior it is a main pillar in the edifice
of your real indepe endence, the support OF your
tranquility at home, your peace abroad; Of your
safety; ot your prosperity; OF that very liberty
which you 50 highly prize. But 1t is as easy to
foresee, that, from different causes and from differ
ent quarters, much pains ,rH be taken. many artif
ces employed to ceaHcn in your minds The conUictioA
of this truth this is the point in your political
fortress against which the batteries Of internal
and external enemies will be most constantly and
actively (through often covertly and insidiously)
directed, it is OF infinite moment that you should
properly estimate the immense value oil your na-
tonal Union to your connective and individual
happiness; that you should cherish cordial, ha-
bitual and imnovable attachment 10 it; accus-
tomng yourselves to think and speak OF it as OF
the Palladium of your political safety and pros
perty watching for its preservation with Jealous
anxiety: discountenanciag whGtever may suggest
even a suspicion, that 1t can in any erent be aoan-
doned; and Indignantly fro,oniny upon the first
dapntng of erery attempt to aiienate any portion
OF our country from the rest, or 10 entee the sacred
ties whicanow linn together the uarious parts.
After referring to the pecuniary value Of the
Union, and the dependence Of each section upon
the other sections, he says:
"Whie, then, every part Of our country thus
feels an immediate and particular interest in Un-
ion, and the parts combined cannot fail 10 find in
the united mass Of means and efforts greater
strength, resources, proportiOnably greater secu-
rity from external danger, less frequent inter-
ruption OF their peace by foreign nations; and.
what is of inestimabe value, they, must derive
from union All exemption from those broils and
wars between themselves, which 50 frequently
affiict neighborng countries not tied together by
the same governments, which their own rivalshps
alone would be sufficient to produce, but which
opposite foreign alliances, attachments, and in
trigues would stimulate and embitter. Hence,
likewise, they will ayoid the necessity of those
overgrown military establishments which under
any W lAuuSpiCtOub ~ lU"
erty, and which are to be regarded as particular
ly hostile to Republican Liberty In this sense it
.s,that yourUnion ought TO be considered as main
prop your liberty, and that the love Of the one
onght to endear to you the preservation of the
other.
"These considerations speak persuasive Ian.
guage to every rejecting virtuous mind, and ex.
hibit the continuance Of that UNION as primary
object Of Patriotic desire. Is there doubt. wheth-
er common government can embrace so large q
sphere! Let experience solve it, To listen to
mere speculation in such a cnse were criminal.
We are authorized to hope, that proper oTgaDi-
zation the whole, with the auxiliary agency OF
governments for the respective subdivisions, will
afford happy issue to the experiment. 1t is well
worth fair and full experiment With such
powerful and obvious motives to Union, affecting
all parts of our country, while experience shall
not have demonstrated its impractcabi.ity, there
wiR altcoys be reason to distrust the patriotism Of
those who in any quarter may endeauor 10 'Oeaken
its lands.
Of sectional parties and their consequences,
Washington emphatically said
"In contemplating the causes, which may dis
turb our Union, it occurs as matter of serious