Daily national era., 1854-06-07

slayeholding Class can govern the wing ana
Democratic PARTIES control the organization
OF Congress, deter mine the Legislation OF the
country, fill the Presidential chair, govern the
Territories through the Executive Power, COM
mand the Treasury, Army and Navy, and dic
tate our foreign policy; in word, hold thirty
one States subject to it's will, and use them Tor
its aggrandizement, it will mo more dissolve
the Union, than give freedom to its slayea, or
set fire to its plantations.
But, suppose this condition OF things should
ccase-suppose the subject States should re-
cover their independence, the subject People,
their power: that the non shareholders should
succeed in overthrowing the slaveholdng
dynasty, in obtaining the control OF the Fed
eral Legislature, Executive, and Judiciary,
of the Treasury, the Army and the Navy de-
termining both the domestic and foreign policy
of the Government, what then?
Certainly, the Union would no longer be
cherished by the Shareholders as the great in
strument Of their ambition, it might, indeed,
become source Of discomfort and apprehen-
sion to them; but, the question would be, could
tkey afford to dissoipc it? Recollect, they would
be out of power, and divested Of the patronage
and consequence which Power always confcrs.
They would have no allies in the free States
and in the slave States would have to encoun-
ter rival interests, brought into life and embold-
ened by an Administration perysded by the
spirit aud controlled by the ideas of Liberty.
What could they do? How word they set
about the work of Disunion Where would they
begin? How much of Maryland, of Delaware,
of Virginia, Of Kentucky, Of Tennessee, Of Mis-
souri,, Of Louisiana, Of Texas, could they carry
with them? What would be the motive to
Disunion? An outrage upon their honor? How
could their honor be outraged by two millions
Of voters assuming that control of the Federal
Government to which they are entitled under
Shareholders may control the Federal Govcrn-
ment without outrage TO the honor Of the
masses of the People, two millions of non. Slave
holders may do the same, without outrage to
the honor Of the Oligarchy.
Would they dissolve it, for the purpose Of
carrying forward their schemes Of territorial
and political aggrsndzement? How could
they execute such schemes, thrown solely upon
their own resourcesl Where would be their
shits their money their men Spain, unaided
by France and England, could then easily re-
tain possession of Cuba, and Mexico might defy
their power. Their gigantic project of bound
less Slave Empire would be extinguished for
ever by a dissolution of the Union.
If neither honor should demand, nor an,bi-
iion find it's ADVANTAGE u dissolution of the
Union, certainly no oouaomical interest would
be promoted by it. Their peculiar system Of
labor would require free trade with the North,
Just as it now does, and the development of
their resources would need just as much of
Northern capital The Union, no longer an
instrument Of their ambition, no longer subser-
Went to their schemes Of sectional aggrandize-
ment, would still be necessary 10 their security
and their economical interests Only in one
event could there arise motive strong enough
to impel Disunion, and Justify the act. That
would be, should the non slavcholding Inter-
eats Of the country, controlling the Federal
Government, usurp unconstitutional power over
the rights Of tho Slaveholjing States:-then,
honor, pride, and the instinct of sclfprcserva-
ton, would arouse and justify spirit Of resist,
ance.