The daily union., 1854-10-22


shall soon recover our standards and triumph with our
principles over the political foe
SOUTHERN sECTIONALISM.
In answer 10 remark of ours the effect that those
soutberp journals which seek make the impression that
there "a no difference between wings and democrats In the
free States on the slavery question are playing into the
hands of aboitonss the Charleston Mercury makes the
following remarks;
..The South should know the truth, whatever it is and
with consequences But the Union says that TO SPEAK
of parties as equally unsound is to promote seconas
and further the ends of abolition Win the Union sum
up the history of abolition how it commenced as "a niue
cloud like mans hand how it was despsed OF men, anu
its apostles stoned and hooted from village to village un
by dint Of faith and perseverance, 1t STANDS up now M
bodment OF the sentiment of sixteen States, the principle
which old friends divide and ancient enemies embrace
and the rayng cry which unionists and
remble3 viii the Union do this, and answer by what IN
srumentality abolition has become so mighty oecuonsh
did not do IT, No. We have had nothing but nationality.
National parties national sentiment national hopes national
everything national party gave US the tarH Oh 1870
national party passed the force bill nationA party a
the Compromise 1884, and broke it in lS4z hatoha
marty admitted CALIFORNIA; and put the stamp OF shame and
the South and by the Compromise OF 1850
debarred us from our territories These the acts OF ma
tional parties which the South confidently looked
for Justice and by them and through them ALL the spirit
of sboon been made and more insoient ana i
question South has been steadily falling back in pol
cal power and abolition has advanced with
strides combinations parties have prevented
these results and they stand out as terrible warnings
like policy for the South in the future Are we not JUS
tilted then in SAYING this very nationalism this
pesng aid for southern rights this begging Of
peace the place of bold resance and this denuncAton
of seconasm something horrible and reasonabe mas
been and s the best ally Of abolition? Yes the cham
pon Of this same nationality who have hands Of
the abotonists they doing when instead OF
counseng South the guardianship OF her own
rights and liberties they would nvegle her again into the
highway of national politics to be robbed and dishonored
Our reasoning on the question discussed in the orego-
ing extract this the sboonsts desire to sec the North
and South arrycd against each other naked sectional
issue knowing that such issue their triumph would
be certain The only obstacle to the formation OF such an
presented by the adherence of the northern demo-
the national platform which all democrats North
and South harmonize If the democrats of the South
made to believe that the democrats of the North
more reliable than the wings Of the North the national
organization of the democratic party will be destroyed
and the abolition desire Of seeing pure sectional contest
will be pratifed Hence advanced the sentiment COM
mented on by the Mercury-that those southern jour-
malls which abored to impose upon the South the impress
sion that the northern democrats no better friends to
southern rights than porhern wings were playing INTO the
hands of aboltoniss We presume that we do the Mer-
curry no injustice when infer from the tenor OF Its re-
marks that itself to he among the southern
journals embraced by remark. 1t would be uncan-
did in to intimate suspicion that the Mercury
is capable of wfully doing any thing with the view OF
promoting abolitionsm and yet we should be equally un-
candid if did not with rankness that we regard the
utrais of that journal the slavery question as well
calculated promote the object SO anxousy desired by
abolitionsts-a sectional contest beeen the North and the
South Indeed il VIC 90 not misunderstood the reasoning
of the Mercury it manifests unwngness to see the
South withdraw from any political association with the
North and array itself in the distinct attitude of resist
ance expressly repudates the idea of national demo-
cratic organization distinctly advocates sectonaty
as the true poic of the South We bound to presume
that the Mercury takes these positions because they lead
egtimately and necessarily dssoution of the Union
n consummaon for which have doubt the editor o
that journal devouy prays We have not doubted that
the abooniss actuated by equally ardent desire
to see the Union dissolved in seeking to array the North
against the South We conclude therefore, that whls
the Mercury and the aboonsts anpodes the sub
iect OF sayery they harmonic in being equally hostile
continuance OF TIC Union well in the mode of effect
ing s dissolution Instead Of controverting remark
,hersor understand the Mercury confess to the allie
CATION asa 70 put in the plea of justification
As the Mercury belongs the dsunion school of polt
clans whilst belong the union, il is not probable
that our conclusions the OF the growth OF abo
itionsm would agree. Being avowcd sectonsiist it il
not to be expected Of him to admit that sectionasm ha
played an important part in the progressive march of abo
tionmt suits his position better to throw the RESPONSE
biity on natoualism On the contrary are unable
see how naonaism could promote the growth of alb
olitionism whilst it s perfectly plain TO US how seconal
ism has that effect The Mercury is laboring under feel
ings of opposition naonalism which strongly o
the delusions of the monomanac. All the great ca
a,aitie. which taye beallen the country, such th
compromises, whether 70 the tariff or slavery, ART
laid at the door of nationasm, ana yet rght-mnde'
men regard these as blessings of naonalism aad not
evils 10 be deprecated On the other hand sectionasm
the Mcreu,ys panacea for all of evils sectonasn
had ruled none of t abonnobc acts which often
sve to him. whilst they 30 acceptable to most men
would have been imposed upon the couatsy but in the
stead we should have had the interesting spectacle OF dis
memhered confedcracy dissolved Union and in all prob
ability the horrors of civil In the estimation of tn
Mercury these fruits of sectonasm would have been ia
better than the maintenance If the coniederacy by com
promising our sectional differences Gpo1 rational prin
cplcs How nationssm has contributed TO the growth
bo,tio,isn the Mercury does deem it necessary
plain il knows that nationasm very bad thing, an'