The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-08-23

conf CT which must soon come, for principle
winch must be u n aimed. We are d. rsuade,
that the American people will not suff.. desc.
cfaIicn of The Lorr:'s day 70 be l-gaIized anc
! systrna''zed in 'his country. and those foreign
ers or natives Who wish for it, will be oyrrruled
and restrained.
We rej"ice TO Sc" papers Ike the Stats Z i.
tnng are exerting thrr influence 81 b. n-ficialI5
and We wish III, IN . God speed" in the good
work.
From, the w ashrngton sentinel. s
The English ".9ati-S'arery Lesgue,' and the
.4merican .a,oli,i1 fsts
II the American people havs ever demonsira-
ted any fact. they have DEMONSTRATED th.. fact
that they can lake care Of themselves and their
nrs, without the help of any naiio,i--and
especially England While yet in colonia,
suhjrc'h.n TO gland, they were SO j.alou. O
their rights that neither peril no disaster, pov.
erty nor superior numbers could restrain them
from the asst rtlon aud naint, nance Of those
rights
Years have passed FROM three million our
pop ulation ha. rra, he'd 10 twenty se or thirty
millions. We have increased r IN thirteen i,
hiry one States, No w,ihstandinv all this
England still manifests an officious disp. si,ou
to 'neddIe with Us. England did i seek t,
abolish slavery here when we were colonies -
isu her active benevoleucc has broken out with
startling effect since We cut her leading string.
and set up for ourselves.
With the individual! sen,in, n. 8 % E,plishmen
We have nothing IL do. But " heii Enpl,sh,neu
organize societies To operate against American
Institutions, 10 mould American sentiment, and
to influence American government, we feel pri-
vleged to speak.
an,anE ...c numerous socie IFS in EaillLd
gotten up hy disappointed politicians, crazy wo-
men, si,psbod scholars, and cracked brain-d
philosophers, ph;lanthropiss and fana'ics, there
Is one in reference to which we expressed our
opioions several months ago 1t is .the anti
slavery league Of England" The object Of lh.
league or society is to war against slave ry-es
pecaIly in The United States.
Now slavery in the United States is domes
'ic institution II is r c"gnised by the laws OF
'hose States in which II is found, and il protect
ed by the Federal Cons'i utionla he object o.
his league or society is to prncue ts abolition.
Such degree of oficious insolence is almost
incredible. One would suppose that the whole
American populaion would unanimously r.bukr
and put DOWN such arrogance and inpudrnce
Not so however. The American aboIiiionists
encourage these English abolitinni.,s is and really
recognize their right to mould and make Amer
can institutions. More than that-th cnncede
I" them the right ard the power to alb li,h
American institutions. They have united with
lem, and, as f'r as they can do -, have pu,
their country al the mercy Of foreigners in
foreign ]and.
The Secretary or the English anti Slavery
league one F w. Chcsson, has recently is-
sued a pronuncimenio, in which dogmatic
insolercr struggles with unblushing mend ,city
He undertakes I" skr ch the history of slavery
agitation in the United States, and assumes
that the ,r,h has heen arbitrarily rul-d and
gr' ssly imposed on by the s,uth The passage
Of he Nebraska bill has awak ned all his ire,
and with unparalleled irs 'ltnce he gravel. pro
poses A DISSOLUTION OF THE UNION I!
He says:
The free States may not nov preven. the
Establishment of slavery in Nebraska they
may not pre- vent the annrxat,nn Of Cuba. and
the conquest of Mexic" 4: hut By a dissolution
If he Union, and the for notioa ot great
ao'thern republic, they may ret,,cfs their honor
and their lndr pends nee, aud no longer con 'inue
I, be mere fsis "t the rlaveholding d-spotism !,
and, what is Of more importance than this even;
by taking this step they lay ann hilate slavery,
withou, the chance of its restoration to life for
hitherto, thst fss'iia ion has been preserved
from overthrow altogether by the aid Of northern
muskets, northern gold, uni northern traitors y
g. Let The nOrth be d.oided from the s0uih, and
soho can suppose hat handfat Of human chat
tel mongers could long continue to hold in sub
lection ma ion painting To obtain its freedom,
and ha wing mul,iiudes of synpa' hisers on the
very borders Of the main of slavery itself 2
Some Of the most eminent sllvch ,ldrrs have
testified that the American Union is the foun.
daton of southern slavery, and that if that is
removed the entire supers.rncture must fall. All
that progress. whetI-f com nrrcal, p ,Iitical, or
moral, which has rendered the United States
great am ing the natl ms of the earth, -xiss 5 in
he free States and il is not 100 much t. say
that ii northern republic were for ned, not
only wnu it prssen, an infinitely m,re g'or
Gus spectacle han is exhibited in the present
unprineipled and d-basIng union, but its pros.
periy and it, power in he world would increase
il ten-fo!d The Nebraska bill is rapidly mul
tplying the number Of abolitionsts, and arous.
ing even iii" 'nservative party in the north 10
sense OF the Dational danger, and it j. by no
means impr ,babie lint some such course as
that which have skr'ched may be ultimately
pursued by the great body Of the free States
1t is cer,an that the hitherto small disunio,.
pa, ty in that section Of the country is rapidly
increasing IN numbers, and it seems eviden;
hat di-u i'm alnne can meet the exigencies oi
the crisis. ~
The English secretary Of the English anti
slavery society proposing to Americans the dis
solution of this Union Can ilnpudence 90
iur,her' Is ,h,re one man in this country
mean and miserable tnoe h 10 regard such q
proposition, from such spurce, with anything
like favor? With huniliaiiod we answer
there are many such-THE ABOLITION
lists
These poor delud"d, depraved creatures have
no pride of country, no love of country. They
have oui one idea, and that j. the ab ,lition OF
slavery. They make very thing else dep-n
IN that, aud would open our gates 10 any tor
eign enemy accomplish that object. They
would betray their country, rather than iis
inst ltutions should remain
There are nrw in the unsettled condition OF
parties m,uy persons of unsound politics. who
nay BE- meiita,ing union with the abolition
lists. We would point such persons I" the last
ent"f ab .litonsa.--its / ,ss of patriotism, hnd
lis BETRAYAL Of rs country t. aliensand for, ign
ers--and invoke them tn pause and think be
ter- they take that fatal step.