The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-07-01
From the Richmond Enquirer, June 80.
THE COST OF THE UNION.

We have fully expressed views upon theme which,
during the tendency of the Nebraska bill and since its
passage has formed the burden of many article in the
northern newspapers of the Greeley school We have de-
monsrated the utlity Of the argument that the South
had benefited much than the North by the exist
of the Union and have shown that should north
fanacsm succeed by its aggressions in forcing dis
rupon of the coniedeacy the North would lose vastly
than this section Of the confederacy in which lot
is cast The subject brought back to minds by meet
ing with report of the ndscrminae rawlings of the abo
onsts at their meeting in New York last month. The
infamous Garrison proposed the following resolution:
Resolved That the grand vital issue to be made
with the slave power is the dissolution of the existing
American Union"
Henry G. Wright spoke thus basphemousy and fanati-
/ cay in defence of the movement:
~ like that resolution very much The founders Of the
government committed vital in giving the same
rights to liberty and slavery This country denies God
if il believes in God do not The Christians God,
think Often is the accused of demons According
the accepation Of the term Jesus Christ knew
nothing about Christianity. And if Jesus came to New
York. Christian would recognise HIM, and no pulpit
would receive him. The name Of Christ has become high
tower to which all denominations resort The of the
Christians God has become bulwark of defence of Amer
slavery and all the abuses which have been pracsed
under it, No mans rights can be asceained by reference
to Bible law, constitution. don't care that (snap-
ping his fnger) for such book constitution when
the question of liberty slavery is to be considered
thank God that trnitor TO that constitution
couldn't be honest man otherwise thank God, also
and of all Chrstend0m We desire to dissolve the Union
because gives the protection to slavery to bor
ty, and marvel that our friends in Congress-Cerrit
Smith, Gddings and oherswill sit down by the side of
Shareholders whom they consider pirates and with them
egsate for the government of twenty millions of people
What effect laws passed by pirates have? The only
alternative left for this country is the utter moral annha
ton of the people, the dissolution of the Union and the
formation of new northern republic And should like
practical adopted to place this matter be-
fore the people They ready for it, because there is
great feeling abroad because the people have been vcy
treated by the present Congress Following out the
idea Mr. Wright said he would be glad to slavery spread
the country and white should be sold He would
be glad to see Franklin Pierce sold MS slave"
Now do not pretend to maintain that these sent-
ments held by avery large portion Of the North but
painfully forced to the conclusion that since the
summation of the Nebraska Of justice the ten
dency Of the action of large portion of the North is to
arrive at the practical rcsutthe weakening of the
pillars of the Union If in their wild resistance the Ne
braska settlement they follow the advice Of their leaders,
and successfully sustain the aiming of blow at the
sttuton and the Union such the repeal of the fugitive
slave law the days Of the conederacy may be numbered
and the South will be called upon to look out for its
Independent safety at all hazards The folly of such
course the part of the North easily demonstrated by
the past history of the country and it be-
hooves all patriots TO put forth arguments to convince the
public mind and by the influence of truth and reason to
defeat the awless schemes of the traitors to the country
best interest Nothing be absurd and suicidal
than this continued northern practice of calculating
the value of the Union How has the Union injured
the North2 AS the Columbus (Cia Times well says,
its whole fiscal action pours money into their laps the
tonnage duties have built them up marine only rivaled
by that of England its fishery bounes have made
their barren promontores TO bloom garden almost
much money is expended in their limits is distracted
by axation the Union makes them the factors and
riers Of thrtyone States they have grown fat like Jesu
rum, and like him, they kick against the power that has
exalted them; they offer instance Of material prosperity
unexampled in the history of Once the Union is
dissolved, discriminating duties imposed, tonnage duties
and fishery bountes abolished and disbursements from the
national treasury cease and their prosperity will vanish as
the mornings dew southern cities will take the place OF
New York Philadelphia and Boston, and these proud maris
ofcommerce will become what southern cities now are my
does the North the of the UnonP What does
she regard the Mordeca that stitch at the Kings gate
Nothing less than the existence OF slavery In the
southern States and the inability of the North to WELD the
power of the federal government as 10 hasten ITS hbo
ton. How rabid must be the ianatcism Of the North
when il will peril the countless blessings which the Union
showers upon them in order to crafty its wild long
ingsl The consciousness that the Union is the salvation
of the North has for long time stayed the hand of anat
cism and preserved the conedeacy If the reckless lead
cr of northern sentiment shall succeed in overurning
this conviction it will be the beginning of the end Of the
revolution The friends of the Union in the northern