Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-08-28
The Union OF the states.

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had separate interests that sometimes seem.
ed to clash, and consequently, required some
forbearance towards each other. The ne.
cessity Of Union, predominaied over all 9th.
er considerations, and when the coRfederacy
was formed the impediments that were In
The way Of q perfect one, based upon equal
rights were deprecated by the very persons
who were involved in sustaining those i'm.
pediments. All of the leading statesmen
Of the South, regretted the existence Of sla.
very, and expressed the hope that ], should
at some time be abolished. This however
has not been done, and the Constitution
therefore exhibits the marks ofimperfection
stamped upon It by an attempt 10 recognize
in il, an institution which was in conficl
wish its whole tenor and spirit Our Con.
s,itulion was adopted by all Of the States,
and is our government and these facts being
received as basis Of action our leading states
men aimed 10 establish such a compromise
between the States as would allay, excite.
ment, and establish ,peaetful intercourse
among them, agreeably to he Spiri, of?the
government. Such was Henry Clay's aim
10 the Missouri Compromise, endi. should
be the objec, Of all true Americans 10 re.
store and sustain tina. Compromise. Il was
a national measure, and not party interest;
and SOFT was accepted and esteemed by all
the States, until The Southern politicians
were seized with the spirit of slavery exien-
sion. All classes of The North, are bound
by their professed regard .or the Conslitu.
lion and freedom, 10 step forward and re.
store that pillar 10 the great temple Of free.
dom which has been ruthlessly taken away
This they can do. and a firm and united
stand will secure to them the greater re-
specI from judicious men Of the South.
The only protection the South enjoy
against the horrors of instruction and the
corn Of the world, on account of q mos
unsighLy exotic which they have cherished
in this garden Of American freedom is The
Union. But the Union was formed 10 Sc.
cure and maintain freedom, and therefore
those who wish to use il for sustaining anC
Ipropaga.ing slavery, perveft Il as much al
Po!lock's hypocri,e did the livery Of heav
len. "when he stole, IL to serve the devil in 2
The Union was q sacred guarantee 10 ,ht
several States, that q foreign foe shoulC
meet an undivided front in the CONSOLIDATED
ranks Of citizen soldiers from all Of tht
States, and 10 the Slave States In case Of an
extensive rising Of the slave population, !
guaranteed protection from the frea States
There is. however no such guarantee giyer
by the North in the Constitution. /, pro
| vidss only for the organization oil republican
! States, as addition members Of the confed
eracy. The States Of the South that hav,
been admitted with slaves, have therefore,
, connection wiihthe Nation only by couue
, sy. not constitutional gupraniee, Will,
they continue slavery.
1 While they insist upon State sovereignty
we shall insist upon republicanism as a con
) di,ion Of our proteciionpl them against ,h
( slave instruction, until they are willing u
restore the Missouri Compromise. Mr.. Jel
/, fsrson, upon the occasion Of the purchase o
! Louisiana, expressed the fear Of a con
!. tinual violation of the government in III
: same direction. Thatpredlcion has prove
: iooirue, and the bitter fruits are now bein
. realized by the Nation Of iha, original sir
1 A Nation ptofessedly republican purchasing
a a slave Siaie! And now the same, Nalio
is the agent Of Shareholders in ex,endin
!. and pa,ronizing a,syslem, the direct and pal
d pable anIagonism its own republican Cor
' stitulion. No wonder the susceptibiIi,ies {
!. Americans are stirred 10 their deepest four