Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-06-29
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.eaissncsr, in reply TO some comments made
BY .ae Charleston Msrcsry on previous
article Of the fatslliosacer:
Upon, the one subject-thc sacred char
erwiss than .solsmnly," because it never
fails 10 awaken 10 W solemn thoughts: The
Charleston Mercury, perhaps. is not old en-
ough-but we are-to remember that there
was time when it did indeed create IN
dienant surprise" in the minds OF all TO
learn that there existed "such monster -
disunionist in the country" We can
never forget the deep emotion, amounting
almost TO horror. produced in every ooso"'
when a voice was heard for the first time
issuing from the same quarter in which Tue
Mercury now re-echoes it, calculating sae
! .lxe II he Union IN dollars and csnts
The idea was in very truth looked upon ~
. ..onster, from which the minds and hearts
of an alike resoiled. He who had tirst the
hard;hood to open this Pandura's box has
long ago gune TO his account; We desire
moi 10 disturb HE ashes. Perhaps he did
not dream Of the inceiculable evils he was
thus letting loose upon the country but
Ne believe il he, in the profundity Of his
m,the mstical Weldon, had never ventured to
hint at the possibility ofmeasuring the value
Of THE Union, ages would have elapsed be.
fore any other brain would have conceived
IL. Nujli6caiion and secession have since
become familiar words in the mouths q
demspcRues and fanatics, who do not hssi-
tate, even in terms. to ridicule the sanctity
or the Union. To US il can never become
suiieientiy familiar to be spoken Of with
leyitv. We believe that our very existence
a. nation depends upon our Unien that
our happiness a. people. upon whom Prov
idence has bestowed land COW ng with
milk and honey. 10 indissolubly linked with
our Union. We believe that we best "sct
for the future" when We endeavor to incul-
cate the doctrine that the well being of that
future depends on the conservation Of our
Union. To compare our "feebls aPpeals'
10 the patriotism Of the people in behalf Of
the Usion with the "cry Of 'treason' against
Patrick Henry" raised BY the adherents
OF tyrant from whose expressions the very
people are nos invoking were then just
beginning to free themselves, 10 too absurd
for serious comment. There is not the re-
hottest analogy in the two cases; or, If the
discoverer cen see parallel which entire
" escapes our perez paions, we cheerfully
leave him 10 enjoy the credit Of bic superior
Intellectual vision.
Another and an esteemed Democratic
journal, in enumerating the sins of the pres
emit ruling faction in Massachusetts, has re-
Gently ssid, as If speaking of some unim-
portant event of common occurrence
"Let her withdraw from the Union. No
voice will rise TO stay her, but all hail her
God.speed in the movement. She may rest
perfectly assured that she will not be, b.
the iron arm Of Government, held in, as
was South Carolina; but. uncontrolled. un-
opposed, and unregrstted, she can retire to
herself. leaving peace behind her. whatever
she Nay carry with her. That her fanati.
cism may, fortunately for the good of the
country, take that turn, 10 contamination
devoutly to be wished. Then, solitary and
alone, revealing in the pandemonium ef her
own virtues, she may pro-e . beacon of
warning which shall peeserve these States
from further diseord."
What! can il be possible that we have
80 soon forgotten the services Of the old
Bsy State in the Revolution that wrought
our independence; that she stood side By
side with Virginia in the 'times that tried
mems SOULS" that her Hancocks, her Adam.
ses. her Quincye. her Kings. and her Oti-
srs, walked hand in hnnd with the noblest
sons of the Ancient Dominion, cher Jew.
els" Drawing together all dangers, spurning
al thrests of the halter, consoling each
other in oil their privations and sufferings,
and 6naily enjoying together, in happy and
harmonious brotherhood, the fruits OF their
united struggles in the field and in the SEN
ate, Are We 20 resdy TO part with the
'~cradle" in which the infant Liberty was
rocked thst We can say, without one emotion
ly contributed to bestow upon US. "Go! de-
part from among Us !; We have had our use
for thee, but thou art now the victim Of
fanaticism, and we need thee no !onger."
And do we forget the fact of yesterday, that
FIVE hundred men Of Boston banded them
Ives together, with true hearts and brave
arms, to compel obedience TO law Of that
Unisn from which we can now 30 cody see
them depart, 10 be thrown upon the tender
mercies Of the very men whom they had
bearded and put down in their stronghold
Were not those men patriots of the right
stamp! Did they not prove the sincerity
OF their love for the Union by jeopnrding
their lives in defence Of its laws! And "the
iron arm Of Government We are compla.
Gently assured, will not be interposed TO re-
strain or suppress the rebellious "move.
ment" of Massachusetts,, as il was in the
case Of "South Carolina" Indeed this
would be sad news if true but fortunately
il comes from source which we have no
reason to believe very intimately connected
with the Government" and therefore we
may suppose it to be random guess. We
will not believe, unless forced by its own
conduct, that our Government participates
in this indifference towards the fate of one
Of its earliest and ablest founders and sup
porters. Nor, indeed, can we believe that
its powers will be called to such test"
Hon. Andrew Jackson Donaldson, of
tennessee, the relative and friend of Gen.
Andrew Jackson, was member of the A.
mericsn Convention. Mr.. Donsldson rep
POI Or . he ryr,to@ Gt~to.