The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-06-24

deserving s ssowed principles, the ether saeFiaa
safety, is property, nay, lis very existence.
II must be evident to those who comprehend he Tia
bind States and communities Ia the great houd Il =
organization Thar this eonfederaey, Il not ia imn.
danger Of disruption, win inevitably be brought Is
catastrophe at 40 distant period unless the cause.
have not only already alienaied bat made bitter ~
two great sections Of the union, are removed Or i
mlagated The lime via assorediy come when a.,
no longer be either common interes, or comnoa
ing ofbrctherhooa 10 cement she different parts ,,s
and when tho only alternative yin be separation ! !
ereion.
That these causes have not already fnisbed ihs,
affords 40 security that It win not ~ eventually s
pllshed- They have already scattered disaRioa ~
churches and are amply sufioiea, 10 dismsmbsr :.
We have il Il true cried "sof 50 often without III
coming that We think he win never come The ,hiss
ing storm has passed again and again heads
out the lightning shivcrlag Us % atoms, aud nov
neither fear the warning crashncr the lusia blaae tu
death-stroke comes Al last and those Who play vita Il
derbolts should he nothing less than Joye himself
When we contemplate the attitude 10 which the Il
and the South stand towards each other can any
that loves his country and cherishos the Union sis i
and sword iis guardian aud protector, avoid kOius
most painful solieiiude2 VIM II not wiring hia IL
strings read and to hear The Language used ~ one
ton Of the citizens Of this peaceful coneseratoa
wards the other and will he not ask himself, Ara
brothers, are these eoantrymeaY The common lang !
between them Is such can only apply 10 man Is !
lowest state Of human degradation and Judging from
eptheis they apply ndiscrimina,eiy each other then Y
not the face Of the earth two deadly enemies N
source and the root Of all this Is abolition which i n
Synonymous with whiggery in the North
If the wings Of the South are they assert the rs
Of the Union and the opponents Of naliihcaton eau "A
unite with those Of Massachusetts New York Ohio n
Pennsylvania whose legislative bodies are now arav
against the great bond Of Union u Can they Join Nd.
and hand in the assertion Of principles aud the accoap
men Of measures that directly infringe on those a,rI
and conceded rights which The only security q n
saveholding States agains the iuroads Of ana,ea N
joriy2 And they stoop Che degradation Of being
servcdy CHASED with those base birds that beu their
nests, by becoming the acconplces Of those who have ID
laborng for years to place them before the world "a AN
cious criminals living IL the daily violation OF The Law,
God aud the rights Of Humanity The affirmative
these questions II to us, would place the whr
the South below the dead level Of degradation VII
has beer reached by many Of those IN The North Al
yet Che wings aspire to be a national party
There Gun be hut one national party In this count
while the great questions BY which it Ia dlsturl
almost conyulscd, continue 70 be ferccly agaiea 4
that is the democracy They alone are, and have aws
been the national party, because their principles I
They stand, they have stood the bulwarks of q
constitution the defenders OF the rights of the States
which a the States equally interested, and which
fact constitute the real cement OF the Union There
seconasm in their doctrines or their practice II ID
from them has proceeded any of those hatapp
to sectional interests excited sectional opposition Their
newa Of the charter OF the United States Bank heproee
tariff internal improvements By the general goyerumtn
every founded on latitudinarian construction
the constitution and infringing the rights Of the Sad
as guaranteed by that instrument emana,ed ifom u,
eral party and with the decided opposition o. III
mocracy, which manfny sustained the vetoes u esag
Jackson II the Union has been, Is nov PLACED
jeopardy by appeals to sectional interests and prgaA
II was not BY them single measure ealcuar
to injure these interests apgravae these prejado
hid to their charge.
They have never appealed to fanatical excitemcpt
strengthen their weakness for they felt strong enou
whou, them They have never called to their aid the n
lies errors aud excuses Of mankind, nor sought 10
list sectarian higory In their behalf They to ~
in the cutters for the ragged remnants Of extinct ace
in order to patch together party labelled with
uDar devices have they ever changed their namg
their principles. They stand where they have avii
Stood the great platform Of the equal rights of h pa
pie and the States and thus standing, have alone S
to claim the distinction Of CHEAT sAr@
PARTY
On point alone there Is, unhappy, what may ab
mately prove bone OF contention, at least SQUIRE
division, between the democracy Of the North and Y
South. portion perhaps large portion, Of the ou
unques,ionably differ from the latter in their mprsgs
with regard TO African bondage In the South both wig
and democrats consider slavery II exists in that f'
not as curse but blessing-not violation q 4
law Of God and the rights Of nature bat as sanctioned
the authority Of Scripture, and the practice Of mank
from the earliest ages Of the world And setting aside
this, they claim unqacssonabe right 70 mantsin .
institution under the guaranty Of the constitution and
law Of the land without any interference The part
general government or the sister States.
II cannot be denied and Il Ia useless 10 deny that hf
feeling In the North among the people large sad I
peeally The rising generation in opposition TO saEe
did not exist 70 any extent or ut least had not bsoa
source Of danger to the Union until It was enisfd q 4
contests o. parties and welded az political lever ~
vons 10 the revolution none we believe With the exag
Az. Af,s. \ 4Ns ~