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ThelRond of Union.

The Richmond. Fnqpirer has discovered lb 4
sOutLsn Slavery is all lha. Keeps the UniOnlO-
gether. /. says:
"0ur Union would not lasptHenty years
but for scutbern Slavery. Slavery,
and nothing bat Slavery. bas preserved our
Union so far. or can preserve il hereafter, 9
Without ttis iasftssion there pould be no good
reason for Eesph4ga Confederation 50 convent.
emily 1orys."
There is more ruth than poetry 10 all ihis
So far as lbe South is concerned, Slavery /,
unquestionabIy The chief bond Of the Union.
The Southern aveholders know perfectly well
that DE Union is heir only safeguard, that
guarantees Of tbe COnsIituiiOn are all that for.
tiies Slavery against assault from Without and
insnreeiiOn at ihOme,- and chat The power Of
the Federal GOterdnent is al they can rely
npOn for The accomplishment Of the schemes
they have in vii Nv Tor the future,
Itis pnIy the ifederal power that they can
secure ltIe extenlioq Of Slavery into new Terri
tories; for il lh9fedsral troops had not inter
Ffered intad Of the border rufians tbe settlers o.
kansas would have driven them out Of the Ter.
Sitory aqd vindioatsd their right to form and
EsgulsteStheir Ow institutions in tteir own way.
L is OnE BY the power Of the Union that the
South expect u conquer Cuba,- to annex
Central AmericaIand make further aquisiticus
Of territosy from Mexico. The leading minds al
the soutk,--thoss who have con irol of its lea
ding fortunes and who shape its future,-are
sckemisg for the formation Of great South
etn conisderacy, ,-4lPO embrace not the sxistin g,
slaye States but w66eVer additional lerritor n
they can yet both South aud North. And
they intend, if NECESSARY, to force the national
Government into VARS which shall end in largo
aquisitiOnS Of foreign soil. u &dis hope 'Ohiei
Keeps them fn tie UhiOn. Whenever ~ shall
have accomplished 'ths Object, ct,-whsnsver bt
the power pf The federal government they sha
have annexed Cuba, Central America and Mex.
leo, then they will be ready 10 dissolve and
set up Southern eOufederaey for themssIves.
They want new Slave States to- give them poti.
er in Congress for the accomplishment Of these
purposes, This is n motive -ef tbe;r-sxlrsme
anxiety to make Kansas a Slave State Mr..
TABER, the Editor Of the Chsrestown Is. c.
Mercury who was recently killed in a duel, and
who was one of the bOldest, fraukest and most
daring champions Of the Slave interest, made a
speech in South Carolina not long before bis
death in which he said:
"What are we TO do? Look on the map
for Kansas. See the post she occupies
The north has 16 States, the South 16. Give
them Kansas-they have two more votes in
the senate, and the whole country becomes ab-
oltionized. The same cry sWells from Maine
to Iowa-'No more Slave States Let that
cry be the precursor Of success to its utterers,
and tareaueH to The bright anticipstiOns, the fond
dreams for the future of southern institutions
,rhicA zoe have looked tor,Oard TO seeing them en-
Jrcced in the arms ofa Southern Cogederaey
and proudly defy ng the sOOrld to strike. Kan
sas lies at the very gate of the west on the
route of the great Pacific Railroad she stands
out very premOnitory in the Union. II Kan
sas is made free, where next can slservy ad.
vance to the West?'
These are the projects that make the federal
Union necessity fer the Slaveholding interest.
Until they are accomplished, not one Of the
most ultra of the fre-eaters Of the South will
seriously entertain thought Of disunion. The
E,aguirer's article. admitting that Slavery is
the bond of Union, is complete and conclu
sive refutation and abandonment of all the
threats Of dissolution that have been uttered in
the Southern States.
The issue Of this election does not touch the
question of Disunion The real question is.
shall the whole power of the Federal Govern
ment be placed in the hands Of those who will
use it for the Extension OF American Slavery
first into the Free Territories of the United
States, and then by conquering new regions for
the erection of great Southern Confederacy7-
This is the issue, and il must be met now.--N
7. Times.
The UNION NOT SAVED AFTER .ALL,-Al-
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