Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-09-03
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The grest argument Of the Baehsnecfs and
sh<ir fuxicmen, who, hun4h for Fillmore, --rnean.
Ing thc.sby TO help the milk -andmolssses gen
tlsmen Of Whea.land AZ much a. ti,ey csn--is,
that unless The Nebraska. Kansas Democracy are
ssasaiHsd By the people Of tho North, there IL
exceeding danger that the Soath, the chisalsous
South, sr;ii actually get into ttrribse ct Of an.
ger, and then the dissoiutioa Of this glorious
Union vim be inevitable, This ia the chief sta
pie Of the speech and talk OF the opponents Of
Fremont lis the only shadow Of an argument
they have attempted to use. Even lhas wonder.
fui gentleman, Mr.. Fillmore, who 10 loves, not
the country, but, the South, that he Unwilling
20 BE- cais-paw to help his old cnemy 10 an
election, himself condcscends 10 repeat and TO
rely on this wretched argument Of eopardiee,
Nov, there ID just ono answer TO make to the
dsstards who admit, BY their use Of the argu.
mert thss they are otraido OF the South, or, are
themselves the endorscrs Of the opinions ennn.
ciated by the chivslrons fre.eatersl That an
swcr IL, that the North il opposed to Dis Union
ihst Il don't believe the people of the South 10
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any considerable extent, sanction the threats Of
their political desperadocs, THAT If the South
wants to dissolve the Union, the North don't
mean 10 permit It to do 50, and that it will pro-
vide suficiency of hemp to hang the traitors
who undertake 10 effect 80 damnable an object.
That Is our answer to this contemplate pre-
tenee for argument. This Union its honor, its
safety, and its prosperity, depends, not upon the
South, but upon the North The North has no.
thing 70 fear for il, from the reckless efforts of
the exceeding small men, who now lead on the
party whose only artillery Is threat. II is ma
tural for ours TO bark and, we suppose, IL is
quite Al natural for slaye.breeders and slave
drivers and their miserable tools, to make boast
OF what they 1iH attempt, unless they, like
parcel Of spoiled children. are permitted to do
just as they please. We think their threats are
Just as worthy Of attention as would be those OF
children, and OF no more. Men who consider their
words, seldom indulge themselves in childllke
thrcatenings Men who respect themselves des.
pise those who adopt such a means of accom-
piishing their ends
THIS talk OF danger to the Union has become
nauseoas--dis disgusting. No sane man, North or
South, believes team be dissolved by any issue
now before the country The Southern man
knows how weak is his own section. The south.
ern dread of theirown slaves, is too often mani.
tested for him to pirate very largely of what he
South would do dioaei 1t derives all its power
from the North as an infant derives nourshment
from It's mother. Ii cannot walk alone, and it
knows It. II has played game Of hrag against
the North while the North has held it UP. The
North has been more amused than frightened,
and now, that II has a work to accomplish, it
will show the South, just what it thinks Of its
terrible threats