The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1856-01-19
Dissolution Of the unio..

-, PfcscisctS,
snd pug Dear stories ever got up, to
brighten children, and timid men tLs
h,e and cry about the danger of the dis
solution OF the Union. is the most absurd
and contemplate. TheSouth know that.
It's dissolution would produce immediate
ruin 70 The whole slayeholdinp in,ars.,
and hence they allow themselves to nro.
coed no farther in their threats to effec. !,
than 70 produce their desired object 70
COW down the dOughfaces of the North
into submission to their demands Tba
moment one true, firm. still. backed mar,
from the North like Gidd;hys. sumner
or wilson, stands up in Congress. indie,
pendent, and bids defiance to an n.
threats of the slave-drivers. va sad
them suddenly cooling down to temper
ate heat. Ii just such talk as these
men give them, that brings them to their
senses.
In the spicy debate which came off in
tlie mouse on Tuesday, Dec 18th. a good
deal was said. as usual, about the disso-
iution OF the Union, By the shareholders
ana douShlaees. with the intent of fright.
ening the North into obedienee 10 ,ha
behests of Southern despots. The ,,aunt.
let was taken up, in right good earnest.
by that veteran champion of freedom.
Joshua B. Giddings. in the following
characteristic Style
In reference 10 this talk about the
dissolution> of the Union, about which
We have heard considerable this morn
ing, let me say, my friends, don't lie
awake ofnlslltS for fearof the safety of.he
Union, Why, do not gentlemen know
that OF late, the leading Democrs ic pa
per OF the Southern portion of the Union,
The Richmond Enquirer. for some months
past has never ceased to proclaim the
coming dissolution of the Union. Day
after day it has called upon the South to
prepare for the dissolution of the Union.
But all this comes from the South We
never hear the dissolution of the Union
advocated at the North. No Northern
man. with any reputation as politician
ever advoca Ell it."
A voice-Did not Sumner?
Mr.. Giddings-"No, never. We at
the North will stand by the Union-we
will stand by the Constitution. And let
me say to timid gentlemen from the
North, be not anxious about the Union.
We do not intend to dissolve the Union,
and We do not intend to let you do it,
{ daughter. Understand that. We
mean what We say: we will not only
maintain the Union, but we will tell
Southern traitors who threaten it that
they shall not dissolve it. Threaten lis
observation-disclosures and threaten as
often as you please, and We meet you
with stern front and anwavering reso-
luton that such traitorous object shall
not be reached. l speak in all kindness.
We have already got this house next
year, with Gods blessing. we shall have
the President, and in two more years we
shall have the Senate. Then the Exec
u.ive and Legislative branches of the
Government will be in our power. Then
those who threa en- dissolution had bet
ter look out" s~e
A Voice-You do not mean TO hang
us?
Mr.. Giddings-"I do not think you are
fit for hanging. Laughter. l would not
hang one of you-not one of those who
threaten dissolution of the Union. |
will iellyou what we will do. If the
threat be reiterated we viii dig up the
bones of Old Hickory, and republish his
of 1882, in which he swore
"by the Etermaf! that he would hang
every man who attempted dissolution
OF The Union" That will BE- quite suf-
fcient. (Laughter.) That will do the
work. 1t did it then, and it will do it
again. Now, my friends, let me tell you
put of the sincerity of my heart, that
his story of the dissolution of the
Union has grown stale. 1t is no longer
current; We hold it in inefable contempt.
For one word in favor of dissolution
If the Union, lisped by Northern man,
/ thousand are uttered by Southern poIi-
.icians. Witness the debate of last
Monday, in which South Carolina
member boldly and openly declared him
self in favor of 'etting the Union slide"
And yet great horror was affected by the
because Mr. Banks stated in
1 speech in Maine, last Autumn, that
"a her than have all the functions OF q
so far perverted as to be
used for the extension of slavery over ali
The national territory, and for the eternal
of the rule Of the slave pow
sr in the Republic, he would be willing
the Union should slide. Mr. Grow, of
Pennsylvania, the worthy successor Of
well said: .'The Congressional
records show that members who are now
voting for Mr. Richardson. and those
With whom they are associated at the
South, have been declaring for years,
over and over again, that, under certain
che Union ought to be
dissolved, and they are ready to doit.-
Declarations TO that effect were made
lay or twosince, by gentlemen from Vir-
.inia and South Carolina, and have been
,epea ed by others.
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