New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-10-08
nyIFs N AT,I0NlAI4 UNION.

cohe who can calculate the value of this Union OF
confederated States. Human capacity, even Ia sti
tistcs vast al lbs developments have BEEN stands a
nailed at the magnitude Of the UNDER KING Wneh
considered in its true light The calcuiation Is az
impossbiity. There are not figures enough ~ ~.
arthmetics to sum up grand total OF the priceless
benefits blessings and advantages, civil, moral,
social. religious, hunlanzing and eeyatng, which
this union has conferred upon our own people, upon
the millions who have been gladly welcomed to our
?hospitable shores, and upon mankind generally,
through the unseen vet not unfet influence of our
example, The sands upon the beaches of the ever
lasting oceans might be multiplied by the stars in
heaven and even then acorrect appreciation of the
value of the Union formed by WASHINGTON and his
illustrious compatriots would not be arrived at.
There are those however, who venture upon the
task They are to be found in the North--tney are
to be found in the South-they are to be found IN the
East-and they are to be found in the west. lleir
number is lamentaby large at the present ihoieH''
owing to the insanity Of the times which makes, &C
cordng to the truthful sentiment Of the poet, Tools
Is rush 1nadly where angels fear to tread ilghtly
with the abolition disunonist Of the olth and the
secession dsnionst Of the South there is rearka-
hle similarity in arguments and conclusions Differ
mo radically on every point they arrive at precisely
III same end through different channels of reason
No.. Hating each other with more than Carthage
MAN hatred, their abors tend to an Accomplishment
of the same object-a dissolution Of the Union Were
there regular eo-partnership between them there
could not be greater unity Of action, so far as pract
cal results are concerned. The Northern dsunionist
proceeds with an elaborate argument to prove that
his section would be benefited rather than injured
nv n severance of the bonds which bind the North
and the South together. The Southern disunionlst,
with better face and more frank and manly bear
ing hestates not in entering upon his calculation
and produces imprisoned appeals tavoring dissolu-
ton of the Union, accompanied by mighty array OF
statistics going to show that dissolution would
bring upon the South prosperity unbounded and
greatness unparalleled
Nav Heaven in the munilicence of mercy, take
pity on these misguided men! They know not what
they do. There is other justification for them in
any process Of ratiocnation except what is to be
found in the foregoing sentence They know not what
they do and hence are correspondngly reckless.
dissolution of the Union would bring irreparable
woes upon this country-would blast commerce,
would blight agriculture would be like bosom Of
destruction to manufacturing pursuits would palsy the
arm Of enterprise, stay the hand Of industry mdew
the arts and sciences, check the onward progress OF
human improvement, paralyze the efforts OF the re-
generators of our race, render the last prospect OF
the Acknowledgement Of the nations from iron yokes
Of hereditary despotsm hopeless, and-or no sane
4 man thinks peaceable dissolution practicable
| would end in fratrcidal war, from which both sec
tions at best would emerge so prosraed, ruined and
impoverished, that third of century Of undated
peace and prosperity would not suffice to restore
them to that lofty position Of thrift and affluence
which they enjoyed when, maddened and insane, they
applied the blazing torch of ruin to the surprisingly
glorious temple of freedom and Union that had SC
long sheltered and prospered themselves and then
/ foretathers.
And then how gleefully the tyrants Of the old
world would laugh the utter prostration Of the
last hope, the last abiding place of Iibely on the
whole earth Their dread, their nightmare, would
have destroyed itself; and they could then shake
their shackles of despotism over helpless millions
with perfect immunity from danger.
-4ellow-ctizens, irrespective of party dis
tinctions-this idea of a dissolution Of the Union
ought not to be tolerated for a moment Senator
Slidell may say it fought not to be preserved in
certain contingency, aud Horace Greeley may asser
that it ought not to he preserved in another contn
gency, and their affiliated cohorts North and Soutl
may echo and reecho the horrd shout but we vii
maintain speak for, write for, and fight for if neces
saly, as you all should mautain, speak for, write fol-
| and fight for if necessary
50 Till hopes expiring throb is :
And cen despair can ask more,
for the matchless motto Of the Great Defender of tn
| onsttution-LIBERTy AND UNION, Now AND FOr
EVER, ONE AND lNsErARABLE.
On this point we can speak dispassonately ant
without prejudice for on the political side to whic
our humble support is extended no slrieks for dis
union, threats of dissolution in any probable col
tiugency, rend the startled air. We are only in til
political field as Unionsts, not partisans and OF
advocacy of Mr. Fillmore is based exclusively 0
Union grounds. Did we not deem him the best an
only man for the perilous crisis that is upon the coul
try his claims would not receive the advocacy Of OF
feeble pen.
But our article is growing too long, and we vi
conclude it by appending Longfellows maguifceI
apostrophe to The Ship of State:''
Thou sail on, 0 ship of State.
Sail on, . Union strong and great
Humanity with all its fears,
ALI