The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-09-12
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.


,hlsb below short extract from letter received
~ aays ago from friend residing In a northern
IA now travelling in the State Of New York The
.ons Of those calm and profound thinkers, who
y mart in politics, and who looks upon the move
partes with the eye Of patriot and philosopher
,gssions brief as they are, afford abundant food for
n, % southern men, Let them be read and weighed
4 n thinking men
,hnk Mr. Buchanan may be elected by large major
mo North is not yet aroused 10 the point Of going 70
mites with YOU though there is large party now
no 10 proceed. Fremont has been weighed, and has
| iound TO be a-humhug--quite equal to the woolly
H. he Is reported, by the Snowman, to have brought
| Inc Rocky mountains. The sober people, who care
for politics not willing to vote for who wants
capacity and has no fixed character. You viii find
his party 10 be very powerful one and that for
next series of years 1t will grow rapidly The question
en the North and the South is coming to an issue far
T. rspidly than we ever supposed. No one say
il will break forth but it cannot be deferred long
are all warned TO set house in order in anticipation
M catastrophe The bonds OF union, in my judgment
not hold the two sections together for any great length
me The people OF the North and South are growing
4 and more unlike yearly, Even the democratic party
yded by East aud West line upon most questions
lcy The literary class North hostile TO nsti
as and principles and scatter opposition and resist
through the North This class includes the press the
ana majority of the bar besides itinerant lectu-
and prote5sed authors. . .... ID. i i.
|Ths class you will observe embrace the most efficient
|eria for combining an active compact and powerful
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they hold all the avenues to the popular mind In
northern) country they exercise powerful in
nce, for there no permanent principles, no fixed
lis OF thought and established eustoms local at
huents 10 obstruct that influence. The sentiment of
hour unfortunately, directs the political conduct OF
Il men, aud this class create that sentiment.
The Union still has some reverence and there is a
h aversion to revolution But the North has been so
assured that il has mt last to believe that there
consistency in the southern mind, and therefore,
Lsion for fear or need of halng.
INV own opinion is that revolutions are not accom-
bed by votes, but by blows and bloodshed The
lon Of ire occasioned by the fight Concord and
he'd whenever bloody riot in the capital takes place
the slavery question Our animosities will then be
Ioded in the form of constitutions and laws
The people here do not understand their danger. They
,w less OF the southern States and care less for them
d they do for any European kingdom. They have been
to believe yon are cruel taskmasters of slaves and
gant and oyerbearing in your ordinary intercourse
violent when INSTRUCTED. A sad and unworthy delu-
but SO it is. They think, too, that the North has no
Dor in and is allowed no benefit FROM the federal ad-
tnraton You now charged with treachery for the
ach of the compromise act Resistance has therefore
be to be regarded sacred duty.
Ion the other hand, you regard-and think rightful-
all the action of the federal government concerning
ery as aggressive mischievous and founded in gross
Dr. and having unconstitutional validity.
We can, therefore, have appreciation of the motives
conduct OF another But every successive
opposition the disposition employ every mo-
atary of irritation and repusion meant to effect
desired end-to wit a permanent separation"