Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1856-02-07

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BORT win tho ldeas ente ftainSd 10 some
other states. Fresh frem groundless
of breach n Mn aeaiel
other men, tbey viii conaae
tation Of this question, witll ihe yi0Iatl6h
lof an express Compact between tie IN
dependent sovereign powers of thS \.
is and the Republic az Texas, ass.xnll
as the older and equally solemn fOn-
lpacts which assure the equality Of the
States. 1slz .tsa 1. s,s y NE I.
4 But, dcplorable as would be such u
violationsof. a compact il itself, with Al
it's direct consequences, that ii the very
least u evils involved. When,sectional
]agitators shall have succeeded ia foFeing
on this issue, canstheir pretsptieEs fail
70 be met By counter retensions Twill
not different States be compelled IA
meet extremes With extremes And if
EITHER extreme carries III point. what Is
that, so far forth. but dissolution of,the
IUmooun If d new State, formed from
Territory of:the United States be ahso-
llutely excluded from admission therein,
that fact Of itself constitutes the destruc-
Ition Of tie Union between it and other
States but the process Of dissolution
lcould not stop there. Would not Z
sectional decision producing such re-
lsult BY 4 5majority Of votes, either Nor
them Or Southern, Of necessity drive the
oppressed and aggrieyed minority to the
wall, and place in presence Of each
other, two irreconcilably hostile con-
declarations y g. "a
i It is necessary to speak thus plainly
of projects, the offspring Of that sectioo-
al agitation now prevailing 10 some Of
the States, which are assrimpracticablS
as they are Unconstitutional, and which,
liz persevered in, must end ca!smitonsly.
Is It either disunion or civil war, or is it
mere angry, idle, aimless disturbs nee Of
the public peace and tranquility ? Dis
union for what! If passionate rage Of
fanaticism and partizan spirit did not
force the fact upon our attention, il wo'd
be difficult to believe. that any consider
able portion Of the people Of this en-
frightened country, could have 50 sur
rendered themselves to fanatical devo-
ltion to the supposed interests Of the
relatively few Africans in the United
: States, as totally to abandon aud disre-
gard the interest or the twenty-six mil
lions of Americans, to trampIe under
foot the injunctions of constitutional and
moral obligations. and engage in plans
of vindictive hostility against those who
were associated with them in the enjoy
ment Of the common heritage Of our
national institutions. 4,l
Nor it is hostility against our fellow
citizens Of one section of the Union a.
q xW ! a
lone. The interests, the honor, the du-
}ty, the peace and the prosperity ofthe
people Of all sections are equally inyolv.
ed and imperrilled in this question and
! are patriotic men in any part Of the
Union prepared in such an issue, thu.
|madly to invite all the consequences Q
the violation Of their constitutional en-
] gagements /? 1t is impossible for TIL
!, storm of phrenzy and faction must inev-
!, Iitably dash itself in vain against the IN
shaken roch of the constitution. Ishal
! never doubt it. know that the Unior
: lis stronger thousand times. than all thu
evils and chimeri schemes Of socia
! change which are generated one ate
another ia the unstable minds Of vision
airy sophists aud interested agitators "
Z rely confidently or the patriotism Of tn
I people, and the dignity and self respec
: Of the States-on the wisdom Of Con
GRESHAM above all. the continued
gracious favor Of Almighty God. I