Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-10-10

only few years ago, indicated by their
public action the belief that self-preserva-
ton was fast becoming the sole question
left for our consideration. A watchful
Providence withheld the good old ship
of the Union from the whirlpool towards
which it was then drifting; but if, as
Gen. Cass has said, we should be strick-
en- with judicial blindness for our national
ingratitude and Interpretation of the
blessings of Heaven so profusely scat
tered over the land, it may be possible
that we may not receive special protec-
ton when next we need it.
Why should such honest warning to
our brethren of the North be called a
threat? 1t is not necessary to construe
frankness into an effort at intimidation
| have never believed that the North
could be inundated. l would not re-
spect it if | so believed But [ have
hoped, and do still hope, that the reason
and patriotism of the North will be
reached, not by crying 'peace, achen
there Is no peace !" not by singing odes
to the Union when it is in imminent
jeopardy; not by initiating the dishon-
est example of neryelcss surgeon who
suffers his patient to die of the tumor
which reaches down to the bone, assu-
ring him that all is well, whilst the very
shadow of death is upon him; but by
candid avowal of the danger whilst there
is yet time to arrest its progress. Better
| tInl, .h L.. J, ~ a.
than dance merrily up to the brink of
concealed precipice with hosannas to the
Union on our lips.
Is it disunionism to say that I utterly
despair of the Republic, without spe-
cial interposition of Providence, which
may or may not be granted) should FIRE.
mont and his host seize upon the powers
of the Government? II so, may 'be
unfortunate in my lack of faith. am
firmly impressed with the conviction,
however, that thousands of the best men
of the land entertain the same opinion !;
and it would be well if they would ex-
press it with one united voice.
The time has gone by when men can
be justified in refusing to "lif tie geI, J"
of which Webster spoke in his great
Grafton twenty years ago Rude hands
have long since rent it asunder; profane
eyes have long since looked down into
. the mysterious abyss beyond, which the
, immortal advocate of the Union would
have shut out from our vision. We are
driven to deal with it now as practical
question only the more terrible for
: being altogether practical. ! say. fellow
, citizens, that the dark shade of it il
gathering around you--and, before Hea-
+ ven, ] believe that the defeat Of Ere.
e mont alone can (f any thing cam bring
back to you the clear and genial ligh
= which shone around the cradle of oul
/ Constitutional liberties seventy years ago
II is also my belief that the triumph Of
, the Democracy, (the only National party
in the country,) by the election of Mr.
Buchanan, (the only National candidate
in the field who has the remotest pros
pect of success, is absolutely essential
f to the protection Of the South from ruth
T less aggression, to the perpetuity of a
l.
servation of the true spirit of liberty
under the Constitution
OF this character were the sentiments
and opinions which / expressed at Phila-
delphia-and it is false to say that any
man ventured to charge me with dis
unionism or to offer me rebuke There
were Northern men there who differed
from, as / also knoao that there were
others who c0ncugred in the views / ex-
pressed concerning the probable disasters
which might follow the election Of Mr..
Fremont.
About such matters leave every man
to his own opinion; not fearing TO ex-
press mine. / do not wish TO make an
issue with those who consider the Union
safe under all circumstances but, for
myself, / adopt the motto Of Webter
LIBERTY and UNION, one and insepdrd-
Ue"-and, with all my heart, say, my
the TWO be preserved to US "now and
foreyer'- | am no advocate of USIoN
without LIBERTY, Of Union between abb
clifton despotsm and southern vassaIage;
between an irresponsible and fanatical
majority and minority reduced to deg
; radiation and servitude.
Such would not be the same Union
: which our fathers formed, at time when
} treice Of the thirteen States which es-
tablished the Constitution cere dctuaily
hDlIers If slaUes and when all of those
: sovereign States recognized the absolute
, equality of each, and each therefore re-
garded all as bone of her bone and flesh
Of her flesh If some Of those thirteen
States have since abolished slavery, it is
r no reason why they should make its con-
; tinuance by others pretext for aggres-
sions which threaten to annihiate the
, political independence and TO destroy the
domestic peace Of the minority.
Let US have Liberty and Union, one
and inseparable, now and forever" and
let the conservative patriotism Of the
! country see to it, that the fanatical DEM
, agogues do not obtain the control Of the
Government, with power to convert
brotherly love into fratricidal hatred, by
using az an engine Of oppression, against
sone that which was bequeathed AS THE
; PRICELESS HERITAGE or iLL.
: Respectfully, yc-r fcllow-citizen,
Il. Louis Lowe.
ED- Since the above was in type we
have received the following despatch
from Coz. Lowe.