Washington sentinel., 1856-08-07

cious defiance of all moral and political rights.
No sooner is this initiative treason and treach-
cry accomplished, than, emboldened by their
own achievement, they fling out their piratical
banners with fifteen of the States stricken
from the consolidated galaxy Of the American
Unionl Elected by section Of the Union,
without the aid of the other section on the one
hand, or the power successfully to resist this
evil on the other, they come flushed with their
reasonable victory to take the reins of Gov
ernment. Discarding, in advance the Consti.
tuition as the chart by which their administra-
ton should be guided-spurning as interiors
hfteen ofthe sovereign members Of the Union
trampling under the despotic heel Of hellish
power all Of their rights and privileees--shear-
ing them of their proud dignity as equals
evelling them to the condition OF hewers of
wood and drawers Of water--constitutng them
a serfdom to do the behests of their high will
and pleasure; aud as if these were not enough,
to sting them with the further humiliation of
having the Federal offices within their own
limits filled by the fendish etnissaries from
their own foul aud corrupt dominions, that the
seed OF domestic insurrection may be sown, or
the torch Of the midnight. incendiary success.
fully applied to their once happy and peaceful
homes. This is the character of the men, and
these the principles Of the party, who have
come forth, like the great Phlistine of Goth,
to defy the living armies of God and Liberty,
OF Right and Reason, of Justice and the Con-
stitution! Is it an exaggerated picture? A
Missouri line Of office IS to be run! This is
their scheme; for, not content with bowing
you down, men of the South, in humiliation
and disgrace, their cormorant maws as insatia-
BILE as that of their great chief, demand even
the offices within your household. But, sup
pose there mere bounds to their lust Of power
and pelf how could the Government be car
ried on under the rule Of this black crew, who
set at naught every principle Of common hon
esty and truth? Suppose, with a mockery of
favor to you, they were willing to fill the Fed
eral offices with men from your midst, where
are the cravens to be found to hold them under
such an administration Where are the col
lectors aud surveyors of your ports, the post
masters of your cities, and the judges and the
marshals of your Federal districts? Even the
pure ermine of justice must draggle in the
mire of corruption and putrescence, and be
subservient to the destructive fiat of central
power without scruple or principle.
From the election of Fremont, two PROPOSE
tons must ensue-disunion, or tame sub
mission to the most disgraceful bondage We
will not depict the train of tragedies and the
frightful destruction that would follow the first.
But what Southern heart does not beat quickly
with offended and indignant pride at the con-
temptation ofthe only alternative Of fDIsUNIoS-
the most revolving form Of political slavery.
FIFTEEN SOUTHERN STATES stripped of their
power, dignity and equality FIFTEEN SoUTn-
ERN STATES made the vassals of horde of
corrupt vandals to whose natures virtue is
stranger, and in whose conceptions honesty
has no place. We will not doubt, under such
circumstances, the patriot spirit of all true
lovers of the Constitution will be aroused, and
that when the lies OF November come they will
be minglng their gratulations over victory
in which peace, order and equality are pre-
served in every State of our glorious Union.
The issue is before you-Sectionalism and its
corollary, Disunion--or the Constitution and
which you will have.