The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-08-29

p,nc minor details, initiated against those
deeper principles which give life, strength
and stability 70 the government OF this great
nation. trust then that / can Justly at
tribute it to a conjunction oil. good sense and
reason, that perceived that as one of
the particles composinga great body, had
returned to q state OF nature, ready, how
ever, to enter into some new Body, whenever
the ailairs Of that nation should call for its
Pray, what greater and more convincing
proof could son have of the death of q
father, than TO SEQ number OF doctors APP
plying galvanic battery to his limbs? He
would 900 them move convulsively for a
while, and during the contact. But he
would soon see them sink, IL possible, into
moro senseless state than before. But
how must not this shock him I! Suppose,
then, after this shocking exhibition, tho
doctors should still tell him that oil that
was necessary In order to restore life fully,
was to attach the body to the body Of some
other man, and that other man lifelong
foe and bitter enemy, Numerically opposed
to him in every principle Of thought and ac-
ton, and that he, the son, and his mourn
ing brothers, might then follow him and
look to him still for advice and counsel.
Well, sir, have experienced the shock,
and all the other imaginable sensations of
such son, when rs q Wing (ifto be q
WING one must assist in such an unnatural
and detestable marriage, thank Tod | am
no longer one)-you advise me to unite
with scape other organization /" and finally,
by stating what you mean TO do, although
you do not openly say so, intimate that or.
yanization to be the so.called Democratic
party. alt is the sole duty of Wings to
unite with some organization Of their coun.
trymen, to defeat and dissolve the new geo
graphical party calling itself Republican ~!
As a reason Tor this you assume that the OBJ.
jject and design Of that party is to create
sectional hatred, the result ct which will
be the dissolution Of the Union. In sup
port Of your opinion you indulge in very
beautiful display of rhetoric, which, how
ever, II may Judge of its effects upon other
Wings, from its effects upon me, was only
wasted. From what l can gather by ming.
linz with the world, the men Of the present
times seek for solid argument, clothed with
plain language, and bascd upon truth and
right. am inclined to think that there ID
much Of the "ecstacy of madness in that
very rhetoric.
The essence Of the argument seems TO be
this One "half of America has been gov.
crned always by the other half. If they dc
not submit quietly, it is the "ccstacy o.
madness" One great element in the gov
crniug power las been and still is human
slavery. In proportion as free labor has in
creased and surrounded itself with prosperi
ty and all its natural and glorious results
lust in the same proportion has this govern
ing power grown weaker. The great ele
ment then must be strengthened and ex
tended. Reason, justice, humanity, and al
} the best interests Of 10th halres Of America
unite in saying thit slavery itself i al
atrocious wrong, and black stain upol
civilization. Free labor says -..
aIet slavery stay where IL is. 1t canno
he meddled with. But when 1t seeks Il
spread itself, then say 1t shall 60 no fur
ther." The frccmcn Of the Northern " hal
Of America" constitute the Republican par
ty. This party distinctly says, I" we do no
. seek to interfere with slavery where Il ex
ists, but we will prevent its extension," an,
this puts the wild waters in an pproar.
This is the "ecstacy Of madness" II stem
to me that your whole argument Is, that II
.,this new geographical party should com
into power. the Union will DO dlssolyed.-
That is, If the South cannot govern, the
,S;,i-what ?-secede? That is not tn
correct term. Withdraw. N"t correct ye'
and you, sir. know perfectly well, and bel
ter than most men, what the correct tern
is. II you do not, I can tell you. The
riR rebel against the government. There
no such thing as secession. And l am in
clined to think that the government will b
. .,rong enough to take care Of rebels. III
wished to be very sarcastic towards you, ]
views of the positions you have assumed !
your letter, / should not accuse you Of M
+ having read and understood the preser
crisis, but rather of haring read and unde'
stood it. II would be much severer sal
ga IN to say that you completely and pei
icctly appreciated the full bearing and ter
G l,ncy OF the Cincinnati platform, than tina
you did not.
Now SIR. looking at your former position
> and remembering your eloquent expression
u II hostility 10 the Entertainments of IL
, slave powcr;-your determination " to d
.ooner than sec slavery extended over q
inch of our territories % believing that 20
have full and clear knowledge of the trr
condition of the South, and its ability
sustain itself out OF the Union considerin
, III those long cherished principles OF Il
Wing party, and the wide and fathomle'
Gulf betwix them, and the doctrines taugl
By the old Democratic party, and now r,
asserted with magnifed cnormity in I'll
Cincinnati platform. il altogether tran
sends my comprehension to discover hol
you can have brought yourself to give !
your adhesion to it, or how you can adyis
the supposed Wing party that it is its dut
only duiy-to do likewise.
, 1 say supposed Wing party. You can n
more speak Of a party without q platiorl
. Of principles and measures than you can il
church without creed. There is n
Wing party anywhere-especially none Il
Maine. Two years ago it prost tuted itsel
to the Democratic party, no doubt wit
shame and confusion of face; and now It
leaders seek, and you advise accordingly
the spirit of your letter being well under
stood by them before 1t was written--to ge
, rid of the disgrace and infamy by actua
marriage The leaders ola party are lik
the generals and other officers of an army
rnc masses the tried lcgions" as you arr
pleased to call them, are like the army
Pray now, what kind Of figure would Tho
generals and their subcrdinates make, rid
Ing and prancingupon plain, giving or
iers to march, countermarch, deploy, ant
.hange front, when the army itself had Ia
zen It into its head to disband, and had &c
tually done so! That is the precise posi-
Zion Of the leaders of the Wing party In
Maine. They turned traitors to their prin
ciplcs and went over to the enemy, and now
,!,cy may talk and intrigue as much as they
nleisc, but the masses will no longer listen
to them. The majority Of them are Repub.
Jeans. and like myself, see plainly they do
no, violate or rePudiate any of their old
principles by being so. We have been guild
U, =. at, hy o,,r own inteIlioenea and s,n a