Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-11-07

This, then, 10 the uDyleiding ground OF the
Republican party-there IS no ev,I possible to
our country at this CRISIS so great as the ec-
tension of slavery. There is no duty of pat
rietism so urgent, no policy 30 pressing, no po-
liticsl conduct so imperative, as to forbid, pre-
vent, resist, and make impossible forever, the
extension of slavery over another foot of Amer
lean soil"
DIsUNIoN, THE REAL ISSUE.
Dreadful as disunion is, the extension Of
slavery 10 still more dreadful. We are res
ponsble for the last; wo shall not be respon.
sible for the first.
Here, brethren, you have the real issue Of
this election brought boldly, distinctly before
you-stripped of every accidental question,
or party exaggeration, and placed in form
disagreesble, doubtless, to all parties, but
agreeable to the truth.
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THE UNION WITH SLAvERY-OR NO UNION AND
NO SLAVERY.
1t il the last analysis simply and plainly
this, on one side, the Union, schether or no,
fctth Slarery e.ctended, or ,cith0ut IL. as may
be on the other, the nOn-ertenStOn Of slavery
fchethsv or no, ,cith the Union or sD,thout IL,
as may BE-. And ask you to put this issue
in the light of religious duty, and determine
your vote as christians. do not say that dis
union will follow the success Of one party, or
the extension of slavery the success Of the
other but it must be conceded that each party
takes the risk and challenges the consequen-
ces of one or the other of these evils
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We HAVE RIGHT TO DISSOLVE THE UNION
l. In the first place, the dissolution of the
Union, however deplorable, IS not primarily
a question of conscience, bit of policy. 1t is
not primarily and obviously a question of
right and wrong, but of expediency and mex
pediency, of affection. We made the Union,
and we hare q right to unn,ake 1t If ,ys choose.
We would violate no moral principle by abro-
eating the contract with the consent of the
parties to 1t.
The only comments on such Christianity"
We deem it our duty to make, is to republish
in this connection the following extract from
Washington's farewell address on the same
subject
ITO properly estimate the immense value
of your National Union, to your collective and
individual happiness; that you should cherish
O cordial, habitual, and immovable attach
meht to it, accustoming to think and to speak
Of it as q palladium of your political safety
and prosperity; Watching for its preservation
with jealous anxiety; misunderstanding what
ever may suggest even q suspicion that it can,
in any event. be abandoned and Indignantly
frowning upon the first dawing of every at
tempt to ALLEVIATE any portion of our country
from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties
which now link together the various parts"
The English Ont The Richmond Wig
said on the morning after the election, after
scorching its party numerically for the par-
city of its vote:
inquiry has been propOunded to US whether
there was or was not an election in Richmond
yesterday? Our own opinion is, that there
was not 1t is proper to state, how ever, that
others think differently. But whether there
was or not, one thing Is certain that Fillmore
votes were awfully scarce, considering what
the Gibraltar has done heretofore Two hun
dred and eghty-four cheers for big Rich.
mond ~
Now, the truth Is. the immortal Bolts "head
ed' Fillmore in Richmond, as throughout the
State. 1t was Bolts, backed by the Wing,
that reduced the Opposition vote in Richmond
from some $50 majority for Flournoy, to 2S4
for Fillmore, Notwithstanding the universally
admitted fact that F. had throughout the late
contest pledged himself at every step to posi-.
tions on the slavery question that met the Sc.
verest requirements of the most ultra pro
slavery man in the South.
Bolts took positions involving submission
unquestiOned to an entire revolution of the
Government, 80 as to concentrate it's power
and influence to the end of abolishIng slavery
in this country by building up an Abolition
party in the Southern States, and by striking
at the rights and interests of the South whore
ever that could be done in the policy Of the
General Government. The Richmond Wig
in defending Bolts, aided and abetted him in
his efforts TO bring the people of Virginia
over to his views Of the fitness of things polit-
ical. The States 20 900 majority against the
positions of these worthless, in spite of the re-
markable personal popularity Of Mr.. Fillmore
throughout Virginia, is the result of their joint
labors. None are SO blind as those who will
not see.
The Dubuque Custom House, &o.-The
Secretary of the Treasury has issued proposals.
for the purchase of a site for the New Custom
House and Pcs: Office at Dubuque, Iowa
The Current Opera tions Of the Treasury
Department On yesterday, 9th November,
there were Of Treasury warrants entered on
the books of tho Department
Texas debt warrants. ........... sl,7S7 So
kor the redemption of Stocks.... 2,562 90
For the Treasury Department. 1893 10
For tho Interior Department..... I4,707 so
For Customs: 1901 0c
War warrants received and On.
tered. ..........:...... ...... 7O,sI5 90
On account OF the Navy:....:..:. 1l6,o09 90
Repayment on account of the
Navy................. $50 "a
From miscellaneous sources.'''.. AIS %