The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-10-17

would entail upon me much annoyance.
ANACosTIA
From the Boston Post.
THE UNION MUST BE PRESERVED.
The bare of purpose of sectional party
In the North take possession of the government or
in Mr. Bankss words to despoi the South of their off
of honor trust is bad enough but the whole mis-
chief be fully appreciated without taking into
alteration the principles and purposes of those who
tute the controlling element of this party.
The real leader of the sectional party not John G. FIRE.
mont He cited political authority and never
will be cited SUCH but he clay in the hands of the
poers and the moderate who go for him not the
controlling element of his party. William H. Seward is
the real head of this movement the maker of formulas
and the Of its battalions and fanatic believers in
and advocates of his doctrine constitute the real mo-
mentum Of the Fremont party. His creed is summed
up in the motto that there is higher law than the
constitution" His brief but terrible formula is that
the basis of represen ation in the constitution
is violation of the Divine law; that the provision as
the surrender Of fugitive slaves is written in viola
ton the Divine law that slavery itself is contrary to
this law and his classification of the party elements is
that there privileged class making party of slavery
and Of non-sAvehoders making party of freedom
He has just repeated this in Fremont speech His labor
for the last years has BEEN his words ITO
bring parties into efere aggression against Slavery
that
daily beches forth against the Souththe antagonistica
position in which those stand towards each other who
ought be united in the bonds of aterna aection-at
the Of this project great northern comb
nation is now in efficient state of aggression against
slavery " More than hyee millions Of bondneno Henry
Wilson's words are demand thai labor for their delioer-
dnoe" Here and there moderate utter moderate
words and proclaim moderate counses their voices
completely drowned in the general howl as their
ho l.
George W. Julian, Fremont orator, at Greensre Sep
teuber TO- 1856 said ait Of to deny II any
longer Our republican party is a sectional party" His
language Is:
"Ihu you zoe a sectional party. n !, not alone q
fgh btpeen The North and the South du fight 6strOeen
freedom and slavery beceen God and The depii betpt1
Heaven and hell" Loud applause
Here is the basis and here is the purpose OF the party
that is working take possession Of the government Ths
higheraw do,trne too is the perous heresy that is
preached from the pulpit Before is large collection
Of It's uterance or themselves they really deserve bu,
the indignant language Of the mercess storm
dicule But words things and the pulpit yet has in
uence with thousands OF the honest and wel-meaning
and too true that these things made basis Of &C
ton To show what this basis is take the fremont Tenn.
pie Of Rev Edward Beecher It's main idea IS tina,
when liberty consented TO 90 into convention with sa
very 70 form constitution" IL took "a fatal step" By this
the constitution rule OF action had been placed
above Christianity and the great and paramount public
object should be 10 place Ohriianpy ADORE the con
'tion Here the higher law Of w. H. Seward Is pulpit
iredl
Such the doctrines OF the accredited leaders OF the
party that purposes take possession Of the
and despo southern Of their Offices Of honor and trust
And the object aimed AT Is the slavery iustuon
In Mr. BGnkss words, "to provide Substitute for sav,
labor" We agree with thing Banks said at New
York The completion Of such purposes would create
vast change In the history and institutions Of this govern
ment"
How vast this change would be let the basis fact Of our
poity attest We need not space 10 stating that our
general government Is delegated power that the con.
'ruros Is bargain between Independent coequsl States
and that such idea the control government Of one
section over the other superior and inferior States
recognised In this instrument The very announcement
that the large superiority Of pop in the North IL to be
used TO hold tho South a sort Of conquered
try demands the repehension that an American
ezrn bcsow And yet IL too true that this Ian
guage such is the madness Of nstcsm the NORTH Ia
welcomed here with suicidal enthusiasm Such purpo.
carried out would subvert the foundations OF our poy
and would overthrow the constitution.
But with those who entertain such purpose-thote
who follow tho lead OF William IL Seward-those who ac-
oePt their rule Of political action hs higher awthert
can be practically such thing constitutional guide
there be such thing eonsu tonal barrier be-
NNesn bihVcboder thcre can be no
such constitutional limitations Of power as those Of the
lines Of States There be stability and security
The same mode Of reasoning that leads anscsm strike
out one obligation Of the constitution would lead it to
strike out all the obligations Of this instrument Indeed
the North st. at the impulse Of Us higher law 10
strike out the slavery compromises Of the constitution
why may not the South, with the show OF reason
declare null and void all the commercial compromises OF
s instrument Thus the great bond would be FILTERED
away.
But let us look little deeper into this higher-law rule
o. action We arc not treating Of sphere that lies
out OF aud beyond the region Of politics. the relations
man with God or with Christianity, or with the world OF
'engon-the conneTon OF the soul with ts Maker. Men
n crude and vague ideas Of these things with hearts
iu Of enthusiasm and hands full OF bayonets pervertinR
@ ovne truths Of the Christian religion into the terrible
INsces Of socialism, have transformed In Europe the
uohne work Of political reform into the terrible work Of