Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-10-01
Who Are Disunionists?

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1t is amusing 10 read the charges made
by the Slavery presses, upon the
Republicans. Below, are few speei
mems of Democratic Union Saying
speeches Wequote from the Cleveland
Leader: ..5 .1
John G. Breckenridge, the candidate
for Vice President, has been making
speeches in his own favor at various
places, At Tippecanoe. Indiana, he
| took the ground that if the majority de-
cided against any section of tie country
in the choice of President, Mat section
ought mol to su5mt-in other words, THAT
THE MAJORITY OUGHT NOT TO GOVERN,
The same idea that we have quoted
above from Gray. Hear Mr.. Breckin-
ridge; - ..f- ,,.
" If the Eastern States were 10 unite
in solid phalanx against the West, or The
Southern against the Northern. they hap
pening to have majority, lcould yOrr
suJ'ai to t.? IAMsuRE YOU WOULD NOT,
for l know You to be men. And. should
they further, accompany every act Of
their triumph with every expression of
contumely and contempt, WOULD YOU
NOT BELIEVE REVOLUTION A SOLEMN DUTY?
You need not respond-l know your
manly sentiments"
Here we have the Democratic candi-
date for Vice President recommending
revOlatiOn and disaniOn if the majority is
against his party. What does this mean.
but ''elect NE as Vice President, or OUR
party will dissolve the Union % Never
theless this Kentucky stakeholder is bowl
ing through the land that the Republi-
cans are Disunionists
In the House, April 7. KEITT, OF
South Carolina, said
% Sir, the next contest will be a mo
mentous cne. 1t will turn upon the
question of slavery and the consiitu-
lIonal rights of the South. The South
should establish in the platform, The
principle, that the right of a southern
man to his slave is equal. in its length
and breadth, to the right of northern
man to his horse. She should make the
recognition of the right FULL. CON-
PLETE. and INDISPUTABLE.
Let the North refuse admission to State
because of slavery in her constitution,
and the HISTORY OF THIS UNION
is CLOSED.
If Idle governmcrtff Becomes the pup
pet of Abolitionism. if it becomes. in our
very midst, to US. foreign Government,
the South will TEAR 1T DOWN from
turret 10 foundation stone. Abolish :he
inter State slave trade, and we will
TRAMPLE your usurpations UNDER
FOOT. Repeal the fugitive slave law,
and the South will MEET YOU WITH
GAUNTLETS ON. In the next presi-
Dental election the North will decide
the proJaJle fate Of the Union. If the
banner of Black Republicanism is lifted
to victory, the South will raise aloft her
symbol of sovereignty, and interpose her
own shield for the safety of her citizens.
LETTHE CONSERVATIVES OF THE
NORTH BEWARE r'
In the House, April 9, Hon. E. S.
SHORTER Of Alabama, said:
"Do not believe that the South, less
patriotic now than in the days of, ihe
Revolution, will quietly submit 10 the
sacrifice of her rights, and STILL
CLING TO THE UNION If such is
public opinion at the North, let it be at
once undeceived. We understand, gen.
tlemen, what our rights are under the
Constitution. and with the blessings of
God we mean TO maintain them. We
ask for nothing mOre-ws uW contend
NTH nothing less.
1 hope and pray God that my section
Of the Union may never again, in an evil
hour, be inclined to compromise" with
the North on the subject of slavery.
l believe in the right of sovereign
Stale to secede from the Union whenever
she determines that the Federal Consti-
tuition has been violated by Congress :;
and that this Government has no consti.
tutional power to coerce such seeding
Slate.
I think South Carolina mistook her
secession and not nuHifcatiOn
ought TO have been her watchword.
The extraordinary exertions made by
and the Black Republi-
can panty of the North, 10 rob the South
Of her equal rights in the Territories,
has had one effect. You have thorough
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