St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-09-25

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then proceeds to say:
THAT question, the solution of
which will be determined in the pres
idential contest is, Shall this Union
last, Shall our position as q people be
mainted, Shall the principle that gov
ernmcnt lis visest and best for man.
kind be vindicated by the action of
that people who, under such govern
ment, have taken the proudest stand
among the nations Of the rth,-who
have reaped the largest benefit and at
tanned the largest prosperity of any
nation, which, in the years of its age,
ever rose, reigned, or fell p
Or, Shall this Union, under which
we have enjoyed SO countless bless
ings, and which will forever secure to-
us multiplication of blessings, as indi-
viduals, as q people and as nation,
be torn assunder by hateful hands,
and the hope of the world be given
to the winds and to the waves, to in
TESTING feud, war, and destructionI'
We suppose the editor in writing
the article, from which the above is
extracted, intended it merely as
campaign document-a sort of rhe-
torical flourish to stimulate the faith
full and brighten the disaffected. If
so, all very we'll, and the article will
pass for what it is worth. But seri-
ously considered, his question" is no
question at all. The Union is not to
be dissolved, whether Buchanan or
Fremont is elected. Neither party,
whether defeated or successful, in
tends to do any such thing. With
the exception of few fanatics, the
people of the North do not even init
mate such thing, but ever and in all
places do they declare their unaltera-
bic attachment to the Union. In the
present campaign it is the Buchanan
party who are charging the Fremont
party with being disunionists merely
for party effect, well knowing that
there are more who talk "disunion " in
their own ranks than there are in the
ranks Of their opponents. The South
could not be whipped into secession.
Their every interest rests in their pre-
serving the Union inviolate, and it is
only their fire-cating demagogues who
harp upon the word in order to obtain
for themselves offices and spoils. The
great mass of the people of the South
take little interest in these political
wrongs and arc as firm Union men as
need be.
But supposing Fremont should be
elected, what provocation is itexpectcd
he will give the South for secession !?
And even should the South or any
southern state undertake to sccede,
how will she GO to work to do it ?
The North, with Fremont for Prcsi-
dent, are not only going to remain in
the Union themselves, but they will
compel their southern brethren to re-
main in it also. In the days of Multi
fication, when jackson and Webster
and Scott co0perated in measures for
the preservation of the Union, South
Carolina was taught to succumb. If
she wants another lesson of the kind,
we believe that Col. Fremont, support
ed by the able statesmen who would
be swift to rally around him, is just
the man to give it to her.
On the other hand, if Mr.. Buchanan
should be elected to the Presidency,
nobody that we know of wants to
leave the Union-certainly no one
Northern State has even limited it
The result of the Presidential election
will be acquiesced in at once by all
parties in all sections of the country,
and the defeated party will but pa
tiently abide their time till another
campaign, and then again renew the
conflict. For our part we frown upon
all this talk about. dissolving the I'm
ion, and we call upon all men every
where, who possess character and
standing, to do the like. Demagogues
and political mountebanks should not
even be permitted to familiarize the
public ear with such reasonable and
intolerable language. In the immor-
tai words of jackson, 1.-THE Union
must and shall be preserved" For
ourselves, we adopt the language of
Rufus Choate, and will fellowship mo
men who do not carry the flag and
keep step to the music Of the Union"
Sweet Potatoes.