Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-11-28
Teachinrs Of the Election.

iht NuhiltbAon fhcFpWFy vttuln us
posed to philosophize upon the recent
election Ii says;
owe make no particular comments
upon this result until we get full re.
turns Of the election; but what seems
beyond dispute Is, that the Northern
people, in this Presidential election.
have declared themselves a distinct
people, with principles and purposes
essentially and permanently ut war
with our safety and equality in the
Union"
In another article Il says that the
"clrcumsianccs" Of Mr. Buchanan's
election. "morc than anything which
has occurred previously" warA the
South that the people Of the two sec
tons "are two nations"
What this means Is simply this,--
that the Free States iof The hrst time
have almost united. In opposition to
the aggressive policy OF Slavery
This ID true. and the Mercury docs
not oyorrato its Importance The
election has shown oonoluslyoly that
the Free States can and will unite. In
their political action, whenever they
are convinced that tho Slave States
arc pursuing policy Of sohsh and
undue aggrandlzoment Hitherto 10
has been believed that nothing could
bring about eueh a concert aud unity
OF action, II has been tho boast Of
the South and the fear Of the North,
that the diyerally OF puraulte. Of sen.
tIment and OF Interest In tho Free
States would always prevent them
from acting together In any political
contest, This has been the grand
point on which the superiority Of the
Slave States has been most manifest
and most menaclng. Slavery has al.
ways been fof them bond Of union,
In any emergency involving la power,
II has neyer failed 10 bring them 20.
gelher and TO hold them together. 30
long aa their united action wNa requi-
red. The Free States have never be.
fore shown any such unity OF sentl.
ment or Of interest, II has teen easy
for Slavery 10 divide them and thus
to secure allies among them, In this
way all ia trlumpha have been aehley.
cd. Texas was annexed. the Mis-.
sourI Compromise was repealed,-
Kansas WAS surrendered TO Slavery,
by Northern votes. So long as thls
state Of things remained unchanged,
slavery had everything to hope and
nothing TO fear.
The late Election dIsturbs these
dreams. II shows The hollowuoas of
the hope on which the South roposea.
II shows that the North can unite In
resistance to Slavery. land that when
Il does thus unite, u moves with IRE.
sistable power, Run n line on the
map from New York Westward till it
strikes the Western frontier;-- and
North ci II there ia not left even tho
shadow OF that subseryienoy TO Slave
lry which has been for so many years
tho curse OF the country. Southern
Pennsylvania. Southern Indiana anu
Illinois. and two or three Of the large
cities OF the north. arc the only apois
upon which this spirit Of Seryility has
not been extlnguished forever. Their
immediate contact with Slavery re-
tards the day Of their deliyerance.--
but IL cannot prevent It's coming
They are far more clearly connected
with the North than with the South.
They border on the latter.-but they
are IN the former, and the effect upon
them Of such q demonstration Of
Northern strength and Northern unity
as this Election has given. must be
decisive.
Now this unity of the North has
been the work Of the present Admin
istration. 1t is the result Of the re-
penl Of the Missouri Compromise.-
Coming, as that falthless and wicked
act did. upon the heels Of the Com
promise measures Of 1850, and giving
the lie to all the professions of peace
and harmony by which those meas
ures weie carried through, it brought
the whole Northern mind to sudden
sense of the aims and relations OF
Slavery, and united the whole body
of the people in resistance to the
wrong. The union Of the American
Colonies at the outset of the Revolu-
ton was not more complete-nor the
public sentiment more unanimous.-
thanthat of the Northern States now.
The Mercury foresees CLEARLY to
what this tends. The next movement
of the North, provoked by similar
causes, will be more complete and far
more powerful. Let the new Admin
istration walk in the footsteps of its
predecessor:-let the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise be followed out
to its legitimate issues,-let Kansas
come into the Union as Slave State.
New Mexico and the other Terrific
ries be seized by Slave labor.--the
various departments of the Federal
Government continue to be controlled
for the benefit of Slavery let the
judiciary come forward and play its
appointed part in the role, sustaining
the Southern construction of the Con-
stitution, and recognizing the nation
, ality of Slavery:-let all these things
: which are now on the Pro-Slavery
, programme, be carried out. and then
the Mercury will see union of Free
States which will sweep Slavery, il
not from existence, certainly from all
share in the Political Government ol
the country.
, The Mercury and the school ol
!, politicians to which it belongs, appear
: to court this issue. II they can hold
Mr.. Buchanan to the pledges which
. his position and his commitments i'm
pose, they will probably be grati6ed