The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-09

snew Of our brotherhood In 1851 it sneered at he hero
ism OF CrittendeR who "neyer turned back foe and
knet only 10 his God In 1855 il became the of
faction with its hel-brood of sms In 1856 il
the temples Of the Most High into Emgrant Aid depos
declares Sharpes rifles better moral agent than the Bible
appeals from the peaceful ballobox 10 the sweep Of the
sword and stabs at the constitution by declaring ii
eague with hell" and "a compact with the DEVIL il has
fostered British interestsBrtsh capital and British
IL has deprecated American literature slandered
the great party OF the people and deced great
as grea. demagogues. It's misrepresentation have
been habtual Wherever assert sefrespect they
denounee pirates. Whenever stand between the
constitution and anaticsm they call the vassals of
slavery. How long will they abuse patieneeF How
long will this Brish influence lift its hydra head among
US All history tells us that republics have suffered most
nom foreign meddng in their internal affairs Let
solve that America shall prove the exception by creating
healthy and true American feeling not narrow, bgoed
and SELFISH but universal and aembracing, suffering
detadon from abroad secret plotting AT home God
save the country from the wes OF this British influence
Great applause
dress that this day and this time brings iociby to mind
He to have oreseen that would arise In his
tory whose whole aim Of life would be to dissolve the go
rous fabric our fathers erected Hence he al OF
Infinite moment that you should properly estimate the val
of your national Union TO your individual and coec
tive happiness that you should cherish cordial habit
ual, and immoyable attachment 10 accustomng your
selves to think and speak Of palladium of your po
tca safety and prosperity watching for its preserva-
ton with Jealous anxiety dscountenancing whatever
may suggest suspicion that it in any event be
abandoned, and Indignantly frowning upon the first
dawning of any attempt to ALLEVIATE any portion of our
country from the rest TO enieeble the sacred ties that
now link together the various parts" What mighty inn
port in these few lines How applicable to times past
How much more applicable now Look around and you
behold convention of section OF this conederacy g-
noring the existence of fifteen States with swoop de-
claring that throne States shall be governed by the
mandates issued by traitors anxious to erect the ruins
Of the Union northern republic Now, sir, hold this
TO be asefevident" that when man, set of men,
take part in the franchises attaching to citizens of
this ceniederated republic they hold themselves bound
to observe and carys out its constitutional obliga-
TONS The acceptance OF the benefits 1t offers is proof
they allegiance to its teachings and when after
enjoying its blessings, they up for themselves
higher law than the constitution they are guilty of
name-no other word in the English language
press the full extent of their baseness True sir, it
does not within the scope of punishable treason be
cause the constitution declares 1t must be ou but strike
out and insert moral and you could not find in Penn
syvana wood enough to make uprghts and pieces
for these moral malectors Sir say to our brethren
in the South that there is power enough in the North to
strange this treason. We not the contracted selfish
people these black republicans would make While
take Maine in right arm, we take Texas in our left,
giving the South the place next our hearts We know no
section love the whole country; count 81 stars in
our flag, not l6. We stand by the constitution as our
fathers understood it and will preserve all its sacred pro-
visions unimpaired and untarnished Immense applause
But say some the hgherlaw fanatics say they will carry
the North We deny this. We defy them to the battle
We stand upon the organic law that created and continues
US people, and throw down the gauntlet TO this
"home treason" We laugh at the raitorous Vaccinations
of the nothing party the murderous advocates of
Sharpes rifles and the harmless anahemas hurled from
desecrated pulpts by religious bigos prolonged cheer
ing We of the North do not desire to look upon Mount
Vernon Monticello the Hermitage and Ashland as foreign
ground MOI mol around them the hottest recolections
cluster Our hearts in those sacred graves
We cherish and venerae the memories of those Unionov
ing men, whose dust censecraes their resting pac and
mock at the treason of those who would rob of
interest in those holy spots They cannot do IT and they
shall not do il. Tremendous cheering On this the
tai of republic voice from the patriotic dead
Cup, they say, and keep the freedom
Which we won you long ago;
Up and keep our graves unsuled
From the insults OF the foe."
And here to-day apledge lives fortunes and
sacred honor TO maintain involae the heritage
fathers left Long applsuse
Sir, in times past men calculated the value of this
Union but they tortured upon the rack of public
opinion until there not whole bone left in their
bodies Their fate should be warning to the traitors of
the present day. However much they may desire
ngeney' in which to let the Union slide" say there
be such contingency. Fremont may have crossed
the Rocky uains in the tracks of buaoes but our
bearer James Buchanan has crossed the Rocky
mountains Of relentless anacism, with the constitution
his back and stands before the country as the in
carnation Of devotion TO the whole Union.
The claims these men set up are not among the least as
tonshug Of their unmeaning brayado. They call them
selves the friends of freedom while they ruthessy
cruelty liberty between the two thieves OF aboluonism
and religious intolerance and then cast lots for her gar
They sigh for the "purer days of the republic
while Appus Caudus like they strike down all political
passions They profess to be the champions of justice
while they strike their country in the mother pangs Of
struggling ldbirh aud drive the dagger 10 freedoms
infant throat They rot the friends OF frecdomthey
sigh for the purer days Of the republchey not
the champions of justice From their hdeous features we
lift the flashing VEIL and expose to the world the political
Thugs Of the republic.
In conclusion sir amid all the dependencies OF the
times Of those who believe that this Union
be severed There is too much Of the eaven Of gen.
une patriotism in It's composition IL dees all attack IL
knows not seems-n II is not thing OF shreds and
patches its garments whole and undeflod Its form
made up Of the cast-o rags OF dead desposmsit
stands forth Apollo Beyidere challenging the admira-
ton Of the world II has head TO think heart TO feel
for the people tits not for this time but for all time II
is rock-not sand. IL is damond-not polished peb-
BILE at is iron bsered into steeit is wine from the
trodden grape This is Unonths is the hope Of the
world II the result Of mutual trials and mutual
cessons and carried out in the spirit il becomes the
Mnako that is impregnable the Redan Of liberty that can
never be taken. [Tumultuous cheering
"what God in His wisdom and mercy hath joined,
And armed with His weapons Of thunder,
Not all the earths despots and factions combined
Have the power TO conquer or sunder.
The union OF lakes-the union OF lands
The union OF States sever;
The union Of hearts and the union OF hands,
And the flag Of our Union forever"
Foreign presses may thunder their anatbemns and paid
Anglo American papers calculate the value Of the Union
British wile may tamper with peace and home treason
look bold but in the great battle between conservatism
and ianatcism cause country, and one heart will
triumph and 1t will be the triumph Of the Ustos Cheers
again and again
"HONoR TO WHOM HONOR is DUE"
The following letter, addressed to the Dayton t0ho)
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