The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-11-06
OUR REMEDY HAS SUCCEEDED.


OUR REMEDY HAS SUCCEEDED. \
1t is well known that the main argument IF
the Southern Buchanan press for the last thrye
months has been, "Elect Fremont, and wesll
dissolve the Union" 1t has been presented 10
the North in every form, with view of alar,a-
ing its Conservatism and Capital, and inducing
them to support Buchanan. The Charlest IN
Mercury rejoiced that the statesmen of South
Carolina had at last come up to its standasd.
Commenting on speeches by Messrs. Orr a.4d
Boyce, it said:
"These speeches are significant, as indi a.
ting how men of all shades of opinion /, re
driven, in these times, to occupy common
ground-in short, to occupy the ground VIII ch
this paper has long maintained, that the UNI. On
of the North and the South cannot be prese w.
ed. Momentary expedents may seem to q se
the wounds which sectional hostility has inf ct
ed, but there is no art in political pharmacy
sand times right-in saying that the electio& of
Mr.. Buchanan would only defer the event four
years. We are, in truth, two nations, with dns
durable antipathies, attempting to live under
the same Government-and that by voluntary
agreement, and not by the compulsion Of q
central and irresistible force"
Many hearts of Northern men must have
quailed at the desperate and settled conclus ion
announced in this fearful paragraph "Well
march upon the Capital" cried Colonel Bro. ,ks
swell starve you to death-take away your
trade-transfer our custom to England -let
loose an instruction of labor on capt al,"
shrieked the Richmond Enquirer. "We'!: or
ganize the yeomen of Virginia" said Governor
Wise-and an inscrutable rumor went forth that
Jefferson Davis was about to withdraw the J nj
ted States troops from the navy yards of the Old
Dominion, to afford the Governor a chance to
occupy! Let us have Convention of South
ern Governors said the gallant Governor, and
forthwith the telegraph announces a mystes ious
gubernatorial meeting at Raleigh. Meantime,
the New Orleans Delta shows how Disuni IN is
to be initiated, and the Richmond VA En-
quirer how it is to be consummated.
Some weeks since, the Washington ceres
pendent of the Delta said:
mont's election, or failure to elect bI the
people, to call the Legislatures of Virt inia,
South Carolina, and Georgia, to concert ,eas-
ures to withdraw from the Union, before FIRE.
mont can get possession of the army and navy
and the purses strings of Government. Gov
Wise is actively at work already in the ma ter"
The same paper avowed that it was des. gned
to form confederacy between the sec ding
States, and Cuba, Nicaragua, and Mexico
The Enquirer said:
"Let her, 1.-THE South,) if possible, d tach
Pennsylvania and Southern Ohio, Southe, In
diana and Southern Illinois, from the North.
and make the highlands between Ohio AMI the
Lakes the dividing line. Let the South treat
with California, and, if necessary, ally ,rself
with Russia, with Cuba, and Brazil"
And SO they all fOamed, threatened. and
ranted.
Mark what followed. The State ele. tons
took place in Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylf ania,
securing the next House of Representatis es to
the Buchanan Party, and authorizing ,,rong
hopes Of carrying the November election Was
it because Northern Conservatism and c spital
were frightened by the Disunion cry? The
Richmond Enquirer thinks 80. In an edi.orial,
October 25th, it said;
"No paper in the country has been, more
consistently and actively the friend ef the
Union, than the Richmond Enquirer In its
present hands, its love of the Union is d It less
sincere, however much its ability to ser @ and
perpetuate it may have diminished. 1t las al,
ways avoided timid counsels and halfway meas
ures, which invite and encourage encroae ament
and aggression, and lead to disunion, BY the
very means employed to prevent it.
I'VE never threaten disunion, until ppres-
sion is likely to become intolerable, an then
as the only means left to induce the opp essors
to pause and desist from their purpos s-or,
failing therein, to be rid of their rule.
but we wish to know, should the overn-
ment ever pass into the hands of a 81 ctional
party, what right or what remedy will be left to
the minority, except disuniOn9 Why, none
whatever. Yet disunion is an easy and all-suf:
fcient remedy-a check to sectional opp ession,
the fear of which, and which alone, viii -eserve
the Union"
Proceeding to caricature the issues resent
ed by the Republican Party, and the ns sure of
its triumph, had it succeeded, it comp.Acently
proceeds;
This is the vulgar despotism to whis timid,
pseudo-conservstiyes at the South pro ,ose to
submit. Our rallying cry will be Di union
Disunion whenever we are threaten d with
such fate. The danger, for the pres mt, has
passed. OUR REMEDY HAS SUCCEEDS. We
WILL PRESERVE AND CHERISH THE Req EDY OF
RESISTANCE, TO BE USED WHENEVER SIMILAR
DANGERS RECUR"
"OUR REMEDY 1.-THE threat of Ysunion)
HAS SUCCEEDED. WE VILE PRE-
SERVE AND CHERISH THE RliMEDY
OF RESISTANCE, TO BE USED WHEN
EVER SIMILAR DANGERS RECtR."
Will towards in the free States tell as what
they have gained by their meek subi,ission
We have logged you once into voting for our
eandidate-and we will do it again: i is ours