Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-09-26
Where Is the Union priyingi

IL Is time for all honest of all parties TO ask
themselves the pertinent question-where is the
Union drivingl In times past, and even in times
the present the cry of 'the wolf the wolf !"
has been heard, until the shepherd has ceased his
vigilance, and its repetition is UNDECIDED. The
Democratic party have for years been in the habit
Of sounding the tocsin Of alarm when there was no
danger near in order that frightened sheep might be
driven into their vile herd. And now, when, for the
first time in the history of country, the danger
is imminent and the crisis near the national conser
vative, Union men of the land obtain heed to
their warning, no response to their call for help.
The Democracy whom the false alarm has aided
often at an emergency, now turn their backs up
on the cry, because, by their own acknowledgment,
they have sectional candidate, a candidate whom
they press upon the South for his sectonaism alone
and who has, even in their eyes, other
dation.
Ii would not do then, to raise the cry of "wolf'
at this time land therefore they hush il up) because
this Union OF ours, in which and by which We live
and prosper is regarded with admiration by many,
and reverence even by some of their own party and
if calm rejecting. honest men were once set TO
thinking that the only result of this svowed section
alism in the contest for the Presidency would be in
eyitable dissolution in the end IL not Immediately
they would begin to look about for some man who
could faithfully represent the whole nation, without
being nominated by section, pledged to section
and protesting to represent section. A man who,
il elected would not only have the will but could
exercise power and exert influence equal to uni
ting divided factions and Healing sectional dssen-
sions One TO whom the whole people could look
up with pride, at the remembrance OF services well
performed, and with just hope that the pertor-
nance in the future would equal the promise of the
past Ii would not do TO say, in such case, that
the man respected, admired beloved by the people,
could not be elected. The answer would be, as it
ought to be, and hope will be, 'f the preserya-
ton Of the Union depends upon his election, lac must
be elected" Has not the time come: Is not the
day upon u.s. Does not every man. who is not blind
rs mole aud deaf "a an adder, see aud hear and
know that whenever the exclusive question in eleva-
ting candidate to power, is whether he is of the
Northern section Of the Southern section, that
whichever side is defeated must and will be
mouSly arrayed in deadly and unceasing hostility,
not only against the President but against the 60
vernment which he presidesg When this point
is reached there is but further step and that
inevitable destiny. Ii requires prophetic vi
sion to fOresee the gulf into which plunge, and
there is modern Curtius who can close it with
the Offering OF his life Every hope of civil liberty
for the world now and hereafter, will be swallowed
in the iathomess abyss The strong man shoulders
at the bare Imagination of a frightful des-
tiny horrible. Where is the Union driving
again ask of honest, rejecting men Would you
assist in the saturnalia which must follow dissOu-
tioa. Then vote for sectional candidate. Your
purposes will be accomplished and your ends achie-
we'd But if in your heart you love the Union vi
these States IL you appreciate the happiness and
prosperity which its government and laws have ere
atcd and rnantained-it you are proud Of bound
less territory, stretching from to ocean, a"d OF
commerce, whose sails whten every sea-if you
rejoice in that confidence Of power which display
among the nations Of the earth, and would preserve
them ail-then fall into the ranks aud enrol under
the banner Of the leader and tried and faithful
who wall be the representative Of the nation, and OF
none OF it, sections, aud to whom the whole nation
may look up with abiding confidence in his Just
and impartial administration Of the government
Fall 10 aud keep step to the music of the Union.