The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-10-09

THE ASPECT.

Whatever may be the pes asssing threatening the
ship Of State the good navigator will look them steadily
in the face with q calm, meditauve brow and with ful
appreciation Of importance Of bis action upon the e
fcacy Of which much depends AL that is most val
uable all held dearest this side Of Heaven is in
volved in the result Every American citizen the
mariner Of his own bark, the Artiter OF his fate
The wild tempest from the North and the centre
must withstand its brunt II is undsguisedy sectional
contest An from any quarter necesststes oppug
nancy from the opposite direction Bat yet the waves
OF furious fAnatsn have dashed the bulwsrks OF
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, whose mountain barriers
extend from Lake Erie the There they may be
stayed rolled back in overwhelming ipuudaon on
the heads Of those who have invoked them from their in
fernsl In Pennsylvania the Declaration pro
claimed and the constitution launched into existence In
New Jersey the battles Of liberty fought and The
keystone Of the arch Assaed side be sustain
ed the other II IL falls the fair fabric Of the Union be
comes heap Of runs-that Union constructed by men
whose deeds destined illustrate the annals Of Chris
tan crilEAon-the Temple Of Freedom whose portals il
supposed TO be feebly illuminated by the
Pickering rays OF a ruptured constellation.
In peril in the smouldering chaos Of universal
destruction let the truth be boldly asserted Il mighty
and II does always prevail II is AT least indestruc
Die and eternal The South, then, and the democratic
party stand upon the constitution It was 1t ia and
II should be By II all The States and the citizens Of
the States the joint Of al the territories and
have equal rights within them The South does ques
ton the right Of the North TO transport any species opro
erty into them will IL submit be questioned By the
North But it be preUHed By the North II becomes the
victim Of tyrannical usurpaon involving positive in
fraction Of the constitution Such is the issue rendered
By the philosopher socialists economists and preachers Of
New England and they moving heaven and earth
and the internal spirits under the earth accomplish their
purpose. They viii be me, and conquered
And great benefits may Aow out Of the fearful collision
Tb. constitution Of the United States and the history Of the
federal government viii be thoroughly discussed and
better understood than they have hitherto snce the
days Of Washington and the dispersion Of this fanAtca
horde Of Rssahns may be productive Of long respite
from the Vaccinations Of The foes Of constitutional
liberty.
The ffsen southern States present spectacle Of moral
grandeur rarely witnessed among the nations Of the earth
They stand unit-oalm, collected In the sublimty Of
dignhed Euspense awaiting the action Of their northern
brethren, All Of whom like themselves parties to
solemn compact deliberately subscribed by their thsrs
Ready themselves perform every stipulation in the bond
and holding Il aggressive and dshonorabs violate any
Of them they prepared abide the consequences
Of dissolution Of fhternsl relations such calamity
be rendered inevitable BY the conduct Of others Be just
N1a fear not is their motto. And be who doubts they
w5uld not prefer death dshonor does not know them
Turee millions Of such spirits successfully resisted the
might Of the mos, powerful empire in the world They
bare now ten millions Nor should Il be concealed that
the oKacons Of George III oppressive the
subject subversve Of human rights fatal 10 ndi-
vidua existence derognory honor ss would be
the execution Of The declared determination Of the dark
horde Of fanatics who now the fair edics Of free
dom.
No government was ever overthrow by iyrAni who
did not proclaim freedom to the oppressed No church
was ever Prosuted by clerical hyposrts who did not
s-t that they acted BY The authority Of God The yrsnts
Of the Reign Of Terror slaughtered their hundreds Of
thousands In The Of Liberty. The socialists phos
opher and freesoes Of France decreed the abolition OF
slavery in ST Domingo and Il was followed BY the ndis.
eliminate murder Of the whites and subsequently by an
Egyptian barbarism Of the blacks miserable and hope
less as ever existed in the unexPored junges OF Africa
The southern sserhood Of States mutsly appeal 10
Pennsylvania snd Ns~ Jersey and any others that win
coss' 70 unite with them In holy wcrk-tbs salvation
Of the constitution and the Union They call upon IN.
jewellers the consecraied plains Of Monmouth o. Tren-
ton q Princeton and the inhabitants Of the valleys