Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-09-18
che Fanatics ofthe North and the Dis
unionists of the South.

The tendency of extreme opinions
which 90 beyond the beundssoi the Com
stituticn, Whether they are entertained in
the North or in the South. is % disrup.
tionSof the confederasy. "a majority OF
The ultra abolition school, We are inelins
stito think, cherish tlossuch design. Fhe.
disunionists of the South have no hesitas
ton in asserting that theyldo. The BACK
Republican chiefs are sgitators' peeause
they consider slavery hobby on which
they may ride into office. The hre,eaters
of the slave States are actuated by high
er impulses and hobler motives. They
are violent in their opinions, either be-
Ecause they ccnscientiously yconsider the
sUnionaa failure, or becssseatheir pref
ces lead them to hesbelief that tue South
bis ill-treated on ell occasions and that
she must soon separate or succImb. The
I-abolitionists are .hypocritical and selfish.
The disunionists are sAliberali distrustiul.
restless and unreasonable. In speaking
thus, We allude to each Of them as a class:
They are excepti0nable instances of-both'
sides.
A few Abolition lenders may be really
DESTROYS Of disunion. Some of The South
ern FIRE. eaters are doubtless prompted TO
great degree by ambition. But what
ever may bethe motives of any or all.
the tendency is the same. An immense
majority of the slave States deprecate
dissolution Of the Union, as an event to
be ayerted as long as their equality in the
confederacy is not deniedS and their rights
under the Constitution not refused by the
Federal Government. and SO with a
large number Of the people Of The North.
They are opposed to sectional supremacy.
They may not heartily approve the nsti'
tutions of the South; but they concede
their constitutional Legitimacy and they
are willing to stand by and defend them
to the full extent OF State equality. They
are not willing, however. that the South
shall rise superior 10 the North. in the
control Of the country, when it is intend
ed by the genius of our government chat
no section or State shall exercise any
other authority than that which legiti'
imately appertains to sovereign and in
dependent people united in one brother
hood for the common welfare of each and
all the States.
The fanatics Of the North misrepresent
the conservative sentiment Of that section
the disunionists Of the Sout produce or.
roneous impressions Of the feelings and
sentiments of this. In the anti-slave
States tho fanatics are largely in the ma.
joriLy. In the slave States the disunion'
lists are in a meagre majority. lfleft to
themselves. the abolitionists of the North.
and disunionists of the South, would not
be long in bringing about a dissolution.
The sad event would be PreciPitated upon
them, perhaps, sooner han some OF them
would wish. But there are moderate
men in both sections, who have. SO far,
been successful in preserving the equi-
librium Of the nation. ~ z.ss. 7n4l
The South must hold the right of cess
sion. as the remedy for her wrongs, when
they become uncomfortable. 'Dhe North
must yield TO US all that the Constitution
guarantees and grants. We will strike;if
the occasion requires it. But we hope
TO maintain our rights and the Union too.
The fanatics Of the North and the jdisu,
nionists of the, South, may wage their
wars. but as long as the Constitution is
enforced, the republic will stand.-Rich.
n0nd Enquirer. sa 'a,. ibal