Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1857-08-08


TO witness its issue" To letter to the
same, April 22d, 1921, he says" what
does the Holy Alisnce in and out of Con-
grcss intend to do with us on the Missouri
question ! And this, by the wsy, is but
The name of the case it is only the John
Doe or Richard Roe of the ejectment. The
real question, as seen in the States afflicted
with this unfortunate population, is, are our
slaves to be presented with freedom and a
dagger" He soys to Mr.. Monroe, March
8, 1920" the Missouri Question is the
most portentious one which ever yet threat
ened our Union. In the gloomicst moment
of the Revolutionary war, never had any
apprehension equal to that which l felt
from this source To Mr.. Short, April
13, 1s2O--he writcs-"Although had
laid down as law to myself never to write,
talk, or even think of politics; to know
nothing Of public affairs; and had, there
fore, ceased to read newspapers; yet the
Missouri question aroused and filed me
with alarm. The old schism of Federal
and Republican threatened nothing besause
it existed in every State, and united them
together by the fraternism Of party. But
the coincidence Of marked principle,
moral and political, with geographical
line, once conceived, I feared would never
more be obliterated from the mind that it
would be recurring on every occasion, and
receiving irritations, until it would kindle
such mutual and mortal hatred as to render
separation preferable to eternal discord."
He says to Joseph @. Caboll, January 81,
1921" How many of our youths, she
(Harvsrd Collcge) now has learning the
LeSSonS Of Anti-MissoUi.iSm, know not
but gentleman lately from Princeton told
me he saw list of students st that place,
and tha, more than half were Virginians.
These soiH refasrn home no doubt deeply
Impressed aoith the sacred principles Of The
Holy Alliance of RestractionistS I" And
to Gen. Breckenridge he writes, February
IL, 1921. "Fhe line Of diyiion lately
marked out between different portions Of
our confederaoy is such as will not soon, l
fear, be obliterated; and we are now trust
ing to those Vlao are against as IN position,
and principle, to fashion to their own form
the minds and affections of our youth. If,
as has been estimated, VIC send three hun.
dred thousand dollars year to the north
ern seminaries for the instruction of our
own sons, then we must have FIVE hundred
Of our sons imbibing opinions md 2o,iaci.
tpieS an diScord acith those Of their oaOr,
country. This canker is eating on the
vitals Of our existence, and, if not arrested
at once, will be beyond remedy In a
letter to Mr.. Madison, in reference to the
Missouri question, he declared that Rufus
King Ga distinguished federalist) was
Z "reaay 10 risk the Union for any chance
Of restor;ng has party TO p0aOer, and a0rig.
giing himself to tile head Of H." On ano.
ther occasion, he declared the question TO
be mere party trick, " that the leaders
of federalism defeated in their schemes ot
, obtaining power have changed
their tact and thrown out another barrel t.
the whale. They are taking advantage o.
, the virtuous feeling of the people TO egict Z
. cligisioa Of parties By a geographical line
! expecting that this aoiN insure them, apo,
local principles, the majority they coull
never obtain on principles of federalism.
, And, finally, his letter to Gen. La Fayettc
dated November A, 1928, contains hi.
Judgment Of the whole movement, express
ed with his usual directness and vigor,-
: He says" The Hartford Convention, tn,
' victory of Orleans, and the peace of Client
prostrated the name of federalism. Its vo
taries abandoned it through shame anc
modification, AND NOW CALL TuEMSELvE
REPUBLICANS. But tie name alone 4
c CHANGED, the principles are The same"
y "On the eclipse of federalism with u:
!, though not its extinction, its leaders 60
, up The Missouri question, unaer The fills
: front of leSsening the measure of 'Slauey2
f BUT WITH THE REAL VIEW OI
PRODUCING A GEOGRAPHICAL
O DIVISION OF PARTIES, WHICH
. NIGHT ENSURE THEM THE Mex
PRESIDENTS The people of the Mort
Q went blindfold into the snare, followed thei
leaders for while with zeal truly nor;
t and laudable until they became SenSl6
|. that they aoefe inyuing instead Of aidin
!, the real interests Of the SIavtS! THAT THE
HAD BEEN USED MERELY AS TOOLS Fo
: ELEcTIoNENING PURPOSES; AND THA
!, TRICK OF HYPOCRISY then fell {
h quickly as it had been got up"
/. This is an admirable description of IL
Republican party of the present day
: tho causes which led to it, and the obiec
IS Of its founders. The picture is drawn B
n the hand of a master, and represents Il
,e features of the subject with fidelity an
=, sxactness. Republicanism, being hut
reproduction oil Missouri agitation, bea
+ precisely the same description, and is o
ID 'noxious to precisely the same censure,-
i, Aud. 1T is to be remarked, that like
s, predecessor-it iuvokes the legislation
a Congress in case of rank ipexpodien
|, and doubtful power, pnd hence falls with
=, the condemnation of the general princip
OF as To limited action bv Government. viii