The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-01-31
SIX NUMBERS ON AB0LITIoN.--No. i.

We believe there parallel in the history Of the
world to that presented by the United States We
behold grand conederacy Of States united together by
common descent from great Of mankind
language habits and manners with the government
and with single exception the same domestic insti,u-
tons Though differing in their creeds in respects
they all worship God aud Messiah. BY common
suffrage of surrounding nations, and in their own opinion
these people are the most prosperous and happy in the
world Possessed of vast extent of the territory situ-
aed in the temperate zone and capable of producing
every necessary and every luxury essential to the existence
epoyment Of in possession of advantages never
before vouchsafed by benefcent Providence in such
bounful prouson crowned with the most inGsnable Of
all blessngsliberty and with future before them of
which the imag scarcely grasp the
sion with all these blessings in possession aud all those
in anticipation, what might be supposed would be the
spectacle presented by people suatedso favored by
Nature and Providence? Should expect see this
community of happiness these ties of blood and lineage,
these bonds of Christian faith and the recollection of
having fought and bled on the feld in the same
cause produce nation of brothers united by every tie
that can bind men together? :t..asa .irIf s. II w Grn
And yet what have for the last fifteen twenty
years and what do now house divided against
ITSELF people not merely aeuated from each other but
the high road to mortal anpathy, which, if not ar
rested in time, aud that very soop, must end where all
such things endin dsunion, anarchy and civil Re
gardess of the blessings they ENJOY they stand ready
fling them back in the face of the benecent Giver and by
their base ngraude forfeit all claim His future bounty
We portion of these people asling the other in
calculated equally excite their fears and awaken
their resentment by injuries cnvenomed by calunies by
assaults their property and their character in short
by every most eecua in arousng the passio Of
hatred and revenge Let endeavor trace these extra
ordinary consequences to their source. @a
Previous to the organization of the American National
Ant-savery Societywhich threw the first frvbrand Of
dissenson among u.s. in that declaration of principles
which forms the creed Of abolitonthe country was at
peace The contests of parties not sectional contests
did they involve any other than political principles
which were common to all sections of the Union The
Of fanscsm had not mingled in the cup and how
ardent these conflicts may have beep they WERE in
great measure, free from those dangerous and malignant
ingredients which render every presidential election
struggle for the preservation Of the constitution and the
Union.
1t with the almost forlorn hope of drawing the
ton of couptrymen the dangers resulting from
contest which has become exclusively sectional that
propose in series Of articles place the subject before
them in clear light time aud talents will per-
nit 1t evident that the late triumph of the
democracy has settled the question of slavery nor dis
couraged the enemies of the constitution and the Union
They will rally again, probably under Disguise and
the democratic party may be assured that It has many
battles yet to fight before the enemy is finally subdued
The hydra has many heads on all must be cut of before
the monster gives up ghost il cannoi therefore, be
sumcd that again provoking tie discussion Of the
subject Of slavery aud inviting to agitation. What We
going daily in both houscs of Congress suf
GENTLY shows that the aboton-back republicans never
mean to let the subject rest They evidently mean to keep
the rebraud burning and these who labor extingush
it cannot be justly charged with being accompces Of the
cendiarcs The aggresors alone accountable for the
efforts Of those who act on the defensive.
In contemplating the present unhappy and disturbed re-
laons Of the great sections of The country the first
inquiry which naturally presents elf is TO their orr
gin after which shall proceed to consider their conse
quences 1t impossible when look back on tho rise
and progress of abolition nstics be blind the pal
pabe and notorious fact that this is the prime source OF
a these sectional dissenons With this they began with
It's progress they became aggravated as abolition ac
quird strength and expansions and allies at homo
and abroad that respectnay may say that reverence
for the constitution that submission to the law and that
attachment the Union which had hitherto been the great
universal characteristic of the people Of the United Stas
began be seriously impaired Before the advent of this
dangerous and malignant faction we solemny declare we
met with native OF our SOIL except old revo.
uonary tory his offspring who did not look upon The