The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-11-17

and the great WksHrNozoN-tn ccntous
plating The causes that might distufb
the traoquilify aud .sbdsneer she perua.
nsney Of tho Republic, was psined 20
think that any gronndsshould havs been
furnishsd for oharacterisiug parties by
geographical Observation-Disclosures
and .Southeru-Atlantic and Western !:
whence designing mel may endeavor to
excite . belief that these is q real differ.
enco Of local interests and views., The
'charaoterising Of parties BY eeographi.
cal discrimiustions; Northern and South
ern'-has undoubtedly taken place at .
date much earlier than he anticipated,
aud much earlier than would have been
the case had our people implicitly follow.
cd his advice uttered through his fare.
we'll address, in regard to our National
Union watching for its preservation
with jealous anxiety ; misunderstanding
whatever may suggest even Q suspicion
that IL can, in any event, be abandoned ;
aud Indignantly ~rosDning upon the first
dawniDg of every attempt to ALLEVIATE
any portion of our country from the
rest, or TO enfeeble the sacred ties which
now link together the various parts.
We are in the habit of according to
WASHINGTON great purity Of character
and = devoted, unselish patriotism ; but
his suggestions and admonitions touch.
ing our conduct with regard to the
Union we seldom ponder in q betting
spirit. Happily for this nation wouidit
be if the people, who shall from time to
time make up its population, would for
tho Same period Of timo follow tho ad.
vice Of WAsuINorox and indignantly
frowu upon the 6rst dawnine of every
attempt TO ALLEVIATE any portion OF our
couutry from the rest, that the Spartans
of old maintained and respected the
governmental policy founded by LYcuR.
eus-fve hundred yearsi Unfortunate
", however, at this early day designing
men throughout the Iree States have
busted themselves to considerable pur-
pose ia sowing seed that has already
produced q largo crop OF embittered
sectionalism-an intense hate towards
the South and her domestic Institutions. ;
It is beyond disputation, that IN the
free States there is q large party that Is
not disposed to treat the people Of the
Slave States as 90 equals under the
Constitution. Many of them say that
they do treat them as equals; but their
actions step in and refute this P%retence:
They clamor against the execution of
the Fugitive Slave Law now ia existence,
in terms az Incorporate az the Abolition
lists clamored against the Fugitive Save
Law that was passed by the Congress
that held its first session under the
Constitution aud to which WASHINGTON.
as President of the United States, affixed
his signature. Some shield their Oppo-
sition to its execution behind the pre-
tence that in suudry particulars it is un.
Just and odious. It is only necessary
to shove to one side this pretence, and
il will be seen that the objection is root
ed in q Discrimination to see slaves re-
turned to their masters N any terms
-
The advocates Of Congressional inter-
~vention over the question of slavery, as
il connects itself with the Territories,
whatever their professions may be, are
not willing to recognize the equality of
the South with them. The representa-
tives of the Free States predominats
over the slave States in the U. s. Senate
and in Congress-, and hence by acting
unitedly tbs Southern representatives
-wif-ezer be At their mercy. As the
South has, within q comparatively brief
period, declined into q minority from q
commanding and controlling power N
every department Of Government, it
does not come within the scope of reason
to suppose that il can ever again acquire
asceudancy in the point of numbers -
But this condition of things furnishes
no justification for the Free States TO
fasten upon the frontlet Of the South o
badge of inferiority. The sons of the
Slave States have as c~heerfuliy and as
gailantly rallied to the vindication Of
our rights and our honor upon the en-
.saneuined field of battle rs have the
sops of the Free States; and their treas
ure and their blood and their diplomacy
have contributed much to the extension
of the boundaries of our confederacy.-1
considerations should certainly
be Of that weight to provoke the ac-
acknowledgement that vighgfnuy, throwing
to one side all constitutional considers
tions, the people OF the South are emit
tied to the same privileges in the Ter-
while they remain in q Terri
sOIthL COuutbiOu NAV soS ECopAO VA VIC
are entitled to. The doctrine of
Non-interyention,' ~concediDg the right
Of the people of the Territories, when
they snme to form a State Government,
70 Determine Weather they will sanction
,r prohibit the ips.itutica OF African
Slavery, recognizes the people CT The
Free States as oo-equals. It may Sei
under the operation of this princi-
pie not another Slave State will ever
be added to the Confederacy, and if
there is not, the Abolition sentiment Of
the Free States will have cause for con
while the people of the
Slave States will have the satisfaction
If knowing that they have not occupied
The position of interiors. Unless we are
to subscribe to this doctrine, TO
,oncede it in its full length and bearing,
deceive ourselves when we say that
in no way, shape or manner, are dis
posed to contravene any of the rights
and privileges of the South, as guaran-
teed them by the Constitution of the
States. = ChiHicothc AdUertissr.