Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-03-17
VOL. 5. NO 1S

New England, 1t certainly is to that of Great
Britain nay, it is indispensable to her domes-
tic tranquility, Take away the cotton mar
ufacturers of England, her myriads of opera
tives thrown out Of employment and rendered
destitute are from necessity ready to grasp
the sword of revolution. English statesmen
understand this well, and are ready to guard
against it, when occasion requires, by giving
protection to the cotton growing interest
They would, in q moment, unite with the
slave power to protect this great interest
The only hostility which England has to
the American people, is to our Republican
| example. Our close approximation to her
soil by means of the triumphs OF steam upon
the ocean, with our vast commercial inter-
course, and intimate social relations, spread
lug Democratic ideas, though the mighty
agency of the press, excites throughout her
population a continued inquiry and restless
anxiety for enlarged privileges and Repub-
lican Institutions. This disturbs the quiet of
her Ministry. and the security of the Grown.
She struggles to ward off the blow, and to stay
the great progressive movement by the dissoi-
ution of the Union. She hopes to see this
effected though the agitation of the slavery
| question. This accomplished a treaty of peace
and alliance would at once follow with the
| Southern section-This would suit England
while 1t would be fatal to US. The Young
American would 10 longer instruct by exam
pie Her power and glory would be gone
forever, and the patriot left to mourn over
the melancholy catastrophe.
Nor would the line of separation deprive
the South of any advantages of locomotion.
or transportation which she now epioys.-
Cast your eye over the map of the States. and
you see that every river west of the Hudson
to the Rio Grande has its outlet to the Attain
tic and the Gulf of Mexico through slave ter
ritory.
| On the other hand, in the event of the dis
solution of the Union, what would be the no.
| sition Of the North ? Could she as readily
unite IL the Constitution of new Govern
| mentf There are numerous considerations
/ which forbid the idea. An inseparable bar
! rler 20 the formation ofa common government
would present itself IN the want of fellowship
which would be found to exist between the
States OF New England and those of the Ohio
valley. ana of the upper Mississippi The
New England character, intellectual and
learned as 1t Is confessed to be. by its cons
tant inclpation TO novelty in politics. moral.
and religion, and to Its morbid love of isn,s
has, ever since the landing of the MayAower
invested 1t with pecuiarity rendering i
alien from the tastes of its more Southern
neighbors. Then what will be the proportion
of influence assigned to New England in the
new government? Would her six Httle
comprising altogether q territory and
| aggregate population no greater than that of
nnsyIvanla-be allowed representation bv
! twelve Senators Or would not PENNSYLVANIA
and New York, and the rest, insist that two
Senators would be the fair allotment of all
| New England?
Then again, how will YOU reconcile the in
terests Of New England, viii n is II an ufactur-
| ing, with the coumeTe.al interests of New
! AorA, and the agricultural interests of the
West! While the former will be apyious
| Ior nigh duties Tor protection, the latter will
/ be eager for free trade. Before embarkipo
| on such ''sea of troubles" as that prospect
diseioses 1t may be the part of true wisdom to
ascertain whether the evils of the present sys
tenn may not betolerable, or whether. indeed
they are aught more than the creatures of i'm
agInatlon released from the wholesome res
tralnts OF reason whether they are not the
! offspring of reckless ambition, of narrow and
selfish motives and contracted views aEk.
unpatrlotic, and destitute of every quality of
| craftsmanship.
But assume that the organization could he
made complete, what man of reflection will
say that any security can be found in anv inn
aglnary boundary, such as Mason and Dixon's
line Border conflicts would be inevitable
finally EN- orolllng the adjoining States in dead.
ly strife, teaching again the lesson so often
taught bY history, that the love of battle and
OF conquest will prevail over civil organization
The pursuits of peace, the simplicity of our
republican habits and example, will then be.
at an end. Our commerce, our manufactures
fhe great line OF our public works, compris
ing the system OF our national development
anu all the monuments of our national plery
would decline and perish
For our encouragement aud guidance in
reference to this Kansas subject. we are nos
without precedent, The past is fraught with
instruction 1t will be remembered that
"hen' "a lew years ago. the attempt was made
70 attach the "Wllmot Proviso" to all future
Ierrl'orlal governments, the timid and nerve
less hesltated, faltered, and many precioitate-
lY abandoned the National standard whose
coiors they had hitherto assisted to support.
similar stampede once occurred among the
democratic members of the Legislature, when
the question regarded the removal of the
charter of the Bank of the United St,te,
Then the timld and nerveless abandoned tho
post of duty, and at once vanished from ,be;,
places IN the public esteem
Again the same wavering was exhibited.
In the Convention, which, in 1854. met here
for the nomination of Governor. That Con
vention failed to endorse the principle of the
Kansas Nebraska bill. adjourned prem ..nre-
ly, and with hurried step to escape the I'M
aginary danger. In all these eases Il h,s
been seen that the Democratic party sustain.
ed no permanent loss. ConteDdine alw,r.
for principle and law, With firm and da,.,
mined step. 1t marched steadily forward
without stop or stagger, to the accomnE,b-