Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-03-20

tner ueveiopmonts, touching these same dark
transactions, - HaospiAs W1ig.
From the Atalanta, Georgia. National American. a
Patriotic Sentiments--The Federal Union.
While monarchical or despotic governments
are compact in unity, and none in any realm
dare to insinuate the. policy of q disunion, for
that would be tantamount to regicide, or strip
ping the King Of his possessions; while all this
is so in such extensive Empires as that Of Great
Britain, Russia, &C., tits melancholy to observe
the prurience Of freemen for contemplating the
disunion of Republicsl The stability of gov
eminent under any definite system, or consti-
tuition, makes for the perpetuaton of that sys-
tenn, Monarchies have existedfor ages, because
the kingdom has always been stable and OF
steady permanancy In the hearts Of the people
--or, ut least, Of those who control their des-
tiny, Democrats are short-liyed, simply be-
cause the very freedom Of opinion and of rights
gives to their citizens the power to discuss the
propriety of changing the constitution of the
government, and in which, hitherto, all history
prove they ul imately succeed.
Every friend Of liberty, therefore, should,
for his own sake, and that Of posterity, have
considerate caution how he allows the passion
Of a moment or the irritation Of time, to excite
in his breast such animosity as to look towards
the disunion of these States--because Of the
foregoing observations, and because there can
not accrue from such performances any utility
to himself or his fellow-citizens, If disunion
could be effected by any means, forcibly or
peacefully, can any statesman believe that tho
divided fragments would continue republican in
form and spirit? We must go by the lessons
Of history-of national experience for q solu-
ton Of this dangerous problem. We have not
read that when the free State Of Greece were
separated from the Echian League, or the
Amphictyonic Council, that the disconnected
beligerents maintained the or ginal liberty that
had before sustained theml The part of wis
dom is to observe these things amid the dis
traction of politics. the enmities of factions, and
the ambition of Party Leaders, who, perhaps,
may be actuated by some profound scheme of
creating out Of the clements Of disunion, that
Olgarchy or Nobility which is forbidden by
the Constitution Of our United States Govern
meut Indeed, Union and Liberty are insep-
arabic componencies. They are linked by
charm that only viii vanish by two operations
"a military usurpaton, or the separation Of
the States, or cardinal departments of the
Union q ma ssS ss
The advocates of disunion do not take such
a view Of the case as we have in the foregoing
paragraphs. They look simply to the advan-
tage of southern Confederacy land, at the
North, they calculate on some plan that may
destroy the present Constitution, which they
hate, without comforting accruing benefit on
that section. Amid such disorganizing views,
the duty of the friends Of our Federal Union is
plain we should endeavor to sustain the Con-
stitution and Government as they are, without
madIy and blindly resorting to expedents
which can determine neither the cure Of the
evils for which Faclionists mediate the des-
truction Of both, and which may end In pure
calamity. The Federal Union, like all human
constructions, is not altogether perfect; never
theless, it is better than what may result out
Of the everlasting disputes, wars, and discon-
nected Royalties that would inevitably char
acterize any plan that subverts the Constitu-
| ton.
Our Fathers of the Revolution had no idea
that their posterity would throw away the Union
upon any controversy that may arise out Of
local or other circumstances. Evils Of such
large magnitude can be remedied in time, by
patience and perseverance, in any course Of
public policy. This, they supposed, would
obviate anysuicidal proceeding. But the rev.
olution would not have happened had they
known that, in time, the whole structure would
be blasted by the treason Of disafection. Nor
do the mass Of our people comprehend the sys-
tenn Of that despotism which win certainly be
the effect of disunion--its onerous taxation,
heavy standing armies, expensive civil and
military establishments; and it is only neces-
sary COR the people 10 all sections to know this,
to consign every disunionist to the fate Of Ben
edict Arnold and Aaron Burr hr
Burning Of Barn and over Fifty Head of
Imported Cattle.
A shocking confagration occurred, on Tues
day, on the Phil,delphia and Lancaster Turn
| nike about five and n half miles from phila-