Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-08-04

Tba bupbear of "disunion' is made great
handle of by the Buchanan orators and prints,
from Choate and the Washington Union down to
the bumblest advocate ofthe Lecompton Democ-
racy, to scare people from afRllating with the
Republicans, because Of their alleged aim to 'dis-
solve the Union" At the same time, those who
make this charge must be we'll aware that there
never was political party in this country more
devoted to the purpose Of preserving the Unlon
By maintaining the principle on which our faith
ers founded it in I776. on which alone it can be
preserved, than this same Republican party.
When or where was there ever Republican con-
vention, or Republican orator, that preached
such ''dsunion" stuff the following, from a
late speech Of Senator Hammond of South Caro-
lima. to his constituents:
III we were we'll out Of the Union, with our
constitution and political institutions established
and acknowledged, the South would be more
prosperous than she is now, seems likely to be,
in the Union.
We must dissolve the Union if the North eff
feet any one Of its aggressive putposes-tar'
ifs. banks or direct tampering with slaves.
But he did not think TO-DAY the North
could. Even if at the next PRESIDENTIAL
election the North should, by combination,
elect an aboliiionist, be did not think that on
that issue the great body of the South would go
out of the Union But if this were followed
By second election of the same kind he thought
they would
Gov Hammond is fearful we may succeed in
electing one President in favor of free principles,
but we must let the South have her own way, ever
after that, or she will march out of the Union, I'M
der the lead Of his squad Of fre.eaters who now
comprise so important portion of the Buchanan
party.
In the following extract from his speech, Sena'
tor Hammond makes an important admission OF
the truth OF all that the Republicans have charg-
ed upon the people Of the South, of abandoning
the early principles Of freedom upon which this
government was founded
Gan the opposition measures of which the
South has complained in the last thirty years,
she herself naugurated. Washington and JEFF
ferson in the matter of slavery, set the evil
example. The North borrowed it from them
The Bank of the United States originated with
the South. The South, under some of our lead
ing men, was godfather of the tariff. AND II was
the same with the internal Improvements Then,
if the South has done these things and uneone
them has she not the power, if still united, to
control! Hence he had hope for the power and
position ofthe South in the Union. substan-
tial issue could not induce US to secede alone
with fur or five States it may. While remain
ing in the Union and striving manfully to hold
our own, we should keep the alternative steadily
$50 --y IN view, but in the view OF the wnole
country"
Were Washington and Jefferson now to make
their re appearance upon the earth, and repeat
their own recorded declaration of sentiments, so
often uttered upon the question of slavery, they
would Immediately be denounced as fanatics"
and 'disunionists," by the supporters of the ad-
ministration Of James Buchanan. Rufus Choate
woulc illuminate against them from the Demo
cratic rostrum his most magnificent phillippies,
in themame of "the Union" and the "Constitu-
tion," as he now denounces Sumner, Wilson,
Seward. and Hale, as "dsunionists" and 'trai-
tors" to their country, because they adhere to
and endeavor to carry out, in their political &C.
tion the principles Of the fathers Of the republic
Such has been the downward tendency of Ameri-
can politics during the last half century.
Senator Hammond admits and boasts Of the
fact that the Southern statesmen originated and
or long time advocated the high tariff and in
ternal improvement policy of the government,
(Which policy they now affect SO much to abhor,)
and in the same breath the South Carolina sena-
tor asserts that present advocacy Of the same doc
trine by the North is enough to justify the South
in "dissolving the Unioni" Such is South Caro-
lima consistency Yet this favorite son of hers is
wise and sound National Democrat" of the
Buchanan stripe.