Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-09-01

CALEB GUSHING, an -Neac York, on the 5tA
Of Juty, 1858.
DO. Indeed, sometimes hear men talk of
the dissolution Of the Union. Such persons,
1t Is true, do exist among US, denationalzed
women, unhappy that they are hot men; de-
natlouaized men, unworthy even to be VIC
men. They, also, will assemble somewhere
to-day, not Americans but as libeiiors and
vltUperators of nIerica s--to desecratc some
venerable church, or deGle some sylvan shade
to say how much they love all black men,
and how much they detest all white ones
and IN the profaned name of Liberty to pro-
claim heir unaPpeasab}e enmity to the Tn
ION, to the Constitution, % the Bible, and to
their Country
Wen, be it so What, are there not Amer
leans enough in heart as we'll as in name, to
preserve the Integrity Of the Union iu spite
Of ali ;LoSe ra7ings CT unlooscd Bcdlanl? Ave
ten, twenty, tiiIry millions of such devoted
Americans, devoted to the Union, and who
if need were, could and would, occasion re-
qUiring, dcvour and swallow up this handful
! Of Negro?biIist Union ha;ers, as the boiling
win POOL Of Niagara oycrwhelms the slight
EhiG Of some intoxicated Iudian Yes, we
are strong enough in the light Of our freedom
aud in the Vigor Of cur country to tolerate
and to pity all such impotent foes OF the Tn
ion. | say 10 tolerate and pity them; for
when / witness their ebullitious Of wild wrath
as they speak Of the American Union, [ be-
come sure that their souls are writhing with
, distracted and "trcubled thoughts Of the fal-
len spirit. Each one of them as he gazes at
thc day star Of the Union, seems with despcr-
ate passion to say =
| 90 thou, that with surprising glory crowned,
! Looh'st from thy sole dominion Ike the God
! Of this New World-to thee l call,
| But with no friendly voice, anl add thy name,
| o sun, TO tell thee how hate thy beams.'
| Is it not so? l. not that true picture?-
! Well, let them hate aud rave. They are, in
! decd 70 US in the North, where they hold
! their annual convention orgies. the drunken
! Hclots Of the Commonwealth-us to show
, forth the ugjiness Of iniJelity and Of treason,
| Cor the edifca.ion and almonition of the in
| goIuous youth of our baccdamon North.
/ Dissolution Of the Union by such intluen-
! cess | scorn the very idea 1t is equally
absurd in the mouths of those who threaten
! 1t IS the means of aggression, of the North or
/ South, aud Of those who threaten 1t for de-
! fence OF thc South against the contingent ag-
! gressions Of the North
But then, il is said, If such men do not i'm
! peril oar Institutions. yet others Of larger
! aims and OF discreete9 tac;jousncss, who use
/ them - disturb he popular mind, 10; others
] VINO talk Of Freedom when they mean power;
! Niio clamoT contii uaiiy &C the imputed en-
/ cvoachments Of the South on the North; who
orgauize aud uphold sectional party combina-
! tioHs, aud whose avowed objects are the cs-
! tablshnieut of sectional administration Of
! the Constitution.
Well, these | slni; ore dangerous men,
. who, not by their OWE strength, tut by the
! disseusiors of the true friends Of the COusti-
| tuition, have attained too much influence in
! the North. They are dangerous because they
have no fixed principles, 10 stable convic-
tious, no samples of consistency, 70 control
| their sets. because their only creed is what
has been called the duty of success; the sue
ccssful accomplishment Of sectional organi-
cation OF the government on the ruins of is
nationality; would be the de .fucto dissolution
of the Union.
Tier incessant cry is OF the slave pow
cr," If, perchauce, new realms are to be ad
ded to the magnificent domain of the Union
though such addition be for the desire anC
superior benefit of the population and com
mercc OF the North, they cry out on the slave
power. If the revenue o: the Union is to be
modified, though il be done with their OWL
: hands, and for the advantage of the North
l.
new territorial governments Of the Union are
to be organized in the West, though such or
ganization be in the interests and to the gain
OF the North, still, they cry out on the slave
power. If the dignity and honor of the Tn.
ion are to be vIndicatcd by war, though the
grievances to be TedreSscd and the securitc!
to be conferred. are at the North, always
they cry out on the slave power. Shame on
the parrot cry. Never, in the worst days OF
the worst Factions of Greece or Rome, of En-
gland or France, was there 4 gross eff
fort to indame the popular passions by falst
appeals to preJudlces never more wantOr
abuse Of the freedom of republican speech
never more abomiGable attempt to CRAFTY
personal ambition at the expense of coun
try's welfare aud peace Slave power.
is the cry Of stop thief" on the part Of tie
burglar heeing from the pursuit Of the off
GERS Of justice
We at the North have been addicted, mere
or less for the space Of some twenty years
TO persistent attacks on the con stitutiona
rights of the South. Busy mischief-makers
the ''cankers of calm worlds peace" have
set up newspapers, formed societies, thrus
themselves on the public attention subscribed
agitation funds, perverted legislation in the
several States, and usurped, as far as they
might, the voice of Congress, in order, if pos.
sible. to impose their opinions and their in
truded authority on the sister States; laborne
to destroy their property and to exclude then
from their common share Of the inheritance
aud Of the public rights Of the Union These
acts Of aggression on the part of some North
crn States against those OF the South have
been perpetratcd under the shelter of our CON
mon covernment. when hers wcn'd havs