The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-01-29
The Disunion "Wolfw

Everybody is familiar with the old
story of the shepherd boy, who took it
into his head to alarm, day after day, all
the neighboriug shepherds with the cry
of "wolf wolf" and then laugh at them
for coming to his aid when no wolf was
nigh. The southern politicians have cried
"wolf WOLF" ever since the question Of
extending slavery came up. No matter
in what shape the question comes. II
anything is wanted which the North are
not willing to conccdc, Immediately the
wolfcry of disunion is rung and howled
in their cars, until the facile and trcach-
erous politicians Of the North have been
frightened or bought into yielding all
that has been demanded. This cry is
now being raised to bully the people Of
the Free States into yielding up Kansas
to the nav ofdcspotism. The Richmond
South, Mobile Register, Charleston Ner-
curry and other leading Southern organs
are already proclaiming their rallying cry,
The Lecomptou Constitution or Dis
union"
The Mobile Register, the leading organ
of the Administration in Alabama says
"The great test and touchstone which
will put an end to all doubts and suspicious
as to the sincerity Of the Northern De.
mocracy in supporting the Cincinnati
platform is now furnished US. The course
which the South should pursue is made
clear and plain BY this result. II in this
crisis she finds her Northern allies untrue
If they turn against her and combine
with her Black Republican enemy in re.
jecting the Kansas Constitution rs it is
now prcsented-thus convinced that she
has no longer any reliance for her rights
in the Union, the South will have but one
alternative left her, and, dreadful rs it
may be to contemplate, we hope she will
not hesitate to adopt it. We are for
making the admission Of Kansas, ~ith the
Constellation adopted as il s,the ultimatun'
for the continuance Of the Southern States
in the Unioa." ...
And this kind of talk is already finding
itself echoed among the turnkey press OF
the North, the basest and most detestble
of which is the New York Herald, the
unprincipled proprietor Of which is the
present conscienee-keeper Of James Bu-
chanan. In late issue Of that sheet &C.
ours the following, abiding to the position
of the North against the Lccompton
swindle:
AT this point We fear, the North will
be met by such determined front on the
part ofthe South, that the issue will speedi.
" become the admission Of Kansas with
her slave State Constitution, or the seces.
sion IN body from both houses Of the
members from the Southern States, as tie
initial increment TO separate Southern
contederaey. We are persuaded that
with the rejection Of Kansas as a slave
State they will withdraw in a body from
Congress- issue a manifesto from WASH
ington requiring the Southern State Leg
islaturcs to take the matter in hand; and
that, having done this, the said Southern
members Of Congress will await in WASH
ingtou their recall home, or their orders
for n surrender at discretion to the will
of n Northern majority. In word, this
Kansas difficulty has been reduced to a
solution by the Lccompton Convention,
to which. the North may consent without
even losing Kansas, but from which the
South cannot retreat without humiliation
and disgrace %. ... f.r..t
Perhaps the North will again be fright
ened. Perhaps Kansas is TO be surrender
oil to these threats. But We believe the
cry Of .wolf!" has been heard once too
many times. The wolf may come; but
The people will not. Disunion even may |
come. ButKansas will not be surrender
ii. 1t was dedicated 70 freedom by our
ithss been conquered and re-
dedicated to freedom by their sons; and
.tee il shall be forever, though thousand
lave States, seccds from the Union.-[ss
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