Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-03-26
Disunioa..who is Responsible,

Disunion.-. is RespOnsible'
In looking over the black democratic or.
gan, we often End s,ereoiypcd honilies abou,
the e Uu,-, 4" it, dangers. and the proba.
bilitics Of 10 overthrow. We never really
beloved the Union in any Imminent, DANCE,
FROM the fact that. in our Judgment, the
great mass Of the people are and have been
strongly opposed to is dissolution. In these
matters We confess our opinions have been
somewhat modified \ dissolution Of the
Union can only 30 effected by a system Of
mean, directed 20 that particular end. Are
W. tending in that direction. And, IL -,
Who and what party j. responsible? This
Is an important question; for II this Re-
public l. 90 De- rent in twain, u the old
bond Of onion. which lns hell Us together
a. one great, happy people Tor more than
seventy years, Is to be rudcly broken. it Is
important TO know hy what agency 1t is 10
b. brought about. Tie people % the North
aud West have always bcgn firmly attached
to the Union This remark applies TO men
Of all parties, saving, perhaps, the dough.
faces and the little squad who'hayc adopted
the hcrcic, Of VIM. Lloyd Garrison. |, is
salc 90 ass,rt ihI, no, more than one In
hundred. and perhaps no, that proportion,
10 all the tree States, could Dc found favor
iu. a dissolution of the Union. under any
circumstances We avs here fpeakins Of
toe masses. No northern man has ever
been found 10 Congress advocating secession
doctrines, and non, have ever been found
voting or acting In favor Of measures point.
in. Boo that direction, save the d1ughae,s,
who have irnm time 60 time s,li themselves
90 the slave power and turned traitors 10
their constituents. Th,s, traitors have
generally bccn rrpulia,ed ~ an insulted.
injured constituency aud lei, AZ home, 10
be picked up by corrup, EEccu,iy, and
rewarded With patronage aud Office, Cor their
base and yillainous ireachcry ~, - with
the south. Ever since the days Of the null
idcation. aud even before that, there has
been large PARTY within the so-called dem.
ocra;ic party. who were advocates oC dis.
union. South Carolina notification is but
another word for di,uniqn. The men who
lei oI asain., the government in General
Jacksln's day, were in favor Of secession
then. and - they are now. They were for
rebellion then, they are for rebellion now.
The frmncss and decision Of Old Hickory.
and the fear Of the halter cooled oG their
courage then. and brought the traitors into
suhjction % the government John G.
Calhoun. Geo. MeDufrc, Rober, +. llayne.
r. d. Rhctt. and beet Of Others m that
State never had more than secondary love
for the Union. The platform Of these men
had bat three planks. First, South Caro-.
lima aud slavery; 81, The General Govern.
ment controlled by South Carolina and the
slave powers; and 81. REBELLION AM di,union,
wherever this could not DC carried.
The preaching Of the southern nullifers
under Gen. Jaekson's Administration was
ras5n. 1, was 50 considered by President
jackson. Danisl Webster, and all the great
statesmen Of the North. Neither was this
feeling confined to tho Northern States.
Clay. Crittenden. Benton, Grundy. For
saith. Mangum, and host Of other eminent
names could be mentioned who then took
the same view Of the matter. Since that
time, the grain OF mustard seed has grown
into large tree. What was then consider
ed by The creates, and beet men all over the
country ir,asoH, IS Hors iaudsd By ihc dsno-
cratic party IN ths Souih az patriotism. Null
li6ca,iou first sprang mp in the hot bed OF
slavery, in South Carolina. From that day
to the present, il has found nuiriment and
support from the same iniquitOus system.
IL was under the administration Of John
Tyler that these southern uullifers and dis.
unionisis first sought To seize the reins OF
government. and bring us as a nation to
the feet Of the slave power. Calhoun was
the leading spirit in the unhOly crusade /;
bat few men at that time had the courage
to come out as he did, and openly avow
their purpose. Tyler lent himself willing
instrument to these traitors, and under his
administration they acquired standing
and power not possessed before.
President Polk. although an honest man,
at tie commencement OF decentralization,
yielded at last to the elan,ors Of tho seees-
isiOnisis, and the general government under