East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-12-15

cold -blooded murderer and miscreant
Brown without censure and reproof from
any one. They say, and | confess with
much truth, that the enmity of feeling
now existing between the two sections
has arrived to such pitch that they can
no longer live under the same govern
ment TO help overflow the bowl, look
at the late certificate of 20 Of the repub-
lican members of Congress approving Of
that atrocious publication against the
South written by an absconding scoun-
drel named Helper. What, in the name
of God, had those members to do with
such an atrociOus work? How can they
venture to assert that they do not wish
or intend TO interfere with the institu-
ton in the States? This very thing may
be the spark that will cause the explo-
sion this session. To say that the south
ern members are indignant at this pro-
cecding is giving but faint idea of their
feelings, and ! do assure you | dread
scenes of bloodshed on the floors Of Con-
gress which will result at once in a crisis.
A cry for an immediate act of dissolution
once raised will be reechoed with unani-
nifty of feeling-the whole of the south
ern delegation would probably withdraw
from this city. The people ofthose States
would take possession Of the custom-houses
and other public property, and declare
they were out of the Union, and would
wish to live on quiet and friendly terms
with the North, if possible-at any rate,
they would not be aggressors, and if
themselves disturbed would resist the
best they can. 1t is all idle talk to say
this Union can be maintained by force and
contest The first drop of blood shed in
that way would of itself be fatal. In
1882, when South Carolina took the bit
! in her mouth, when Gen. jackson had
his whole party to support him, when the
whig party rallied also to his support, and
when South Carolina had no support or
even sympathy from her southern friends
within her own limits, and a very strong
Union party in her own bosom, -even
under all those circumstances, had there
been a collision Of arms, the Union then
would have persisted. Now, not a south
orn State that would not bound up TO the
cry Of dissolution, and | really fear the
evil is gone too far to be corrected.
Still, we must all do what we can; and,
as the head of leading, influential press,
you have a great responsibility upon you.
| think the duty of the northern press is
certainly to denounce the course of the
ultras-to repress all feelings Of sympa-
thy for and all attempts to make John
Brown a martyr-to try and pour oil on
the troubled waters-to soothc the irri-
tated feelings which have sprung up at
the South, and to try and convince them
that the North are not hostile-that the
number are but very limited who preach
the doctrine of blood and fire at the South
that the Phillipscs, Smiths, Giddingses
and Garrisons have noextensive influence
and, in short to do all that viii tend TO
restore good and friendly feelings between
the two sections The atrocious and
cold-blooded course of Brown in Kansas
debars him from all consideration of feel
ing towards him, and it is really surpris-
inc that one individual can have parti-
Gle of feeling for such miscreant en-
tircly independent Of the affair at Har-
per's Ferry. l wish you could spend next
week here and | think you would be
convinced that my views and fears are
not unfounded. l have letters from some
Of the most sober-minded, conservative,
old-line wings at the South-all Of the
most gloomy kind, and all uniting in the
belief that the event is inevitable. i
pray God it may be otherwise.