The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-12-23
Union Meetings at the North

Whenever a great national crime has bcCn,
or is about to bo consummatCd, certain
class of Northern mon become seriously
alarmed for the safety of tho Union. Meet
iugs arc Immediately called in our principal
cities, to which all supcrannuatod soryilcs
are invited. for tho purpose of q"ietng the
ovuutry. Distinguished t"aiivs Hso Edward
Everett, who worry likely has novor uttered
manly sentiment that he has not since ru.
grottcd and tho cotton merchants of Now
York and New England, arc tho primo
movers in thosc Union Meetings. ANY
great commotion Of tho political elements
is suro t. bring such moral noncnti,ics 10
/ the surfucc OF all tho characters who
/ figure in our politics, they merit and receive
tho most profound contempt. Utterly
impotcnt for good-not even proposing a
remedy for existing evils which every sane
man secs ard rCaljzns-sorying only to blind
and deceive tho people, in regard to the
issues before thcm-with ono oyo on the
flag of our Union, and tho other on tho Al
mighty Dollar, they sing gentle IuIlab,
+ to tho disturho! clements, which only
. better reign than they propose to inaugu
5 rate can ever still. Time was, when parlie
i wero moro evenly balanced. and the Qucs
t ton of Slavery was not tho only question il
j our politics, that these mcn were useful t
tho South. and therefore tolerated bu
that time has gono by, aud the South doe
not now disguise its profound detostatOn o
. them. 1t knows that thoy are as powcrlcs
I, as they are hypocritlcal aud selfish and
q IKE worn out spawned nags, no longer Fl
], for service, they are respectfully turned ou
to grass.
d Groat Union Meetings have recently bee
l. held in Boston. Philadelphia and New Iorl
y At tho New York Meeting. which was a
\ tended by 10000 people, Gen. Scott WI
, nominated for tho Presidency. Spcecht
. were made, and resolutions adopted,
~ which tho present threatening aspect
, affairs was attributed to tho agitation"
,e the opponents of Slavery, Tho treasonab
N movements OF tho South woro passed quiet
y over, or winkod entirely out of sight.
re In this connection, wo must give Il
8. Southern opinion of these Union Saver
sa The Charleston Mercury pictures tho "Co
- scrvative' in the following style
Tho difference between the "Conserv
tiycs' and the Republicans is just tho diffr
he cuco between Lucifcr and Satan Lucif
pv is u very djstuguo looking individual of
,s. indseribable age, with a handsome fat
brilliant black ewes. heavy mus,achc
sombrcro hat. Spanish cloak, and rapt
re- at his side. He is courtly gentleman, a
70. neYCr INDUCES in loud talk and baldcrdal
er. and violence Hc would reason with Y,
arS and conduct you most politely to tho m;
IN sious of tho unhappy forever. Satan is
-, loaIhsomo brute. with cOntortci f"a,uT
~ bIoar eyes, u black skin. long, forked L
'oh and cloyon feet. Satan would seize you
ap- his claws, drive his forked tail through y
er- and drag you to -, amid stonches
Dir birthstone and sulphur,
me The Baltimore Patriot Gan organ of
- - South Americans) gives these gcn;leu
~, ", doughfaces their just deserts. 1t says:
I'VE procoiyc that the Loco-foco dou
Wv, faces in Boston, Nov York and Phila,
oil phla, propose holding meetings for tho p
pose of appeasing tho wrath of Loco-F
HIS disunionists in the South, at tho recent
hibtions OF foolish sentimen,alism for J(
-, Brown, by handful, here and there. of
V'un' olition disunionists in those cities. Ii III
MS be any character in tho world that We h
air. auy conLampt for. IL is the dirt eating CO
and face of tho FREQ States. He has no real
nat gard whatever for tho South and its inst
i'm. tiou, and yet under tho pretence cf sym
ous thy for them, hc will proclaim himself
,;cb FREUD. keeping his eye steadily all tho W
,Sa upon the preWRidry benefit to be deri
'ue thorefrom. He will do anything
''er Southern fre.eaters will require of
me even to licking the very dust off their she
I'd and though these partisans are perfe
ecu aware Of his hypocrisy, yet strange to
his they affect TO DO glatihed at the exhibit