The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-12-28
Who are ths pisunionists /

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y Who are tbs DisunionistsI
The pro-slayery Democratic press. through
Misrepresentation, have succeeded 10 impress
ing the South with the belief thatthe Repub-
liean party makes il point 10 its creed TO ir
teriere With the municipal laws of the slave
holding States. iouching Slavery. The excite
al Ia. the guilty. the timid South, as . conse.
a. ence. heaps all manner Of bitter denuncia
tions and threats upon " Black Republicans.
Yet il is true that the Republican party, anf
every Republican statesman in the country, ass
sld always have been careful TO respect tbs
constitutional rights Of the South. The OBJ
jscts OF the Republican party is to donation
al;ze slayery--to localize tito throw it anf
It's political influence back as far as may bf
into II e States which it curses ard blights-
tG. take from the slave power the control q
the National Government--to separate the
Gover.sment from the disgrace, shame and
suppor, CT the systen--to save the territories
tofreedom, 10 hedge slavery in where it nov
exists. and never give it another foot Of ex
tension--,o let the slaveholding States hug
"tbis body of death to their bosoms. it they
viii. while the true purposes of . free govern
meni are to be developed labor and fret
Institutions are to be upheld in oil their force
pow er and infusnce. . ,si.
If this is treason, then are Republican,
traitors IL this is disunionism, then are Re
publicans disloyal to Constitutional Union
and not otherwise. s.,t, 7.aY
Yet the Republicans are denounced a
disunionists, BY Democratic presses ranf
par,isans. which presses and Partisan'
have no word of rebuke for any dis
union sentiments expressed by those slave
holders. and fre-eaters, who are .ccntinu
ally yaporing and threa,enipgto dissolve thu
Union, if they cannot haze their oscn gay!9
# Republican President is elected, they
declare he shall never adminisser the Govern
ment The Union shall be dissolved
Republican Speaker is elected, South
ern members shall withdraw, and the Unior
shall be ended !s .7lsl 69isa a9a eiiza
This talk Southern Senators and Represen
tatives in 0ongress--thus declare Southern
men and newspapers everywhere. and yet no
Northern Democratic paper has one woi'
of ceusure for all this. but instead they loa'
the Republican panty with obloquy and abuse
and attribute TO it sentiments and positions
which do not belong to it. uaSii9 sslss IS
-As7 things are, with the tyrarn Gus powe
exercised III. ough the National Government
BIZ the Siaveholding South backed by North
ern donghfaces. .the Union is. to a great extent
particularly dissolved. already aaa sas4f
North and Sou III, in interest are two pee
ple-- free aud slave labor are, and always mus
be, irrepressible antagonisms-the South 81
prosciibes Northern men, that no just rec
procity Of rights exist The life of no Nortf
ern man. unless he be an accredited Demt
eras, is safe at The South. "A Northern ma
may notia safety pursue his lawful business III
molesied int the South his unconstitutional righl
are denied hins--he may not pass from plac
oplaee in safety. unless he holds ia his han
forready exhibition. anegro pass! We are en
tirely within limits when we say. that there il
atfhis moment. no dsspotisn on earth, 8
grinding. so heartless, cruel and bloody. as th
despotism Of the South It may be tbs
this glorious Union will stand suntil the lai
syllable of recorded time" but if it does, Ii
terrorism Of Southern despots must "come
perpetual end" ~
In view of these vaporing threats of di
union which come up every day from th
South, there is. q point upon which all me
ought to reflect more CONSIDERABLY than the
are wont TO do. The point is this: THER
CAN BE NO PEAcEFUL DISSOLUTION OF tn
UsIoxl There would be SO many momentor
questions of territorial boundaries to be az
justcd--ihe ownership ofthe vast. National d
main 10 be se:tled--and other stubborn poin
of dispute. that bloody conflicts could not b
ovoided. When the black hag of ,Disunic
Is unfnrled, this fair land will be drenched
fraternal blood. afa so safsi e. sanssal.
And yet slavery, the accursed sum of q
villainies' may preeipitate this very result
Is not only a miscbieyous, it is destructi,
element in our political polity. a
.If this Union is destroyed, its destructic
will be due to the fell spirit of Slavery.
We propose to group together few sar
Piles of Southern expression. and Northe
Doughfaceism. that the reader may be- son
what posted as to the present position ofaffai
and as to present tendencies-that the cand
may be enabled to judge who are the fanatic
who are the disunioois,s--that all may see t
baneful and destructive spiritof slavery--he
IL debases the South, how it demoralizes th
portion Of the North 10 servile league with
And frst we give the following beauti
extract from speech made in the us 81
ate. during the present session Of Congress,
Senator iyerson, of Georgia. His aim is
secure the defeat Of John Sherman, 10
Speakership. Here the disunion Senator:
.Iie believed that the Northern portion
the Democratic party was as rotten ga
Rspnblicans. There is no difference besws
Senator Douglas and his supporters on I
vital question and Black Republicans the
selves. The South standF upon the brink
asvolcsno. and unless they take timely acli
what will be the consequences /? He presr
ed that Mr.. Sherman would be elected
doubtless, traitors enough woull be found
the ranks. of the Anti-Lecompton Democr
Rsi, II ssek SHOULD b Ihs case he souid co
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