Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-08-18
Strength Of the Union.


The Louisville Journal. referring to soms rather
reproaehfsl rsmarks sasds By the Columbia Is.
CO. Southern Guardian. respecting the sapafriRic
cosrss which Ksasaety. solitary and alone. might
pursae By sdhesing 10 the Union In the sven. Of
The election Of Black Republican President !;
submits some very striking aud ioreible remarks,
ali going 10 prove how dificul. will BE- the work
Of thoss who attempt TO dissolve tho Union.
Our cotsmpcrary sdverts 10 The views presented
By Mr.. Jefferson. when Mr.. Taylor. who was the
mover Of the famous Madison resolutions In 1898.
wrote to Jefferson Suggesting the propristy ofprs-
pairing for dissolution Of the Union. and n re-
constitution Of Virginia and North Carolina into
separate nation.
Mr.. jefferson admitted the force Of Taylor's OBJ
servations. bot dssented from his conclusions for
the following very singular reason:
",Sesing" said he that zoe must hare somebody 10
quarrel eifh, had rather keep our New England
associates for that purpose than soc our chickering's
transferred to others nearer homo. They are cir
cumscribed within such narrow limits, and their
population is now 80 full, that their numbers will
ever be tho minority; and they marked IKE The
Jeps with such perversity Of character a. coas,i-
tute that circumstance tho natural division Of our
parties"
In reply N which, the Journal submits the fol-
lowing,to which we invite the especial attention of
those who are harboring disunion notions.
Sixty years cave made great changes in our
country. The exodus ofthe numbers from the
Northern hive has carried New Enganders all
over the Union and planted the ''perversty of
character" in every State. II there IL to como
quarrel 1t will be between blood relatives. Not
q Southern blow could DO struck but would wound
the brothers and fathers Of Southern matrons.---
Not Northern shaft could DO barbed that might
not find its way to tho hearts of those who are the
loved husbands and protectors Of the bright eyed
daughters Of tho North. To talk then Of u civil
war is sheer nonsense. II partisans should dare
10 propose it, the nation would demand that they
should fght II out themselves. There is not
county from Maine 10 Texas. or from the Atlantic
to tho Pacific. in which the interminged blood of
the North and South does not flow in manly
hearts and womans snowy breasts. You might
as well try To divide the waters Of the great ocean
and send the particles back to their original sec
tons rs 10 show US God.forsaken spot in our
Union which is not truly, entirely. and patriot
cally American. knowing no North, South, East.
or West. There isa ''pcrvcrsity Of character"
country. but it exhibits an obstinacy in tho right,
and determination to oppose wrong, aud never
turns from truth or propriety. 1t was ibis per-
ycrs'y which led our fathers to cross tyranny mt
Bunker Hill and Yorktown, ut Monmouth and the
Cowpcns; which animated the Northern Wayne
and the Southern Marion: which s,ubbornly re.
sisted the might. IT Great Britain and vexatiousy
opposed her desire to cnslave us; which on tho
battle field Of Buena Vista perverted the rules of
warfare and would not be whipped and could not
tell when our volunteers were whipped. II is The
spirit Of Opposition 10 tyranny in every shapo.
governmental or political; the spirit which brought
the Puritan u our Northern shore. the Iiuguenot
to the Southern snyannahs. and the Cavaliers to
the middle colonies. We can trust it in every
emergency firm and elevated rs the granite cliff
OF the North, unyielding us the Evergreen pine
of tho South
Moor'd In the rlftcd rock,
Proof 10 thc tempest shock,
Ftrmcr he RIOTS him the nlder Ii blow
bold sweeping. and swelling rs the noble bnvs
and rivers of our middle section Yes, We ran
trust II in every emergency; md should the time
ever arrive anticipated by the Columbia nrdian.
our natural 'perversity of character" will prove
bulwark Of defense against the madness Of the
hour. and all efforts to dissolve the Union will be
crushed beneath the nigh, Of national indisna.