Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-01

be rebuked from all quarters, IL be talked
about the possibility Of disunion. How Is
il now9 We not only end here and there Il
man in the southern States advocating Sc
cesslon. but strong. powerful party. open.
Iy PLANTING themselves upon this ground.
Thi. party had it, origin in the notification
doctrine. Of Mr.. Calhoun. The notification
Of south Carolina was hut another word for
di.union. Mr. Calhonn and his party in
SOUTH Carolina undertook openly TO resis,
the laws Of the general government 80 II at
defiance; and the remedy proposed was the
secession Of the State from the union.
At that time there was hut httle sympa-
,hv in the south Tor Calhoun or his trca .
souabe doctrines. Blu, unhapp'ly for the
nation, and especially for the south, the
seets Of di.union sown by Mr.. Calhoun
and the nullsers vt South Carolina. have
spread into nearly every State south OF
Mason's and DiIon's line. For more than
twenty years the nrrr,s'ions Of the slave
oligarchy have teen carried on by open and
shameless threats " disunion. Every new
demand npon the fire. States has been ac-
comTanied with thrrat tina, unless It
should h. accorded to, the Un,oa should h,
S,,o'rei. This argument may have been
used Tor effect. hy those who really did not
design TO carry their threats into execution;
but he tina, As i, may. di-union has been 50
long openly preached in the slave States by
their politicians, that there really j. pow
erful party Of rank di.unionis,s throughout
the south. THIS class II men have become
80 influential in their operations, that they
control the so-cnllei democratic party In a
majority Of the slave States. To-Day in a
mapri,y Of 'hc slave States. prominent, in.
ausniial men have openly taken the stamp,
sShorti' the people In rebellion and s'c''-
sion in case the republicans shall elect a
Prr.id,ut in $500.
The late distinguished Thomas liar, Ben.
ton. who for thirty years represented Mis-
.ouri in TIE senate of tie United State,
fnrewarnrd the country Of the reasonable
designs Of ttese men years ago; and well
q, would have be"n for our beloved country
had h,s warnin. voice been listened 10, and
his timely adrponitions heeied Bot south
crn seccssionis,s have become bold in their
treason. They act privately and puhlicly /;
they proclaim their revolving doctrines no,
only hy the GrcsiIc bu, on the housetop.
They DO not stop here. Conventional com.
hlnaiions are rcsir,ed IN a. agencies tosrrrad
and strengthen the poisonous injection.
Year after yearwe hear Of southern section
al conventions. called to concoct treason
against the union. 81 much Tor southern
sentiment upon this question.
In the northern or free SNte-, the people
love and value the union N 10 SPIRIT n rh,oh
u rra, formed. Garrison and his followers
denounco Il, but they are comparatively
Few IN number and possessed Of but little
influence.
While the masses 10 the north reverence
the union and would peril their lives and
property to preserve It. there Is a sentiment
abroad among them equally decP,-that II
the grand and noble purposes Cor which the
union was formed. are 90 be entirely pervert-
ed-if -, Of ari.tocratic nabob. who live
hy slave breeding. and fa,,en upon the blood
AMI sweat OF the enslaved African, are 90
ssitr the rims Of goyernmen; and - con-
s,rue the constitution a. 90 establish injus.
ticr. insure domestic Sroll. and insurrcc-
,ious, provide tor the defense Of slavery At
the expense OF every other interest, and So
cure the curse Of slavery 20 themselves and
ru.'rrity then the union might as well
" slide" Northern men aud women very
well understand the difference between the
blessings Of liberty and the unmiuglted
cur, Of slavery Like our ioreia ,her- who
made the constitution and left It a'a rich
legacy to their childryn, they love the for.
msr and dsspi.c the latter.
The unrish;eous a.crcssions made by the
south upon the free S,a,e-, through the
agency Of the so-c,lled democratic party
the passage OF the barharous and unconsti-
rational fugitive slave law,-thc rpeal or
the Missouri eompaet,-the bred Scott dc.
e,ion and tie passage OF the Lceompton
bill. have all had a tendency 10 create di.u.
Mon sentiments in the free States. People
m the north not surrounded and hound
down by the horrors and mseries Of slave
~. have been educated to believe that this
government was a re, government, that it
vas formed q secure the blessings OF Fiber.
~; and when they have witnessed such
total p-rvcrsion Of every homes, intention Of
our iorelather-. by thOSe holding the rrins
% government, it is not az all strange that
they have sometimes boxed upon the dark
side Of the question. Leading men in the
sO-ealled democratic party have led from the
commencement the front vanguard Of the
disoniun forces IN this country. They now
occupy that position.
The party supporting Buchanan and his
administration ,u5oaies ne diunion senh.
men. Of fhe oouHtry. Southern fre-eaters
Who are labjrins Tor great southern con-
leleracy to he erected upon the smoking ru-
ins OF our present government, have an e1.
,ensive and controlling influence in that par
~. The only feasible method that can h.
adopted by the American people to save this
union. Is To overthrow the slave democracy
and inaugurate a new policy through the