Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-05-23
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oSAf' LhifohM. It'll all that
Pharisaical cant peculiar to "tbe hoh..
law" party, who are ever ready to tbanL
God that they are not as other men. the D.
publicans declare ''that the Federal Cons,;
tuition, the rights of the States. and i,
Union of the States, must and shall be -,
served" If they expect to preserve ..,ho
Union of the States" by denying 'the rights
of the States, as guaranteed by "the Fede.
raj Constitution" such Utopiau idea vii,
probably be realized "when the sun shall %
back upon the dial of Ahaz"-not be(ore
10 covertly denounce as political heresvu
an opinion of the Supreme Court the obse,
vance of which would fully settle sthe ver.
ed question" is surely a unique way of nrs.
serving Constitution which declares Tia,
such decision shall be ''the Supreme law &C
the land" Moreover, we have vet to learn
that either the South or Supreme Court bsya
ever enumerated 1.-The dogma that the Con.
stitutlon carries slavery into a Territory
That is not the dogma. 1t is simply that ir
slavery be carried INTO a Territory, II is prn.
tected by the Constitution, which recognize.
slaves as property, and that neither Con.
gress-as the Republicans claim-nor tho
Territorial Legislature-as Judge Douglas
declares-has any power to prohibit or pre.
judice slavery in Territory
The Republicans complacently congratu.
late the country, also, that no Republican
member of Congress has uttered or coun.
tenanced Il threat of disunion." They seem
to be about az well posted upon this subject
as was one of their candidates for the Vice
Presidency, Mr.. Hickman, as to 1.-THE en-.
during forces" of the country, which he est
mated at eighteen millions of men, reared 10
industry, and eight millions" not 50 reared,
whcn in fact there is not 0ae-sirM of that
number all told.
Oh, no, they would not dissolve the Union,
Certainly not! They would preserve 1t by
all means-if it can be done upon Governor
Banks plan of letting ''the Union slide" or
Senator Wilson's mode of surrounding THE
slave States with Gordon of free States,
and giving liberty to millions in bondage"
or Senator Stewards scheme Of ian irrepres.
sible conflict, or effective aggression upon
slavery" or Senator Wade's project of pre-
serving "the Union by dicidiny ii entirely
from all faint of slavery" or }. Q. Adams
process of 'peaceably or by blood" or that
OF the twenty-one members Of Congress of
the Republican party, who i'll 1913, issued
an address, declaring that the annexation of
Texas, would be identical with dissolution"
and ito prevent the speedy and violent dis
solution of the Union," they invited imme-
date action by the free States; or by reason
of slavery agitation which their candidate
for the Presidency, Abram Lincoln, says,
''will not cease until a crisis shall have been
reached and passed, 4 until either the
opponents of slavery arrest the further
spread of it, or its advocates push forward
till it shall become alike lawful in all the
States" while last, though not least, their
nominee for the Vice Presidency, Hannibal
Hamlin, addressed Fremont meeting at
Norway, in 1886, standing under an Ameri-
can flag, on which were only mrteen stars !
These sayings and signs Of the dsunion ten
denotes Of the Republicans, surely contradict
their assertion about preserving the Union,
and many of that party scarcely take any
pains to disguise their hostility u the Union.
In order to the preservation of 1.-The Fede-
raj Constitution and the Union Of the
States" it is only necessary that 1.-THE rights
of the States" be duly maintained. The
South asks no favorS, seeks no concessions,
but simply its constitutional rights, and an
absence of that impertinent intermeddling
with its peculiar institution thathas too long
been INDUCED in by those who, 80 Tar from
preserving the Union seem disposed to make
Il holocaust Of Union To the idol of an ism.
Ill. ..,. ~,
"Me Union Of the Hates." 1t is valuable
so long as it forms the basis of repose and
safety. But if instead Of repose it brings
agitation, or in place Of safety it produces
danger, it must cease to be a blessing, and no
longer desirable. A state of quasi peace,
and quasi war cannot always be maintained,
and it is only by fidelity to the Constitution,
and an observance of the Laws, that an I'M
affected love for the Union can be perpetual
ted NJ.