Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-11-14

plain, then, We regard the triumph of Lin
coin as the triumph of sectionalism; as the tri-
umph of principle, which if enforced in the
| administration of our government must lead
| to dissolution of the Union. But that prin-
ciple has not been enforced Aud therefore,
stand by the Union Let US stand by the
Union, not merely because we are freemen,
but because Democrats of Cambria we love
the Uncn Below we publish the immorta,
prayer of Webster. Its sentiments are
ours Let the worst befal us that can befal,
we are for the Union in any event.
cannot even now, persuade myself to relin-
quish this. without expressing once more, my
deep conviction. that since it respects nothing
less than the Union of the States, it is of the
most vital and essential importance to the
public happiness. profess, sir, in my ca
reer hitherto, to have kept steadily in view
the honor and prosperity of the whole, and
the preservation of our Federal Union 1t
is to that Union we owe our safety at home,
and our consideration and dignity abroad
1t Is 10 that Union that we are chiefly indeb-
ted for whatever makes US most proud of our
country. That Union we reached only by
the discipline OF our virtues in the severe
school of adversely. 1t had itssorigin in the
nect ssities of disordered finance, PROSTATE
commerce and ruined credit Under its be-
nign influences, these great interests imme-
diately awoke, as from the dead, and sprang
forth with newDess of life Every year of
It's duration has teemed with fresh proofs of
Its utility, and Its blessings; aDG although our
TERRITORY has stretched out wider and wider,
and our population spread farther and farther
they have not ourran its protection OF Its ben
efts- 1t has been to Us al copicious foun-
taiE of national, social, personal happiness
have not allowedlmyself, sir, to look beyond
the Union, tc see what might lie hidden in
the dark recesses behind. l have not eoolly
weighed the chances of preserving liberty,
when tke bonds that unite US together shall
be broken assunder. | have not accustomed
myself to hang over the prccipice of disunIon
TO see whether, with my short sight, l can
tathom the depth of The abyss below; nor could
l regard bin as safe counsellor in the af-
iairs OF this government, whose thoughts
should be mainly bent on considering, not
now the Union should besl be preserved, but
how toierable might be the condition of the
people when 1t shall be broken up ane de-
stroyed. While the Union lasts, we have
Ign eAelliuS' gratifying prespectS spread
out before US and our children. Beyond that
L seek not to penetrate the veil. God grant
| that IN my Gay at least, that curtain may not
rise. God grant that on my vision never
may be opened what lies behind. When my
eyes shall turn to behold for the last time the
snn in heaven, may not see him shining on
the broken and dishonored fragments of a
a once-glorious Union; on states discovered
discordant, belligerent; on land rent with
civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in frater-
| nal bloodl Let their last feeble ard linger-
ing glance, rather. behold the gorgeous en-
sign of the republic, now known and honored
throughout the earth, still full high advanced
its arms trophies stre9ming in their original
lusture, not stripe erased or polluted, Lor
single star obscured-bearing for its motto no
snch miserable interogotary as, What IS all
! this ,rO7th? nor those other words of deluson
and folly, Liberty first, and Union after
yards; but every where. spread all over in
characters of living light, blazing on all its
| ample folds, as they float over the sea, and
over the land, and in every wind under the
whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to
every true American heart-Liberty and Un-
ion, now and forever, one and inseperablel