Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-18

where this nation exists, Of what races it
composed, in what age OF the world it acts
its part On the public stage, and what are
its predominant institutions, customs, hah-
its, and sentiments, doubts that the Re.
publican party can and will, if unxaver-
ingly faithful to that policy, and Just and
loyal in all beside, carry it into trIumpbal
success? To doub, is to be uncertain wbe.
ther civilization can improve, or Christian
ity save, mankind.
may perhaps infer, from the necessity
Of the case, that it will, in all courts aud
places, stand by the freedom Of speech
and Of the press, and the constitutional
rights Of ireemen everywhere; that 1t will
favor the speedy Improvement Of the pub
lie domain by homestead laws, and will
encourage mining, manufacture, aud in-
ternal commerce, with needtul cou nectiOns
between the Atlantic and Pacific States
for all these are important interests of free
dom. For all the rest, the national emer-
gepcios, not individual influences, must de-
termine, as society goes on, the policy and
character of the Republican party. Al
ready bearing its part in legislation aud
in treaties, it feels the necessity of being
practical In its care of the national health
and life, while it leaves metaphysical spec
ulation to those whose duty it is to cult
vate the enuobling science of political phi
losophy.
But in the midst of these subjects, or,
rather, before fully reaching them, the
Republican party encounters, unexpected
ly, new aud potential issue-one prior
aud therefore paramount to all others, one
Of national life and death. just as if SO
much had not been already conceded, to
the interest of capital invested in men, we
hear menaces OF dsunion, louder, more
distinct, more emphatic than ever, with
the condition annexed, that they shall be
executed the moment that Republican
Administration, though coustitutionally
elected, shall assume the Government.
do not certainly know that the people
are prepared to call such an Administra-
.ion to power. | know only, that through
succession of foods which never greatly
excite, and ebbs which never entirely dis
courage me, the volume of Reputlicanism
aisos continually higher and higher They
are probably wise, whose appreheusions
ajmonish them that it is already strong
enough for effect.
Hitherto, the Republican party has been
content with one selfinterrog.sory-ho
many votes can it cast These threats
enforce another-has it determination
enough to cast them? This latter ques-
ton touches its spirit and pride l am
quite sure, however, that, as il has hither-
to practised self-deuial in SO many other
forms, it will in this emergency lay aside
all lmpatience of temper, together with all
ambition, aud will consider these extraor-
diDary doclamations seriously and with a
just moderation. Ii would be waste OF
words to demonstrate that they are uucon-
s'itutional, and equally idle to show that
the responsibility tor disunion, attempted
or effected, must rest not with those who
in the exercise Of constitutional authority
maintain the Government, but with those
who uncons;ltutIonaily engage in the mad
work of subverting it.
ces? They resolve themselves into this,
that the Republican party in the North is
hostile to the South But it already is
proved to be majority in the North; it
IS therefore practically the people of the
North. viii it not still be the same
North that has forborne with you so long, /
and conceded to you SO much Can you
justly assume that affection, which has .
been so complying, can all at once charge .
to hatred, intense and iuexorable?
You say that the Republican party is a
sectional one. Is the Democratic party
less sectional q? Is it easier for US to bear
your sectional sway than for you to bear
ours! Is it unreasonable that for once we
should alternate? But is the Republican
party sectional? Not unless the Demo
cratic party is. The Republican party
prevails in the House Of Representatives
sometimes, the Democratic party in the
Senate always. Which of the two is the
most proscrip;ive? Come, come, come, if
you will, into the free States, into the
State of New York, anywhere from Lake
I.i ic W riS iAdi u'if a!Huus ny bcISuUOis
in the Owasco valley, hold your eonven-
tious, nominate your candidates, address
the people, submit to them, earnestly, elO-
quenty, all your complaints and grievances
OF Northern dsIoyalty, oppression, perfdy;
keep nothing back, speak just as freely
and as loudly there as you do here you
will have hospitable welcomes. and appre-
cia,ive audiences, with balIo,-boxes open
for all the votes you can win. Are you
less sectional than this p? Extend to US
the same privileges, and will engage that
you will very soon have in the South as
many Republicans as We have Democrats
IN the North. There is, however, better
est of nationality than the accidental loca-
ion of parties. Our policy of labor in the ,
Territories was not sectional in the first
orty years of the Republic. Its nature
nheres. 1t will be national again, during
he third forty years, and for ever after ,
Yards. 1t is not wise and beuefcent for ,
Is alone, or injurious to you alone. Its /
fleets are equal, aud the same for US all. s
You acuse the Republican party of ul-
erior and secret designs. How eau a
'arty that counts its votes in this land of 5
rec speech and free press By the hundreds ?
f thousands, have any secret designs! v
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