Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1860-01-06

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during the past year, including excellent
health, plentiful harvests, aud general pros
peri'y throughout the land. lie then pass
es on to "lhe recent sad and bloody occur
rences at llarpcr's Ferry" which, he SAYS,
''derive their chief Importance Fl ON the an
prehension that they are but symptoms of
an incurable disease in the public mind,
which may break out in still more danger
oGs outrages, and terminate at last in open
war by the North to abolish Slavery in the
South. In this dismal apprehension, how
+ ever, the President does not share "For
1 myself, he says, II entertain no such ap.
prehension." Yet, with singular inconsist-
ency, though protesting not to believe that
the events at liarpers Ferry viii lead 10
the grave results that others apprehend. he
thinks "they ought to afford a solemn warn
ing to US all 10 beware of the approach OF
danger. Der Union is a stake OF such in
estimable value as TO demand our constant
and watchful vigor for its preservation,
In this view, let me implore my country
men, North and South, TO cultivate the an
cient feelings of mutual forbearance and
good win toward each other, and strive to
allay the demon spirit Of sectional hatred
and strife now alive in the land. This
/ vice proceeds from the heart Of an old pub
/ lie functionary, whose service commenced
4 in the last generation, among the wise and
conservative statesmen of that day, now
nearly all passed away, and whose first
and dearest wish is to leave his country
| tranquil, prosperous, united and powerful"
| This is satisfactory as far as it goes. 1t
/ is right and becoming that the President OF
/ the United States, the Chief Magistrate of
/ the Republic, whose Constitution and laws
/ il is his sworn duty to uphold and maintain,
should rcbuke the reasonable spiri, which
has of late so strongly manifested itself in
rampant threats TO overthrow the Consiitu-
| tion and the Union. But as these atrocious
menaces of civil war-these preparations
for armed rebellion against the National
| Goyernment-ihese declarations of design
to seize and plumber the National Capitol of
its archives and lis treasure, have proceed
ed exclusively from the leaders Of that par
ty Of which Mr.. Buchanan is the acknowl-
edged head and chief, We think his rebuke
shonld have been plainly and sternly direct
ed against these guilty ringleaders of dis
union, and not have been wasted in vague
generaIities. The only disunionists Of any
consequence 10 the country, the only poitti-
cal disuniunists, are the Democratic leaders
in and out of Congress, who impudently
threaten rebellion and civil war in ease the
majority of the people constitutionally elect
President in 1860, and who, in the States
oerr which they yet retain control--as in
South Carolina. Tor ifgstaHte-~are a{rgasIv
making open preparations for military re-
sistance 10 the Federal authorities. And,
though South Carolina Is, we believe, the
only State which has yet gone so far as to
make appropriations Of money for treason
able purposes, other Democratic States of
The South, through their representatives,
have expressed similar sentiments; and, ms
the President justly observes, that "those
who announce abstract doctrines subvcrsive
of the Constitution and the Union, must not
be surprised should their heated partisans
advance one step further, and attempt by
violence 10 carry these doctrines into prac-
teal effect No Republican State, no Re-
publican Governor or Senator or Repre-
sentative, no Republican Journal or orator,
has announced such abstract doctrines, or
has uttered a word against the Union or the
Constitution, either directly or by implica-
ton. Among all the million and a half of
Republican voters, we venture TO say not a
disunionist can be found. In the Repub-
ican States of the North, The only disun-
ionists are handful of Garrisonians, who
belong TO no party, are avowedly hostile TO
the Republicans, and never vote nor hold
office, and have very little perceptible in
fiuence in public affairs.
The menace of disunion, the danger OF
disunion. if danger there be, comes from
two classes, both however, so closely allied,
as 20 be nearly identical--thc Democratic
politicans and the shareholders. The slave
holder threaten secession unless they are
permitted TO extend Slavery into the Terri
tories and into the regions south OF US; an
the Democratic politicians playing into the
hands Of the shareholders and a. the same
time playing on their fears mutter treason
and rebellion in case the administration OF
the Government is taken from them by the
| legal vote of the people, and they are forced
"a rive IN the honors and offices they have
=. lang enioved, together with the use and
abnse Of ninety millions of annual revenue
TO say nothing OF fat contracts and other
pickings and stealings, that follow naturally
when the political control Of a continent Is
| in Democratic hands.
Mr.. Buchanaa's rebuke OF disunio:'ism
would have lad some force if directed
AGAINST these classes--againsf the only real
disun;onists. 1t was his duty, as the Chief
Executive OF the FEDERAL Government, 10
/ have warned these de,udel and desperate
men Of the madness of their projected re-
sistance TO the constitutional voice of the.
neonIe in case of the election of a Repub-
Iicaa President in 1860, and TO have cleared
himself. at the same time, of that suspicion
of sympathy with their mediiated ireason
which naturally attaches to him as the chief
of the Democratic party.
From his brief allusion 10 the Harper's
Ferry affair, the President passes on to
what he calls the final settlement-the Eth
.-6naP' settlement within ten years, we be-
Iieve-of the question of Slavery in the
/ Territories. by the decision oi the Supreme
Court. He says;
"The right has been established of every
citizen 10 take his properly Of any kind, in
/ Guiding slaves. into the common Territorits
belonging equally 10 all the States OF the
I Coufe,ieracy. and TO have it protected there
nn,lor the Federal Constitution. Neither