, 1860-11-01

IS TIL: UNION i ROPE OF SANDa


The Republicans propose to elect Prcsi-
deut-an honest and a patriotic man-by
the forms and methods prescribed by the
Constitution. Their platform and the
character Of their candidate arc guarantys
that, in the treatment Of tho ycxed qucs-
ton Of slavery, the rights Of the South and
the compromises Of the Constitution will
be re1igiously observed. In view Of this
certain triumph Of Air. Lincoln and the in
aueuration Of sound, economical and just
administration, the frc-eaters Of the South
propose to violate the Constitution, deny
the right Of the majority, and break up the
government
If the Union will not bear the strain to
which it will be subjected by the constitu-
tional and strictly lawful action Of the peo-
pie; if the right Of the minority, to govern
the country within the guards and limita-
tions which the Constitution sets up, is not
hereafter TO be respected; if the minority
and that minority the representatives Of q
principle purely arbitrary and dcspotic, arc
to give law to the land; il, in ! word, the
vital principle Of American Democracy is
to be trodden under foot and the people Of
the North are TO be held in subjuggation by
$4,000 shareholders OF the South, and de-
MED their 1egitimutc right in the regulation
Of public alairs,-the Union is not worth
preserving. 1t is u rope Of sand that any
child may break 1t is powcrless for the
purposes for which it was formed. 1t an
instrument Of oppression rather than
guaranty Of freedom. 1t is a yoke not only
on the necl;s Of four millions Of blacks,
but burden and cross to eighteen mil
lions Of whites! Let it 60, and the sooner
separation is effected the better!
But the South will not support the pre-
tenscs Of her bankrupt traders in merchan-
disc and politics When the sober, second
thought comes the disunionists will be put
to shame, We're there NO patriotic reasons
connected with their desire to preserve the
confederacy unimpaircd, sclfintcrest would
command her to put tho agitators down.
For 1nany years-as long, in fact, as the
revenue Inns been collected by duties on I'M
ports-thc North has borne tie burdens Of
government for the benefit Of the South
They arc our mechanics, farmers and labor
ers who have consumed the great bulk OF
the foreign merchandise which has come
to our shores; they have paid the duties on
sugar, salt, tea, coffee, iron, cutlery and cot
ton and woolen goods; they have worn all
the cheaper silks and French muslins and
prints. Free labor has made them able 10
do all this, and their desire for equality not
only in political rights but in social and
fashionable obscrvnnccs as vel, has made
them willing. The burdens have fallen
heavily upon them, and they hayc borne
them without word. The same class in the
South hare, meanwhile, done little or moth.
ing. They are the "poor whites" whose
social customs end manners are formed in.
dependent Of the dominant class, They in.
dulge in few or none Of the luxuries which
are common in almost every habita
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