Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-11-24
THE UNION,

of geographical line be, ond which sla.
very should not extend, was calculated to
destroy that unity of government which
constitutes the inhabitants of all the States
one people, to weaken the league of love
which holds the Union together, and to
lead eventually to its dissolution. II Mr..
JEFFERSON were now living, the intelli-
gence of the election of LINCOLN, would
CRATE more harshly on his ear, than did
the passage of the Missouri Compromise
He would regard the election of section
al President by sectional party, as the
death knell of the Union. And it is thus
that large majority Of the best men and
purest patriots in the Southern States re-
gard it. But still we must not despair,
for all is not yet lost Although dark
and lowering clouds envelope the future of
our country, they are spanned by the rain'
bow of hope, and while the Union con-
tinues to hold together, we will not believe
that patriots poured forth in vain their
hearts blood at Bunkerhill, Saratoga and
Trenton.
1t is natural that the people of the South
ern States should be alarmed at the pres
ent time. The returns of the election tell
them that crisis has arrived, and that
the organization in this country which
holds that Negro Slavery in the United
States must be abolished, although the
last free government on the face Of Gods
Earth may be destroyed in SO doing, has
triumphcd. Remembering the words of
PATRICK HENRY, "shall we gain strength
by inaction, by laying supinely on our
backs, until our enemies shall have bound
us hand and foot" it is natural they should
begin to put their households in order and
to prepare for the worst. They love the
Union. And why! Because it protects and
upholds their rights as frcemen. When
it ceases to do so,when any State or States
are degraded, when they are denied their
rights under the Constitution, the Union
is virtually at an end. The spirit of 76
still lives in the breast Of the American
people. They will not submit to oppres-
sion. If disunion comes, it will not be
hard to fix the responsibility.
The Black Republican party, and above
all, the men who made a Baal of STE.
pHEN A DOUGLAS, the men who at Char
lesion and Baltimore, Tor filthy lucro, al
lowed the spirit of patriotism to die in
their bosoms, and kept their eyes fixed on
the spoils of office, while the fate of the
Union was in their hands, will then feel
that they carry a load of fearful response
bility. But VIC trust in God, that day
may mover come. Reposing on the couch
of security it is easy to laugh at the ''signs
Of the times But when dark and low
eriug thunder-cloud is approaching, we
naturally anticipate storm. The Bri-
tish Nation and the British Parliament,
laughed at the first demonstration of our
fathers in defence Of their rights; and so
now, we in the north laugh at the demon
stration Of our southern brethren in up
holding their Constitutional rights. Let
us pause ere it is too late. Let US not
forget that we are the children of Wash
ington. Let us not destroy the only true
Republic in the world, If We Of the North
regardless Of the rights of the South, per-
severe in our mad course, crisis must
arise, struggle must and will commence
between the two sections of she Republic,
and when once commenced, it will be the
most fearful struggle the world has ever
beheld. "No spasms are like the spasms
of expiring liberty, and no wailings such
as her commissions extort."
AT this trying period, when the sim
prisoned winds are let loose" although
Our influence is felt in limited sphere
we feel it to be our duty, to be firm and
positive. 10 be plain, then, We regard
the triumph of LINCOLN as the triumph
of sectionalism; as the triumph of prin-
ciple, which ii enforced in the admiuistra
ton of our government must lead to q
dissolution OF the Union. But that prin
ciple has not been enforced And there
fore, stand by the Union. Let us stanc
by the Union, not merely because we arr
frecmen, but because Democrats of Colum
bia we love the Union. Below we publisl
the immortal prayer of WEBSTER. 1t
sentiments are ours. Let the worst beta
US that can befal, we are for the Uniol
in any event.
cannot even now, persuade myself t.
relinquish this, without expressing one
more, my deep conviction, that since
respects nothing less than the Union c
the States, it is of the most vital and es