The weekly Mississippian., 1860-10-24
From The NJ o. Catholic STANDARD.
The Union---W Who are the Disunionists3

Fourth Of July, at time Hllen the People
had not yet become excited by the present
political canvass, we said
We hope, too, that its celebration (the
celebration of our National Holiday may
arouse in the hearts Of our IeIlow-citizens in
the Northern and Western States. A sincere
love for our existing CoNsTITuTIoSAL USfox,
q sentiment which should binde together all
Sovereign States OF the conlederacy by bonds
Of affection, stronger and more enduring than
any which can be forged by self-interest,
ambition or power
With such aspirations .Ee trust that on this
patriotic occasion the American people every
where will recognize the patent fact That the
Union can be preserved only hr cordial
Of all the constitutional, equitable
and original rights of the several States, par
ticularly in their common domain, and that
successful attempt to deprive any number, or
any one Of them Of such rights, must ine'ita-
bly, result in National dissolutielE"
These sentiments, like a.ll others that we
express in the columns Of this paper, were
not enunciated merelya because soHee sHch
words were expected from as on the occasion.
They stated the deliberate conviction Of cur
j judgment. They fairly represented the deep
est political feeling Of our heart. We repro
duce them now for the purpose Of calling the
attention Of our readers to certain propositions
which we believe are predicted from sisques-
tionabe facts. We shall do so, IN no partisan
spirit, but truthfnlly, according to oTT ow@
views, fairly, with regard to our misguidcd
opponents, and frankly as becomes the editor
of Catholic paper addressing his fellow 'athc~
lies on matters Of grave and common conctrn-
ment.
The United States Of North AmcriSa were .
leagued together by coniederacy OF inde-
pendent sovereignhes.s The Constitution which
they ultimately adopted for their common
benefit was not forced upon themS any pre-
scriptions Of the past, or any eextcriOr iuiiu- ;
enee ot the present. 1t was @uniOr'Df ogliOr
the common veal, made in spirit Of fraternity
and love. just emancipated from the thral-
dom Of transatlantic power, tneF were
! jealous Of their indii idUal liberty aI4 ckreiul
in forming their compact,-their poliscal so,
partnership,-to express in precise terms. what
portion Of the sovereignty Of each they re-,
| spectiyeiy entrusted TO the common, or as it
is properly called, the Ft9eral Government
All that which they. did not expressly sar-
render, they reserved 10 themselves. We
think this is so generally admitted, that il may
be regarded as meeting universal assent. Were
it not true there would be, strictly speaking,
no States Rights, and the subject Of States
Rights would not have been, as il has been, a.
topic cf discussion from Il Gformation OF the
| Government 10 the present day2
1t is essential to a carrect view Of the present
relations of the various political communities
which now constitute the nation to lear this
in mind.
The Union was formed by love and not by
force aa
As it was formed, 50 it can be preserved,
by love only and not by force.
| 1t was not created TO be sGdespotsm. The
moment it becomes such, i ceases % ~ ha
Union which our foreathers Established
1t would be equally illogical, idle and mis-
chievous to advocate or approve los acting as
despotiSm under any conceivable clrcum-
| stances.
1t is not then on despotc power that its
true friends should rely for its peTpetuitS lhIt
on loyal devotion to tie Constitution and lis
guarantees, and that sincere love which, again
and again. has bound it together by bonds of
affection stronger and more enduring than
any which can be forget by sclflnterest,
ambition or power"
This devotion to the guarantees Of the Con-
stitution, and this fraternal affection, cordially
recognize all the constitutional, equitable
and original rights Of the several States"
whether at toe North, or at the West or at
the South. 1t fully admits their consdtu-
tional rights according to the letter Of the
Constitution. 1t recognizes their equitable
rights according to its spirit. 1t comedies
their original rights which they nsver sur
rendered. fa
The Black Republicans are opposed to all
this. They substitute for it their Higher Law.
They regard the nation as homogeneous
body in which the majority should rule and
enforce its arbitrary will without regard to
written law or unwritten rights hat is,
believing that they constitute majority in
number Of the whole popalation, they design
to use the powerof that majority to dePotcally
enforce their supreme will.
In the hour when they succeed in doing this,
the Union will have ceased to eNSt.
1t will have been transformed by the domi-
nant majority into Democratic Despolism.
1t will have ceased to exist though there be no
seeding State or States : though all should
tieekly bow in craven submissiSn to the
hydra-headed desppt
First and foremost then the Black Repuhli-
can is the disunion party. It's successful
attempt to obtain possession Of the Govern.
ment, wiz inevitably result in National dis
solution. This dissolution may be sudden,
by the secession of one OF more States, or it
may be postponed for time in a hope enter
tanned by the minority that their RI ghts may
be protected by the conservative influence Of
the present anti-Black Republican Senate
But the time will soon roll round, when the
Senate also must become Black kepublpan !;
and hence the dissolution Of th&s truly glorious
and equitable Union which our forefathers
framed, will, in the event Of Black Republic
can success, be only a question Of time Il
will be inevitable. When Blpsk Republican
ism is absolutely triumphant it, and nothing
else, will have dissolved the Union.
Our Catholic friends at the North and at
the West should look this matter directly in
the face. 1t is idle for them to ignore it.
! There is imminent danger Of National dis
| solution. That danger is exactly measured
| by the chances of Black Repsblican success.
The true friends Of the Union are those who
maintain all the rights of Che sever1l, State
Sovereignties, whether stipulated in the con-
stitutional compact, fairly inferred from its
intent, or reserved to themselves respectively
independent Of it. To whatever anti Black
Republican party they may belong, to call these
true patriots and Union men, "Disuni0nists, - is
a misnomer. 1t is either an unintentIonal mis-
nomer, used from want OF correcl Information
or an intentional Misrepresentation nv real
disuuionists, like the cry of stop thief" by
the real robber.
First and forem6stathen the Black Republi-
cans are the disunionists
Second and in an inferior digsity. we no.
gard the Bell party, which indirectly promotes
the cause Of Black RepublicSaisnf nv its
apparent willingness to submit to Black Re-
publican domination, and by thus encouraging
1t IN its aggressions upon the constitutional
rights Of the South.
We have looked in vain through the record
of Mr.. Bell for an assurance that he can he
trusted either by Union men or State Riphts
men. The alleged fact, which we have no
where seen authoritatively deniSd. that the
Black Republicans seriously considered The
propriety of nominating him as their candidate
for the Presidency, certainly affords good cause
to suspect his principles. Zoe Black Repub-
lican DiSunoniSts must have kao,ea linn
They must have had cod grounds for fkeiy
confidence in him. In glancing at his congress.
sional career we cannot but regard him as
aiding and abetting, directly OF indirectly.
those prime diSunIonists, the antSslayery
agtators. His genial counteDSnee appears to
us to have stimulated the growth of Black
Repubicanism to its present defiant and
gigantic power. He is not to be trusted by the
true supporters Of the Constitution and the
Union, any more than by naturalized citizens.
wham he calls foreigners, OF by Cpsholics,
whom he nicknameS Romaaists.
We, therefore, think We are FULLY warranted
in calling upon all honest Union men.-upon
all men of liberal views,--to come forth from
his heterogeneous rsnks Of disunioRis,S and
Know NothingS ana support ticket more in
accordance with their principles.
To return to our text ghe Union can be
only by cordial recognition of all
the constitutional, equitable and original rights
Of the several States, particularly in Their
common domain and successful attempt 70
deprive any number or any one Of them oil @
such rights, must inevitably result IN
National dissolution"
or The price OF negro property we near,
has fallen twenty to thirty per cent since me
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