St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-12-06
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The American Union.
BY JOHN W. FORNEY.

waves of Southern Disunionism, will
turn his eyes, with sense of grateful
relief, to the generally calm dignity
of the Northern people. With the
exception of a few fanatics who, for
their own purposes, place exaggera-
ted constructions upon the late elec-
ton. the many millions Of freemen
scattered over that part of the coun-
try in which slavery does not exist.
contemplate, with indulgent silence,
the threats and terrOrs of those who
seem to have resolved, for one OF
another reason, to raze the Republic |
T., the ground. Mr.. Lincoln himself
preserves an admirable equanimity, |
and those who speak for him--cvcn
the widest of them--secm inspired |
Try his example, and rival each other
in counsels of fraternity and good |
will. Nothing is so apt to disarm
violence and intcmperance as collect
rducss of manner and tixedncss OF
purpose. A maniac is frequently tram
quilted by gentle treatment, and it is
said Of Earey, the great horsc-tamer,
that when he entered the stall Of a
stccl which had never known con-
trul before, he subdued him in an in
slant, without using whip or spur
Human nature is the same all over
the world, and the Southern states
man cannot fail TO be impressed by
the general tome of the Northern mind
And vet there are some things taking
,lqrr in South Carolina we'll calcula
ted to disturb much less impressl-
BE people than ours. Think of the
American flag being hauled down
from an American steamer, IN ooe-
dicucc to the command Of a brutal
mob, and in its stead local banner
raised. in order to propitatc that mob,
and to obtain certain commercial adj
vantarcs ! Think of Hail Columbia
and Yankee Doodle laughed at and
drrided. and the revolutionary hymn
Of foreign nation substituted amid
RESPONSIVE acclamations Think Of
jackson. and Washington, and Madl-
son insultcd and rcpudiated ! Acts
like these may he called the acts OF
inchriatcd madmen but will 1t be
supposed for moment that such do
ines will not reach the warm hearts
Of the Southern people like blows
dealt with the coolest and sharpest
stcel-frcczing the blood in THEN
veins, and causing such revival Of
the memories of the past as will make
them trcmble before the perils and
the evils that are invoked upon thcil
heads by their own misguided breth
rem? And if such sentiments are in
spircd at the iire-sides of the South
what must be the feelings of thost
who participated in none of these per
formanccs
When the American citizen visits
foreign land, the first object he seek
for is the flag of his whole country
Surrounded with strangers, it recall
to him his absent family and friends
1t speaks of united Republic, and h
dwclls upon it as a messenger tina
insurcs him protection abroad, ant
honor at home. Heretofore this glori
Gus symbol awakened the spontane
Gus nnu oFSiV enthusiasm, Of 80
whether they live in til
South or the North, in the East or tn
West; and shall it not be SO hcrca
ter? Perish the thought That bal
ncr, the type of an unbroken country
the emblem Of an empire stretching
its arms from sea to sea, the sign c
rapidly increasing population-aI
bound to support the same Constitu
ton, though living in many latitude
is, for every reason, an object Q
hatred to monarchs and dcspots
Whenever new star is added to tn
galaxy that shines in the Gas yeti III
cloudcd heaven of that flag, it is Xix
tearing away new sun from the f,
turc Of isolated Europe, and decpe
still more the gloom that settles upC
those nations where man is not fire
where speech is not free, and whcl
even thought itself is stiflcd. An
when fleeing from oppression or POI
crty, the hunted and stricken SONS {
Ireland Germany, France, and En-:
land come hithcr for protection, tine
hail the banner that was unlurled i
the Revolution, and that has continue
t. float aml expand its dimensions a
State after State was admitted int
the Union, as canopy and ii shIeI
above and around them, protcctin
item against all harm, and maxim
the assurance Of their equality doub
sure. When they come to take t!
oath, and to sundcr all allegiance
lie tyrants they have left, they swc;
to support the entire Union-not OF
but all the States they come her
not to be citizens Of South CarOin
or of Pennsylvania, but Of the Unite
States Of America. Hence it is til;
the masses Of our adopted citizcl
rally SO enthusiastically to every ca
didatc, and to every platform rcpr
scnting the unmutilatcd Republic al
the indissolublc Union.
The frc-caters Of South Carolin
and Georgia committed frantic blur
der in beginning their crusade upo
the Constitution and the Union wit
an insult TO the Star Spangled Banne
They relied too much upon their ow
run-mad rhetoric, and too little upo
the irresistible feeling that wei
around all American hearts. Strane
TO say, many Of the doctrines again
which the iire-catcrs are now protcs
ing-!ncluding the Constitution itseI
which they trample under foot, al
nearly all those righteous constru
tons of it which frown upon their Col
duct like full-armcd battery-com
from Southern statesmen. The gre;
song of the Star Spangled Banner
self is the production of Souther
patriot only lately gathered to his f
thcrs-whose descendants still Ii,
in Maryland, and whose name is che
ishcd among the sweetest recollection
of the State. Mr.. Colcock, Mr.. NJ
Grath, Mr.. Bonham, and others in Il
Palmetto State, have undertaken
large contract. They may be able
batter down the entire fabric Of fro
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