The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1860-02-09
THE NATIONAL ERA WASHINGTON, D. G, FEBRUARY O. 1860

ns5e against Republicans. 1t is fair, and only
fsir TO say that Il Is an aiiatioa 10Th the dis
uniosisfs. Within It's ranks, and IN good stand
ing, there is room for all the men who have ut
tered these disunion speeches and endorsed
these proscriptive and disunion resolves. No
one proposes to read them out of the party.
On the contrary, they have the confidence of
those in high places. Thus, Hon. Charles j.
Faulkner eff Va, was the other day appointed
one of a committee to superintend the distribu-
ton Of Democratic documents for the next cam
paign; and yet, since the Harper's Ferry raid,
be has expressed the following sentiment in
speech delivered to a meeting in Berkley coun-
ty, over which he presided:
\ "a When that noble and gallant son of Yir-
gnia, Henry A. Wise, declared, as he did in
October, 1856, that if Fremont should be
elected, he could seizc tie National arsenal
at HaTperis FerTy, how few would at that
time have justified so bold and decided
measure IL is the fortune of some great and
gifted minds 10 sec far IN Advance of their Co
teDspordyies. Should William Fl. Seward be
elected in 1860, where is the man now in our
midst tcao ,oould not call for the Impeachment
Of Governor Of Virginia scho sooaild silently
su6 that dr5nOTy 10 pass under The control Of
stc- IN Exectttfre head :" =
1s6w, suppose, instead of uttsring this re-
vol ing sentiment, he had said, as he did say a
few years ago in speech in Virginia House of
Dssgates, on the subject of slavery, "Sir, be-
ID Mus injurious, have we not right to de-
mand its determination? Shall society suffer,
that the Shareholder may continue to gather has
crop Of human flesh ? Must the country Ian
gu Sd, droop die, that the STAKEHOLDER may
20 nsh?" Does any one suppose that with
sue3 antislayery doctrines fresh from his lips in
Is Sc, he could have found place on Demo
CT tic committee anywhere? No; the lament
ar Je truth Is, that rank disunionism diSqualitfes
ne man for Democratic fellowship, sohile ont
spoken opposition 10 Sldreyy does.*
40 one other matter would like to refer, but
dc il very briefly. allude to the tameness and
NJ ekness with which these threats of secession
AZ sometimes received by Northern Demo
e. is. They can even see it to be right to apol-
OF re for their utterance. For example: after
81 1ator Icerson proposed and advised secession
on the election of Mr.. Sherman, as already
quoted, a distinguished Northern Senator spoke
as follows:
Now, sir, l do not agree with the extreme
xiefjs Of my friend from Georgia. / have told
hir over and over that the only effect of his
do rines is to weaken those who stand by the
rix Is Of the South, in the North. But, sir, the
dis. rence in the position of the Northern and
S0tlhern States on this subject ought to be ap-
psa stated by many of our people in the North,
who do not, think, properly realize the posi-
tipn of Southern men. / mean that they do
not allow themselves to realize the position of
the Southern people. Suppose we had any
cot mon institution in the North-it matters
nos what it might be; it might be the rela-
tior of marriage, if you please, or some gen.
eras law regulating commerce or the sale OF
hqS3r-suppose we had maintained it for
long time, and believed it to be right, believed
tito be in no way offensive to Christianity or
morality; and suppose the Southern people
weF,s constantly denouncing us because of that
Law suppose they were to assimilate it to Nor
moIism; suppose they used degrading epithets
in rference to it, and even suggested that, be-
caste of that institution, they would have no
furfs sr intercourse with us, and that they could
noh lave further intercourse, because that in
tere lrse would be degrading, or would be, to
soD-e extent, countenancing a great wrong l
ash ~.how would we feel, and how would we
act
J annot comment coolly on such language,
not 9deed is comment necessary.
y sily, there are clouds in our political sky
ant he who does not heed them is not wise.
bee ~ onhrmed as Minis u France