The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-06-20
.The Glorious Union.

tinue to employ it until he is taught, by ex-
perience, that what was yesterday so irresist-
IDLY tempting to the fnny fools he would be-
guile into his basket, may tomorrow be
regarded with the most profound Indifference.
And whether he fish for things with fins, or
things with trousers, he will be dull fisher
man who does not make the discovery, before
he reaches the age of three-score years and
ten, that he who never charges his bait will
often have "worse luck" than his eompan-
ion, who studying the weather, the nature OF
the game he is in quest of the season, and all
surrounding circumstances, intelligently ad-
apis his bait to these.
Those eager fishers ofmen who will shortly
be casting their lines into all the streams in
Mississippi relying upon the ''glorious Union"
bait, which took " so marvellously in 1851,
to secure, each, a string of gudgeons long
enough to reach into an office, will be GER
tain,we think, to be sadly disappointed class
of sportsmen. Having been long time
fasting they are very hungry set of gentle
men; being hungry when they set out, they
will pursue their sport with an ardor height
ened by the confident expectation that they
are about to catch no end of big and little
fishes, wherewith to getup amammoth "fry'
which will appease the cravings of their ape
titcs forever. Alas! to think that the weary
fishermen will be compelled, as they wend
their way homcward in the evening" to inform
all questioners that they arc returning din
nerlcss, having only "fisherman's luck" to
boast of for the day; not even a "glorious
nibble" having rewarded all their painful
preparations
Seriously, we have no idea that the cry of
"union" will prove to be so powerful as it
was in 81. There are many reasons why it
should not be so. Then, the plans and pur-
poses of the enemies of slavery had not been
developed as they are to-day; and many of
our people, whose eyes are now fully opened
to the designs of Black Rcpublicanism, could
not be persuaded that any sinister intention
lurkcd behind those fair professions which
wereupon the lips OF every union man, of the
"ultimate inality" of that adjustment, called
acompromisc, whereby the South yielded eve
rythiug and obtained nothing inretum except
AN empty promisc--madc to be broken-that
the slavery agitation should cease forever
Such men, having discovered their error, can
not be again misled in the same direction.
Another large class was led astray by the
loudncss and pcrsistency with which that
" bold asscrtcr", Footc, and his compeers,
reiterated their accusation that Quitman, Da-
Wis, aud the other leaders Of the State Rights
school. were disunionists per se-that is, that
they desired, and were only striving to bring
about, dissolution of the Union for its o,0n
sake. The men against whom this accusation !
was directed were not permitted to deny the |
charge perfcrrcd against them; dcafening |
clamor was kept up to prevent remonstrance |
or reflection, and The vote Of the people was
cast in Il amaddcning whirl of excitement which
afforded 10 space for that "sober second
thought" which followed so closely upon the
heels Of the election, that in six weeks after it
occurred, the popular sentiment Lad under
gone total revolution. That majority, which,
in September, when delegates to the Couven-
Iion were elected, amounted to many thou
sand, had dviudlcd down, il September, to
1 mcagre remnant Of less than one thousand,
which speedily melted away beneath the rays
# common sense. No man, who believes that
he rampant Union men" Of 81 imposed
lpon him, can be, this year, again deluded
,y the former story.
There are many, likewise, of our citizens,
Who, in 1851, believed that the Union was as
veil worth preserving as it had ever been.-
They were unable to precciye that the spir-
t of fraternal regard and mutual good will
moug the people Of the different States, out
# which the Union grew and upon which
lone it can rerose in safety, had sustained
my such severe shock, or undergone any such
hangc, as to inspire a well-grounded appre-
tension for its continuance, or to lead to the
'elicf that the Union itself might not contin- ,
e TO be, for centuries to come, as it had been |
Or three-score years, the boast and glory of
he present age. But large proportion of
hose men no longer entertain their former
opes, because they have ceased to cherish
heir old convictions, and they will not lend
heir aid to pcrpetuate the form of Union
'om which they believe its spiri! has de- :
arted. !
We will not yield to any man in love for, or S
eviction to, the Union of these States but :
he Union of our affections is that which our t
ithers framed, and not any distortion of their I
andiwork. We repel, as an insult to the '
lgcs and patriots who formed it, the sense
IS dogma that it is "the paramount good" /.
r that, aside from the ends of its formation,
is in any sense "a good" or for itself in
NJ wise tobe desired. II isas means, orft, y
nd not as an end, that it has been product f
&c of any advantages to our people, or that t
ley can expect to derive aught of advantage E