Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-12-07

Fellow CITIZENS OT TIRE SENATE AND HoUsE
OF KEaaE, ESTATIyES Throughout the year
since uUr last meeting. the country has been
emineatly prosperous ia all its material inter
cstS Tue general health has leen excellent,
on harvest, have teen abundant, and plenty
smiles thluGghOu. the land. Our commerce
and manufactures nave been prosecuted with
energy ana industry, and have yielded fair and
ample returns. In shoIt, 40 nation il the
tide Of time has ever pT1srnt,d a spectacle OF
greater material prosperity than wo have done
Ultil'wthin a very recent p.Ii0d.
Why is it, then that disc intent now SO ex-
tensiycly prevails. and the Union of the States,
which IS the source of all these blessings, is
Threatened with obstruction, The long con
tinuci and Incorporate interference Of the
Northern people with the question of slavery
IN the southern States has at length produced
its natural ELECTS The different sections of
the Union are now arrayed against each other.
and the time has arrived. SO much dreaded bv
the Father Of his Country when hostile geo
graphical parties have teen formed | have
long furcscen aud often foIewarned my country
men OF the now impending danger. This does
NOT proceed solely from the claim on the part
ot Congress or the territorial legislatures to ex-
Culc slavery from the Territories, nor from the
ijcn Of the Fugitive Slave law. All or any OF
these evils might have been endured by the
South without danger to the Union. las others
have been. } in the hope that tine and reflection
might apply the remedy. The immediate peril
arises not 50 much from these causes rs from
the fact that the inCe>slnt and violent agita-
ilun OF the slavery question throughout the
North for the last quarter of n century, has at
length produced its mllign influence upon the
slaves aud inspired them with vague notions
q freedom. Hence IA sense Of security no
.GErr exists around the family altar. This
i-tIiug of peace at home has given place TO ap-
WeheuSions Of seTvile insurrection. MANY
mltG0n throughout the South retres at night
Ia dr.ad Of what may befall herself ard her
Children before the morning. Should this ap-
IrshcnsOl of domestic danger, whether real or
imaginary, extend and intensity itself until il
shal ptrvade the masses of theSouthern people.
then dis union will become inevitable e-Stlf pre-
seTvailon Is the nrst law Of nature and has been
lDpl!nted IL the heart Of man by his Creator
ioT the wsest purpose and no political union,
hoAever iraHght with blessings and benefits in
all Other re poets, can long continue. if the ne
crsslry cons qgeuce be to render the homes and
hresldes OF nearly half the parties to it habitu-
ally and hDpeles,ly insecure. Sooner or later
Tue bonds 0. such Union must be severed. -
II Is nv conviction that this fatal period has
not yet arrived and my prayer to God is that
lie would preserve the Constitution and the
Ull'n throughout all generations
Bat let Us take warning in time. and remove
tne cause OF danger. 1t cannot be denied that.
,.t A'e aud twenty years, the agitation at the
N.I'A against slavery Ia the South, has been
lnce-smt. IN lS5j pictorial haudbills, aud in
L'limat3Iy appeals, were circulated extensive.
~ throughout the South, Of a character To ex-
Gle 'he passions of the slaves and, in the Ian
suise ct GencIal Jackson, 'tO stimulate them
instruction, and produce all the horrors of |
Sse'Ehi war. This agitation has ever since
o7ea continued by the public press, by the pro- |
Is'uils, o. State and county conventions, and
" ADDITION sermons and lectures. The time
>. O'a9!ess has been occupied il violent speech
= Oh lAls never ending subject and appeals in
pam phlst and other forms, endorsed by distin- |
euisHel names, have been sent forth from this |
Union '>''A ''''''''' over 'ie
-, Il ," easy would it be for the American neo.
r' 70 settle the slavery question forever. and |
country. ''' ''s' '''eu
AAey' and they alone, can do it. All that is
Ag5Ces=lfy to accomplish the object. and ali fIr
"Allb the slave States have ever contand.d l.
70 Dc let alone, and permitted TO manage tba;r
uom,sllc institutions in their own Wv A,
sO'efei5n States, they, and they alone are -
sPouslOie before God aud the world for tb.
,4A'rry existing among them. For tbis the
psopie oi the North are not more resnons;,,ia
'.hu nave Eo more right 10 interfere ,ion 81
similar institutions ia Russi, or in Ri T''n
~ iOn 1neit gooi tense and patriotic forbsar-
-Taf. - ! confess still greatly rely. Without
S.at It alI' II Is beyond the power Of any Presi.
my; no matter what may he his own politicaI
s-''ue7, 10 restore peace and harmonv
siTa:ls Ae States. Wisely limited and r..
- -s as Is his power, under our Constitn.
t'e LAWS, he alone can accomplish but Iit.
Question. ' 0'i so'h thomentous
ia ,ui this brings me 10 observe that the eloc-
,a =. VI any one of our fellow-oitizsns TO the If
c,r,, resident does not of itself afford inst
,sTsS;iy, ,Vi uissolving the Union. This il more
IN, true II his election has been effected /
n.c,Ia NE plurality, and not a majority. of tbe
r., -, "Ad mas resulted from Transient and
a,,1i,. causes, which may probably meyer
~ "a occur Ia order TO Justify a resort to
-. ullonary resistance. the FedsraI Gox.r "
be 1nJ oe guilty of "a deliberate. palpa.
grant uhserous exercise" of powers not {
ientioI - ~ 'he Constitution. The late presi.
ST., eeeclion, however, has been held in
Haw ..IInlormity .Il with its express provisions
,o d,', ,ueh can the result Justify reyolution
''oy 'Lis very Constitution? Reason. I