, 1860-01-07

we pIupoRe noH 10 ASK the attention OF Our |
readers, bF way Of New Years gift, to some |
Of the beauties of disunion literature, vomit.d |
forth b5 the Democratic disunion party: in H.: |
two Houses Of Congress-, in the last month, with |
such brief comments as suggest themselves to |
u.s. as We cannot, Of course, give them 'all at |
With breathing spells between, in order to af-
ford the reader chance to ponder these lite
rary gems, and sleep upon them for night,
before be is astonished With fresh edition the
next day. We quote verbatim from the Con-
gress'onal Gtote, so that we cannot be accused
Of Misrepresentation:
81 trust the time may never cou1e-an evil
day it will be for the continent or America
when the States Of this Union shall be renaisted
to their sovereignty for protec:ion."-.SeAat
Aa!on, Of Fa., Usc. 5th, 1859.
Whoever contemplated such an event but the
politicians Of your school7
If the power Ito put down hlIibustering e1-
pcditions from Que State into nnotherl be Want
ing in the one [tLe Federal Government, aud
the disposition should not exist in the other
[the co.Sta:es, it is plain TINT We have but one
remaining source Of defence, and must look 10
ourselves Senator Hunter, Of firginia, same
day.
An improbable state Of things, and therefore
safely assumed.
"When its powers (those Of the Federal Gov
ernmentl shall he perverted from protection to
destruction, their allegiance THAT Of the people
| Of Mississippi will cease, aud with the same
spirit in which they instituted this Government,
A,ss., san< day.
A mere brutum fu1neen, unworthy of states
man like Mr. Jefferson Davis
| "Na are able to protect ourselves, and We in
tend to do it; aud whateycr may he your po1iti-
institutions, rely upon it, we shall be prepared
to defend ourselves to the last extremity, eyeu
ut the sacrifice Of the Union, which you all pre-
tend SO much to reyere."-Stnator IrersoN, Of
3d., same ddy.
Maryland stands precisely upon this ground,
| with this exception, that she will do her tight
ing in the Union, not out cfit.
"1f gentlemen in this House take upon them
selves the responsibility which gentlemen now
in nomination hare taken, does any man su{,-
pose this Union can continue. Can't continue,
If VIC are not to have any intercourse. religious,
political, or social! Do nc not know. that when
that time comes, this Union cannot exis.-that
the cuvernmentwill be destroye :"-Hr. Clark,
| ef Uo., Dc. 6.
II the sky falls, nc shall certainly catch 1arks.
"The South here asks nothing but lis rights.
As one Of its representatives, l would have no
prescntatives, I would shattcr this Republic
| from turret to foundation stone, hetore would
take one title less .'-Ar. He'll, Of s. C., samf
ddv.
Dravely said, but there is no need Of pulling
down the House to avoid tile probability OF fire.
Us this country has never seen before, and !
therefore feel deepfy."-Se"ator -Kakory, Of
Florida, Der. :.
Is not the apprchendcd crisis, the loss Of the
Executive branch Of The Government by your
| party, next fall.
"Sir, I'go further than that, would counsel
my constituents instantly to dissolve al the po-
litical ties with party and people, who thus
tramplc on our rights. This is what l would
do. am for dissolving it; aud as :.
| distinguished man Of my own State has said, |
would dissolve this Union tomorrow, as ,nuclI
upon an abstraction as would upon pract1cai
resuit:"-Senator Ies1son, Of Co., same L,y.
We rather think the people Of Georgia will
dissolve their ties with 1yerson, before he has a
chance Of this sacrificing the Union upon an ab.
straction.
"You presume to dcnounce it as treason, be.
cause we say, that in condition tf things
which we cannot tolerate, we will sunIcr The
Union, pull it to pieces column, base and tower
before We will submit to be crushed By Gov,
ern,ncnt which is our own Us well AZ yours.'-
4Stnator ChfsHMt, ef s. e.. same ddy.
Another Sampson Agonistes. We trust ht
, will never attempt the overt uct.
"Uuless we can have peace in The country, IN
less we can have thst protection from tie at
. tacks Of your citizens, which wc hare from far
eigneFs, from Eugiish and French, who dare uo
do one tithe Of what you do, then the Union h..
. come to the last. = Unless you pas.
such laws furnishing men engaged in insurree
. tlouary r!ots,) unless you put down this spiri
. Of abolitlonism, the Union will be short."--.Nr
Garastt, ef !a., samedd
! We have no such fears Of the Union, because
, | the friends Of the Union everywhere will rail-,
| to the protection Of our interstate relations.
+ When it (the Constitution) is violated, per
sistcntly rio'uted, when its spirit is no longer
, | observed upon this Hoor-I war upon your GOV
ernment, am ngainst it. raise then the IAN
, ncr Of secession, aud I will fight under il, d.
long Us the blood flows aud ebbs in Inv yeins, ,
--Hr- Laanr Of Hiss, TIE same day.
f The more ctlectual plan, we think, in suc1, a1
event, would be 10 wur upon the party in pow.
er, under the stars and stripes, and not cut one,
!. nose Oft to spite the face.
, "fes, sir, tue glorious Union, much as re-
rcre it with all its venerable associations.
| would sooner see rent aud torn like lie f4blct
Z body of Osiris, beyond the possibility Of repair
. or reorganization, than bow NY neck tv til,
brute will Of ma jorltr, unlimited and unres;:
I iated by the spirit Of the Constitution.
. / will nerer ntter arotter threat or another re
: solution, but as the stroke follows the light
s nins's flash, So with the, acts shall bc CONG;
dens ;4ud commensurate with words" ."-ur
Q Pryor Of Fd., &dme day.
S Of these passages. The rhetoric is Of the IIo
: .ng pau into thr middle Of t!,c fire, aud d'tlcu
!, d word and blow, aud the llows to come first