Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-10-19

II will be seen by the above that the north
ern States are nearly all in position of prdc-
teal disunion, that is they have refused to sus-
tain the Constitution which their fathers
adopted. In June, 1851, Daniel Webster, in
aspeech at Capon Springs, Va, remarked;
81 do not hesitate to say and repeat, that if
the northern States refuse wilfully and deliber-
ately to carry into effect that part of the Con-
stitution which respects the restoration of
fugitive slaves, the South would no longer be
bound to observe the compact A bargain
broken on one side is a bargain broken on all
sides.'
Now, according to Daniel Webster, and he
IS generally regarded as good authority at the
North, the South are to-day justified in pre-
suming that this confederation of States,
framed for mutual protection and benefit, is at
an end We suppose there are some who yelp
so loud for "the Union" that they would ask
the South to be quiet and submissive, even
under John Brown forays and Texas burnings.
No calamity, with such people, not even uni
versal black and white amalgamation, is half
so much to be deplored as the breaking up Of
government which has outlived its uses, and
if any person be bold enough to ask that this
government shall be restored to its original
functions that it shall restore runaway negroes
and protect southern citizens equally with
northern citizens, why forthwith, from the
sQuatter' organs and from the Bell-Everett
journals, he is denounced as "a disunionist
and fire eater" The truth is, the only
way to preserve the Union, and the only way
it ought TO be preserved, is for the North to
simply try how ii will seem TO be honest. Let
us perform our agreements. The work of pre-
serving the Union is to be done here. The
North is OVERLOOKING with disunonists, for
every man is a disunionist, who refuses to
abide by the obligations of the Constitution to
return fugitive Slaves" or who denies south
ern men an equal protection in the common
Territories, which the Supreme Court says they
are entitled to. Those who abide by the Con-
stitution are "Unionists," and hence the en-
tire South, so far as we know, are Union
lists, at least the majority, while at the North,
in the present state of public opinion, it is
probable that the majority are " disunionsts.
For proof OF this, try to pass in any so-called
"Union Meeting" at the NORTH a simple reso-
luton, taken word for word, from the decision
Of the United States Supreme Court, and it
would be hooted down-Beites, Dougasites
and Lincolnites all assisting in the clamor.-
II gives us no pleasure to state these facts but
they are facts nevertheless, that some time or
other, unless altered, will bring on a terrible
collision between the North and the South
Our people ought to look them in the face, for
the Union cannot forever be saved under an
unmeaning form Of words which deceive the
people and blind them to the real questions in
issue. The good physician is the bold one
who, despite pain and writhing, probes the
sore TO its seat. So in the present juncture he
is the true friend of the Union who bravely
calls the public attention to the old landmarks
Of the Constitution, and shows that the only
safety is to cling to that instrument, not as
falsely interpreted by Black Republicans, or
loosely construed by the followers of Douglas
and Bell, but as boldly presented by the friends
OF Breckenridge and Lane. They are the only
candidates now standing squarely on the Con-
stitution, and hence the only ones to whom
every Union man can safely look for the pre-
servation of all that every patrioth holds dear
Dan Book.