Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-11-14
The Union.


ure known as the Missouri Compromise, said
that like fire bell in :he night, it awakened
him and filed him with terror. He was
far seeing statesman, and at once perceived
that the establishment of geographical line
beyond which slavery should not extend, was
calculated to destroy that unity of government
which constitutes the inhabitants of all the
States one people, to weaken the league of love
which holds the Union together, and to lead
eventually to its dissolution. If Mr.. Jeffer
son were now living, the intelligence of the
election of Lincoln, would CRATE more
harshly OF his ear, than did the passage ofthe
Missouri Compromise. He would regard the
election of sectional President by section
al party, as the death knell of the Union
And it is thus that large majority of the
best men and purest patriots in the Southern
States regard it. But still we must not des
pair, for all is not yet lost. Although dark
and lowering clouds envelope the future of
our country, they are spanned by the rain
bow of hope. and while the Union continues
to hold together, we will not believe that pa
triots poured forth in vain their hearts blood
at Bunkerhill, Saratoga and Trenton.
1t is natural that the people of the South
ern States should be alarmed at the present
time. The returns of the election tell them
that crisis has arrived, and that the organi-
cation in this country which holds that
Negro Slavery in the United States must be
abolished, although the last free government
or the face of Gods Earth may be destroyed
in so doing, has triumphed. Remembering
the words of Patrick Henry, "shall we gain
strength by inaction. by laying supinely on
our backs, until our enemies shall have bound
US hand and foot it is natural they should
begin to put their households in order, and to
prepare for the worst. They love the Union
And why? Because it protects and upholds
their rights as fceemen. When it ceases to
do so, when any State or States are degraded,
when they are denied their rights under the
Constitution, the Union IS virtually at an
end. The spirit of 76 still lives in the breast
of the American people. They will not sub
NIT to oppression. If disunion comes, it will
not be hard to fix the responsibility.
The Black Republican party. and above
all. the men who made a Baal of Stephen A
Douglas, the men who at Charleston aud
Baltimore, for filthy lucre, allowed the spirit
of patriotism 10 die in their bosoms, and kept
their eyes fixed on the spOils of office, while
the fate of the Union was in their hands, will
tnen feel tina: they carry load of fearful re-
sponsibility. But we trust in God. that day
may never come Reposing on the couch of
security it Is easy to laugh at the ''signs of
the times But VIXEN dark and lowering
thunder cloud is approaching, we Daturally
anticipate storm. The British Nation and
the British Parliament. laughed at the first
demonstration of our fathers in defence of
their rights; and so now. We in the north
laugh at the demonstration of our southern
brethren in upholding their Constitutional
rights Let Us pause ere it is too late Let
US not forget that we are the children of
Washington. Let Us not destroy the only
true Republic in the world If we of the
North regardless of the rights of the South,
persevere In our mad course, crisis must
arise; struggle must and will commence
between the two sections of theRepublic, and
when once com meGee5, it will be the most
fearful struggle the world has ever beheld.
=" No spasms are like TIE spasms of expiring
liberty, and no waiings such as her convul-
sions extort"
At this trying period, when the s'imprison-
ed winds are let loose" although our inRu-
ence is felt in a limited sphere, we feel it to
be our duty, to be firm and positive. To be |