The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-05-05
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+ q ~ THEORY IN Slcll tilreCt nntngonIsm 10 4
the peace and integrity Of the Union, rs
that ayowed by the leaders Of the republi-
can party at this day, discloses rather tllan
conceals y practical Development most
mischieyous and pernieious. Tho. sub
stantial quality Of rcpublicanism Is its ex-
elusive seetionalism, and nothing can be /
more surely destructive Of the Union than
this. The very thing upon which republi. /
caristri relies Tor success, is that which Ct
oil others will most surely produce the dis. /
solution Of this Union. Consequently the
Issue may be thus stated: III republican.
ism succeeds In its purposes, the Union Is !
at nm end. y repnblicanism y dishonored,
abandoned, oycrthrown, the perpetulty o.
the Union IS assured, - We believe this to
be true; and we believe the leaders Of
repnblicanisn know u to be true. And
we have serious cause TO apprehend that
there are Of this day, IN both Houses Of
Congress, number OF men who are not
only willing that the Union should DO
dissolved by the apparent overt act Of the
South, but who are doing all they can to
provoke That act.
lhn IaGf that the overt net IiiSH0lOD1
il daily and hourly committed by the pco-
ple antl their ret,resen tatiyes 81 tic North
ern States For MANY years INST. the
south has STRUGGLED "a Ima;ntain her com
stitntional riThts un,ler the federal govern
mei,t. striyen against the incessslnt ss.
saints md factions aparessions of The
North and every one al these struggles
! has been foy the preservation of the Union.
with no act Or spirit Of aggression On her
own nart aoainst anys norton al the neo-
isle their rights 81 the territory of the
/ North. tho South has had to maintain 4
most yioilant watel, and ward for her owl,
defence This position Il hnmiliating
Eenouql, In MI COINCIDENCE And nothing
Emit AZ intense zeal and devotion. to. the
great nrinciplc 81 federal union 81, her
/ nart---has maintained it intact ID this tlly
| Ia there one 81 our readers Who believes
/ Tor 4. moment. that the Northern states
| would have 81 long horne m. ;ncessani
/ systematic. indispensable sectional plot.
ting on the mart 81 the South nrainst some
heading aud prominent interest peculiar "a
themselyes7 We say no not ONE There
is not that lore fol-. the Union there which
would have endured 4. 81. II
| | And now, with the theory Of repubil
canism only ayowed IN part by its leaders
we have occasional indications OF pur
pose still more offensive and uneompromls
| ing. On Tuesday last that arch agItator
/ Sumner, OF Massachusetts, presented i
4 the: Senate Of the United States Q me
mortal, signed by Samuel Maine, said t
be- wealthy and influential - fanatic o
Il Boston, and some fonr hundred others
asking Congress to repeal the fugitive
slave law TO abolish slavery m the District
tof Columbia and N the United states ter
ritories, to prohibit the Interstate siay'
!, trade, and TO pass resolution piedginl
Congress against the admission OF an,
slave State into the Union, the acquisltiol
Of any slave territory, and the employment
Of any slaves by any agent, contractor
officer or departmental the 1ederai govern
. ment. IL was laid on the table by Eeti
: of yeas 30, nays Il, I, ( :. >zs.>:.
The casual reader will see IN such
}: proceeding nothing but nm IDLE exhioitlo'
fof fanatlcism by set OF morbid enthu
siasts, unusually developed by the foreinI
processes of demagogism around then
But IT really betrayS more than thls !
d portrays the general scope Of actIoh Whlea
i, the republican party must DC commltte'
A. to in the consistent prosecution OF IN
b principles It aVows. kansas admitted -
IS 10 the Union by the republican party an
IS we have an endorsements OF lne pflncipi