M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-06-14

The most valuable clement of union,
mutual kindness, the feelings of sym.
paihy, the fraternal bonds, which now
happily unite us, will have been extin.
gulshed forever. One section will
stand in menacipg and hostile array
agains. the other. The coIlision OF
opinion will be quickly followed by
the clash Of arms. will not attempt
to describe scenes which now happily
lie concealed from our view. A6oli-
tionists themselves would shrink back
in horror and dismay at the contem.
pla,iOn OF desolated fields, conhagra
ted cities, murdered inhabitants, and
the overthrow OF the iairest fabric of
human government that ever rose to
animate the hopes Of civilized man.
Nor should these A5olitionits fatter
themselves that, if they can succeed
in their object of uniting the people OF
the free States, they will enter the con
test with numerical superiority that
must insure victory. All history and
experience prove the hazard and IN,
certainty Of war. And we arc ad.
monished by holy writ, that the race is
not to the swift, nor the battle to the
strong. But ifthey were to conquer,
whom would they conquer9 A for,
eign foe; one who had insulted our
flag, invaded our shores, ard laid our
country waste9 No, sir; no, sir. 1t
would be a conquest without laurels,
without glory; a self, suicidal con-
quest; a conquest Of brothers oyer
brothers, achieVed by one over anoth-
er portion ofthe descendants of CON-
mon ancestors, who, nobly pledging
their lives, their fortunes, and their
sacred honor, had fought and bled,
side BY side, in manya hard battle on
land and ocean, severed our country
from the British crown, and establish.
ed our national independence.
The inhabitants Of the slave States
are sometimes accused by their North.
ern brethren with displaying too much
rasbness and sensibility to the opera
tions and proceedings Of Aboltionists.
But. before they can be rightly Judged,
there should be a reversal of condi.
tions. Let me suppose that the peo.
pie Of the slave States were to form
societies, subsidize presses make largo
pecuniary contributions, send forth
numerous missionaries throughout all
their own borders, aud enter into
Vaccinations to burn beautiful capi.
tolls, destroy the productive manufac.
tories, and sink in the ocean the cal.
liant ships of the Northern States.
Wouid these incendiary proceedings
be regarded as neighborly and friend.
~, and consistent with the fraternal
sentiments which should ever be cher.
ished by one portion Of the Union to.
ward another? Would they excite
no emotion ? Occasion no manifesto.
tions Of dissatisfaction, nor lead to any
acts OF fretaliatory violence 2 But the
supposed case falls short of the actual
one in a most essential circumstance
In 70 contingency could these capitols,
manufactures and ships, rise i'll rebel
lion, and massacre inhabitants OF the
Northern States. IL Il
lpreier the liberty ofmy own coun-
try to that of any other people; and
the liberty Of my o'on race to Mat of
any other race. The liberty ofMe
descendants of africa IN tie
United States IS inoompatible
a05M The safety and liberty of
The European Gescendants.- -.
There Slavery forms an exception
an exception resulting from a stern
and lneXorabIe necessity to the gen
eral liberty in the United States. We
dld not originate, nor are we respon-
sibIe for this necessity. Theirliberty,
if it were possible, could only be es-
tablHhed by violating the inc9ntesta.
bic powers ofthe States, and subvert-
ing the Union, And beneath the ru.
ins Of the Union would be buried
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