Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1861-01-16
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

were considered by Mr.. Madison as synon-
inous terms, dangerous to the Union as
fire to powder, and the danger increasing
in all the Southern States.
In 1886. in the Seth year Of his age, and
the last Of his life. he wrote:
"a susceptibility To the contsgion in
the Southern State is visible, and the dau-
ger not to be concealed, that the sympathy '
arising from known causes. and the incul
Gated impression Of permanent incom
patsbility Of interests between the North
and the South. may put it in the power oi
popular leaders, aspiring to the highest
stations, to unite the South on some criti
cal occasion, in a course that will cd in
creating a theatre Of great though inferior
extent In pursuing this course. the frs,
and most OBVIOUS step is nuli.icafion the
next, seeession-and the last. taretoell sep
arafion %
How clearly the venerable statesman and
father Of tie Constitution fore,aw the con
dition of things existing at the present
time. He nowhere speaks OF Northern ag.
gression, which is mouthed so hppantly
by modern dewsgogues and traitors. but
his mind at that early day. was troubled
in view of the persistent efforts made by
Mr. Calhoun and his followers, to prepare
the Southern mind for disunisn on the
slave question.
The "critieal period chosen for the con
summation of their designs. was the cul-
minstiou Of the controversy growing out
of the territorial acquisitions Of California
and New Mexico.
Then as now. disuuon was the panacea
for all the ills OF the Southern body polite
So strong was this disunion sentiment
then. that Gen Taylor alluded to it 10 his
annual message. and after paying a glow
ing tribute to the Union aud its patriotic
founders. he closed as follows:
"In my judgment its dissolution would
be the greatest Of calamities, and to avert
that should be the study of every Ameri-
can. Upon its preservation must depend
our own happiness, and that Of countless
generations to come. Whatever dangers
may threaten it, | shall stand by 1t, and
maintain it in it's integrity, to the full ex-
tent Of the obligations imposed aud the
power conferred upon me by the Cobstltu
ton"
What a noble and patriotic determine
ton; what contrast to the miserable
petifogging of our modern National Demo
crat, James Buchanan. While trrait0rOuI
hands were hauling down our glorious star,
and stripes. and substituting their misera-
bly, Palmetto flags; he. poor imbecile, an
nouuced in his annual message. that there
was no power under The Constitution Il
prevent it. Gen. ] sckson found the powe
in 1923, and was supported in its exer'
else by all the grest statesmen OF the coHn
try, of all parties. except the nullifyins
traitors themselves, headed by Mr.. Cal
houa. Gen. Taylor clearly shadowed fortl
his policy, in case unhalIowed threats o
disun:on were attempted to be put int
practical execution; he would maintain j
in its integrity to the full extent of hi
power. aud no one who knows anything Q
the character of the hero of Buena Vista
will doubt for moment his determination
to employ the military power Of the natio
to suppress rebellion. and punish traitsrs
1t wa. in allusion to Gen. Taylor's expires
sion of devotion to the Union. that MI
Calhoun in his last speech, said: 1T 9TH
Urion) cannot he saved by eulogies on i
however splendid or numerous. The CT
of "Union, Union, the glorious Unios
can no more prevent disunioD, than u
cry Of Health, health, glorious health y o
the part of the physician, can save p'
ticnt from dying that is lying dapgerousl
ILL.," In reply to an allusioa by Gen. Tia
lor. in his message 10 the warnings
c Gen. Washington in his Farewell Addres
Mr. Calhoun denied that the Union coul
be saved by invoking his name aud svers
: that there was "nothng n his history
5 deter us from seeeedins from the Unio
should it fail to ful6ll the objects for viii,
It it was instituted" which failure &
5 speech avered-as others had aversd 1
s twenty years, before: for secession was t
e effshoot of notification. and a faver
mode Of dissolving the Union. The a
J. mission Of California into the Union wi
y cause Of the last great speech of Mr. @
2 houn; it was an ampli6cation and coutir
Or alton of the Southern manifesto OF t
t. preceding year; and like it, occupied I
TO tirely with the subject of the dissolution
The Union, and making outa case 10 justify
During this speech. Mr.. Calhoun sho
n ed. or attenpted to show, that all
csrds that held the Union together b
snapped but one, Chat of political pi
In ties), and that one weakened and CIV
y way. This last speech of Mr.. Calho
~ furnishes a key to his previous cond
NC and that of his political friends; also
their subsequent conduct, and present pc
ton
:" A leading South Carolina paper on
y first day of January, 1S50-Published
u follows:
a" when the future historian shall
dress himself to the task Of portrayiDg
~ rise. progress. and decline Of the Ameri
~ -, Union. the year 1850 will arrest his at,
:" Iion, as denotiDg and presenting the
marshailiag and arraying Of these hos
D.. forces and opposing elements which
suited IN dissolution" This was not r
dom assertion, but a carefully preps
announcement Of projected revolution
= one Of the leading conspirators; all
was said was attempted and the catas
!, 1' phe alone was wanting TO complete
nc task assigned 10 the future historian.
" The yesr previous, forty-two mem
pa from the slave States had issued a IN
ON festo, which was not mere senseless Ii
leu ming, nor intended to be so. II was in
ded for action, and was the cemmencer
II act,oo. and rs1ular sfaps for fhs n