Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-01-25

alt It's hort.comings and lis sdIssppoiniIaenIs,
maintain II with their arms, and cherish II in
Their hearts, Is II moi the very boon for
which thew surplicaIe God without ceasIIg,
and even wage war, with IniermiSSIons only
resulrlng from exhaustion The coming
Spring season, on one side of the Atlantic,
will open on a general conflict, wased 10 Oh
tain, through whatever IudireeIlon, Just sue h
system A. ours aud on this side Uf the At.
lantic, within the same parallels Of latitude.
II may open on frat.rnai war, wsset in a mo-
ment oi lrenzIed dIscoBtent, 10 overthrow and
annihllsie The same Institutions.
Do men, indeed, live only for themselves.
10 revenge their own wTOBgs, OF 10 gtatify
their own ambition Rather do not men
live least OF all for themselves, and for their
fellow men! Have the American people,
then, become all OF a sudden unnatural. As
well as unpatrioiic and will they disIhhsrii
their children Of The precious estate held only
IN trust tor them, and deprive ,he.world Of the
besI hopes il has enjoyed since the human
race began its slow and painful, yeI aeediGi
and wiseiy-appoinied progress!
Pyty Retations If Disnnion.
Here might close my plea Tor the Ameri-
can Union; but II Is necessary, # not to eI-
hau>t the argument, at least 10 t1hibi the
whole case. Inc DisuHIunIsis, Consciously
unable lv stand On their mere DISAPPOINTMENT
IN lne recent ecuoa, have attempted to en-
larse their ground. More titan thirty yeaIs,
Inetr has tx sled Il cOHsIdrTab,r-isOugh not
heretofore a ioTDiJab,e-ma oi ciiilens IN
certain STATES. situate near OF around The DEL
Id VI the AisSis.ifPi. Who believe That The
IIIun Is less Conducive to the weliaTe anu
greatness Of those States, than smaller con
fedeTacy, embracing only Save States, would
he. THIS Class has ayaIled ilseil Of The DIS :
contents resulting from the election. TO put
into operation The machinery of dissolution
long ago prepared, and vailins only for occa
sion. la other States. there Is a soreness be
cause of the want Of sympathy IN the free
States with the efforts oi shareholders for the
IecaptuIe OF iugiives from seIvIve. In ali
the slave States, there is Iestiveh-s. res sultibg
from the resistance which has been So deter
mIneGiy made within the last lev Year., IN
the free States, to the extension Oi slavery IN
the common territories of the Ghi,ed States
The Republican party which cast It's vote Tor
The succes siul frrsidentIal Candidate On the
ground Uf tina. policy, has been allowed. prac-
ucally, no representation, no uIlerance, by
speech or through The press, IN the slave
States: while It's Pohcy, principles and sehtI-
represented as 10 excite aPprehepsIons that II
denies important Constitutional Obligations.
and aims even AT interference with slavery
and It's overthrow by Stale authorities or IN
terventlun Of the Federal Government.
Considerable masses,e even IN the Tree S.ares,
interested Ia the success Of these miSrepre-
sentailonS as a means of partlzan strategy,
have lent their sympathy 10 the party claim
ing 10 he aggrisved. VI nile the result Of the
election brings the Republican party hecessa-
rIly into the foreground IA resisting DisuBIon
the pIeIuiIces against Them which | nave de-
scrIbeG have depTIs Ell them oi the cu-opera
uon OF many good and patriotic cItiHeDs. On
a complex ISSUE between the Republican par
" and the ln>uuiOhIst,, although II involves
the dII-st national calamIlIes, the result might
be dOutiiu, lot the Republican parry Is weak
IN large part OF the MON. But on a trscI
issue with all who cherish the Union On ore
side. and all who desire It's dissoiu;on by
force on the other. the verdict would be- prompt
and almost unanimous. desire thus To- SIM
ate from /, all coilaleIaI questions. aud reieve
II Of all partisan passions and preJudlces.
| CONSIDER the idea OF IN, withdrawal of the
Gulf States, and thelr permanent re-organiza-
ilon with or without others IN diSunct Con-
fsderacy aS means oi advantage to the M
selves, 81 ceTiainly unwI>e aud 81 ubvIcu>!y '
impossible OF execution, when the purpose l.
Understood. that dIsmIss II with the discus
SION have already incidentally bestowed up
on II. The case l. different, however, IN re-
gard TO the other subjects which have brought
! IN this connection before The Senate.
R,pajd,cuh,sm .SHGOrdtrute 10 Cnion.
Beyond a doubt, Union Is virtually impor-
TAM to The Republican citizens Of the tn,sd
STATES; but 1t >ln>l AZ imPur,antto the who c
people. Rrpub'icanl>m aud Union are, ,htrs-
lore. not Convertible terms. kePubiicanisH
Is subordinate 10 Union, as every thing else Is
and ought 10 be-kepubicanIsm Democracy,
every othrT political hame and ihins, all are
! subordinate, and they ought TO disappear IN
The presence oi Inc great question OF Inion
+ 80 iar as | am concerned, II shall be so; II
/ should be So II the QueSiIon were sure to be
tired d. 1t ought unly TO be determined, BY The
J peaceful ordeal ot th- ballot. II shall te 80 a.
Z The mere since there i IN one SIDE prepared
! ness to refer II 10 the aIbitTament oi civil war
| have such faith IN his republican sys'e n
! of ours, that there /, no political good which
/ desire that ! am not content 10 seek through
/ It's peaceful forms Of administration, vlthon
! invoking revolutionary action. II others shJl
invoke that form ui action Iu oppose and ov
erlhruw Government they shall not, SO tai
as IT depends nn me. have IN. excuse thai
oh,tirately left myself TO be misunderstood
In such case. can all TO meet prejudice
with conciliauoD. exacIlon with concession
which >urrenders no pfInciPi:, sIt viSienee
with The right hand Of peace.
Lrecw,on IF Fngitire Stare Lar.
/ Therefore. SIT, So Tar a the abstract ques
( non whether, by the Constitution If the Uni
led states, the oUnd>mal. who - made sucf
by The laws O: a state, Is suil man. cr only
property, answer that, within that State, lis
laws on that subject are supreme that, wher
he has escaped from that Slate into another
the Constitution regards HIM as a eondsmar
who may not, by any Jaw CT regulation g
that State, be discharged from hts service
but shall be delivered upon CLAIM TO The par
,y 10 whom his service is due. While pTu
dence and Justice would combine IN persuad
ing YOU to modify the acts Of Congress cr
that subject, so a. no: 10 otlige private per
sons 10 assist IN their execution, and to pro
ieci .reemen from being, by abuse Of the avs
carried into slavery, agree that all laws o
The states, whether free States or save states
which relate 10 this class of persons. or AM
| others recently coming from OF resident II
other States, and which laws conIasene IN
Constitution Of the United States, or any Law
of Congress passed in conformity thsse;c
ought 10 be repealed.
No Interference ,-ih .S,a.e Institutions,
Secondly-EIperence in public affairs Ia
confirmed my opinion, that d6Desuc slavery
existing in any STATE, is wisely left by tn'
Constitution of the tnned States eIe'nsNe.,