Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-02-07
Dr. Brownson on Loyal Harmony.

In recent review of an article by Archbish-
op Hughes, DIR. Orestes A. Brownson makes
the following earnest remarks:
whatever tends 10 keep the North divided,
and TO prevent the loyal States from entering
into the contest with the hearty sympathy aud
cooperation of their whole population, is real,
ally ana undeniably aid and comfort given 10
the enemy. eEd is therefore, under The consti-
tuition of the United States, virtually, if not
formally treason.
Party divisions, and especially party rival
ri.s and animosities, are now mistialcd and
mischievous. They weaken the friends Of the
Union. and strengthen the hands of the rebels
We know, and can afford 10 know, until tie
rebellion is crushed out, no party divisions, and
no divisions but that between loyalists and reb-
els. flushed should be all party strife between
loyal men, and even the usual odium aeol0gic-
,tn should be suppressed. All loyal men
Protestant or Catholics, Democrats or Aboli-
iionists, whether black or white, red or yellow
who are prepared 10 stand by our common
country, and defend it, if need be, even TO the
last grasp, are our party, are ourPfriehdS, our
brothers, and we give them our hand and our
heart. If there are difficulties between us to
be settled, we will adjourn them until we have
put down the rebellion, saved the Union, and
made it sure that we have country, homes,
and fresideS, that we may crj5y in peace and
safety; and when that is dJne, perhaps it will
be found that most of those differences have
settled themselves, or at least 50 FAR as person
al or political, are not worth rcviving We must
be united, and not like the naadened Jews,
when their chief city was beleagurcd by the
Roman cohorts, and Roman battering rams
were beating down the walls of their citadel,
divided into factions, and wasting, in spilliRg
each others blood, the strength needed TO save
our national existence from destruction.
This is no time for an Archbishop or any
other man to make war on Abolitionists, and
10 crack stale jokes about an Abolition-Brg
ade, and the valor or the want Of yIlor Of It's
suggested Brigalicr Such things are untime-
ly and mischievous The very existence of the
nation is threatened, and threatened, not by
Abolilionists and their sympathisels, bnt by
the slayehoiding aristocracy of the South, and
their dupes, tools, aders and abetters. IN the
loyal States-men who have no Abolition
sSmpathies, but as strong antipathy to all Alb
olitionsts as John Randolph Of Roanoke, had
10 sheep. which made him to say that he would
at airy time go Il mile out of his way to give
one kick. The danger that threatens us is
not on tie si,e Of Abo!itionsts, but on the side
Of the friends and the supporters Of slavery;
and very ordinary ri dJln wou' ] counsel US, ii
We are true men, 10 fac: The danger where il
iS-not where il is no.. There is no use of
II. ing to gain credit with the loyal North by
saving the Union must De sustained, and with
the dsloyal So1lh by vitupcr-ting Abolition
lists, and denouncingRS AholitioujsiS, all who
would not indeed orersfep the Constitution To
abolish slavery, but wou d abolish slavery as
means Of saving the Constitution. No man
can now be suffered to say: Good Lord aud
good Devil lie must choo e either the Lords
side or The Devils side, aud take the coase-
qIeneGs or SUCCESS or failure.
Under whtcH king, Beg ,nie Speak or di.r"