Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-09-02

We must own that we do not precisely see
how we could have " the Union as ii lc0S,
without slavery. Would Union without
slavery be the same as Il Union with slavery?
If So then Union with slavery must be the
same as a Union without slavery.
Courier.
When sincere patriot speaks OF the
Union as it was" he means the Union as it
was in the intention OF its founders-a Union
that binds the states together in harmony and
peace, and gives permanent security to free
Institutions. The Boston Courier evidently
means something very different, and it con-
stantly makes US feel that its aim is to
save the secession leaders from destruction
and restore them to their old place and their
old work in the Union. This appears to be
what that journal means by the Union as it
was, and therefore ii does not precisely see
how we could have the Union as it was with
out slavery
Is it possible for the Courier to see that we
could have the Union as it was and leave out
such things as Baltimore blood-tubism, New
York rowdyism, southwestern barbarism, and
Brigham Young's Mormonism: 1t very GER
tain that slavery could be left out without
harm to any thing essential to the Union itself.
The theory that slavery is Indispensable to
the Union is a secession theory that came in
to existence with the Calhounists and other
slavery extremists who repudlated the doe
trines Of the Declaration OF independence.
1t is as different from the doctrine and pur-
pose OF those who made the Union, as dark
ness is different from light Those who
maintain that to eXterminate all barbar-
ism and fill the country with enligAt-
eminent, and the highest style Of free
dom and civilization, would deprive Us Of
the Union as it was in the purpose Of its found
ers, are sadly deficient in loyalty to the wei
fare OF the republic. They are more than
half traitors, whether they intend to be SO or
not
If some benign influence could persuade
the Courier to think and feel candidly on this
subject, it would see clearly that hcncetortli
there can be no peace or safety for the Union
until the slave power Is utterly destroyed
Safety by means vi compromise with it, is no
longer possible. We must now destroy il
or submit to the worst despotism the world
ever saw" There is no other alternative for
those who mean to save the Union. What
the slavery extremists did the Union before
the outbreak of their rebellion is a small mat.
ter in comparison with what they would
do hereafter could they be restored to their
old places and their old political power.
They would no longer hesitate or Scrupc at
anything. The man who does not see that
the destruction Of either the slave power or
the Union is NOW inevitable, is either pitt
able victim Of inidtuation, or very ncary
traitor at heart
Why then should we hesitate to strike
down slavery wherever wecan reach it? This
is what we must do, sooner or later; and
why not do it now, and thus weaken the
rebels and hasten the conquest of rebel
ion, and at the same time make sure OF
permanent safety for the republic, against
its most deadly enemy: The rebels have
renounced the Union and the constitu-
ton. They have placed themselves where
they can be dealt with only by the war power
OF the governments; and now let them fee
that power to its utmost extent. Let slavery
feel it and die.