Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-06-26

er Of abolition, but it would not at all
thence follow that the power could be
rightfully exercised. The case NAV be
resemblod to that Of plenipotentiary
invested with plenary power, but who
at the same time, has positive instruc.
tions from his government as to the kind
Of treaty which he is to negotiate and
conclude. If he violates those and
concludes different treaty mis- govern
ment is not bound by it. And if the for.
eign government is aware of the violation
it acts in bad faith. Or it may be illus
trated by an example drawn from private
life. l am an endorser for my friend on
a note discounted in bank He applies
to me to endorse another to renew it,
which do in blank. Now, this gives
him power to make any other use Of my
note which he pleases. But if, instead
Of applying tito the intended purpose, he
goes to a broker and sells it, thereby
doubling my responsibility for him, he
commits breach Of trust and a violation
of the good faith implied in the whole
transaction.
At the period Of the formation Of our
Constitution, and afterwards, our patri.
otic ancestors apprehended danger to the
Union from two causes. One was, the
Allegheny Mountains. dividing the wa.
ters which flow into the Atlantic Ocean
from those which found their outlet in the
Gulf of Mexico. They seemed to pre-.
sent natural separation. That danger
/ has vanished before the noble achiev.
ments of the spirits Of internal improve.
ment, and the immortal genius of Full
/ ton. And now, nowhere is found m ore
loyal attachment to the Union, than
among these very Western people, who
it was apprehandcd, would he the first to
| burst its ties.
The other cause, domestic slavery, hap
PLY the sole remaining cause which i;
like to disturb our harmony, continues to
exist. 1t was this which created obsta
cles and the most anxious solicitude in
the deliberations of the Convention that
adopted the general Constitution. And
it is this subject that has ever been regar-
ded with the deepest anxiety by all who
are sincerly desirious of the permanency
! Of our Union. The Father of his Coun-
try, in his last affecting and solemn ap-
peal to his fellow citizens, deprecated
as the calamtous event, the geographi-
cal divisions which it might produce
The Convention wisely left to the sever
al States the power not necessary to the
| plan OF the Union which it devised, and
as one which the General Government
: could not be invested without planting
the seeds of destruction. There let it re-
main undisturbed by any unhallowet
hand.
Sir, am not in the habit of speaking
} lightly of the possibility Of dissolvine
this happy Union. The Senate know,
that l depreciate allusion, on ordinary
occasions, to that dircful event. The
country will testify that, if there be any
thing in the history of my public career
worthy of recollection, it is the truth and
sincerity of my ardent devotion to it;
lasting preservation. But we should b.
false to our allegiance to it, if we did no
discriminate between the imaginary anl
, real danger. The Abolitionists, let m
suppose, succeed in their present aim G
uniting the inhabitants of the free State
+ as one man, against the inhabitants G
the slave States. Union on one sid
will beget union on the other. Anl
this process of reciprocal cons olidatio.
will be attended with all the violent pref
udices, embittered and implacable ami
mosities, which ever degraded or depravel
human nature.
A virtual dissolution Of the Union vii
have taken place, whilst the forms OF it
existence remain. The most valuabl
element of union, mutual kindness, tn
feelings of sympathy and fraternal bonds
which now happily unite US, will hav
been extinguished forever. One sectio
will stand in menacing, hostile ARA.
} against the other. The cohesion of opin
ion will quickly be followed By THI
CLASH OF ARMS. l will not attemp
to describe the scenes which now lie hap
| PLY concealed from our view. Aboli
tionists themselves would shrink back il
dismay and horror at the contemplation
of desolated fields, conhagrated cities
murdered inhabitants, and the overthrow
of the fairest fabric Of human govern
} ment that ever rose to animate the hopes
} of civilized man. Nor should these Ab
olitionists hatter themselves that. if they
can succeed in their object Of uniting th
people of the free States, they will ente
the contest with numbered superiority
that must ensure victory. All history
, and experience prove the hazard and un
certainty of war. And we are admon
} shed by Holy Writ that the race is moi
to the swift, nor the battle to the strong
But if they were to conquer, whom wouIC
they conquer? A foreign foe-one wh'
had insulted our flag, invaded our shore;
and laid our country waste ? No, sir
1t would be a conquest without laurels
without glory--a self, suicidal conques
"A conquest of brothers over brothers
achieved by one over another portion o
the descendants Of common ancestors
} who, nobly pledging their fortunes, ant
their sacred honors, had fought and bled
side by side, in many hard fought bat
tie on land and on ocean, secured ou
country from the British crown and estab
lished our national independence.
The inhabitants of the slave States ar
sometimes accused by their Northern
brethren with displaying too much rash
ness and sensibility TO the operations AM
proceedings of Abolitonists, But befor
they can be judged, there should be re
versal of conditions. Let me suppos
that the manila of the slave States wer