Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-07-11

iCGuOIlj lu9b 40 SIlouS "S Oulo' was Vhd0-
tened into loyalty to the Union, and vcner-
alton for the rights of the States. The
Constitution, which was strong enough to
govern such mon, is too weak to restrain
US who have outgrown the grave and mod
crate wis dom that excited no irreprcssiblc
conflict between brethren, but taught them
to dwell together in unity. Iwould make
it strong enough to restrain the madness
of our day.
And let the people consider the mv;;;;Tes
for preserving the Union. They would
be brought directly to these by the debates
of the Convention, and by the antecedcnts
and subsequent debates. l can suggest
only some of them.
First, our name, and place, and power,
as one OF the nations Of the earth. Are
not these worth preserving In eighty
years we have matched the greatness that
Rome and England were centuries in at
tanning. What may be done in the next
eighty?
heard a sogacious statesman say,
about threo years ago, that in twenty
years from that time, if we kept together,
we would drive England from all the mar.
kcts of the world as q frst.class trader.
They were words of cheer, but there was
the inevitable J In what markets VIC
should rival England, or even the pettiest
kingdom of the earth, after dissolution of
the Union, that statesman and no other
has vcnturcd to predict,
J See what prosperity would como to US
of the North in the process Of the grand
rivalry predicted by that statesman, Man
ufactures and navigation have built up the
greatness of England, and they would do
nc same for US as a nation, and for our
X "I.S,,1 ,rSs3 Of the nation. Manufacturing has
y ano ,ho r;so 70 oy US great In no one respect
Il W. s"U rrah,o M os 9E9gress of our country
70 narrow-minded English l-"-'o''l ~ e'' te he
10 would not have us manufacts"" w., w."
II "hob nail" could he be carried d.,
70 through the factories of Philadelphi;
s.. Pittsburgh or Lowell, would, TO be consis
id cnt with himself, curse the false gods VIII
on had inspired his unreasonable wish, an
~ h hasten to die again. We shall neccr meC
to dcpcna agaan on any foreign nationJ1
IL. a faJ1ic that can be made Of cotton, iron {
ed ,cool Thus far, at least, we have com
ps, And what cities, and towns, and railroad
be and canals have we built up in our pr
he eress! How much personal wealth al
Of social happiness have we crcated-wh
,all additions to our population-what accr
IF tions in the value OF our farms and mi
les, erals-what industry have we stlmulat
tb and rewarded commerce have
on won Think of these things, fclloW-cou
,cs trymcn-con them oyer, one by one
bor disscct and analyzo each fact-trace
NV connections and consequences; and th(
,vo when YOU combine them all in one gle
nal ing picture of national prosperity, rene
an Der that COTTON, the product Of sIave
lies Jor, has been one of the indispensa
rs clements Of all this prosperity. More
rs must be an indispensable clement of
will our future prosperity. say it must
the The world cannot and will not live with
thc cotton. There is not matron in all
tbe Union that can clothc her family or h
ms self without it. Nor cau Englan
ron. without our cotton. Her mills and
would starve, if the ncgros did not II
the cotton. Manumit them and they will /
mid er raise another crcp. They need
but authority of a master and the eye OF
Tn. oversccr to compel and direct them to
bo. duties to the cotton plant which mus
now rendered at the right season precisely
nish the crop is lost
,eict And thus it happens, that the Provide
tscIf of that Good Being who has watched
.ume us from the beginning, and saved us
9th. external foes, has SO ordered our inte
,at - relations as to make negro slavery al
+ far calculable blessing to us and to the pc
soil of Great Britain. ! say to as; for
ould not enter into the question whether th
s,o stitution be an evil to the people Of
yory Southern States. That is their conc
10 10 not ours. We have nothing to do wit
or of And 10 obtrude our opinions upon the
;ho,J pie of sovereign States concerning
an1 domestic institutions, would be sheer
nnn pertinonco. But do you not sec and
5osb. how good it was for us to hand over
H., slaves to our friends Of the South
oomo good it was for US that they have empl
are them in raising a staple Tor our man
osro, tufers-how wise it was to so adjus
Killed Compromises Of the Constitution tha
could live in union with them and