The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-02-12

ion our domestic tranquility must forever
remain unsettled. If it cannot be main
tained within the Union, how then outside
of it,
Sir, | repeat that two governments
interlmked add bound together every way
by physical and social ligaments, cannot
exist in peace without a common arbiter
Will treaties bind us! What better than
the Constitution! What more durablc?-
Shall we settle our disputes. then, by ar
bitration and compromise! Sir, let us ar
bitrate and compromise now, inside Of tie
Union. Certainly it will be quite as easy.
And now, sir, to all these original eau
ses and motives which impelled to union
at first, must be added certain artificial
ligaments, which eighty years Of associa-
ton under common Government have
most fully developed. Chief among these
are canals, steam navigation, railroads,
express companies, the postoflice, tie
newspaper press. and that terrible agent
Of good and evil nixed esprit of health,
and yet goblin. damned if free, the gel-
.lest minister of ruin and liberty; when en-
slaved, the suppliest instrumen, of fase-
hool and ty ny-the ma ne;ic eegraph.
All these have multiplied the speed or the
quantity Of trade, travel, communication.
migration and intercourse of all kinds be-
tween the different States and sections; and
thus, SO long as a healty condition of tie
dy-politic continued, they became pow
ertul cemeniing agencies of union. The
numerous voluntary associations, artistic,
literary, charitable, social and scientific,
until corrupted and MADE fanatical; the
various ecclesiastical organizations, until
they divided; and the political parties. so
long as they remained all national and not
sectional, were also among the strong ties
which bouad Us together. And yet all Of
these, perverted and abused for some years
ia the hands Of bad or fanat:csl men, be-
came still more powerful inetrumentalities
in the fatal work Of disunion; just as the
veins and arteries OF the human body, &C.
signed 10 convey the vitaizing fluid
through every par Of it. will carry also,
ana with increased rapidi'y it may be, the
subtle poison which takes life away. Nor
is this ALL 1t was through their agency
that the imprisoned winds of civil war were
all let loose at first with such sudden and
appalling fury; and, kept in motion By
political power, they have Einistered to
that fury every since. But, potent alike
for good and evil, they may yet under the
control of the People, and in the hands Of
wise. good an1 patriotic men. be made the
most effective agencies, under Providence,
in the reunion Of these States.
Other ties also, less material in tleir
rature, but hardly less persuasive, have
grown up under the Union. Long associ-
alton common history, national reputa-
ton and diplom;c intercourse abroad, ad-
mission Of new States. common luris-
prudence, grerst men whose names and
fame are patrimony of the whole country,
patriotic music and songs. common battle
fields, and glory won under the same flag
these make up the poetry Of the Union,
and yet, as in the marriage relation, ard
the family with similar influences, they
are stronger ttan hooks of steel. He was
wise statesman, though he may never
have held an Office. who said. Let Inc
write the songs of the people, and care
not whomakes their laws" Why is the
Marsellaise prohibited in France? Sir, Hail
Columbia and tbs Star Spangled Banner
-Penusylvania gave us one, and Mary
and the other-have done more for the
Union than all the legislation and ali tie
debates in this capitol for forty years; and
they will do more yet again than all your
armies, though you call out another mil
lion of men into the field. Sir | would
add Yankee Dodle,' but frs, let me @
assured that Yankee Doodle loves tie
Uuiou more than lie hates the stakeholder.
EDis9uict:de in the NOthsscst; Rev
OiuiiGnary Movements OF AbOli-
tiSsststs.
! From the \. y. Journal of Commerce, JAN 81. !
There exists in several States of The
Northwest particularly iii Indiana, III,
inois, Ohio. and Wsconsn--a condition
ot thing, which must soon cause alarm
unless Tho tendency of public sentiment
there receives sudden check. Not only
is there expressed deep dissatisfaction