Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-02-07

" '"e ohi0H' ana Iennsylvanil, sor
ol middle ground, just between the Nortl
ana the South, and extending, also to til,
west, is united by nearer, il not stronger
tieS, to every section than any other one
state, unless it be Ohio. She was-sbe
e Is yet-the Keystone in the great but now
crumbIing arch Of the Union. She is q
5 border State; and, more than that, she
has less within her OF the tanatical or dis.
turbing element than any Of the states -
Ihe people Of Pennsylvania are quiet,
peaceab!e, practical, and cnterprIsing
without being aggressive. They have
more of the honest old English and Ger
man thrift than any other. No people
miud more diligently their own business.
They have but one idlosyncra>y or speci.
aI!ty-the tariff; and even that is really
far more matter Of tradition than Of sub =
stantla interest, The Industry, enter
prise, aad thtit OF p,nusy ytv ma are abun.
dainty able TO take care OF themselves
against amy competition. In any event,
the tnion is Of more value, many times,
to her than any local interest.
But other ties Il SO bind these States
Pennsylvania and New jersey, especially
- to the South, and the South to them
/ O"ly an imaginary lire separates the for
mcr from Delaware and Maryland. The
Delaware river, common 10 both Penn
SyIvauia and New jersey, flows into Della.
ware bay. The Suslueh anna cmptics its
waters, throu h Pennsylvania and Mary.
land, into the Chesapeake And that
great watershed it,olf, extending 10 Nor
folk. aud, therefore, almost 10 the North
Carolina lives, does belong, and must ever
belong, in common TO the central and
southern States, under Que Government {;
Or else the Inc Of separation will be the
Potomac to its head satcrs. All oil Del
Iwarc and Maryland, aud the counties Of
Accomo'c and northampton, in Virginia,
would III that event follow the fortunes
! OF the uu.thGrn conIcderacy. In fact, sir,
disagreeabIr as The idea may BE- to many
| within their limits on both sides, 10 man
who looks at the mnp and thea reflects
| 1pon history and the force Of natural
causes, aud considers the present actual
and the Iuturo probable position of the
hostile armies and navies at the end OF
this war, ought for moment to doubt that
either tba States aud counies which have
named must 90 with the North, or Penn
sy!vnnla and New Jersey with the South.
Military force on either side clnnot con-
troll The destiny of the states lying be-
tween the mouth of tie Ch sapnake and
the Hudson. And ifthat bay were itself
made the line, Delaware, and the East.
crn Shore Of Maryland and Virginia,
wonld belong o the North; while Norfolk
the on y capaciou' harbor on the souh
eastern coat, must be commanded by the
gums of some new fortress upon Cape
Charles; aud Baltimore, the uow quocnIy
city, seated then upon the very boundary
Of two rival, yes, hostile, conf deraces,
would rapidly full in decay,
And now, sir, will not ask whether
the Northwest can consent to scplr !tion
from tac 5 nth. Never. Mature forbids.
We are only part of the great valley of
the Mississippi There i, 40 line of lati-
tule upon which T. separate. Neither
party would desire the old line of 3G deg.
t. 30 on ho,h sides Of the river; and there
i, 10 natural boundary east and west, The
nearest to it are the Ohio and Missouri
rivers. But chat line would lea"e Cincn.
pati aud st. Lo is, as border cities, like
/ baltimore t. decay. aud extending fifteen
hundred males in length, would become
The scene Of an etarn1l border warfare
w;tbout oxamnle even in the worst Of times.
Sir, We cannot, ought not. will not, separ.
ate from the South. Aud if YOU of the
Eo.t who have found thi. war arainst the
south and for the negro, ara ifyiug to
your hate or profitable to YOUR purse. will
couiipno i, till a separation bo forced be-
t,,ecn tbe slaychodinr and your non slave
boidinr states then, Believe me. and ac-
ceat IT, as you did not the other solemn
warnipr of years past. the day which di-
| vides the Moth from the South, that self
same doy DEGREES eternal divorce between
ILs Wnsf and the East.
Sir. our destiny is fixed. There is not
ono 4 ron Of rain which de.couding from
the hoayens, and fertiliziug our soil, caus
as il to vicId an abundant harvest but