The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-02-06
sNUMBER 5.

laad. So dld Mexico; and other Span.
ish colonies 10 .AmericsS but the samG
ocean divided them, from Spain. Cuba
and the Canadss still adhere 10 the pa
rem. Government. And who now, North
or South, in Europe or America, locke
ing into history. shall prasump,uously
saw that because of civil war the reun-
ion OF these States is impossibloi War,
indeed, while il lasts, is disunlon, and,
if il lasts long enough, will be hnal,
eternal separation FIRST, and anarchy and !,
despo,ism aiterwsrd. Hence | would
hasten peace now, to-day, BY every
honorable appliance.
Are there physical causes which Fen'
der reunion impracticablsi None
Where other causes do not control, NV
ers unite; but mountains, deserts, ana
great bodies of water--ocedni diSsoci0>
6iles-separate people. Vast forests
originally, and the Lakes now, also d.
vide us-not very widely or wholly
from the CanadaS, though We speak the
same language, and are similar in man:
ners, laws and institutions. Our chief
navigabls rivers run from North to South
Most Of our bays and arms OF the sea
take the same direction. So do eur
ranges Of mountains. Natural causes
all tend to Union, except IS between the
Pacific csast and the couHiry east ofths
Rocky mountains to the Atlantic. II 10
"manifest destiny" Union is empire.
Hence, hitherto we have continually
extended our territory, end the Unisn
with ii, South snd West. The Louisiana
purchase, Florida and Texas all atiest II.
We passed desert and forest, end scaled
even the Rocky mountains, to extend the
Union to the Pacific. Sir, there is no
natural boundary between the North and
the South, and no line OF latitude upon
which 10 separate; and If ever 2 line OF
longitude shall be established, it will bo
east Of the Mississippi valley. The
Alleg are no longer barrier
Hie hways ascend them everywhere, and
the railroad nov climbs their SUBMITS
and spans their chasms, or penetrstes
their rockiest sides. The electric tele.
graph follows, and, stretching its con-
Meeting wires sleng the clouds, there
mingles It's vocsl lightpings with the
Ares of heaven,
But if disunionists in the East will
force separation Of any Of these States'
and boundary purely conventional -
at last 10 be marked out, it must and
will be either from Lake Erie upon the
shortest line TO the Ohio river, or from
Manhattan 10 the Canadas.
And, now, sir, is there any difference
, of race here, 90 radical as TO forbid 70.
union! do no. refer to the negro RAGS,
, styled now, in unctuous official phrase
by the President, Americans OF African
} descent" Certainly, sir. there are two
white races in The United States
. from the same common stock,
so distinct--One Of them go
that they develop differen. ,-ay -
, ilization, and might belG aoul.--
I different types Of man sgnt
! boundary Of these two pe
y. ell marked by the liwoJ
the slavsholding fr(ha aETl n
q holding StRs. II M
4 geograp phical limit ~ &N
=, Mason and Dixon
# line. -.
' in the beginning, in.
= y exist in their utmo
q What we're theyl aad found
!. Firs.,,he common desN large snd
h fore consanguini,y--of tn
e Of the people from the A,
T. stock. Had the Oanadas BED.
1t originally by the English. they W.
" doubtless have followed the fortunes o.
Or the thirteen colonies. Next, common
s, language, one of the strongest Of the
ID IIgaments which bind people. Had
ID we been contiguous 10 Great Britain,
,e either the causes which led TO separ'
of alton would have never existed, or olsl
D, been speedily removed; or, afterwards
III we would long since have been reunited
ID as equals and with all the rights Of Eng
h llshmen. And along with these vert
e. similar, at least not essentially dissimilal
Of manners, habits, laws, religion, and I'M
,e stitutions Of all kinds, except one. Tht
n, common defence was another powerful
I'd incentive, and is named in the Constiip
r. tion as one among the objects Of thu
he "more perfect Union" Of 1887. StrOnge
in yet than all these, perhapS. but made uI
he of all them, was comm interests--
he Philadelphia, New York, and BostoI
Of lent you more than their entire banking
th capital. And when that failed too, yel
Of forced credit by declaring your pape
h. promises 10 pay,a legal tender for a
on debts. Was money .wantedi You ha
nd all the revenues OF the United ctatsr
ng diminished indeed, but still in gold.-
rs, The whole wealth ofthe country, in ih
ss- last dollar, lay al your feet. Privat
di individuals, municipal corporations, th
mi State governments, all in their frenz
len gave you money or means with recklsI
on, prodigality. The great eastern oilis
ent | lent YOU $i50, 100000. Congress votet
nd FIRST, The sum ofS25O. .0OO. 900, and mes
nv $500, ,e00,O8 more in loans; and lhs1
we 6rst, S5O,0OO.O 900, ilan elO,OO0.0ot
res nexI $4,000, 900 and in July last, $3.50
in 100000 in Treasury notes, and u
ce Secretary has issued also .spaps
ce postage currency" in sums as lew {
ye, Eve cents, Limited in amount only BY hl
Ily discretion. Nay. mores already ains
,sb1 The lth Of July, 1851, this House hu
III annrobriated $4,000 100000, nImoi