The Democratic advocate., 1866-05-03
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VIII you Choose
The inconsistency Of the leaders Of
the Sectional party, now in power, dis
qualities them for the great work Of re-
constructing the government
Daniel Webster, ono ofgreotest States
mon that ever graced the halls OF the
Congress of the United States, "a man
who always commanded the respect Of
his political opponents for his profound
knowledge of constitutional Law, ster-
ling integrity and courtesy as gentle
man, declared, that ''if these fanatics
and abolitionists ever gst power into
their hands, they viii override the Con
stitutior, set the SapIeTe Court at de-
fanee, change and make laws to suit
themselves, and finally, they will bank
rupt the country, and delugo il with
blood" Those who may have doubts,
whether Mr. Webster had facts 10 sus-
tain him in making so sweeping a de-
claration. are invited to read the follow
ing declaration made before the war,
copied from the Boston Courier, (soe
the Baltimore Goscfte Feb ID, 1860
VIM. Lloyd Garrison said--"Ihis
Union is lie The American Union
is an imposture lam for its overthrow
Up with the Flag Of disuniou =
Woadcll Philips said--"Thc Consti-
tuition Of our fathers was mistake
Tear il 10 pieces and make and make a
bc,icr--Duut say the machine is out Of
ordcr--it is in ordcr--it does what it's
trainers intended. Our claim is dis
union, aking upof theStatcs F! have
shown you that our work cannot be done
under institutions, llayS) The Rapnb-
lican party is the first sectional party
ever organized in this country. II docs
not know its own face, aud calls itself
national, bat it is scctiopaL IL is tho
party Of the North, pledged against the
South
At an auti.slayery meeting in May
1864 81, New York IL was,
rResoire5, That Secession from the
United States Government is the duty
Of every Abolitiouist
Resllroi That the only exodus Of the
slave to freedom, unless It be Que Of
blood, mnst be- over the rcmaina Of the
prc.rat American { hurch,
Rezalrrd. That the Aboiitiouis,s Of
this country -honll ioakc it one Of TIE
primary objects Of this agitation to d,s-
solve the American ! u.ou
IN 1850 Senator Hale presented two
petition praying that sonfc plan be
devised for the dissolution ofthe Amer
ican uiop" petition rocciyedthr
yo,cs--J 7 IInlc, W II Seward 5 7.
Chasc.
Rev. II ". Bcechcr IN 1886 say5
the people Will decide which is the
better way, "a rise IN arms aud throw
off a Government wurac then that of Old
King George, or aai, smother iour years
aud vote agliu The Constitution is tho
fountain aud iaihur Of all troubles The
only hope or the slave is over the ruins
of the Government aud Of the American
Church
II W Bellows in 1856, said -sThc
dissolution Of the piou is not primari-
ly a question of conscience, but OF policy
We made the Union, and we have a
right 10 uumake il, If wc choose.
j. L. Hale in 1856, said III hope it
will come lthc issue aud Il it comes 20
blood let il come il cannot come too
soou-aud when the war has been pro-
claimed, with the kuifc, and the kuilc
70 the hilt.'
c. Schurz ia 1860 said-"You call
this reyolution--it is--we must, we will
have it-lct it come
w. II Seward in 1850 tells the South,
"Ifthey will not emancipatc their slaves
they shall have disunion, civil war, and
emancipntion-then the shareholders
will perish in the struggle"
j. = Pike said have no doubt
the free aud slave States ought TO sep
aratc. The Union is not worth supper
ting with the South"
y. +. Banks in 1856 said-'I can
conceive Of time when this Consttu-
tion shall not be in existence, when we
shall have an absolute military, dictate
rial government, transmitted from age
to age with men at its head who are
made rulers by military commission, or
who claim an hereditary right to govern
those over whom they are placed. =
Theodore Parker said in 1Sj6--"Ii
Buchanan is elected don't believe the
Union holds out three years. | shall go
for dissolution
The same-'I do not believe that-any
permanent Union is possible between
| the North and the South
Public meetings were held, declaring
the Union to be a Misunderstanding the
hostility between the two Heetions Of
the Union, to be an irreconcilable fun
dameutal difference in education, habits
and laws, and calling ON intelligent and
conscientious men TO meet these facts
with wisdom and firmuogs.
Senator G. Sumner, in 1856 said
"The portents which darken cur land
forcshadow a strife, which, unless avert
ed by the triumph of freedom, will be-
come war--fratricidal. parricidal war