Year: 1862

VAS SCStA0Nh~es" - Pe'AS VII" w N'DS'AS''
{ every true patriot in the land, whethe
} with us in party or not, are guilty witt
: u.s. Pitts. Post. an' i'1
The Union One Il nd IndivisibIe


The Union is the nation. The coun'
try for which we battle is the Union
made by the fathers, on principles
which, if rightly appreciated by the
people, would make it as permanent in
duration as the world. If the war
were over to-day, we should still have
in our body polite the elements of that
Union among us. In seeking for a
permanent establishment of unity and
harmony, we must seek to convert or
eradicate the men who are opposed in
principle to that Union. 1t is a grand
error to imagine that the removal of
slavery will remove all opposition to
the Union.


The only basis on which men can
unite in a government, is the basis of
mutual interest and mutual yielding.
The same is true of States, eminently
true ola large nun Der of States band





ing together to form one great nation.
The emnity to the Union is not local.
1t exists at the North and atthe South.
If any one doubts that Northern abo-
litionism is the ally of Southern Sc
ccssionism, study of history will re-
move the doubt and stamp the truth df
the alliance as an everlasting fact. 1t
is true that some men, good men, too,
forgetting in the fierce excitement of
the present the whole history Of the
progress, step by step, which brought
us into the trouble, are disposed to
look with leniency on the Northern
disunionists among us, because they
so earnestly advocate the war against
the Southern disnnionists. But we
have said, and we repeat that no radi-
cal abolitionist is in favor of war for
the old Union, and no candid aboli-
zionist will be found to-day who denies
that lie is opposed to the Union as it
was. We are living in the midst of a
triangular war. Southern rebellion
attacks the Constitution and makes
war on its defenders. Northern Union
men, by hundreds of thousands, rise
to the defense of the Constitution, the
old instrument of sanctifed memory
and worldwide influence for good,
while third party, processing to be
for Union, are acting with the stead-
fast purpose against the American
Union, and when driven to the wall
openly confess that they regard the
Union with the adherence of Gro
man criminal chained to loathsome
corpse;" and that they uphold the war
only because they hope to have it eff
feet "what the Constitution failed to
accomplish" " We do not use our own
phrases. We but quote from the lead
ers of political radicalism. We invite
any American who has at heart the
true interests Of the Union, to recall
a few facts in the past, which are too
near being forgotten. We shall state
nothing that will be disputed by even
the radical men of the day.


The theory of radical abolitionism
as propounded by its most eminent
leaders was this, that the Constitution
Of the United States was q sinful and
therefore detestible instrument. They
demanded the exodus of the slave over
the ruins of the American Union
They avowed hostility to the Constitu-
tion in all their meetings and all their
meetings and all their documents
The object of their exertions being the





abolition of slavery they recognized
no human law, treaty or compact, as
of sufficient force to stand in the way
of effecting that result. Part of the
radical abolitionists were opposed to
| the Introduction Of the subject into
politics .-others favored the idea. The
: result was a division of the ranks, and
the formation of an abolition political
party. By gradual but certain pro.
gress, the two elements virtually re.
mitted, and radical abolitionists be.
came politicians.


For ten years they have continued
their disunion labors as politicians. -
They published their papers and doc,
uments with the memorable words,
"The Constitution is a league with
: death and a covenantwith hell" They
abused and villifed the memory Of the
fathers. We go back to one abolition
{ meeting in Massachusetts, as speci.
men Ofhundreds that were held throuh