His object is, not to create fresh irritations; but
"to pour oil upon the troubled waters." ABOLITIONISMI,
unfortunately, has a fascination North truly astonishing;
to open the eyes of those under its influence is nearly
hopeless; and yet it is in that region, if the Union is
to be preserved, the change in public sentiment must
be effected.
   But the Author takes a pleasure in acknowledg-
ing, that, in the North, there are many true friends
whose every pulsation is in favor of the Union-who
cling to it, as the Ark of our political safety; and who
are battling with manly firmness against the insidious
wiles and disturbing machinations of this ever-growing
fanaticism.
  The most ardent desire of the Author has been to
create a stronger attachment and devotion to the Union,
by showing that the interests of all the States are so
inseparably interwoven, that a dissolution cannot take
place without entailing mutual injury and ruin.
  Hence, how powerful the incentives, for the patriots
of the North and South, to rally under one common
standard and preserve our National Government fiom
the hands of those who, aiming to build up a great
Sectional Party, will involve the nation in perpetual
discord-if not, eventually, in civil Kaar.



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PREFACE.