An advocate of disunion.
1850. In showing the danger to the Union, I think I have designated the disunionists.—Mr. Venable of N.C., House of Repr., Feb. 19: Cong. Globe, p. 164, Appendix.
1850. If I believed with Garrison that the Constitution was “a compact with hell,” I should be with Garrison a disunionist,—an open and avowed one.—Mr. Duer of N.Y., the same, April 10: id., p. 455, App.
1850. I was not aware of any indication having been made that there was a single disunionist on the face of the earth, and I do not know any. (Mr. Davis of Miss.) I know several, and more than several…. I intend to tear off the lion’s skin from two or three disunionists of very prominent standing. (Mr. Foote of Miss.) U.S. Senate, July 18: id., p. 1391, App.
1879. The Federalists characterized their opponents … as disorganizers, disunionists, and traitors, and even to this day numbers of intelligent persons still labor under strong prejudice against the Republican opposition to Washington’s Administration.—H. Adams, ‘Albert Gallatin,’ ii. 162.
