Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-10-22

October 9Th, 1906. ttlsll
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FROM TIE N49IoNAL IYqgLLICENcER.
.fduantagss ofueio,a, qvith aq i1guirp into
the compatibility Of 'ehu5hcan !yoUcrx-
E9ci!t 5vith al csrfsasiue teyy;toyu
(coNTYYUsD
The circumstances thdt are likely TO en-
sure duration @ our union are also so nu-
merous, that if the enumeration were Drac-
tica1 c it would SC. rec " fai, to ;atigue the
patience of the reIler We shall, there
fore, endeavor t. gcneralise them under
few comprehensive views.
To make tie uni 81, Of any people dura-
bic 1t Is necessary til their interests Should
ne homogeneous, that a sense of common
interest should be generally felt By them;
--tnlt the government which unites them
together shon!d itseifbe sensible Of this CON-
mon interest ;--ard shalld take those rnca-
surcs, and those only which conduce TO the
general welfare.
Are the interests % the American peo-
pie aomogeneeas! This is tle interesting
enquiry, whic'. mus5 &c answered afiir,na-
tive Y belore we are justified in taking =
nother step IA this discussion II, instead
OF Bring Homogeneous, yney are dlscordant,
and incapable CT hRFlaoaisiHS together, no
patriotism, however pure, no wisdom, how
ever profound, can give permanencF to an.
uliOu founded one violation o. the highest
laws which quite che Course u human e
vents. The eWlmay BE ptiliated bug it
, can never be cured; its root viii remain M
eraiicated, ar;a VII, eteraGlly continue to
send I'D its fatal Shoots. Under such en-
cNnst aness 4 state ~ sltIiop wcuid be a for
lced state, a state OF osunion a-natural one,
the latter of which could net fill uiti mattel
! TO obtain complete triumph ever the for
mer. Indeed, under these circumstances,
it would be madness to attempt TO preserve
for an hour the duratiCn oF a uaion founded
! in folly. The sooner Us bands were iisse-
veTcd the better tle less aggravated the
aHimosity, the less numerous the evils. But
| / trust it win be made to appear that tine
union Of these states is founded in wisdom,
| that their great interests are, and are ike
I " longto remain the s2mc.
+ /. One common language is spoken By a
vast majority of the American people
/ Those who speak the English language,
with ut Knowing any other, undoubtedly con-
stitute II least nine tentlls OF the whole ma
ton, and Of those who speak other langua-
ges not one tenth, pcrhaps'not hundredth
( part. are ignorant Of the English language.
: The Germans are the only people whose
prciudices have heretofore been opposed,
with any success. to the substitution of the
English language in the place oftheir own !;
these preiudices are now fest dying away,
and the German language will soon cease
TO DC in popular use in any part of the UNI
ted States. We may therefore be said to
have but enc common language. The pow
erful influence of this circumstance on the
cF NJ ri Dot al
governments need not be diiated on. Ill
the other extensive confederacies, which
have heretofore existed. have embraced
people who spoke different languages. The
Roman empire was made up of nations
whose languages we're extremely VarioNs,
and the Greek cities spoke dialects Of the
same language SO very different that the
people Of one district could not understand
the language Of those Of another. In more
modern times the same circumstance has
attended the successive unions of distinct
nations which have taken place. Let US
not then be surprised that they nave all
shared the same f.te.
| We then constitute the first instance Of a
Confedcracy Of different sovercigntics, Of a.
ny considerable extent, in which the same
language was spoken. The effects Of ST.
milarity of language ought not, perhaps, to
be so lightly passed over Always great
their importance has increased since the
art Of printing has been 50 extensively cub
tivated. A similarity language Facilitates
an intercourse Of bisiness and friendship
between the most extreme parts of a n1ti-
on. This Intercourse, when 5nen see each
other in thcirs.ruc cClora, TO which a COM
mon langusgc cmincntly conduces, invaria-
blv tends, by destroying preiudiccs OF
/ Ignorance or misrepresentation, 70 unite
them. They find II each other more po.Nts
! If agreement than they expected. aud, &C.
ircra,ly, many more than Of disagreement
) IN , ciy)sed nation too, the popular sent
ment is IN the most part guided b. men NJ
Information and rclding Where al spcst
and read the same language, the same VII.
tcrs arc deemed authorities, nd the s.nc
writings models of taste. Drawing cur li
tcrature from owe common source, oui
Young men in the north read the sam,
works wtich arc pcrused in the sou,h
Their education is 50 far the same. Hcnc,
the same principles arc ins.iilcd, The sam,