Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-02-25

senate, and, above all. nthe watciIiul and
unyielding jealousy Of the states. We adj
n,ire the federal government as sp'en,il
fabric. We venerate it as an mpregnable
bulwark agairs. the assaults OF foreign
aggression. But we cherish, as We Gle
IRISH life itself, the rights Of the states
we have in them eur surest safeguards 81
all that is dear and valuable to freemen--
of our religion, liberties, and lives.
1t is not alone. from the striking and mo-
vel differences between our ooniedcracy,
and the ancient leagues that We may an.
ticipate durability to the American union.
The atmospheres our people breathe. The
soils they cultivate, the zones thai enrir-
Gle the quarter Of the globe we inhabil,
are so many sources, not of repulsion, bp'
Of political consonaTce and concord. E.
very intermediate degree Of tcnnpera ture
between the heat Of torrid sun and re-
gions Of boreaI cold, may lie felt; the
growth of every soil may be found within
our limits--the productions of each section
furnish the means or the Injuries OF life to
the other. A lucrative commerce. every
moment increasing with The multiplying
population and the wants OF our inhabitants
keeping pace with tue Improvements of
arts and The discoveries Dfscience, expand
ing more sand more as the capacities Of
the country are developed, continually o.
pen new sources Of profit and inducements
TO enterprise. No unirIeDdly and ilIibe,
rate restrictions shall ever lelter this com
mcrce, no rninous duties shall reduce the
well earned gains of the " adventurous
p'oushnien Of the deep, Tho hostile winds
shall repel the ships of the East from the
shores of the South. The rivers of the
west shall continue to hurry along their
streams its products, through the terrific.
ries OF the same nation to the ocean.
ii is true that differing climates form va
rious character and different manners. We
see III this f4ctno argument against the con-
tlnuance OF political harmony between the
several parts Of our confederacy. Every
new state is the offspring of an elder men,
Der of the republican, essential dissimi-
larity, therefore, of characterize ''jarring
discordance OF feeiing''-no irreconcilabIe
prejudices obstruct intercourse, or mar its
pleasures.
lie who inhaled in infancy the keen air
OF a northern, soothes the lassitude of age
in the mild breezes of southern latitude
whittier he has carried the recollection of
the sports OF his boyhood, and the habits of
bis youth. He who once clambered the
rocksof the Allegany now follows the rapid |
course Of the Miami, or reclines him under
the orange groves Of Louisiana. Think |
you, he is notnow beholding, in fancy, the !
rugged cliffs and "cloud capt SUBMITS Of
his native mountain? In every part Of our
country father, sons and brethren meet and |
talk of the plains tkey have left. Constant
emigration and change keep alive COM
mon feeling; innumerable circumstances
invite to fellowship every citizen of the
United States enjoys equal blessings, boasts
one common origin, participates in one
common glory: if a slight exception exist,
every day lessons its force.
These, my fellow citizens, are some Of
the political and moral considerations,
which, we would fondly believe, constitute
such radical differences between our con-
federacy and those of which history makes
US acquainted, as to justify rational hope
Of The permanency of our national compact.
In regard TO The dangerous tendencies Of
war upon our union, we have within our
selves the means of avoiding the causes, or
Of mitigating their evil consequences. The
story of the states 10 which we have allu-
ded, confirms the monitorv voice of Wash
ton; for he most durable of ancient leagues
was that most renowned for its justice and
moderation. "Let US observe justice and
moderation to all nations. 1t will be wor-
thy of free and enlightened, and al no
distant period. a great nation, to furnish to |
the world the too novel spectacle ola peo-
pie always actuated by exalted justice and
benev lence."
The philanthropic heart finds the purest
enioymento of its own good, in its sympa- |
thies with others. Let US then still further
enliven the present occasion, by view Of
the state of our fellow men, in other parts |
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