Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-12-14

o the blessings ola government, founded
on the unalieDable and lndeteasible rights
OF man, and SO framed as TO he kept in re-
galar responsibility to those over whom
and for whose benefit il is TO be exercised
by these great principles, in heir full ex-
tent, our ireeinstitutions are distinguished
from all other systems oigovtrnment nov
existing; and to these principles we owe
the success which has SO far distinguish
ed our condition from that Of any other
people. For ii may well be asked where
country can be found in which the laws
are so equal, the burdens So light, the
common actions of lie SO little tramme!-
ed, the conscience SO free, The authori-
ties OF religion more respected, or the
number ana piety OF its teachers more
worthy of oommeBda,ica or finally
! where an Arnerican need blush at a COM
| perisen OF the intelligence and virtue OF
those who exercise dower, or those who
live under it. In particular he may
surely eXult IN COMPARISON as to all
the qualifications fof administering the
! atllrs ot 4 nation, te.w those Who
! have been advanced TO them by he suf-
lrages OF free people, and those who
have succeeded 10 thin by heiliitary
claims.
Wbils, we bes,ow these just praises Oh
| the political system urlcr which we
live, 1t is one of our first duties to keep
in mlnd thai It's preservation can be no
othvr@i.s securc: than by dultt ating in
the mass Of the society thad intelligence
and virtue on which such a sys'em rests.
here IS no recommendation, therefore,
more due .rotr Uiy slaiiun tim ,hai Of
conpeten. provision Tor the education of
ne rising and succeeding generailsns 10
he several branches OF usasu. kna8l.
edge, aud for maintaining the public
morals IN their requisite purity and |
rust that the subject will be thought by
~ Leef.iature 10 merit all The attention
~tich ask for il.
Butin lie midst Of the general causes
81 'eiiciia:ina 10 which have alluded, il
'nust be admitted that the rapid tide OF
orr prosperity has been not only imped.
ed occasionally by hostile acts of foreign
powers, bl' By tie errors OF our domestic
policy, and thosc visclssitudes OF foe,une
ITO which communities rs we'll as ind.p.-
duals ane snhject.--ih The most striking
instance has been lei in the late Ructna-
liog ard deiapgcd state of our circula-
ting ..leailm, which has betn preduoiye
oi !ruch embarrassment throughout the
Union, and has il an especial mannsf
checked the pr0pritty Of thls section OF il
In DO other section hl. the mania for
banking been SO grea, nor the train Of
evils indispensable from its excuses been
so luxurious. as that in which we reside.
SAFE after State neglected to profit by
the experience OF Others, has adopted
The decisive measure OF attempting &c
rciievs the community from pecnniary
| 6mbarrassmenis. transient perhaps in
dgrailon, by rcsnriagio course OF po-
| icy, the effect Of which invariably has
been 10 increase the evil il was intended
10 remove. Ii believes Illinois, who has
been tempted to follow the exarnple OF
her neighbnrs, to prohi by their expe-
riehce, and 10 restore, as soon as she can,
the currency ofthe State 10 the fixed and
universal standard Of gold and silver. or
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