Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-07-27
June ].
PROPOSALS


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appears TO be general ard just impression,
L maj the objects of human desire are perishable
IN proportion as they are attra ctve, and that what
II is most delightful possess, il is often most diff
cult to preserve. Wherever we direct our a. erva-
lions or fix our coBtemplations, whether VIC remark
the fortunes of the great, or notice the lot of the
humble, attend To the instructions of the WISE or
listen TO The apprehcnsons of the Ignorant the sa me
important lesson is taught us-that happiness can
not exist without care, nor prosperity endure with
OUT TABOR. lhis truth is not more stern than salu-
tary. IL forms relation between prudence and
pleasure success and discretiou and provides that
the industry and Judgment which Ina We been employ
CD III the attainment of good, should be exerted 70:
its continuance.
Inc Tree and definite institutions of the United
otates establish such :nass of civil rights and So
cial enjoymcnts, generate such various ssiv,
improvements and unfold such boundess prospects
OF moral excellence and national greatness, that
those who are subject their influence cannot fail
to be anxious f,r their duration.
IL requires little reflection and less ingenuity e.:
discover that nothing is likely to affect the condi-
tons and destiny of this country asibe public press
Without entering into all examination of the history
or structure Of the governments il is easy 10 pcceive
mat ITS virtual dependence on public sentiment lie
mahioId ana prescribed connection with opinion
nipdrt incalculablc value and sacred imno,t,ur, "a
ue instrument by whose magical power, opinion it.
sen is created, animated, impelled and controlled
but, strong and active as the sympathy is between
tne operations of the press, and the movements of
the government, II is nevertheless neither direct nor
unrestricted. The body polite floats in an atmos-
PheIe OF party spirit through which every ray ofin-
teiligence and impulse of passion it receives must
oe lransHIited-coored and rerac ed, dim or glow
ing, asrccably to the actual state of this variable
medium.
TO those who undertake the conduct of nul,lic
Journals, the nature and effects Of party spirit thus
become subjects of primary considerations
Although the contention of parties has often been
FOUND unfavorable 10 the stability of states il has
Always been deemed essential TO their freedom a nd
accordingly If is an object of Importance not that
they should cease to exist but that they should cxs;
and be innocent. The ancients found this imprac-
tcable. Eloquencc fumined over GREECE in
VAN its vUice, though divine, w; limited in lis
range and transtory in IFS impression, and il has
only acquired energy and diffusion by virtue of the
great intellectual agent which give to modern know
iSoge ooundicss expansion and endless continuity
Inc press by its faculty of councractine error and
eating truth, Of exalting reason above force
seems capable of discerning party spirit of its des-
TuctIve Tenderness and Of rendering political socie
ties free, and at the same time lasting.
That this desirable end may be ACCOMPLISHED
viii perhaps appear less improbable, if we refer N
the proper origin az natural tendency ofpartiee.
The only rational motive for these divisions If
tic community, is the practical establishment or
successful! application Of some great political trnfh.