The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-03-11

ioi>irs d partial aud ~eimnal Interests.
asssl'"ted by prrjadicet and prrposses
sion which strangers =, each olhcr ARE e
yer apt To entertain.
IL isa source Of qualification ard nj en-
eouragcnisnt 10 nie, h. observe thai m.
great result ni this experiment. rpan the
tnrsry "i human rights. has, nj III. elus.
al That senrrali'n h, "h,eh il WAS fermrd
| bern rrumnrd With success, equal Ia ih.
most sangnlIis 'Ap, eiaiions of liz fo,fn or
Union, justice, tranquility. the common
defence, The general welfare, aud The brs
sings of hbsry,--all hav. heen promoted
by the Government under which we have
lived. Standing at this pom, nj time -
hooking back 10 that generation which has
gone by, aud forward 10 that which Is ad
saac,ng, Ne may, at once, indulge in crate
i"i exaltat'an, aud IN cheering hope. From
The experience of the past, we derive IN
stlnciise ies-ons for the future. OF ia.
two great political parfirs which have div
drd the opinions aud feelings of Our eonn
try, the candid and the just will now al
init, that both have contributed splendid
talents, spotiess intcgrity, ardent patriot sn,
aud dislntercsted sacrifices, To the lorna
ton aud administration of this Go,ern
ncnt; aud that both have required l,be
raj Indulgence for a PARTON OF human mfr
mity and error. The K.voi uilonaly wars
ol Europe commencing precisely IT the
moment when the Government of The ".
states hrst went into operation under this
Constitution, excited u collision of sent,
in.nt Il olsympathes, Which kindl.d all the
passions, and emhltterrd the conflict of
pasties, till the nation was involved in war
and the Union WAS shaken to its centre
THIS time Of trial embraced period Of
live aud twenty years, during which, The
policy OF the Union, in its relations with
Europe, constituted the principa, basis
of osr political divisions, and the mos,
arduons part of the action Of Dur Federal
Government. With the catastrophe in
which the wars OF the Preach Revolution
terminated, and our own subsequent peace
with Great Britain, this banelul weed Of
party stri. wis uproo'ted. From that
time, no difference of principle, connected
either with the theory of government, or
with our Intercourse with foreign nations,
has existed, or been called forth, in force
sufficient to sustain Il continued combina
ton ot parties, or to give Wholesome AM
NATION To public sentiment. or legislative
debate. Our political creed is without u
dissenting voice that can he heard That
the will OF the people is the source, and thy
happiness of the people the end, of al le
gltInlate Government upon csrih--Tha'
the General Government of the Union, aud
the separate governments OF the STATES,
are all so,ereigntles Of limited powers !.
fellow servants Of the same masters IN
.s,.n "A A,
uncomfortable by encroachntnts upon
each other-That the ERNEST SECURITY o.
peace Is the preparation, during neace, Of
the drt.nces Of war-That a rigorous eco
nomy, aud accountability of public ex
prndItures, should guard against the aggra
raIion. aud alleviate, when possible, the
burden, Of taxati0n-That the military
should he kept in strict suborhinntion 10
the ci,i! power--That the freedom of the
press and religious opinion should be in
'lolatc--Tllat the policy of our country is
peace, aud the ark Of our salvation union,
are articles Of faith upon which we ARE all
now agreed. Ii there have been those
! who doubted whether "A coniedcraled re
preventative democracy were a go,ern
nent competent To the wise and orderly
management of common concerns of u
mighty nation, those doubts have been
dlsp,lled. Ii there have been projects OF
partial coniederacies 10 be- erected upon the
ruins of the Union. they have been scatter
ed 10 the winds--lf there have been dang
rons attachments to one foreign natioh,
antlpathies against another, they have been
eItinguished. Ten years Of peace, at
home and abroad, have assnaged the ami
moslles Of political contention, and blend
ed into harmony the most dlscordant ele
ments of public opinion. There still re
mains one effort Of Inagnanimity, "nc saril
flee of prejudice aud passion, to be made
by the individuals throughout the melton,
who have heretofore followed the stand
ards oFp0lliical party. 1t is that of discard
ing every remnant Of rancour against each
Others ofembracing, as countrymen aud
friends, and of yiF'ding To talents aud tir
tue alone, that confidence which, in timcs
of contention Tor principle, Was bestowed
only upon those who bore the badge OF
party communion.
The collisions of party spirit, which ORR
ginate in speculative opinions, or in differ
.nt ,itws Of administrative policy, are, in
/ their nature, transitory. Those which are
fJsnded on geographical divisions, adverse
interests of SOIL climate and modes Of do
mestic life, are more permanent. aud
therefore perhaps more dangerous. 1t is
This which gives inestimable value 10 the
character of our government, at once fedc
raj aud national. Ii holds out TO us per
petual admontion to preserve alike, aud
with equal anxiety, the rights Of .art ind'
sldnal state in its own government. aud the
rights OF the whole nation in that of the u
MON. Whatsoever is Of Domestic concern
Inent, qnconnetted with the other members
ofiIle Union, or with foreign lands, b. longs
exclusively to the administration III the
state governments. Whatsoever directly 10