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 ting upon system of government we'll a-
 daptcd to perpetHatc the freedom, for which
 they had fought and bled. They would
 have seen this assembly after protracted
 session, distinguished for moderation anu
 a spirit of concord and harmony, submit
 a system which was adopted by the people
 without tumult or bloOdShed by which a
 supreme authority was provided, to preside
 over the whole country; the energies con-
 solidated and knit together, which were
 scattered and dissipated among the several
 states; an arm of great strength and nerve furnished to protect us against aggression
 from without and anarchy within; guards
 against any possible abuse of power sup-
 piled by putting the agents to whom its
 functions were confded, completely under
 the controul of their constituents; thus | creating primary planet around which the
 state governments were revolved in sub ordinate character, each within its proper sphere, and constituting well balanced
 and we'll regulated system, distinguished
 for its harmony, beauty, and admirable a.
 daptation to the great purposes intended. l They would have seen the illustIious l Washington elevated to the first office in
 the gift of his countrymen; and that he devoted all the energies of his great and good mind to accomplish the result which
 it was intended to secure by the revolution, the empire of lascs enacted by e free Peo- pie. They would have seen Adams, Jeff ferson, Madison, and Munroe, successive ly promoted to the same elevated situation and that they adopted such measures as 1 were calculated to promote the welfare of the nation; till at length, near tho termi- nation of the first half century, they would have seen the supreme executive authority, confided to the son of Washington's suc- cessor, an accomplished statesman, who had devoted his whole life to his country's service, who possessed great decision, firm ness, and independence of character and who with the aid of patriotic cabinet, accomplished the purposes of our civil in- stitutions, by securing the rights of indi- viduals at home, and effectually guarding tho honor and interest of the nation a. broad.
 It would have been natural for these patriots, as the eye passed rapidly over scenes deeply interesting to the world, to pause at the expiration of the first half century; with view to more minute and particular survey of the condition of this country; and to learn the result of the great experiment to institute which they had put in hazard their lives. Before them they would have seen, an immense extent of territory, with limits greatly expanded the Atlantic on the one hand and the Pa cific on the other; acquisitions the value of which no mind can compute or imagi- nation conceive the fruits not of fraud or violence but of the arts fpeace. Thro' this territory they would have seen great and majestic rivers penetrating in all di- rections, throwing out their arms on every side and comprehcnding within their em- brace hills and vallics the most fertile and productive covered with the fruits of the industry and ingenuity of their posterity ;1 and crowded with vehicles of gtransporta- ton, the nature of which it would have been difficult for them to comprehend; except that they contained within themselves principle which enabled them to move without the aid of canvass from place to place with great rapidity, and to set the wind, tides, and currents at defiance. They would have noticed the contrast between the commencement and termination of the half century, in the population of the coun- try at first thin, scattered, and confined to the Atlantic frontier, but finally dense, with numbers quadrupled, and the vanguard of civilization removed many thousand miles to the west, before whom the forests and the natives thereof recede, and around whom, spring up, as if by magic, the cle- gancies of refined and matured society. The increase of the number of states with in period so short, must have deeply im- pressed their minds; single unit only be- ing necessary to double the original thir- teen; with the form and features of the elder members of the family they would have been sufficiently familiar, and in the lineaments of the younger, they would have perceived coincidence in the highest de- gree indicative of near and intimate rela- ton. A commercial marine would have been before them, which spreads it's can- vasssin every quarter of the globe, guided by expansive enterprise, unyielding indus try, and fearless intrepidity, transporting to remote regions the products of our own country, and receiving in return those of other nations; thus furnishing ample rev. enues to the government, wealth to indi- I .v..aV V- Al. n