The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-07-18

peaceful pipe were unheard In Snort the whole coun-
try was in mourning, for it was on the of an e.
ventful and doubtful struggle The purest patriots,
the most profound statesmen and the most sklf and
courageous generals, of the fearful responsibility
they mourning all absorbed IN deep retec-
tion-pondering the small means of defence at
their command and the great resources which might
be requisite to a successful termination of the APP
preaching conflict In this state of alarm and intense
anxiety it may well be imagined that the time had
come, which would try mems souls; our fathers,
however, had voluntarily, passed the rubicon, know
ing there return they had put their hands to
the plough, and looked not back onward was the
word, and onward they went-to victory or to death
The fury of the storm has long since passed away
and what beautiful contrast to those trying scenes
does the present happy and cheerful state of things
afford Now have no causes for apprehension,
anxiety terror business is regularly conducted
the soil annually yields up the rich fruits of an album
dant harvest commerce unfurls her sails upon every
sea- manufactures send forth the busy hum of profit
able occupation our government is organized, COM
pleelv sysemazed, is administered with integrity and
in WISDOM and the whole face of the country is clad
in smiles.
From being only Thirteen, comparatively feeble
and insignificant colonies laying along the sea board,
have grown, in the surprisingly short space OF one
half century, to twentyfou independent sovereign
ties, each an Empire of itself and have extended our
settlements and cultivated fields beyond the Misss
Isppi, and gradually progressing towards the Pa
cifc ocean. Our population increases with unparal-
eled rapidy cities, towns and villages start up
as if by enchantment internal Improvements are
penetrating the Wilderness literature, science and the
arts, fourishing; colleges and schools, are
numerous, of the most respectable character and in
the prosperous condition and, in fact, the whole
nation, from the river St. Lawrence to the gulf Of
Mexico, and from the Atlantic to the Mississippi; is
uxuriang in the enjoyment of undisturbed repose,
and most rapidly progressing in wealth and happiness
at home, and in responsibility and honor abroad.
AS the revolutionary struggle had ended, re-
sung as it did, in the complete triumph of the colo
MES over the mother country, noble sires, mmedi
atey turned their attention to the formation of reg
ular and permanent system of government based up
on those principles for which they had been SO long
contendng, and in support of which they had SO hero
cay suffered, viz. the rights of man and the
eighty of the people.
With these natural rights and undeniable truths for
its foundation, that constitution framed, under
which we consider it great and glorious privilege to
live; constitution which makes every citizen feel
proud of his country constitution, which renders
this the land of the Free the home of the brave and
the asylum of the oppressed" and which to the lat
est ages of the worlds existence will continue to be
the polar star of truth and the brightest pattern and
example to all the future of liberty.
In our happy land, where laws-and not men.
rule despotsm is unknown and oppression never heard
of the people possess the sovereign power-all the
authority held by their rulers being only delegated to
them. Instead then of being subjects Gin the sense
|of that word in other countries) the people are