Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-07-07
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ner stren 10 him a, Lersagta,,
NJ: PRESIDENT AND IEnEE-Custol apd
propriety forbid me- to remain silent; iIt I iopc it
would be superiiuous, am i, would be una
Yaing, to attempt to express my feelings, on rece
wing the kind attentions Of this company. no ncn-
tleman who hts himself had OCCASION while alrSnnt
from homo, TO experience the value Of acts of private
or public hospitality, will doubt the sentiments excl
ted in NE, by these testimonials Of your favorable
epiniun II the voice Of welcome tIiat awaits him
beneath his roof, on his return home make tho
most direct appeal To tue sgnabilitics of the travel
Ter, 1t is with satisfaction scarcely inferior HEIGHT
encd by sense of obligation, that he receives, in
distant region, those proofs Of Kindness and assur-
ancCs OF Suol will in which he seHIs to recover some
OF the best endearments Of homo i'll the land of s.raD
gers l would spare You, gentlemen--I would spare
mysefthv effort to describe, in set phrasns-wbnt
II feit needs no explanation, what. If it BIZ felt
cannot be explained; and beg you, With lin, plain
ness of sincere and grateful heart to believe that
place the proper value on this public and cordial
manifestation of yonr friendly feeling and that willie
take TO myseif-and feel honored in doing $3.50
much oft as flows from your haspitabc regard to-
ward stranger, rejoice specially in this f!s-
tive meeting, as pledge Of gnod will hetw cen tl,
distant sections Of the Union, to which we resper-
lively belong. That Union, gentlemen rrsti,r as it
does on political basis, derive much Of lis
strength and value from harmony and cordality be,
tween the distant members. In degbotic novern-
inen resting on the principle of the Immediate sub
ordination OF all the parts to head this harmony
among the subjects Is not necessary. It may even
he the interest Of the sovereign to play off the icol
ouslcs of the different parts Of the state srairrs C,
other; thus preventing them from combining AGAINST
himself. But IN a popular government where every
thing is ultimately referred to the will Of the citizens
mutual good viii between them is all important II
is therefore most fortunate for us that the basis on
which our Union rests, is natural, broad and stable
The several parts Of which it is Composed have not
been bound to each other by the measures ola pre-
ponderating political power, cxcrted by the STRONGER
members to attach the weaker to their sovcrprrniv
We do not owe gathering together into this fam.
lily OF states, to the lnternarrapp of northern Fcr5i-
hands with southern TsabeIlas. Our Union was not
cencnted by the sealing wax Of diplomatic concress-
es whcre foreign statesmen sitn judgement to par
Gel ont reluctant provinces amonr rival erntJircsl
nor by the blood Of disastrous battle fields Had src
been the origin of our association, we uirh have OK
p2ccd, that lncurabc autpathies would exist between
the discordant members, and THAT Union ccynuen-
ccd In power, violence, intrigue, would continue
in disgust while it lasted, and end in civil war On
the contrary, among instructive aspects in
which political system presents itseifto the con
temptation of the friends of Libefty noHo is more
important than that, in which it teaches the most
suspicious mode of extending popular government
over vast region of country, filled by rapdly in
creasing population by of confederation Of
states. The superficial observer not merely abroad
but at home may regard the multiplication Of states
with their different local interests as an alarming
source of dssontion threatening eventual destruction
to the republic. But had the saracity of the most
profound politician been excrcisedt ia contrivc mode
IN which the continent OF North America should be.
come one broad theatre, for the exercise of the RIGHTS
and the enjoyment and perpctuation of the privileges
Of republican government AID rac;onal Ebersv =