Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-07-04

y .'ic oioou OF disastrous buttlc fields. Had such
oecn inc origin ofour association we might have OK
pectcd that incurable ant,pats would exist between
~ : e'uaht members, and that a Union, common
- Az T.. power, violence, intrigue would continue
~ Whiie 1t lusted and end IN civil war. On
nopV'fary, among numerous Instructive aspects, IN
winch our political system presents itself TO the
temptation OF the friends OF Liberty, is moro
i''pol'ant Than that, in which it teaches the most
ousPeious motto OF extending popular government
over vast region Of country flied by rapidly nl-
oseasing population, by Of confederation of
suites Tue superficial observer not merely abroad
ou. at nome may regard the multiplication of States
WIN tietr different local interests, alarming
Oh dssenon, threatening eventual destruction
10 tue republic. But had the sasacity of the most
proound politician been exercised 20 contrivc mode,
w winch the continent of North America should be.
come one broad theatre for the exercise of the rights
ana inc enjoyment and perpctuation of the privileges
vi republican government and rational liberty, it
may Wen be doubted, whether any other cffectual
so prompt and AZ the time so simple, could
nave been devised by him, the creation of u num-
ner OF separate states, successfully formed. popu
'aton becoming dense in the older settlements had
poured itself out into the fields of adventure
and promise; united by coniedcracy the pursuit
oil all objects of common and general interest; and
separate independent, aud sovereign to oil Of
dVidual conccrn II IS thus, that our Union is cx-
tending itself not Us mere matter of political ar
rangcmcnt still less by compulsion and power but
by the choice and act Of the individual citizens
What have seen in all the newly settled por-
tions of the Union' The hardy and eutcrprizing
youth find society in the Older settlements compn r-
lively filled mp His portiun of the old fnrniy FINN
IS too marrow to satisfy his wants ms desires aad
ne goes forth, with the paternul blessing, and often
with little else, To take up his share OF the rich her-
tage, which the God OF nature has spread before him
IN this western world. He quite the land of his ia
theirs, the scenes of his early days, with tender reore
gistenng in his eye, though hope nantes on his
cheek He docs not, as he departs, shake of the
dust OF the vcneratcd soil from his fce but he poes
on the bank of some distant river TO perpctuate the
remembrance OF the home Of his childhood. He
plouSiy bcstows the of the spot whore he was
born, on the spot TO which he has wandered; and
while he IS abouring with the difficulties struggling
with the privations langushing perhaps under the
diseases, incident to the settlement and the fresh
~ opened soil, he remembers the nelrhborhood
whence he sprung; the roof that sheltered his iutan
cy the spring that gushcd onthc rock by his fathers
door where he was wont to battle his heated forehead
after the toll of his youthful sports; the vlape school
house, the rural church, the graves of his ather and
ms mother. In few years, Il new community has
been formed the forest has Disappeared beneath tn,
sturdy arm Of the emigrant; his children have grown
up, the hardy offspring of the new clime and the
rising settlement is already linked in all it's partin-
ties and associations with that, from which it's fal
ers and founders had wandered. Such, for the most
part, Is the manner, in which tho new states have
been built mp; and i'll this foundation is laid by
nature herself for peace, cordially, and brothcrly
feeling, between the ancient and recent settlements
OF the country
II is however, the necessary course of things that
as the newly settled portion of the country is organ-
Zed INTO states possessing each the local feeling and
iucl ItereStsO separate political communities
lprejudIces-like the domestic discussions of the
members of the same famIy-should spring up among
them, or between them and the older states These
may owe their origin to the more exclusive settlement
oil SOME OF the new states from of the old ones
respectively to supposed inconsistency of the inter-
ess OF different sections of the country; the diver
slty OF manners, incident to the popularity of geo
graphical and social position and the leading pursuits
OF life, 10 the conflicts Of party politics. which are
of necessity in n free country, often capricous and
as violent as they, are uncertain From these and
other causes, which need not dwell and without
any impeachment Of the prosperous operation of our
system, preJudices may arise between the different
sections of the country calculated to disturb that
harmony, for which deep foundation is laid in nature
and which 1t is all mportont preserve and if pos
sible to increase. 70 remove these prcjudces, 10
establish kind feelings, TO perfect good will between
the different members of the political family appears
To me, without exception the most important OBJ
lect, ut which patriotic citizen in any portion of the
country, can AIM Our Union is our strength and
our weakness too: Our strength so long as it exists
unImPalrcd and cherished; weakness, whenever
dscord shall expose vulnerable point to hostile art
power Even the separate prosperity Of the states
supposing they could prosper separately which thew
cannot-is not enough: l had almost said, is to be
deprecated They ought for their perfect safety
owe Their prosperity, In some degree to each other
TO mutual dependence; to common interest, and The
common feeling derived from it, strengthened by IT,
1t IS with these sentiments, Of may be permitted
TO aliude to my own public conduct before a compa-
ny OF gentlemen Of opposite political opinions and on
an occasion consecTated to the oblivion of every to-
pic of party STRIFE, that, since have been member
Of Congress, have supported the policy which aims
10 open or perfect the communication between the
distant sections Of the country, particularly by the
extension and preservation of the National Road
The stue of which am a citizen has already paid
between one and two hundred thousand dollars to-
ward the construction and repair Of that road; and
doubt not she s prepared to contribute her propor-
ton towards its extension to the place Of its esna-
ton, we'll as toward the completion of the full de-
sign, by constructing lateral branch, through this
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Mexico. The friends of Internal Improvement, in
the Atlantic States do not pretend to be Indifferent
to their own interest. They know that the Nation
al Road highway for the products of their acto-
res their fisheries, and their commerce. But trust
also they act upon higher prncipos-a regard to the
national union: that they perceive, what Washing
ton perceived, and began 10 iuCuIcste, i'm the very
moment Of cessation from war-nmost beforohe had
put of his haness-that nothing is more essential 10
the strengthening this Union, than an easy commune
cation from Fast to West