Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-09-13

gestiOn OF DIsUNIoN. Calculations ana conJec-
lures, what may the East do without the South,
and what may the South do without the East
sneers. menaces, reproaches, and recrlmlna'
tiops-al tend to the same fatal end. What
can the East do without the South? what can the
South do without the East? They NAV do much;
they may exhibit to the curiosity Of political ana
tom,sts, and the pity and wonder OF the world,
the disjecta nen5ra." the sundered bleeding
limbs of a once gigantic body instinct with life.
and strength and vigor They can furnish to
the philosophic historian. another melancholy and
striking instance of the political axiom. that all
Republican Confederaces have an inherent and
unavailable tendency to dissolution. They will
presen, fields and occasions for border wars, for
league. and couuer'eagues. for the intrgues OF
petty statesmen. the struggles Of military chiefs,
for confiscatIons, Instructions. and deeds OF
darkest hue. They will gladden. the hearts of
those who have proclaimed, that men are not ut
to govern themselves, and shed disastrous
eclipse on the hopes OF rational freedom through
out the world. Scion, in his Code. proposed no
punishment for patrcide. treating 1t as al lmPos'
sibie crime. Such, with US, ought to be the
crime Of political parricide-the ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Of our 8. father land" Carl sunt parentes,
carl stunt lberi, propinqui, famlliares, sed ON
mes Omnium caritates patria una compiexa est;
pro qua quis bonus dubitet mortem appetefe 81 Ell
SIT profuturusl Quo est detestabiliOr istorum I'M
manitas qui Iacerarunt scelere patriam, ct IN
ca funditus delenda occupati ct stunt ct fuerunt !"
fit must be so. let parties and party men con-
tinue to quarrel with little or no regard to the
pubic good. They may mystify themselves and
others with disputations on political economy.
proving the most opposite doctrines to their own
satisfaction, and, perhaps, to the conviction OF
no one else np earth. They may deserve repro
baton for their sel6shness, their violence, their
errors, or their wickedness They may do our
country much harm. They may retard Its
growth destroy its harmony, impair Its character
render It's institutions unstable, pervert the pub
lie mind, and drprave the public morals. These
are indeed. evils, and sore evils; but the princl-
pie Of life remains, and will yet struggle with
assured success over these temporary mala.
dies. Still we are great, glorious, united and
! free; still we have a name that is revered abroad
and loved at home--a name which is tower OF
strength to US against foreign wrong, and bond
| OF internal union and harmOny--a name which
no enemy pronounces but with respect. and
| which no citizen hears but with q thrOb OF
y ,itaton.
Still we have that blessed Constitution, which,
with all It's pretended defects, and all its alleged
violations, has conferred more benefit on man,
than ever yet flowed from any human institution
which has esta blshed justice, insured dones-
tic tranquility, provided for the common defence
promoted the general welfare. and which, under
| Gud. if we be true to ourselves. will insure the
blessings Of Liberty to US and our pos'ert'!
Let this noble passage be deeply craven IN the
heart of every one who has heard or read IT.
| no,e bpt the soul of q slave could but kind,c at
il. Weremcmbered either 10 have read or heard
uttered the question what has "an American to
be proud of-why shos!d he love his country
The question. # il need reply. is answered here