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and honorable connection, aud Is We
become nearer ne:ghbors, be. n posi-.
Die. better friends. These politics al
blessings do not end here, they exteud
, over the Union.
The igIepresSible energy. the restless
activity of our citizens, carry them H.
the utmost limits O! our country. There
they might become insulated. Educa.
ton could not penetrate ,hcir retreats
The law might not be able 10 reach them
They would gradually DC olenated
from their homes, aud nigh, regard
~i,h indifference, perhaps with hos,ili.
~, their distant brethren with whom
all co.bmuuiOu had ceased. Not SO
now. These marvellous inventions
have le,ellcd the Allcghanics. They
have taught Us In measure distances
no. by space bat by time. They pursue
the pioneer to The Notwithstanding
10 han alike the means OF Instruction
and of useful intercourse. They make
him feel that II he has LETT lis home he
has not abandoned his country. whlle
her laws protect him, while her arms
defend him. even IN hI' remote suli.
tude; and this enables the most distant
settler 10 revisit Lis native f!esiic tnl
renew his Old ailAchm,ats. These
seem small things, sir, but they are the
minute fibres which make UP the living
mass of the best domestic symps;h,es
land the purcst patriotism. Thee ian
provemcnts thus countcIact the hazard.
OF our expanding population. They
solve the great problem OF tree In.iiiU-
tIonS-how 10 create central power
~ once not too strong for freedom, Vet
strong enough TO IIt!ate vigorously 10
the eXTomi,ics. They have in TACT
revealed al lat thai deep political Sc
cTci-ihat We nay widen without
weakening our empire. THIS meeting
recalls singular Illustration Of that
truth. When the present union Of the
States vas adopted, IT, dissolution was
confidently predicted from the want OF
cohesion ia lis extended parts, chich
ould render the habIiual asycuhllses
OF Congress utterly imprac,icablc.-
What, sand one OF the most Gi.tin-
c ished writer's Of Eps1nd in l,~j.
What bat some extraordinary cncg
gcncv Ike the invasion OF NcrAes or Of
Louis thc ! i,h, could make American
deputies cross great ocean ar .rcat
continent and why should deputies
from Georgia leave their iamilie, aud
sail through great ocean 20 New York
IN order 10 lay lakes on IL, ~ Own State,
at! carry on the Affairs ot twelve o;he!
States in winch ;hey have no Inmc-
date iu'crcs. 30 ~ the expiration O..
iiily wear, those deputies from Gcor-
ga and New York take their families
10 Washington ia L., tine than the
members OF The Blush Parliament OF
that day spent IN assembling ia Lon
don, and these 5Pp"re"iiy hostile in:e-
rests have undergone a fusion which
makes them identical and inseplrs .c.
Let US rcE.ember. then TIA, it's not
merely the exchange, Of commerce.
which these improvements facilitate,
but the far better Interchange o. know
ledge and kindly Offices between ti5.
tant sections Of our country I'll ,rcu
shGS meet, who by no disability could
otherwise be brought together. over.
coming all the TrctcHcr Of person 4,
prejudice, OF imaginary local u'alrirs.
and insane party passions; thu, hsfmu-
nIousIy blending their va,ious and pc
culIar interests into that one common
interest of Us all--ihe spin; Of pDlnI.
cal onion and personal kindness. It's
IN such SPIN, that venture 10 pfo-
poe toast. It's this:-
7h' Rsii-r'sS' Of hs UAihd T.t,-A Gfu,
m"tsl,'" basi, # ciIcpisiiur --'t. bssi mrt l.
nc conductors w ,-',.uesi storm, Nsy thry
continue % uak" oar people Gesrer aud dear
er, tai iurir whole hearts, Ike thsE whole
soil, shall be ifou bound t. zach other
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