Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-03-25

thoughtful trainers of our constitution le-
oislated for our country as they found it,
Looking upon it with the eyes Of states.
men and Of patriots, they saw all the
sources of rapid and wonderful prosperity
lint thev saw also that various habits, opin.
ions, and institutions, peculiar to the varl-
ous portions Of so vast region, were
deeply fixed. Distinct sovereignties were
in actual existence, whose cordial union
was essential to the welfare and happiness
Of all. Between many Of thsm there was,
At least 10 some extent, real diversity o!
interests, liable 10 he exaggerated through
sinister designs; they differed in size, IN
nonulation, in wealth, and in actual and
prospective resources and power mey
varied in the character of their industry
and staple productions; and in some ex-
is,ed domestic institutions, which. unwise-
jv disturbed, might endanger the harmony
nf the whole. Most carefully were all
these circumstances weighed, and me
foundations of the new Government laid
mon principles of reciprocal concessinr.
and equitable compro Mise. The jealous
les which the smaller States might enter.
tain of the power Of the rest were allayed
Inv rnle of representation, coniessed'y
uneoual at the time, and designed forever
to remain so. A natural fear that the
broad scupe of general legislation might
hear upon and unwiscly control particular
interests. was counteractcd by limits strict.
Jv drawn around the action Of the federal
authority and to the people and the
States was left unimpaired their sovereign
mower over the innumerable subjects eln-
braced in the internal government of
inst republic, excepting such only ns ne.
cessarily appertain TO the concerns OF the
whole conirleracv, or its intercourse, as
a united community, with the other nations
of the world :,
This provi,lent forecast has been verified
by time. Half century, teeming WIN
extraordinary events, and elsewhere pro,
lucing astonishing results, has passed
along but on our institutions il has lett no
iuiurinus mark. From IA small coln1'nnl'
", we have risen to people powerful III
numbers and in strength; but with our m
crease has gone, hand in hand, the progress
of JUS, principles the privileges, civil and
religious, of the hunbest individual, a'r
still sacrcdly protected a, home; an,i'
while the valnr and furlitude OF our people
have removed FAR from us the slIgh'es! aY|
prehenson of foreign power, they NJ
not We, induced us, in single instancSF"
(oryet what is right. Our commercY,aS
been extended I" the rcm"test nallorM M. m.
value, aud even nature. ot our pro'if;G.r
has been greatly changed w'' m und
enre has arisen in the relative wE,,.,tr,ss
rcsonrcs;s, &C assfx s ia, aid II ai,h
r., adherence to existinI compacts. Inns
o'.,,;n,eJ 4, nreva;l in n,,r councils. >and
novar Inny h.en absent from our conduct.
ANys.-hnyr ir1r rc,, NV rxprr,rnre fra;.e,,,t
ksson: that an implicit and underwriting
|llherence to the PRINCIPLES cn which we
set out, can carry us prosperously onward
tlsouuh all the conflicts Of circumstances,
ana he yicissi,udes inseparaLle from the
lapsc of wears.
'Fhe success that has attended our great
experiment, is, in itself a sullicien, Cause
for gratitude, on account of the happiness
!, ia .c,u,ll, cnnCarreJ .nJ tho ovnnnl.
il has unanswerably given. But to me,
nv fellow citizens, looking forw ,rd to the
far. distant future, with ardent PRAYERS and
con6diug hones. this rp,rosnec, presents
n crmmI for still tceper deIigbt, II i'm.
presses ON nv mind firm belief ,La, The
nerne,,i,v If our institutions Jona,I. nnnu
ourselves: that. If we maintain ,he nr;n.
ciples o, which ,hev were established ,hrv
are destined ,o couIer their benefits IN
countless generations vet In came and
Thai America will nresen, IN evarv f,;snJ
or mankiud ,he cheer;n,, r,o,r ,I,,, n.,n.
uiar Gnycrnmen, w;ssiE, [ G,rn,.J !. ,va, rr
inv in mn elsmen, or andnrancon nr s,rsnr,n
Fif,v wears auo ia r,n;d G,ilnro ,r.. s h''ii
|ly predicted. La,en, md nncon,rnllahlp