Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-05-04

jeaousies9 Even while it continues TO
exist, IN name, it may, by these means, be-
come nothing but the mere form of a united
Government. Nv children, and the chill.
dren of those who sit around me, may meet,
J perhaps, III mis- Chamber, in the next gem
Grafton; but # tendencies now but too OBJ
vious, be not checked, they will meet as
strangers and aliens. They will feel no
sense Of common nteres, or common conn-
I try; they will cherish no common object Of
patriotic love. If the same Saxon lan-
guagc shall fall from their lips, it may be
the chief proof that they belong to the
same nation. It's vital principle exhausted
aud gone. its power of doing good termn-
| ated, productive only of strife and conien,
ton, and no longer sustained bv a sense Of
common mi crest, the Union itself must ul'
| timately fall, dishonored and unlamcntod.
The honorable member from Carolina
himself hobtually INDUCES in chnrges o.
usnr,ntion and oppression against the Gov
eminent Of his country. He daily dcnonn
ceS ITS important measures. IN the language
in which our Revolutionary fathers spoke
OF the expressions of the mother country.
Not merely against Executive usurpa'ion,
either real or supposed, does he utter these
sentiments, but against laws Of Congress,
laws passed by large ma orllles, laws sane
toned, for q course Of years, by the People.
These laws he proclams, every hour, to be
but series Of acts Of oppression. He
speaks of them as if it were an admue ed
fact, that such Is their true character
This is the language which he utters,
these the sentiments he expresses, TO the
rising generation around hun. Are they
sentiments and language which are likely
to inspire our children with the love of I'M
ion, to enlarge their patriotism, or to teach
them, and to mike them feel. that their
destiny has made them common citizens Of
one great and glorious republic? A prln-
cpal object, in his late political movements,
the gentleman himself tells us, was to mite
The entire South; and against whom, or
against what, does he wish to unite the en-
tire Sourh' Isnot this he very csscr &C OF
local feeling and local rcgard' l. it not
the acknowIedg Of wish and object.
to create political strength. by uniting po-
,lcaI opinions geographically Whlla
The gentleman thus wishes 10 unite the en-
tire South, ! pray to Know, sir, if he expects
me to turn toward the polar-slar, and, act
lng on the same principle, TO utter a cry OF
Rally! to the whole North Heaven for
bid! To the day of my death, neither he
nor others shall hear such cry from me.
Finally, the honorable member declares
that he shall now march off. under the ban
ner Of State Rights March off from
whom? March off from what' We have
been contending for great principles. We
hat 4 IN ms ,fc,u bn
ty and to restore the prosperity Of the
country; we have made these struggles
here, in the national councils, with the old
flag, the true American flag, the Eagle,
aud the Stars and Stripes, waving over the
Chamber in which we SIT. He now tells
US, however, that he marches off under the
State,rights banner!
Let him 90. remain. am, where !
ever have been, and ever mean 10 be. |
Here. standing on the platform Of the gem
eral Constitutional platform, broad enough,
and firm enough, to uphold every interest
Of the whole country-l shall still be found, |
Entrusted with some part in the admins
tration of that Constitution, intend to act |
in its spirit, and in the spirit of those who
framed it. Yes, sir, would act as if our
fathers. who formed it for us, and who be
Qucathed it to US, were looking on us-as
i'll could see their venerable forms bending !
down to behold US. from the abodc- above.
| would act, too, sir, as if that long line Of
posterlty were also viewing, whose eye Is
hereafter TO scru'inlZe our conduct
Standing thus, as IN the full gaze Of our
ancestors, and our posteri'y, having roccIv.
ed Ibis inheritance from the former. to be !
transmitted to The latter, and feeling, that
if am born for any good, in my day and
generation, it is for the good of the whole
country, no local policy, or local feeling, no
temporary impulse, shall induce me to
yield my toothod on the Constitution and
the Union. move off, Under no banner,
not known to the whole American People,
and to their Constitution and laws. No, |
sir, these walls, these columns
"ny
From their firm base as soon as -
I came into DnblIc life sir in tho snrvlcn