The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1840-12-25
a w- 1Yond this, tend only to produce
"A Ection and distrust TO excite jealousness


"A Ection and distrust TO excite jeaousness
Ito provoke assistance. Instead of adding
strength TO the Federal Government, even when
successful it must ever prove source of in
currable weakness, by alienatnga portion of
those whose adhesion is indispensable to the
great aggregate Of uuted strength, and whose
voluntary attachment Is. in my estimation, far
more essential to the efficiency Of Government
strong 10 the bJst of all possible strength the
confidence and attachment ofall those who make
up its constituent elements.
Thus belle ewing, it has been my pur-
pose 10 secure TO the whole people, and
10 every member Of the confederacy, by
general, salutary, and equal laws alone,
the benefit Of those republican insli,u.
tions which it was the end G. aim of the
ronsitut ion to establish. and the impair
tiaf Influence Of which is, in my judg-
men,, indispensable to their preserya>
ion, cannot bring myself TO believe
that the lasting happiness Of the people,
the prosperity Of the States, or the per-
nancy Of their Union, can be maintain.
ed by giving preference or priority TO
any class Of Citizens in the distribution
Of benefits or privileges, or by the a.
dop,ion Of measures which enrich one
portion oflhe Union at the expense Of
another; nor can soc in the inteffer-
ence ofthe Federal Government with
the local legislation and reserved rights
Of the States a remedy for present, or
a security against future dangers.
| The first, and assurdIy not the least.
important step towards relieving the
country fom the condition into which
it had been plunged by excesses in
trade, banking, and credits ofall kinds,
was TO place the business transactions
Of the Governm entiIIsell on a solid ba-
sis; giving and receiving in all cases
value for values and neither rounte NAM
cling ntr encouraging in others that de-
lusive system of credits from which il
had been found so difficult to escape,
and which has lef. nolhi0g behind it bul
the wrecks that mark lie fatal career.
| That the financial affairs of the Cow
4 emment are now, and have been during
the whole period of these wdespreadlng
+ difficulties, conducted with strict and
nvariable regard 10 this great fundsmen
tal principle, and that by the assumption
and maintenance Of the stand thus ia
1keu on the very Threshold of tho ap-
preaching crisis, more than by any 9th.
or cause or causes whatsoever, the com.
munity at large has been shielded from
the inralculable evils Of a general aDC
indefinite suspension of specie pay.
ments. and consequent nnnihilation,
for the whole period it might have las
ted, ofa just and invariable standard
Of value, it is believed, at this period
scarcely be questioned.
! A steady adherence, on the part o
the Government TO the policy whicE
has produced such salutary results, al
ded BY judicious State Legislation, and
what is not less important, by the indus
try, enterprise, perseverance, and econ
omy of the American people, cannot fai
10 rase The whole country, at an earl
period, 10 a state of SOLID and enduring
prosperity, not subject to be again owe
thrown by the suspension Ofbanks o
y the explosion of bloated ctedil sys'
tenn 1t is for the people, and their re-
presentatives, to decide whether or no
the permanent welfare Of the country
! (which all good citizens equally desire
however widely they may differ aS Il