The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-03-15
H WEBB, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
ooMsnuRG. coLuMRIA aol WY, sATURDAY. MARCH IS.


lpolism. tie would exllnguish the fire ol
liberty which warns aud animates the
hearts Of happy millions, and invites all The
nallons of the earth 10 initiate our example,
| II he say that error and wrong are commit
ted in the administration Of the government,
lei him remember that nothing human eau
be perfect; and that under no other system
Of government revealed by Heaven, or de
vlseG by man, has res son been allowed so
zee and broad a scope to combat error. Has
the sword Of despOls proved TO be safer
or surer lnsrumen, OF relo,m in govern
ment Than erlgh,eued reas IN! Does he
IeXptct 10 find among the RUNS Of lhls Uni
on a happier abode for our swArming mill
Ions than they now have under it? EverN
lover OF his county must shudder at the
thought Of the possibility OF It's dissolution
and will be ready TO adopt the patriotic
sentiment 'Our federal Union.--it mus, be
preserved To preserve it, The comprn
nlses which alone euabed our fathers tt
orm common constitution for the govern
menl and protection OF so many States, and
distinct communities, Of such diversified
habits, interests, and domestic institutions
mus, be sacrediy and religlously observed
Any attempts 10 disturb or destroy lhest
c0npromses, being terms Of The compac
lut Union, can lead To none other than the
most ruInous and disastrous cousequen
Ces.
1t is source OF deep reget that in some
sections Of our country, misguided pelsont
have occasionally INDUCED in schemes anc
,vh rl,I Al
Of domestic institutions existing in othe
sectons-iuslilulions which existed al thu
adoption Of the constitution, and wer,
Recognised and protected bv it. All mus
see that If it were possible for them to bt
successful in attaining their object, the dis
solution of lhe Union, and the consequen
destruction of our happy form of government
must speedily follow.
am happy to believe that at every peri
oG OF our existence as a ,lion, there ha
existed, and continues 10 exist, among M
great mass Of our people, devotion 10 ln
Union Of The States, which will shield an,
protect it against the moral treason Of am
who wonld seriously contemplate its de-
slruclion. To secure continuance of lha
devotion, the compromises Of the cons;iu
uon must not only be preserved, but sec
lonaI Jeaousies and heart hurnings mus
Ne dlsruuuienanceG; and ali shodlu remem
1er lhat they are members of the same po
lIllical family, having a common destiny. -
70 increase the attachment OF our people l.
the Union. our laws should be just. An
Ipnicy which shall tend TO favor monopolie
| ,r the peculiar interests of sections or class
IS, must operate 70 the prejudice of the in
cresls Of their fellow citizens, and shout
'e avoided II the compromises OF the con
,ilulion be preserved, ii sectional jeaou
,les aud heart burnlngs he disConntenanced
If our laws be Just, and the governmer
Ne practically administered strictly with
The limits of power prescribed to it 4"
may discard all apPrehensions for The saie
# the Union.
With these views of the nature ,chararte
and objects Of The government, ard the val
ne of The Union, | shall steadily oppose III
I'reatiOn of those institutions and system
which, in their nature, tend TO perverl
II from its legitimate purposes, and make
he instrument OF sections, classes, and in
IdivlLuas. We need no national banks, q
other eXtraneous Institutions planted arouu
the government to control or strengthen
IN opposition TO the will of its authors. -
/ Experience has taught US how unnecessar
they are as auXiliaries of the public auth0r
ties, how impotent for good, aud how pow
Ieriul for mischief
Ours was intended to be plain and fru
gal government; and shall regard il as IN
IlulV IN roromtneud to COnurpss and
I lar as ihe executive is conrerned,'o enlOr'
Iby all means within my power, the suc,c
econ omy in The expenditure of the publ
money, which may be compatible with II
public interests.
A national debt has become almost an il
= lsliiution Of European mOnarChles. 1t
viewed, in some of them, as an essenl
I prop to existing governments MeIanchoI
! IS the condition Of that people whose g.
: vernment car be sustained only by systel
which periodically transfers large amoun
from the labor of the many to the Golfers
the few. Such system is incOmpaiiD
, with the ends for which our republican &c
vernment was instituted. Under a wis
lpoicy, The debts contracted in our revOl,
J uon and during The war of 1912, have bee
? happily eXIinguished. BY judicious az
q phcation TO The revenues, not required (,
t other necessary purposes, it is not donbIc
that The debt which has grown out of II
! circumstances Of the last few years may
! speedily paid of.
) | congratulate my fellow citizens on II
o entire restoration of the credit of the gene
u al government of the Union, and that