Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-03-14

and rnultitudcs IRON The Old world are Hooking
t, our shores 10 participate in its blessings
Beneath us benign sway, peace and prosperity
prevail. Freed from the burdens and miseries
of war, our trade and intercourse have extended
throughout the world. Mind, no longer tasked
in d wishing means 10 accomplish or resist
schemes OF ambition, usurpa'ion, or conquest. is
~dnvo'ing itself to mans true interests, in d.vcl-
oIing his faculties and powers, and the capaci.
ty oi nature to minister TO his enjoyments. &c.
mus is free to announce lis inventions and dis.
coveries; sud the hand is free to accomplish
Whatever the head concelves, not incompatible
with the rights OF a fellow being. All dls,inc-
tons of birth or Of rank have been abollsied.-
All citizens, whether native or adopted, are pla.
cod up"t,icrms OF prec;e equality. All are en-
'itled 10 equal rights aud equal protection. No
union exists between church and State, and per.
lect freedom OF opinion Is guaranteed TO all sects
and crceds.
These are some of the blessings secured to
our happy land by our federal Union. TO per.
pciualc them, It is our sacred duty to preserve
It. Who shall assign limits to the achievements
ri free minds and free hands, under the protec-
ton of this glorious Union! No treason to
mInkind, since the organization of society, would
be equal in atroci'y 10 that of him who would
hit his hand to destroy II. lie would overthrow
the noblest s'ructur, # human wisdom, which
protects himself aud his felluW-man. lie would
stop the progress of free government. and in.
volVe his country either in anarchy or desppt-
ism. lie would extinguish the fire of Iberty
which warns and anlmaies the hearts If happy
millions, and invites all the nations of the earth
to initiate oar example. II he say hat error and
wrong are committed in the administration OF the
government, let hun remember that nothing hui
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b. successful in a,f,in'ng their object. the dis
$ ,iutinn of the Union. aud a consenuen, des,ruc
ton of our happy form f government. mus
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am happy 10 believe ,ha, y, every neriod n
our existence AS : naiion. there has ey,s,ed. an,
continues To exist, among the treat mass of ON
people, a devotion to The Union of the States
wh Ct, will shield and nru,nc, if arain., IN,
moral treason of any who vonld serio,slv ron
> template its destruction. TO secure a con,inu
ance of tina, devoti,, tho conrrou,;sos Of III,
constitution must not only be preserved, bu
sectional jea'ousies and heariburnings must b.
diScountenanced and all should remember tina
thew are members Of the same political fimiI
having a common destiny. To increase the at
, ,aclmeit OF our people 10 the Union. our law
should be just. Any policy which shall tend t
; favor mo1"nolles, or the peculiar interests {
r sections or classes, must operate 10 The prelude
OF the interests OF their fellow citizens, an
. should be avoided. II The compromises of tn
r constitution be preserved,-If sectional jealous
U les ana heart-hnrnlngs be discounted
=. our laws he just, and the government be pract
&. cally administered strictly within the limits
h power prescribed 10 1--we may discard all al
n prehensi"ns for the safety of the Union.
# With these view of,he nature. character. ~
|. objects Of the government, and The value of III
n Union, | shall steadily oppo.e the creation
g those institutions and systems which, in the