Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-03-15

vised BY man, has reason been allowed 50
free and broad scope to combat error
Has The sword of despots proved to be =
safe or surer instrument Of reform in gov
eminent than enlightened reason.
Does he expect to find among the ruins
Of this Union happier abode for our
swarming millions than they now have un-
der II? Every lover Of his country must
shudder at the thought Of the possibility
Of its dissolution. and will be ready to
adopt the patriotic sentiment, Our federal
Union-it must be preserved To pre-
serve it, the compromises which alone en-
aided our fathers to form common consti-
tuition for the government and protection
Of SO many States and distinct commune
ties, of such diversified habits, interests,
and domestic institutions, must be sacredly
and religiotsly observed. Any attempt
to disturb or destroy these compromises,
being terms Of the compact of Union, can
lead to no other than the most ruinous and
disastrous consequences.
1t is source Of deep regret that, in
some sections Of our country, misguided
persons have occasionally INDUCED in
schemes and agitations, whose object is
the destruction of domestic institutions,
existing in other sections-institntion
which existed at the adoption Of the con-
stitution, and were recognized and pro-
tected by it. All must see that if it were
possible for them 10 be successful in at
tanning their object, the dissolution of the
Union, and the consequent destruction of
our happy form government must speed
lily follow.
! am happy to believe that at every pc
Rod Of our existence as nation, there has
existed, and continues TO exist, among the
great mass Of our people, devotion to the
Union Of the States, that will shield and
protect il against the moral treason Of any
who would seriously contemplate its de-
strnctioh. To secure continuance Of that
devotion, the compromises of the constitu-
ton must not only be preserved, but Sec
fionai jcalousies and hearthurnings must
be disceuntenanced; and all should re-
member that they are members Of The same
political family, having common destiny.
To increase the attachment of our people
to TIE Union, our laws should be Just. -
Any policy that shall tend to favor monop-
olies, or tie peculiar interests of sections
or classes, must operate to the prejudice
Of the interests Of their fellow citizens.
and should be avoided. IF the compro-
misses of the constitution be -preserved-if
sectional ieaiousies and heaItbnrnirgs be
discountenanced-ifo our laws be Just and
the government be practically administer
ed strictly within the limits Of power pre-
scribed to tive may discard all appre-
tensions for the safety of the Union.
With these views of the nature, charac-
ter and objects of the government, and the
value Of the Union, shall steadily op-
pose the creation Of those Institutions and
systems which, in their nature, tend TO
pervert it from its legitimate purposes,
and make it the instrument Of sections,
classes and individuals. We need no Ma
tional banks or extraneous institutions,
planted around the government to control
q strengthen it in opposition 10 the will
ofats authors Experience has taught us
how unnecessary they are as auxiliaries
Of the public authorities, how impotent
for good, and how powerful for mischief.
Ours was intended to be plain and
frugal government, and shall regard it to
be my duty to recommend to Congress,
and, as far as the executive is concern
ed, to enforce BY all the means within my
power, the strictest economy in the ex-
penditure Of the public money, which may
be compatible with the public interests.
national debt has become almost an
institution Of European monarchies. 1t is
viewed in some Of them, as an essential
prop to existing governments. Melan-
choly is the condition Of that people whose
government can be sustained only BY
system which periodically transfers large
amounts from the labor Of the many 10 the
Golfers Of the few. Such system is in
compatible with the ends for which our
republican government was instituted
Under wise policy the debts contracted
in our revolution and during the war of
1872, have been happily ex,inguished.-
BY judicious application Of the revenues,
not required for other necessary purposes,
it is not doubted that the debt which has
grown out Of the circumstances Of the last
few years may be speedily paid of.
] congratulate my fellow citizens on the
entire restoration Of the credit Of the gem
eral government Of the Union, and that Of
many Of the States. Happy would II be
for the indebted States il they were freed
from their liabilities, many Of which were
incautiously contracted. Although the
government Of the Union is neither in
legal nor moral sense bound for The
debts Of the States, and It would be vio-
iaticn Of our compact Of our Union to as
sumo them, yet we cannot but feel deep
interest in seeing all the States meet their
Just debts, at the earliest practicable peri
cd. That they win do 50, as soon as il
can be done without imposing too heavy
burdens on their citizens, there is no rea-
son to doubt. The sound, moral, and hon
orable feeling Of the people ofthe indebted
States, cannot be questioned, and we are
happy to perceive settled disposition on
their part, as their ability returns, after
season Of unexampied pecuniary cmbar-
rassment, 10 pay of all Just demands, and
to acqniescc in any reasonable measures 10
accomplish that object,
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