Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-06-03

mags. The unhomoseneousnes, and diss;m;,,
r'y OF lis peop!e-lhcr cla,hin. Interests nr;n";-
pies, passions, and prcjuiices-,he enormous ~.
zen. Oh me empire, abouI To exceed any Thin,
w''cn .l,e world mas Witnessed while il is still
True, ihai the brevlv Of empires is a
"".s y" inverse proportion 10 their magnitude
t"fFi"foge, ana erc'y admonjiion Eo,a Nc paa
E"f"S as 81 an ea,ip dissolution ri he In;on =
! ne wonder Is, not that there will he dissolution.
%" mhf mere hes no' MT been dssarttca as in ma
lurii hiioly, Tie phenGmenun is moi thai man
tie", hn! mat he should live 50 long; or a an old
hymn expresses The idea
''S'rarge! that n harp with Thousand ,trn.s
Sh"i'h Keep In tpno 20 luns,"
1" Dt&S"iAi'nn bs Ntaa come. II is as ahhnc-
rent 10 II. Is 10 any--bul the wise man does M.
shiit h's eyes 10 avoid seeing danger as il really
KISS, hht looks u IN The face 10 enable him. by
lnll >'lrveY 0i It 10 shape hs course-lo erannle
with il 10 elude it, orto learn in time 10 submit 10
what j. unavoidable
Suppose, Tor argument salsp. "a. Imam dis
Mlff@, 40 mdffe' IN rhcSf agsncp, RIM rfat ma
Htcs. ~ nnI'r ~hat near eeograpaic@l l..-. -
c"rn!'"n @a@ '"i Es"l% K GonTYEfnss aGtffi n
such a contingency? To provide for what is 50
probable, not 10 say 50 inevitable, her statesmen
ought 10 develop her resources. The danger
which may come, they ought 10 regard as Ic1iain
lncone. That there is possibility OF our being
enSla'ed, Ought 10 be an argument tor the adnp-
lion 81 all possible means Which human wisdom
can suggest 10 avert that lasl and greatest calalni.
IL.
/ The True and only means, indeed, for The pre-
! vrnnoh oi such catastrophe, in oar situation.
I are 10 unite every portion ol HE State by bonds
OF a common interest and common attachment
10 make Us hy Intercourse what We are mol nov,
one pI0ptc, s..
We .haI NJ, ,..nt,, y , .rt,:,:., a
which gave rise H. these gloomy Vaccinations.
All must, however, warmly disapprove The man
ner in which the Editors even though lhey ware
satisfied OF The correctle>s oil heir views have
thought proper 10 make them public The effect
mu>i be injurious 10 The high moral lone which
ought 10 animate every citizen OF the United
STATES. The question ui lhe Union ought not
thus iehlly 10 hr brought inlo The political can
vass. II is 4 SUBJECT upon which the public mind
ought Fever 10 b. aglci hing Of dnnM-
iul existence lis very iiscgssion Will iamiliarle
The people lis horrors, AMI mast essentially tend
10 hasten The crisis which AL patriots should
avert. The same reasons which the Wing
points al a causes vi certain and rapid disco
luton, We regard n circumstances calculated! 10
cement The Union together. The variety a IN.
leresrs the ON, checking The other will make
orr rulers more cautious ana rigid in The con-
slru..lion Of ,l,- Limited power, conferred upon
them. ana, our Constitution preserved inyiolae,
nothing can shake the Union. The lriumps,
Of science are daily bringing the most distant
porlions Of The Con!c,leracv 10 a more intimate
communion: and the addition 81 territory, 10 ex.
lending HE lishl, Of liberty and civilization. will
raise m new ana Jealous advocate, OF The cause
Of Union and Republican Government We are
ol those who hay. no Tears of the diffusion oil H.
b,ral Institutions. oar country i, large, but IL
Goy.rnmru; is based upnn Doctrines Of equal pin.
,scrion ia MI. which. if carried nur in the true
sni, uonSi strengthen ON system. the more wide.
ly !, spreads ON. The love and Jevoion Of 'hc
a;,,.n 80. M. ,r,,. sources nj onr sltenolh-and
= ,,;.o,. III ,,,,;, .,,,v anil DIAL ~, cya,l
u "'' -" 80, ~ - 49,
justice Ia an: "ia fii ! l"'e' "' '''e
Of orr territory will shake the fabric Of The l.
o;on9
~, Lar, M .nch mn,h;! authorizations, ot an
1T, ,, ~.
rdily u's'"!''o' - ~
trust that tn people will promptly discard AL such
considerations. In this case we'll may il be said,
u.,,r,.n, f,r H.. J,v i me evil,hereoln When
'"'"C : = ~ .;o,.a,a,,.
lie unhappy hour should arrive '''i We N'"''''.
believe that il is far distant il will be time enough
- nren,re FIR il, awful consequences. In The
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Man, oil every American 10 '"e''>" q "eeP w.
lion 10 The Union, and, by successful improve
meul Of the means in their power 10 elevate the
e n. nrl;c mind and give new i'm
''o'"' w. ,
pulse 10 The natlonal Nreh9'h dhn naPpIneS''
We are glad 10 see The Lynchbur@ Vir.inan
,l;ter;no from his brother Whig on This delicate
49," .rha,n ;o1,lass {, a. .och n,c,,n.
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! cliov prospects oi early dissolution. opeah'"S