Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1845-03-15

the fire of liberty which warns and ami
mates the hearts of happy millions, and in
vites all the nations of the earth toimi-
tate our example. If he say that error and
wrong are committed in the administers
ton of the government, let him remember
that nothing human can be perfect; and
that under no other system of government
revealed by Heaven, or devised by man.
has reason been allowed so free and broad
scope to combat error. Has the sword
of despots proved to be safer or surer in.
strument of reform in government than en-
| lightened reason?
! Does he expect to find among the ruins
of this Union a happier abode for our
swarming millions than they now have un.
der III 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 ena-
bled our fathers TO form a common consti-
tuition for the government and protection OF
so many states and distinct communities
Of such diversified habits, interests and do
nestle institutions, must be sacredy and
lCilSiOuSlD ODSClNCus lH1 uttOlllpt w us
turb or destroy these compromises, being
terms of the compact of union, can lead to
none other than the most ruinous and dis
astrous consequences.
II is source of deepregret that, in some
sections of our country, misguided persons
have occasionally INDUCED in schemes and
agitations, whose object is the destruction
of our domestic institutions existing in
other sections-institution which existed
at the adoption of the constitution, and
were recognized and protected by it. All
must see that if it were possible for them
to be successful in attaining their object,
the dissolution of the Union, and the con.
sequent destruction of our happy form of
government, must speedily follow.
am happy to believe, that at every Pc
riod of our existence as nation, there has
existed, and continued to exist, among the
great mass of our people, devotion TO the
union of the States, which will shield and
protect it against the moral treason of any
who would seriously contemplate its des-
truction. To secure continuance of that
devotion, the compromises of the costitu.
ton must not only be preserved, but Sec
tional jealousies and heartburnings must be
discountenanced and all should remember
that they are members of the same family,
having a common destiny. To increase the
attachment of our people to the Union. our
laws should be just. Any policy which
shall tend to favor monopolies, or the pecu.
liar interests Of sections or classes, must
operate to the prejudice of the interests of
their fellow-c citizens, and should be avoided
If the compromises of the constitution be
preserved--if sectional jealousies and heart
burnings be iscountenanced--if our laws
be just, and the government be practically
administered, strictly within the the limits
Oh P"w~- prescribed to tive NAV dis
card all apprehension fo- tn. safety of the
Union.
With these views Of the nature, charac-
ter, and objects of the government, and of
the value of the Union, shall steadily op-
pose the creation of those Institutions and
systems, which, in their nature, tend to per-
vert it from its legitimate purposes, and
make it the instrument Of sections, classes,
and individuals. We need no national
banks, or other extraneous institutions,
planted around the government to control
or strengthen it, in opposition TO the will Of
its authors. Experience has taught US how
necessary they are as auxiiaries of the
public authorities-how impotent for good, i
and how powerful for mischief /
Ours was intended to be plain and fru-
gal government; and | shall deem it to be
my duty to recommend to Congress, AID
as far the Executive is concerned, to IN. I
force by all the means in my power, tie
strictest economy in the expenditure of he |
public money, which may be compatible
with the public interests.
A national debt has become almost an
institution of European monarchies. | is
viewed in some of them as an essential pop
to existing governments. Melanchol, is
the condition of that people whose govern
ment can be sustained only by sysem
which periodically transfers large amonts
from the labor of the many to the cofers
of the few. Such a system is incompatible
with the ends for which our repubicango-
vernment was Instituted. Under a wise
policy the debts contracted in our ReDlu-
ton and during the war of lS42, lave
been happily extinguished. By aiudcous
application of the revenues, required for
other necessary purposes, il is not DOUBTED
that the debt which has grown out ofthe
circumstances Of the last few years ma, be
paid off
congratulate my fellow citizens onthe
entire res toration of the credit OF the ZEN.
eral government Of the Union, and tina Of
many OF the states. Happy would it for
the indebted states if they were freed rom
their liabilities, many of which were irau-
tious y contracted. Although the goern-
ment OF the Union is neither in a lep or