The daily union., 1846-04-01
INsoLENcE AND IGNORANCE.


We have been favored with copy Of the "NaVal
and Military Gazette and East India and Colonial
Chronicle" printed at London, the 7th Of Febru-
ary. Familiar az we have been with the gross gno-
rance Of the British press about our institutions,
and their habitus abuse Of our character, we con-
fess that this delecable specimen Of It's folly and inn
pertnence surprises and almost startles US. IL is
we'll however for US 10 understand all the lights in
which they regard us, the speculations which they
arc forming about the destnies OF this rising repub
lic the contempt in which they profess to hold us,
and the measures which they may consequently be
tempted TO adopt towards our country.
The first step OF the statement is an egregious
blunder They profess to believe that America
will not go to war-that she has no means !" and
this want OF energy is attributed to our want Of
solid union They profess TO believe that the States
are loosely knit together-tha their union is only
nominal and feeble confederacy; that we are not
,,pL-not a nation; no national honor to animate US
no strains Of music to kndle glow Of patriotism in
our bosoms-no congenal interests to unite the diff
ferent sections Of our counrythat our interests
all men Of the southern States
are as physically different from those of the North
as the Italians and the Russans"-in fact, they con-
slider us as ready to break to pieces. They regard,
too the dissolution Of our Union the best preser
yative of their own artificial and arisocratlc nsttu
tons; and it would seem as il they were willing to
spare no effort TO consummae their wild and iber.
al speculaons Such at least to be the spirit
Of the article before US.
These narrow politicians are mistaken. The
union Of these States Was never stronger than il
is at the present moment. IL was scarcely more
intimately cemented together when General Wash
ing,on addressed his celebrated valedctory to his
countrymen-when he proclaimed what we all
now feel, that "Thc unity Of government, which
constitutes you one people, is also now dear tn
yeu. 1t is justly so; for it is main pillar in
the edihcs Of your real independenoe-the suPpor
of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad, Of
your safety Of your prosperity, Of that very liberty
which you so highly prize"
"For this you have every inducement Of sym.
pathy and interest. Citizens, by birth OF
choice, of common country, that country
has a right to concentrate your affections
The name of AMERICAN, which belongs TO you in
your national capacity, must always exalt the just
pride Of patriotism more than any appellative de
rived from local distinctions. With slight shades
of difference, you have the same religion, manners,
habits and political principles You have in a COM
mon cause fought and trumphed together; the inde-
pendence and liberty you possess are the work OF
Joint counsels and Joint efforts, Of common dangers
sufferIngs and successes. But these considerations
however powerfully they address themselves to
your sensibility, are greatly outweighed by those
which apply more Immediately to your interest
Here every portion of our country finds the most
commanding motives for carefully guarding and
nre the union of the whole.
"The North, in unrestrained intercourse with
the South projected by the equal laws Of a common
government, finds in the productions Of the latter
great additional resources of maritime and CONNER
cia enterprise, and precious materials Of manufac-
turing industry. The South, in the same inter
course beneftting by the agency Of the North, sees
its agriculture grow and its commerce expand
Turning partly into its own channels the seamen Of
the North, it finds its particular navigation invigora
ted; and while it contributes, in different ways to
noursh and increase the general mass of the
national navigation, it looks forward to the protec-
ton of a maritime strength, to which itself is un-
equally adapted. The East, in like intercourse
with the Wesf already finds, and in the progressive
Improvement ofintercommunlcatlons of by land and wa
ter will more and more find, valuable vent for the
commodities which it brings from abroad, or manu-
factures at home. The Wta derives from the
East supplies requisite to its growth and COM
fort; and what is, perhaps, Of still greater con-
sequence, it must Of necessity owe the secure
enjoyment ofindispensable outlets for its own pro
ductions to the weight, influence, and the future
maritime strength Of the Atlantic side of the Union,
directed by an indssoluble community Of interest as
one nation. Any other tenure by which the West
can hold this essential advantage, whether derived
from its own separate strength, from aposate
and unnatural connexion with any foreign power,
must be nrinsically precarious.
"While then every part of our country thus feels
an immediate and particular interest in union, all
the parts combined cannot fail to find in the united
Of means and efforts greater strength, greater
resource, proportionably greater security from ex-
ternal danger, less frequent interruption OF their
peace by foreign nations; and, what IL OF inesma-
BILE value, they must derive from nnion an exception
from those brois and between themselves, which
so frequently aflict neghborIng countries not tied
together by the same governments, which their own
rivaships alone would be sufficient to produce, but
which opposite foreign alliances, attachments, and in
trieues would stimulate and embitter. Hence, like
wise, they will avoid the necessity Of those over
grown military establishments, which under any
form of government inauspicious to liberty and
which are to de regarded particularly hostile to
republican liberty. In this sense, it is, that your
unon ought to be considered main prop Of your
liberty: and that the love Of the one ought to endear
to YOU the preservation Of the other. These con-
alterations speak a persuasive language to every
rejecting and virtuous mind, and exhibit the contin
uance of the Union primary object OF patriotic
desire "
These irresistible appeals have gained even ad-
d,onal strength, since they were uttered by "the
Father of his country" The different sections of
our country are since more firmly bound together
by the practical development Of their mutual interests
with one exception only that the financial regula-
tons Of the government have unequally contributed
to promote the one OF the expense Of the other. bu'
this unequal distribution Of burdens and dement's IL
abou, to be redressed; and then the mutual depen-
dence of the several parts will be better developed
and even more dearly appreciated. But since the
days Of Washington the rapid development of our
internal resources has contributed to bring the parts
nearer together. The introduction Of steam and Of
railways unites them more closely; brings Maine
and EIor;J. n.,r.r. nroduces n mere frequent