Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-05-21

His country cspccally. there are certain objects
which Government may accomplish. and which
ranno, h, ACCOMPLISHED otherwise. ] look up
an thc Govcrnmnnt as the leader. the conductor
whose dntv il i. to lead on tho country. Thus
have ALWAYS thonch, the involvement of har-
bors and rivers. &c. within the constitutional
view of the Government and | think the Gov
ernment is lo,nd 70 take the lead in these mat
tiers of substantial importance The Govern
mcnt apr ears to me to be like the conductor
a rail rhad, VIII use business it is TO 90 forward
and aw the train after him; and if he neglects
his duty, or goes wrong in any way. it is no
wonder if the train push forward and throw him
off tha track. (Much laughter and applause
n mat preSsi I! par ''7e Oh Tie irai'rs oi
me cons 't'l'oh III th'' rt7ie-t, was uoup''ess
t'e rfG'n 't"h VI co'h'l,'IIe WIN 'oi''S" IA,
"mS o"t 'iey cut lne cio'" p''au ei''"si anu
WiIe enough 10 eihoraCr 'ltSc soo,rc'r "l'o'-
40 not asct'oe TO washington m'''so" anu
thir co mp mo, rs tnf 'rce u! 'n'e'ct 10 con,
template all Tue contingencies Wn'ch sho"'u
arise IN the country after Them li'ey ana mol
imagine that there would be TWO or three nun
dred steam vessels on me iakss, or 'hat Tue
great MISSISSIPPI, rom IT. ino"th 10 us source'
would be OUR c 'ns'i'"'ing sort OF or at IN
land sea. Laughter ana applause. But their
work provides l. r 1t all. 1he constitution they
lett Ju'hueS, and present circumstances require
the execution OF that policy, which shall com
PRISE the whole country as one conn'r.', b)th as
to internal and external commerce. 1hey do
not mean that the powers OF the Cover 'mcnt
should be determined by the taste OF the water
whether fresh or salt, or by the circumstance OF
the position of some pallry port of entry In
this branch the constitution is ample and large
enough to accomplish these ends with the OBJ
servahce OF aust economy know OF no true
ecOnony Dut Tic Just IHopOTtlOH VI eNpcllullu'c
to OBJECT. Absolute saving Is mere meannesS.
IN a country oi sucn extent as thiS' the onlect
OF government should pc 10 give variety TO laDor'
to hr,ng ont the active energies OF the people,
ana deVelopc It's peculiar ABUNDANCE
In Massachusetts. we cultivate a barren soil
Ny learned friend here DIR. Hitchcock knows
the whole of it. Ii is hard sterile granite. 1t
has 10 Virginia beds of coal, no sub,tratum of
iron, no salt springs. 1t is without all these
sources If may so spnlk) of subcrranean
wealth. Nowhere are these advantages more
bountcously conferred than upon the happy in
habtants of Virginia. Within fourteen miles
of your city (as my learned friend tells me- there
Is geological phenomenon, bed of coal thir-
~ feet thick. resting on granite rock. Our
New England granite knows no such company.
Now II always appeared 10 me mat labor and
enterprise needed just not excessive. protection
from thc government, III order TO draw these
sodrces OF mineral wealth from the earth.
nave 100 always o'eha man Tor canals ana
railroads TO a Just extent W men Louis XIV.
eSlaNIsheu n'7 grandson on 'ie throne OF span,
ne ~ala, lhefe are no longer fyrehees. -
But trust we may soon use the phrase ID a
n'"'e u,eini ana proper Se"Ie' ana That we stall
proceed WIN onr canals ana railroads until we
eau say here arc 10 longer AH'Ihahies' -
Under these general impressions of the cons,i-
tuition, believe that our ancestors set us an
example OF great things. We have had no bat
ties OF liberty to engage in (whatever other bat
ties 1t may have been the policy Of our rulers to
undertake. laughter. nor were we born to
the work Of making a constitution The main
tenancc OF right and justice the observance of
the prccepts of law, religion and morality
these are the objects TO which we have to look.
Our government is designed less for achieve
mfnt than Tor perseverance, in the maintenance
OF public ORDER the public good, the consprva-
ton OF public institutions. We may look with
pride aud eXultaton abroad to see where TINS
constitution has placed us in the ewes of the
world. IT Is not egoti-ticll to say. while We
take no pre-emnence. ia ii though we may CON
quer and suhjng,te nowhere, this great republic
is the observed of all observers. We cannoi
say that 1t is our work or even the work of our
great toreitthers The great result has follow
ed, because sentiments and principles, inherent
in the people OF the old thirteen States. fitted
them to be free; sentiments and principles ac
qnired by long practice under the colonial gov
ernments. We should not deny our ancestry
or repudiate the principles of liberty we derived
from them. We should rather hold to those
prime piles as an inheritance. WhenI think OF
Hampton, and Sidney and Nane, and Burke
and Chatham, | often imagine it would be-
grateful to them, if, from Heaven above, they
could look down. and see their principles Illus
trated in the United States of America 1t was
the Introduction of these principles, from the in
fusion OF liberty into the English constitution,
the sentiments OF liberty, Independence, and
personal right, transmitted here, and the prac-
.,oe a',u u'ep l'io'p's V, tio'e sentiments oy
~. m''ion ''', ~, ~ anu
a.. o' '' s u, ny cP"s,
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rxncrimont Iook nt tho nrichborin,, ,oyarn
mon, of Mevicn. n moro nSiii,,r,, onTnroL,,
wi,h M security If lie. rersnn or ""rv!