The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1847-12-31


utter or more confined consideration. There
is no danger of unjust or unequal legislation
on the part of the central government upon
the subjects over which it has control, nor yet
that minor partial interest will suffer for want
of due attention.
Nor does it matter how extensive our Ter
ritory becomes. So long as we preserve this
division of power as it's distinguishing feature,
SO long we avoid the rock upon which others
have split, viz. revolution among the people |
and disorganization Of the Government on &c.
count of wrongs suffered by reason Of the ne
cessary incapacity of one central Government
exercising all powers, to regulate with justice
the great varied and multiplied interests ofan
extensive and populous Empire.
cannot chime in then with the political
battle cry of no more territory. Enjoying CIV
il liberty myself, and the advantages of re-
publican institutions, would not see them
circumscribed or hemmed in by the lakes on
the north, the mountains on the west, or the
Gulf on the south. would see the arms of
the Republic extending themselves towards
the fulfllment of her magnificent destiny, as
free and unconfned as the pnion of her own
chosen Bird in his figh to the sun, until not
a promontory on our coast or an Island on our
shores, shall be left without its representative
on the national emblem.
Gentlemen. if this war has had no other
good effects, it has given us degree of con.
fidence in ourselves, and respect with the rest
of the world, that will enable US to look with
as much contempt upon the soldiers and sub
sides of Europe, as we have hitherto done up
on their vaporing and vain glorious threats.
1t had begun to be the opinion abroad, and
many at home had fallen in with it, that the
American people had degenerated into ma
ton of shop.keepers, whose desires were
bounded by the door stone of their counting
houses, and whose capacities were tasked with
the footing up of their interest tables, that W a
was trade for which they had neither genius
nor inclination, until the splendid exploits
which have illustrated the present one, abov
any other that has preceded, opened thei
ewes to the fact that the fathers still live il
) the sons, and that though peace is their pre-
ference, they can make war their pastime.
' The splendid achievements of the pres
! eni war. az they will add magnifcen
: Empire to the dominion. so also they vii
add page Of glory to the history of th
l. Republic, for whose parallel we vii
u search in vain the antecedent records o
Q military story. It's immediate design {
: establish our right; its ultimate effect T.
secure permanent peace with the rest o
the world, and lasting prosperity and pro
gression to ourselves--the recollection o
6 it will be cherished 10 future as an epocl
in our national history, second only. il
: its splendor and importance, to ,hos
: memorable commissions in which we foun
: our origin.
: Americans yet to be born may bnasl
: when they remember it. with pride eve
S above their fathers, their nativity and th
:, added lustre cf their name-except i
: those isolated cases where, by reason o
the reasonable opposition Of their ances
y tors, the infamy Of the patronvmic ma
J blot ont forever the glory of the patrio
name.