The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1848-06-17
"As TO receding, il is neither r. -
nor thought Of. ! refer leyjt-

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discussed nor thought Of. / refer sprh.
but TO denouncc it--a denuneiation !.
which will find response in every A
merican bosom. Nothing Is ever gain,
ed by national pusillanimity. And The
country which seeks to purchase tenn
porary security BY yielding y uniusfl
pretensions, buys present ease at The.
expense ofpermanent honor and safety:
II sows the wind 10 reap the whirlwind.i
have said elsewhere. what will ve-i
peat here, that tits better TO kghr ,fof
the first inch Of ,nai,onsl serritory thaaf
for the last. ltis better 10 defend the,
door-silI than the heaFth-s.ope--ihs,
porch than the altar. National charac.i
ter is richer treasure than gold or sd;
yer, and exercises moral influence IN
the hour Of danger. which, il not power
itself, is it's surest ally. Thus far, ours
is untarnished; and lei US all Join, how.
ever separated by party or by spaces
SO to preserve it, ifa3 II es..is :. VA
In the month OF March following,
Gen. Cass delivered his celebrated
speech on the Oregon question. Az
this speech has been circulated and
read very generally. mere allusion TO,
il here is oil that would appear necss-,
sary; but the following extract ex-'
presses so fully the sentiment Of every
patriotic American, that it is worthy Of
record: ll s.sT .sesjsJ 9,Boar,.nfg
at pains me, sir, 10 hear illusions 70
the destruction OF this government and,
to the dissolution OF this Coniederacy.r
It pains me, not because they inspire
me with any lear, but because we oughp
to have one unpronounceable word, ass
the Jews had OF old, and that word is
We should eject the,
feeling from our hearts, and its name
from our tongues. This cry Of ~Wor
no, to Jerusalem," CRATES harshly upon,
my ears. Our Jerusalem is neither be-
Ienguered nor in danger. Ii Is yet The
city upon hill, glorious in what its,
still more glorious, by the blessing Of.
God, in what it is to be--a landmark,
inviting the nations OF the world, strng-
Cling upon the stormy ocean Of political
oppression, TO- follow Us to haven Or
safety and OF rational liberty. No Eng
glish Titus will enter our temple, o.
freedom through . breach 10 the battle
ments, to bear thence the ark Of OUT
and the book Of our law,
10 take their stations in triumphal
in the. streets Of . modern
Rome, as trophies Of q conquest and
proofs Of submission. .r.,
'Many a raven has croaked Id my
lay, but the augury has failed. and tho
republic has marched onward. Many
, crisis has presented itself TO the imag-
nation Of our political Cassandras. but
we have still increased, in.political pros
,eri,y, as we have increased in years,
md that too, with an accelerated pro-
yress unknown TO the history Of the
world. We have class Of men whose
,yes are always upon the future, over
ooking the blessings around Us, and
orever apprehensive Of some great po-
uical eyl' whicn IS % arrest cpr WIS course
millennium. To them We are the image
y gold, ana silver, ana orass, ana cay
IN unity, winch !ne . nrsf
ude dow o. misfortune y % s'rlks fom
's pedestal i. ,olsc,,.
/. r0r ,paaay., my own par., .s eon';ass m
! the earth ipr good, and the weakess
revM. Strong' because suPPorted by
ne Puotc opln'on o. q people 'niersor
9 none o. ,ne communities q tne eanrtn,.
AZ ihat constitutes moral worm anqs
seiui knowledge, and VINO have breath
9 INTO Their political system the breath
i,ie: and who would destroy q
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