The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-11-25

mains 70 DC done ana m0o CO % zone Oy P0Y10
through their State governments than BY the agency Of
nenis purified and rspehcanizsd you may rely upon
i the benefcent effect will be felt at Washington Erad
caie the seeds OF arstocracy and ant-rePubcanism at
home-ia The Sfalss-and they will not flourish IN the
capital OF the confederacy.
James Madison .the father OF the constitution"
whose lamented rect has but lately added to the grief
OF the nation by her sudden DEATH has left the following
.As this advice If the light, will not do il till
am no more, may be considered issuing from the tomb
Of man alone consnlted Il viii be entitled, ihersiore TO
whatever weight can be derived from good intentions
sspoassd il his youth and adhered through life g
transactions which viii constitute epochs Of its destiny
The advice nearest 70 my heart and deepest L my cSnve
geAatsd Let the avowed enemy 70 !, BE- regarded as Fan
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The United States never contained within its bosom
more and devoted friend to the Union than ex-
President Polk In his beautiful and eloquent inaugural
compact, he says 80 perpeuae these blessings 4 Is
our SACRED duty @ preserve our glorious Union NO
would be equal in atrocity to that Of him who would lift
his hand to destroy it, He would overthrow the nobles
structure OF human wisdom which protects himself and
government, and involve his country either in anarchy
desposm Every lover OF his country must shudder at
the thought Of the possibility OF its dissolution, and will
Unon- must be preserved To preserve i the CON-
promises which alone enabled fathers to form com
mon constituon9or the government and protection OF 30
many States and distinct Communities, Of such diversified
habits, interests, and domestic institutions, must be
sacredly and regiousy observed Sectional jealogsies
and heart burnngs must be discounenanced, and all
should remember that they members OF the same
political family. having common destiny"
For the preservation Of our conslqIlonal 9nioh q
blood would say 10 the people Of the North f they
could hear this address that there is not single
the South who would not willingly shed his hearts blood
The very excitement which now prevails amongst the
people Of the South should endear them more than ever TO
their northern brethren II is tor the great principle OF
coniendng. If necessary she will defend, with in
her hands, glorious constitution and invaluable Union
from the combined assaults of incendares and fanatics
II nothing else will stay aggression, the very gaanry
and selfdevotion Of the South will inspire orbearance
and challenge admiraton instead OF hatred In the great
north and south. win acquire easy victory over a.
political progacy unequaled in arocy and nfamy in
the history OF nations or OF men, And them oh then,
may our blessed Union endure forever.
Whilst / confess that my warmest affections cluster
around the star Of Texas whose hospabe rays have led
me from obscurty and neglect into the paths OF honor
the pale of this mighty confederacy one individual
whose heart beats with warmer anxiety for the per-
petuity Of the Union than my own Its origin its power
and greatness should make us cling 10 il the mariner
cngs to the last plank Of his stranded baque II is con-
secated by the blood of fathers II is the greatest
been for for nearly three Of century cloud By
day and pillar OF fire BY night inviting the nations Of
the earth to come out OF the wilderness OF oppression and
dered and the Canaan Of liberty where their
long lost rights will be restored to them. We must not
Ae with this glorious boon Of Providence, given to US
for the benefit of the whole human family. We must
bear and fobear much Our model republic is fast pro-
ducing its natural effect upon the nations Of the earth
The work q political regeneration is rapidly going on;
plorng her continue 10 Be their bright exempar, their
polar STAR by act of suicidal folly turn upon herself
just Y RSis Of lie universe smss thou The whi.ed walls
the base ncendaries who would earn for themselves,
like Eros.Iaias, an immortality OF infamy BY firing the
Ia" temple u oa' onion i'eefues'
Our responsibilities are indeed great We owe the
and
from the tomb indignantly 10 frown upon the first
dawnings OF every attempt TO ALLEVIATE any portion OF our
country from the rest TO enfeebe the sacred ties which
now link together the various parts" Our own best in
terests admonish TO present and increased vigilance
Our children and our childrens children from the womb
Of the distant future, invoke us BY the dearest OF all
ties to transmit to them. uaimpaHed the rich legacy
bequeathed us by our fathers And they will soon tread
in footsteps and the places which know now will
know us no more forever. The grave will soon bury
our lives! II will exhngush our petty animosies Tor
ever!
and hearess assaults OF the King OF Terrors To-day,
on the banks OF the beautiful Cumberland, widowed
mourns in silence the loss OF the object OF her deep
affection upon earth The cheerful, the afabe, the
accomplished Mrs. Polk is alone and desolae. find
ing no consolation but in the bosom of the widows God
No doubt at tines she envies her departed husband the
the silence. and the deauess repose Of
the grave May Heaven. who "iempers the wind TO the
shorn lamb tighten this heavy affection TO her But she is
not the only one who nouns. His country will long Ia
men the loss OF her iusrious son The name Of James
X. Polk is inscribed high upon the temple Of fame The
stored urn will transmit to poseriy the virtues OF the
deceased patriot
As long as annexation extends our borders and ncreas
the votanes OF constitutional freedom, his will
be pronounced with emotions OF gratitude Every vessel
that enters the bays of San Diego, Monterey, San
Francisco will echo the OF him who secured them
these hospabe habes As long the Stanislaus, the
Sacramento and Joaquin, pour into the laps OF his
ymen their uncounied and nexhaustbe stores OF gold,
they will remember him whose wise policy gave access
the man who broke her shackes with Samson's
gy, and let her again 60 free Agriculture will exhibit
her horn Of plenty the symbol OF her gladness The
Pacific and the Atlantic will be sister and not rival oceans,
by the passage which departed statesman secured
overhe isthmus OF Panama
The warehousing system which he recommended will
make commercial cities the entrepos OF the trade OF
the whole world, and thus those who would be alien,
will be bound together in friendship and commercial in
they have passed the fiery furnace Of despotism
scaihed and have hung up their arms ss bruised mon
uen," will bless the memory Of the great democratic
statesman who was at the helm Of our government when
their struggles commenced and who afforded TO the peo
pie warning against their oppressors every encourage
ment, sympathy, and succor, which the laws OF his
country permitted. And when our own glorious Texas,
extending from the Sabine to the Rio Gande, and from
the tropics to the cold regions Of the north the home
OF peace happiness. and prosperity, and BY remaining
one and indivsibe" shall thus have attained the rank
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