The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-12

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lean independence Il shall be celebrated with tumou
Joy by old add by young IL shall DO ces braed with
be celebrated with mutual congratulations in view Of oar
coanuy ~ grandenr wealth, and power II shall be
braied with thanks Amighy God, that he vonchsafed 10
make the thirteen colonies people And il shall Be eel
@bratsd by least. with lervent prayers Almighty
God, that he would contnae make Of The rhiny States
peope--one great, glorious, indssoube Union.
Yes iell,w clt1ens, the Union is my theme Now when
Union. and the of perverted passion ne
@eainst the liars OF lie eonsuIion-now is NOT time fos
aduging ia he souniing generaiies ola vague wory
patriotism Now, on the contrary, IL behooves as 10 con.
slider what the American Union done for US; What
preserved In despite Of faction wnehe ~
the North or the South Aaj tbat repeat, is any theme
1. What has The union done for nsl To answer III
question, II needs 70 20 back the when seventy
storms OF war; 10 follow onward the country
70 the present hours and shen pause and look around
When the Declaration OF independence forth the
world proper constitutional sovernmen-that is. social
fabric deliberately commenced from the OF unit
yefsai natural right and ba,tin all 'he symmey beauty,
eafh and TO be attempted by for the first time III the
popuIation of only ,vo millions Of souls scany seat
tered along the belt OF spd between the Aeahane
the Atlantic constituted the people Of he Unled
Colonies. Beyond The MOUNTAINS was sydernes,--|
OF the wild beast and Of human savsge Oar
public nothing, The strong and
stronger hearts which ierted from Brush sires
aud the spirit OF independenee. personal and national,
which had been dass1 an Us ia the shadow Of the
Two generations tnal - two of,he average periods
2, nda'a yna Banded liz timed S,a R ue our
where and what are we! Oar population has hkd its
original Ii ar-d across the Argauies and
occnp.d with is idu.tfv its power its primo ples lis
civiizatlon the vast iee valley ,he Mississippi
The Rocky Mountains have proved barrier 10
he progress Ii nov stand upon the shores oil The Pacific
with expansive energies undated reg reifn like Alex
ander in the limits of India, thai kingdoms remain be
but taat no be
by the hand Of industry from the dominion of uncuivated
Nature Norin wrestlc with Nature ony shown
our manhood for science elrning arr have also risen
and flourish under the vv,iy!ng Influences OF
well moral greatness whether ia cultivation OF
the earth or in the advancement OF mechan ART manu-
acture and feeble child OF Eng
land. now range side by side with our greas parent
while the na,oas, di,saneed BY US in the race Of wealth
lion and win awe Nav e IA. We gone twice ,hr me
,es,t,iaI OF a f,fegn VA, one With arrat B,,an II,
which il wa aaoeSi no Greater honor W. 81 least. caped
tbs o conendiny on qea terms and with ca ual
a.nins, tns ons.,, OF nsuuns and ano,e, Win Merco
IN which rom pao Alto 10 lrepecwhe,her nnds,
The lead of Scott or Tsyof-wherever the ~ OF the Union
If ain waved ~ front Of The nvht the Iaharn, Of
victory And through tie whole PERIOD OF This our unpar
slelcI growth in greatness we, and VS. alone o. The ma
lions OF Cnsendom exh bed the spectacle of IA pc O.
ole 70 whom civil war Is nnKuoyn among whom no
Die exists OF death Tor poca cause and who have lived
st,utlon
q Is them the Unoa-the source of all these priceless
whom su ieuc seems burden we la We no
come to calculate the vaue OF the Union That think
~ sssd ho.e goriois pe Of orr political paradise which
separate The known roai The inknown then like the aea
Adam and Eve gazing miserable and repentant where
10 bar their return
.,re
r rs o'sna,'noa awofa u goa before mem o'aIed
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then, say VIII be Tor us TO choose, like them
"pace oil rest " Where snail that place be You. who
seek 70 accomplish objects for the attainment OF wn,ch you
clamorousy and osten.aiously avow your readiness u
,rampe on the bibe oay and the constitution to morrow,
because they both stand ~ oa path You who sol up your
moral console the lotfne and your political
science against the iaerof you ASK what the ins
iuons and what me poieai eonalon whlc you propose
constitution, and the Union oil which ~ the charter
That IN the overthrow OF the constitution and The disrap
ton OF the Union, national wealth Is 10 be destroyed
that the production OF those great agricultural staples on
which our prosperity depends Is to cease at least 10
for as; that our manufactures anguish and
expre that ships unemployed tt all this
you the Zeal OF assumed philanthropy, do
But can you expect, be bndy visionary
believe bonds OF this Union TO DO rent asonder
by violent hands ana io re express purpose oil evon
change 10 The relation OF the white and the
black races oil the county Can pretend to think say
that the political eqasy OF those races is OF sudden 10
De Drought ABOUT except py Iorcc you know ~ Is So ana
the nrst Sep therefore, IN tho change iof PM
ianthropys sake, is the organization OF hostile rcpublcs
plunged al once INTO WaT-civh war; social war, serve
waral that IN warare foreign domestic, there IS COM
bned OF deadly, oil atfocious, OF horrible -
have underworld to picture myself that republic OF
New England. TO the adoption of which The nconsidetae-
ness OF many among The erverenes Of Others ana Tue
crminaliy ambitious vanity OF few, by their assaults
on The Unson endeavofg bring tue people OF hiassa-
chusc We dissolve the Union under tue impulse oil u
bind biRoed ana ono sided zeal IN The pursuit OF our own
opinion We dissolve IL Tor tho as al
ready stated, OF imposing the people OF Others OIL the
now United States violent and revolutionary change
in their social relations We dissolve IL ia the spift OK
ianatca aggression and anaIoai hatred against them,
and they, oil course, hate us with propo tonai
intensity pass that OF crusadlng phtlan
thropisn the eide, and OF passionate e,fdelonce
on the other which 1 have already foreshsdowed a
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