The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-07-12

MEXICO 10 increase tne army III lndt leI-
ritory. @'i s'ii'f f-.' '"s
We trust that these rumors are unfnun-
ded and that Texas win moi place her
self in an attitude Of defiance to the
Government Of lRg tinted Sldtvs. 10
which she OWES about all that she Is. b.
AMERICA. four years ago.
the delegates from she thrteeu original
States Of the Union. In Congress assem
bled, dsclatsd The United States a free
and independent hatidh.a 1t Aas an act
of mBtdI courage scarcely equalled III the
history Of the world. II was quantity oh.
served on that occasion That tie slehets
ofthe Declaration Of independence mus,
all hang together or they would hang
separately They did hang together.
aud with few e&teptldhs The people 1t
the Coloiies supported, susialiied and
protected them. 1t was no idle declsra-
tion ltresulted in the establishment OF
American Independence, and the fruits
oflhat resolve are Witnessed all around
US. A free nation, possessing all the el'
ements of national greatness. was estab
lished on the Westetaii Cohtlheht. and
It's infiueuce is felt atd appreciated al
over the world. f..
With such an example before US, with
the responsibilities resting upon us. feel
inc aswe must do national love for ou'
country and chcrishing in our hearts
Just pride fJr What ne have accomplish
ed, atd can yet accomplish for the eleVa
ton Of humanity aud the propagation o
liberal principles. it becomes US to rene"
our obligations this day to our common
country and resulve that Faction shal
never assume that shape and power, tha
itwill have tendency 10 destroy u
weaken that Union. whichis our common
bond of strength and glory. Unde
present circumstances, in present dltticul
ties. the language of a distinguished A
meriean Statesman is peculiarly apPro
priote:-
II profess. sir. in my career hitherto to have
kept steadily in view the honor and prosperity o
oir country and the preservation OF our nationa
Union. 1t is to that Union we owe our safety a
home and our honor and dignity abroad. II ha'
its origin in the necessities Of diSordsred fnance
prostrate commerce and ruined credit. Unde
its benign influence, these great interests immed
ately awoke and spraug forth with newhess oil Ill
Each year Of its duration has teemed with fres
proofofs its utility aud itS blessings, and althoug
our territory has stretched out wider und wide
and ourpopulation extended further and further
they have not ontreached the outstre,ched arms O
its protection and its benefits. 1t has been tn u
all copious fountain Of personal, Of social aud q
national happiness.
al haven not allowed myself. sir, to look owe
the dark precipice OF disunion, to see whether
could thom the depths Of the abyss below, no
do regard him as sate counsellor, in the affair
of this Government whose thoughts should b
mainly bent not OH considering how the Unio
might be rest preserved, but how toelabIe mi 81
be the condition Of the people after it was broke
up and destroyed, s....t.............,...
"While the Union lasts, we have high, exciting
and gratifying prospects spread out before us, ia
us and our children. Beyond that I seek not I
penetrate the veil God grant that in my do
at least that curtain never may rise; that upon m
vision never may be opened what lies behinc
When my eyes shall be turned to behold tor tn
last time the sun in Heaven may they not see h'r
shining upon the broken and dishonored fragment
ofao once glorions Union. upon states dissevere'
dscordant and belligerent. upon land rent-S"lt
civil fsuds or drenched it may be in fratern'
blood.
tRather let their last lingering glance behnl
the gorgeous ensign of the Republic. now know
aud hnnored throughout the earth. still full h's
advanced, its arms and trophies szehinihs IN the
original uutre. not stripe erased or polluted ne
ssingle star obscured-bearing for its motto u
such miserable interrogatory as "Dhdt IS all III
DOftki" nor those other words Of delusiun and 10
ly,"Liberty JfrI and Union etserUards" but e
erywhere, spread all over in characters Of liyiu
light. blazing upon all its ample folds as it Goa
over the sea and over the land and IN every win
under the whole HsaSens. that other sentimsI
dear 70 every trse American theart--rL1BSRT