Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-07-03

they had failed to receive from our prog
ress in the arts of peace. And now, while
the once powerful dynasties Of Europe are
resting uneasily upon the brooding ele-
ments of revolution beneath them, fearing
momently the destruction that ultimately
awaits them at the hands Of their oppressed
subjects, our once contemned republic
stands proudly forth as the exemplar Of
the nations; sitting enthronea between the
seas, with the decaying civilization of
Europe on one hand, the barbaric rude
ness and freshness Of Asia on the other
inviting and receiving the ends of the
earth into her bosom, to assimilate with
her own life e-blood-and with the commerce
of the world soon to be at her feet, and
pouring its countless treasures into her
lap.
All this prosperity is the direct result,
under Providence, partly Of our geograph-
ical position, but mainly and essentially
of the principles Of the Jeffersonian De-
mocracy, first announced to the world in
the Declaration of Independence-princi-
pies which have placed us in wonderful
ly short period on vantage ground that can
not be rivalled, and, travelling across the
Atlantic, have undermined, upheaved, and
will ultimately overturn the despotic gov
ernments of crushed and exhausted Europe.
Starting as we did with principles and a
form of government, that, in the estima-
ton of monarchists, seemed as powerless
and unstable as the shifting sands Of the
sca-shore, we have proved by the demon
stration of varied and perilous vicissitudes,
that our political institutions can cope
successfully with the most formidable ex-
tcrnal danger, or the most alarming in
tcrnal dissensions-though the one should
be found in the opposing hosts Of the 'mis-
trcss of the SEAS" and the other be lashed
into phrenzy by the madness of sectional,
or party strife. The only real element of
danger which was interviewer with our ia
bric of government, the Slavery question,
has already sufficiently developed its pro-
portions and prospects, as to remove for
ever all apprehensions which the most
faint-hearted and desponding may have
entertained, on that account, for the safe
ty and rerpetuity of the republic. The
Union was never more firmly entrenched
in the hearts of the people than now, and
its dissolution never before SO absolutely
impossible.
The only source of danger lies in the
very clements of our strength-the posi-
bility, as some imagine, that the people
themselves may become unworthy of our
institutions, or Indifferent to their value.
1t is perfectly true that like causes produce
like effects. Corrupt and degrade the
masses, and the safeguards of freedom are
gone. But elevate and enlighten them
provide for the universal and thorough
education of the peoplc-and let them,
and the public servants to whom they del
cgate the reins of government, adhere
with inGexible firmness to the letter and
spirit of the federal compact, and there
will be impaired to our republican institu-
tions a renewed elasticity and strength
that can not be successfully assailed by
any adverse influence on earth.
The Constitution of the Union is
worthy the reverential regard of the pros
porous millions who repose under its shad-
ow in peace and security. 1t has proved
equal to every crisis that has tested its
strength, and adapted to our condition in
every change of our national advancement
1t has grown with our growth, and strength
ened with our strength. "It was the
swaddling clothes of our national infancy;
it is the coat of mail that envelopes the
giant limbs Of our national manhood"
Eto perpetua-may it be everlasting.
GOn Monday we had exhibited to US
a ftesaly-plucked lemon, measuring thir-
teen AID half inches in circumference
over :he ends, and eleven and quarter in.
ches around the sides, and weighing pre-
cisely one pound, averdupos. 1t grew on
an inocuIa!ed lemon tree owned by Mrs.