Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-11-12

tor the last few in this and other branches Of
rndhuiacture, clsary toreshadows the period as not
~ Instant IN the 1ture, when she will rank among
| Union. ~ " ~
Nor has pr1videncr been less generous to us in the
DesoWa OF those natn al Advantages which constitute
the basis of commercial greatness
| Amidst all the evidences that mark the progress i've
spirit oil our peope, 10 none should Georgians lock with
more grathcaon-'hau to those which characterize
the enprgy and etoe of her PRINCIPAL seanort Link
ed and bound together the different sections of
our State, by her system of internal improvements we
oegIn TO Tee more truly and Justly The Identity OF in.
terest and feeling which should exist between our
mountains and seaboard. 1t has made us peighbors in
d'5lance-t should make US neighbors in interest and
feeling In contemplating these results from our rail-
road enterprises, our pleasure should be enhanced by
the reflections that it IS The almost exclusive work Of
individual effort and private capital The State road
constitutes The only exception to this general remark
This work in its origin gave promise of orea advan-
tages to the STATE, in developing the re ouces of that
vast and interesting section OF country through which it
passes-and in forming the most important link con
meeting the western waters with the Atlantic coast
In the realization OF these an'icpaons, find ample
compensation for the labor and capital which have
been invested in this important enterprise Ii now de-
penGs IN great measure upon the fostering care en-
lIghened judgment, and unbending frmness Of the re-
representatives. OF he people, TO render it pr rmanent
| monument OF the wisdom and Tor of its patriotic
| projectors Whist the attention Of our people has
thus been directed with oh racteristic energy to these
sources OF national wealth, they have not been un-
mind I'll OF that important and paramount duty
| the education of their sons and daughters II il
indeed a grateful spectacle to witness throughout
the State, the inc ea-ing int est manifested on this
interesting and important subject. In tree go
vernment like ours, where all power emanaes
from the people, we cannot highly estimate
the importance o. preserving throughout the land pure
hearts and enlightened minds. Those who shall place
it within the power OF every son aud daughter of
Georgia receive the benefit of plain and practical
education will be Justly regarded among the nobest
beneacors OF the State. Let united fforts be d.
rected under the blessing OF Providence The CONSUME
maon o, tins great object-the education Of the
hearts and minds OF the people.
10 our hands, gentlemen, or the time being has a
ccniding people committed these aud imp0r
tant interests OF the State We should pom
our duties with ionsues5 ofthe respon biilty
we have assumed, and determination $, to DIS
charge them, that there may exist IN the public nd
just to regret the that has beeh fepo-ed
IN US. Nor, gentlemen, is the present lie inter.
estIng period, WHEN Considered in reference To
our federal relations. Oar tede al govern nj IS
now passing thro ugh an ordeal, which may just
y be regarded the severes to which
1t has BEEN subjected la the issue is involved
not only own peace and happint SIS, but The So
luton OF that eat problem, which has engaged so
much oil the lime OF the abest and pues m n who
have eve: hvei-he capacity OF man for sell govern
ment.
At the commencement of the last Congress the
country was convused with bit er contro-
versy, growing ut Vi he IN tuiion OF slavery, as it
exists 10 the Southern Tue ablest ntaoe were
appalled, with the magnitude OF The danger that hrea-
ten ID the integrity OF the repnhlIc-a,d the est
hearts iaered under The We lgh OF respous ibity 1t
would be inappropriate to this occasion TO review the
hsto of tnat angry and Threatening controversy
nor would necessarily reiresSy our memories vita ma
ny OF its painful ret1ecton=-but lrre lessons and
admouions TO be drawn from its consderat o.
Which cannot be deeply aud foryioly impressed
upon the bile mind OF the country.
This threatening ultimately brought to
close in our national legislature, by the Adoption OF a
series OF measures fanl larry Known to The countrs as
the Compromise. Th4t Coupon based uoan
two important principle -Ihe first rec On I'D he
great Am rcan Of the usnt Of every poop in
the Of Their 5 ate go enmens, dete niue
or themse wne het or not They would Iii
tuition OF slavery prt OF telr social ysta.n-a IN
cplr dear every republican hear, G upon viii
ress the whole Ia nc OF Amer,can luslutiona-.has
repudating that other do tflne justly odous the
people Vi the Souh-ot the right aud du OF ess
reject State applying tor adm sion into the Un-
on because her tolerated the Institution of
slavery The her cardin i prlucipl OF me Com ro-
mise recognizes the Z nstiiulona oaiigaion 10 deliver
up tug i've slaves when they may e-cape into the
non slaveholdlng Slates-a duty express imposed by
the letter OF the Consttu ion, aud The enfoc, of
which essential to the permanence of he Republic.
A Ter the adoption OF this adjustment by G ngre,s, cir
cum tances imposed upon The people OF Georgia the
import ant duty OF pronounclng the inst au hofatlye
Judgment upon it.
: TO our action The eyes of the whole country were
directed and f. How czet every where looked to
movements with a xlous soIcIa Ie Ii was
these circumstances thai G orgia cal ed upon to
speak She spoke, and her voice br aIhed mingled
spri of de devo the Union, and Of patriotic
warning to Nor,heru If s. Los king to the past,
and derng lie rights and in.ere that had been
involved in the contes,-the dangers and difficulties,
which had surrounded the country-and tn important
principles upon which the hna action OIL The govern
ment based she soIemnly 'caf- d herdetermina.
to stand to and abide by the Comp omse
permanent and fin al setls men Of this dangerous and
vital It's hnally and taith.u enforcement in all
its Understanding essential elements 10 commend
to the favor and support OF herself and her
States OF the South. Looking to The future. with
ference the menaces OF hrea ened aggression which
had been freely INDUCED n, by a portion OF The
ople the North-and regarding the adoption of
those against which she raised her warning
in the fourth resolution OF her colvenon--as In
vdious blows aimed al her most vital in t-she has
calmly but firmly said to this maddened spirit OF ia
nacism, thus far shalt thou go, and no arther Her
d. stion was taken with calmness IN 950-t has been
reaffirmed with deiberaton IN lS5 now re-
new he pledge OF my hrarty co-opertlo in maintain
ing it with tirmness and decision.
Georgia has thus placed herself upon broad
onal and patriotic Pattol m, and lnvl es her sister
States of the Union to stand by her in the preserva
ton of the happlest and rees government on earth,
upon these great principles of right and Justice
Her policy and principles look 10 the preservation Of
The Unon-and the maintenance Of The Constitution
as one and inseparable. Ambition can seek no high
er and nober ob]e CT, than the transmsso
ity. OF this inestimabe legacy. UNION OF YER
EIGN STATES, CENENrED BY A CONSTITUTION DisPENs-
ING EQUALITY AND JUSTICE TO ALL IT'S MENBERs-a
Constitution coHsecrattd by the WIS., ON Vt the great
and good men of revolutionary memory-a Uni n
whose flag floats upon every eeze-is honoIed in
every aud-and regarded throughout The world as
the emblem of constitutional freedom. The mantle
nance of such Constitution and the prese walton of
such Union, is worthy Of the united and urtirlng
efforts OF patriotic men North and South East and
West-worlhy OF their best energies and purest de-
yo}ions Assembled here iii the Capital OF Georgia
around her time h nored AID cousecrated affairs,
of the Universe-tha This Constitution aud this I'm
ion may be perpetua'ed 10 our Latest posery
q a In riircu al o ID taf IA