The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-08-06

Rsn, works. arranged with al The adsan,
lsgrs and appliances that The ar alialds,
le mFnei IL the pFalrelian VI The sea coast,
and b. ieFysd hy ihs men whose heaFllis
llsey fliflisF, Happy Coz ~ dial Is Is 20,
sinre lhess are mrans 81 security ihai
time slsne ran supply and since The i'm
praFemenls ol naulime wsrfarf. by max.
ing distant expeditions easy and speedy.
have made them more probable. and al
ihe same Time more dilEirall 10 anticipate
and provide against. The cost OF larii-
fying all the important points on cur whole
Atlantic aud Gulf Of Mexico frontier will
NOT exceed The amount expended on ihs
foslsarasinns Of Paris.
fn Tins eonnexion one most important
facility in The defence 81 he countI, is
not 10 be overlooked; IL Is the almosl IN
slaniaRrous rapidiiy With which lhe SOL
diers Of the army. and any number of The
militia corps, may be brought 10 any paint
where hostile attack may al any time be
made or threatened.
Aud This extension of territory. embrac-
Ell within the United States increase ol
20 population. commerce and manufsc-
lures; development Of It's resources By ca.
mails and railroads. and rapidily Of inter
communication by innumerable steam
heais and ielegraphs. has been accom-
plished without overthrow of or danger 10
the public liberties. BY any assumption Of
military power ; and, indeed, without any
permanent increase of The army. except
for The purpose Of frontier defence. and Of
afiording slight guard 10 the public pro-
perry; or Of lhe navy. any further than
TO assure The navigator that. in whatsoever
sea he slzll sail his ship. he is protected
by the stars and stripes Of his country.
AL this has been done without the shed.
ding of a drop Of blood. Tor treason or re-
bellion. AL this, while systems Of pop
uiar representation have regularly been
supported in The State Governments and
in the General Government; all this,
while laws, national and stale. Of such d
character have been passed. and had been
80 wisely administered. that may stand
up here 10 day and declare, as do de-
clare, in the face Of allihe intelligent OF
the age. that for the period which has
elapsed. from the day that Washington
laid The foundation Of this Capitol 10 the
present time. there has been no country
upon earth in which life. liberty. and
property have been more amply and stead
lily secured. or more freely enjoyed. than
in these United States OF America. Who
is there that will deny this Who is
there prepared with greater or better
example ! Who is there tina, can stand
upon the foundation of facts. acknowledge
cd or proved. and assert that these our
republican institutions have moi answered
abe true ends Of Government beyond all
precedent IN human history
There is yet another view. There are
still higher considerations. Man is an
intellectual being. destined to immortal.
~. There is spirit in him, and the
breath Of the Almighty hath given him
understanding. Then only is he tending
towards his own destiny. while he seeks
Tor knowledge or virtue, for the will of
his Maker, and for just conceptions Of hls
own duty. Of all important questions,
therefore. let this. The most important Of
all. be first asked and first answered: in |
what country of The habilable globe, Of |
great extent and large population, are the |
means of knowledge The most generally |
dlliased and enjoyed among the people
This question admits Of one. and only
one. answer. II is here; il is here in
these United States; il is among the de-
sccndants Of those who settled al James
town; Of those who were pilgrims on the
shore Of Plymouth and of those othe
races Of men. who, in subsequent times,
have become joined in this great Ameri-
can family. Let one fact incapable OF
doubt or dispute satisfy every mind ON
this tint. The population of the United
States IS 23.0OO.0O0. Now. take thr
map Of The continent Of Europe and
spread il GU. before you. Take your scale
and yonr dividels, ami lay of in one area,
~ any shape you please, a triangle. square
circle. parallelogram, OF irapezoid. and uf
an extent that shall contain $50 900 600 |
al people. and there will be found within
The United States more persons who do
iiahiinally read anil write than can he en-
braced wilhIn The lines Of your Il. marca.
ton.
But there is something even more than
this. NJ m Is mt only an Intellectual, but
he is also religious being, and his reIi-
giou- feelings and habits require culliva-
ton. let the religions element in mans
nature be neglected; LEI him be influenced
by no higher motives than low self inter-
est, ani subjected to no stronger restraints
than the limits of civil authority, and he
becomes the creature Of selfish passions
ar blind fanatieism. The spectacle of n
ration. powerful and enlightened, but
without Christian faith. has been presented
almost within our own day as beacon
for The nations. /,
Oa the other hand, the cultivation of
the religious senlimen, represses licen-
iiousne's. incites To general benc, olence.