The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-08-14
FROM WAsHINGTON,s FARFWrr1
ADDRESS,

The unity of Government, which consti-
tutes you one people, is also now dear to YOU.
1t y justly 50 for it is a main pillar in the
edlhce OF your real independence-the sup
port Of your tranquility at home, your peace
abroad, OF your safety, of your prosperity, Of
that very liberty which you so highly prize.
but as tits easy to foresee that, from differ
ent quarters, much pains will be taken, many
articles employed, to weaken in your minds
the conviction of this truth; as this is the
point in your political fortress against which
the batteries of internal and external enc
mics will be most constantly and actively
Though often covertly and insidiously) di-
rected,-it is of infinite moment that you
should properly estimate the immense value
ofy your national union to your collective and
individual happiness; that you should cherish
a cordial, habitual, and immovable attach
lment toit; accustoming yourselves to think
/ and speak of it as of the palladium of your
political safety and prosperity Watching fol
| its preservation with jealous anxiety dis
countenancing whatever NJ v suggest even :
suspicion that it can, in amy event, be aban
doned and Indignantly frowning upon the
first dawning of every attempt to ALLEVIATE any
portion of our country from the rest, or to en-
feeble the sacred ties which now link together
the various parts.
For this you have every inducement Of
sympathy and interest. Citizens by birth OF
choice, of common country, that country
has a right to concentrate your Affections
The name of american, which belongs to you
in your national capacity, must always eSalt
the just pride patriotism, more than any
appellation derived from local discrimina
tions With slight shades of difference, you
have the same religion, manners, habits, anC
political principles You have, in a common
cause, fought and triumphed together; Tho
independence and liberty you possess are The
work of joint counsels and joint efforts, O
common dangers, sufferings, and successes.
To the efficacy and permanency Of YOU
Union, a government for the whole is indis
pensable. No alliance, however strict be
tween the parts, can be an adequate substi
tute; they must inevitably experience the in
fractions and interruptions which all ALLAN
ces, in all time, have experienced. SENSIBLE
of this momentous truth, you have improved
upon your first essay, by the adoption of
constitution of government better calculated
than your former for an intimate Union, an,
for the efhcacious management of your com
mon concerns. This Government, the of
} spring of our own choice, uninfuenced an
unawed, adopted upon full investigation an
mature deliberation, completely free in ii
principles, in the distribution of its power.
uniting security with energy, and containin
, within itself provision for its own amend
4 ment, has just claim to your confidence an
your support. Respect for its AUTHORITY
compliance with its laws, acquiescence in il
measures, are duties enjoined by the fund;
mental maxim of true liberty.
' In contemplating the causes which ma
disturb our Union, it occurs, as a matter
serious concern, that any ground should hay
been furnished for characterizing parties |
: geographical iminations-Northern al
Southern-Atlantic and Western: when
designing men may endeayor to excite b
lief that there is real difference of local i
terests and views One of the expedients
party to acquire influence within particul
districts, is to misreprcsent the opinions al
< aims of other districts You cannot SHE
- yourselves too much against the jealousi
and heart-burnings which spring from the
~ 1r misrepresentation they tend torender ali
5. to each other those who ought to be bound
re gether by fraternal affection.
~ In offering to you, my countrymen, the
he counsels of an old and affectionate friend,
S dare not hope they will make the strong a
r. lasting impression | could wish that tn
viii control the usual current of the passion
or prevent our nation from running the cou,
5. which has hitherto marked the destiny
nations; but if may even fatter myself Il
they may be productive of some partial be-
fit, some occasional good; that they may n
~ and then recur to moderate the fury of pa
spirit, to warn against the mischiefs Of
eign intrigues, to guard against the imp
is, lures pretended patriotism; this hope '
Y, be full recompense for the solicitude
on on your welfare by which they have been die
ted.