The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-01-19

alarming the pride OF those TO whom they are addressed
they ingenuity work to depreciac the value of the
thing, and to discover OF indifference towards IT,
This not wise 1t will be much wiser to habituate
ourselves to the Union the palladium Of
national happiness TO accommodate constantly words
and actions that dea and TO dscountenance whatever
may suggest suspicion that can in any event be absn-
doned" t
1t may be doubted whether this paragraph would not
have been retained could Washington have foeseen the
events which are passing before our for there
tone OF remark now prevalent on this subject which IN
dicates widespread and perhaps growing disposition to
calculate the value Of the Union. That such problem
should in any quarter be seriously entertained-that
Huu thrust as hs would be wSshsr
shall not replace present form OF government
with monarchy-s sympomatic OF decay OF that pure
and lofty patriotism which once throbbed in every
American breast Certain il is that those who de-
grade theme like this TO the computations OF mere
commercial arithmetic and resolve the value OF the Union
they would adjust marine venture, or the coat OF
coton-ml have never even begun to conprehe end tae
extraordinary chain OF events which led to The establish.
men OF this Union the gigantic difficulties which op
posed it's formation, the manifold blessings which have
resulted from it. and the egonary evils which would be
produced by its destruction. proper discussion OF these
several topics in u temperate and able manner might well
engage the leisure OF OF eminent statesmen
the present Juncture and could not fail TO have sau
tary influence the nation at large propo.e simply to
your attention to THE ORIGIN OF THE UNION AND SOME
OF THE N RE OBVIOUS CONSEQUENCES WHICH wuULD BE
LIKELY TO FLOW FROM ITS DISSOLUTION that we may
the better understand what il is that certain parties
proposing TO accomplish.
The observation has been often made, that the whole
current OF events connected with the settlement of Ame
and the growth Of the colonies reveals purpose
the part OF Divine Providence found in this western
hemisphere, model government They were no ordinary
men who sent here to lay the foundations Of an
empire in wilderness tenanted by wild beasts and saw
ages. No nation can boast more honorable ancestry
than that which comprises the Putans the Huguenos,
and be Quakers, who fled to this continent. that they
might enjoy
Freedom to worship God"
The seeding OF the soil gave promise Of and gene
md ,lIa2r
knew not the exalted mission nru~ed to them il was
impossible, without the git OF foresight that they should
have known IT, But is easy tor usto see that, during
the entire period OF their colonial state, they pre-
pairing the work before them In their privatons and
dangers, Their cknesses and their mutual rvalres
and quarres in the unnatural neglect and fagran, op-
preston with which they treated by the parent gov
eminent IN the sagaciy, enterprise, nness and conr
age which their circumstances helped TO develop and in
the continual accession to their numbers OF men of kim
dred principles who driven from the old world By
persecution or tyranny-we can detect sGperhuman
agency, which was moulding and Strengthening them for
the OF the revolution. and the responsibilities in
volved IN lis snccrssul termination These II is import
AMI to remember. demanded training no less Ieculaf
than the revolution itself II is too commonly taken for
gane that, with the peace OF 1883, all danger
hat The ausp'cloas issue OF contest with the mother
country ,aramou to the creation of free and pow
efful republic: III word ha, as their battles were
ende and the chains OF their colonial vassaage broken
fathers had but TO M down in quiet and ENJOY the be
nign protection OF that glorious Union which has. under
Providence made us the most prosperous nation on the
globe This is not only an utter msconc c-plion OF the
acs in the but II is adapted 10 dispa the wisdom
and pstrotsnof the men vi the revouilon and 10 impair
our reverence Tor the Union itse II scarcely going
beyond the truth say that their wo. but hall
cosnpsed with the clore OF their last campaign. They
had severed their allegiance 10 the crown but they had
adeq uate government oil their and they IN
situation most unavorable for the establishment Of one
The Unon-that if such Union a. their necessities &c
manded-was far from evolving itself spontaneously
from chaos which succeeded the thai The wisest
anu best among them entertained the most anxious
appfehensons IA TO the possibility OF eeculg at all
Il may be in me-" said OF them'a man whose COM
prshensve and penetrating intellect resolved the alb
suses lheorems political science by intuition, and
who could express his profound and luminous views in
syl which would scarcely suffer by comparison with
that OF Junius"lt II may be in me a defect OF political
fortitude, but acknowledge that cannot entertain
equal tranquility with those who affect 10 trea, the dan
gers OF longer continuance IN our present situation as
imaginary nation without a national government -
an awful spectacle. The establishment OF constitution
in time OF profound peace, by the voluntary consent OF
whole people, is PRoDIcY to the completion OF which
look forward with trembling anxiety dread the more
the consequences OF attempts, because know that
powerful individuals in ,hs State New York; and other
St.es are enemies to general national government in
In similar strain, General Washington. ap earlier
period two years aer the treaty OF peace, wrote 10 Nr
Jay: What astonishing changes few years are capa-
BILE OF producing am told that respectable char
acters speak OF monarchIcal form OF government with
horror From thinking proceeds speaking thence TO
acting often but single step But how revocaoe and
tremendous! What triumph for enemies 10 verify
their prediconsi What triumph for the advocates of
despotsm TO find thai are incapable OF governing
selves and that - founded the basis oil equal
liberty merely ideal and fallaclous! Would to God
that wise may be- taken time avert the
sequences have but too much reason TO spprehend
The old confederation would have been too weak
even for the purposes OF war. IN any other hands
than those OF the pure and able VINO were called
to conduct The revolution. And when the outward
pressure removed. and the colonies iell back
under the sway their local and interests
the compact which united them proved to be but rope
OF sand The condition OF the country waxed worse and
worse until it seemed TO be the verge OF some terrible
lastrophe The had dried up It's resources The
govtrnment incumbered with debt " hich II had
no meAns OF paying Commerce al the lowest point
Of decenson The colonies oppressed by their necessi-
ties. and solicitous their own fortunes
than those OF the Union, refused the supplies OF money
which Indispensable 10 the efficiency oil the conied-
erson and to its prolonged existence The govern
ment the very pictute of neutrality-suspicious. troops
without revenue without credit, without power 10 en-
force ts laws home to inspire respect abroad And
the reciprocal ealousies Of the colonies revving with the
scheme OF union could be devised which they would
ALL major part Of them. coalescs The defects
OF the existing league too palpabe to be dened but
the decordan opinions prevailed N 10 the appso
pirate remedy. This may be IN the mulutorm oD-
ections which made to the constitution when
to be submitted to the States Tor Their N,opton
Not TO speak OF the monarchical party alluded 10 by
General w ashington. and which was pobaeIyver small,
he following may be taken sample OF these once
tions This one tells that the constitution ought to
be rejected hrcause 10 iederaon OF the States
but government individuas. Another admits that
il ought be government individuals TO certain
extent, bat to the extent proposed thrd obects
TO the OF a bill OF rights. fourth would have
bill Of rights but would have dsclarAo'y not OF the
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