The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-11-16
J From sA< HsrNostr o.. J Cowan,.

M Prerre
The Wings eonseypStjpe party. I'VE say
are, for we cannot yet think With the New York
1iibuns that the great National Wing party IL
among the things that ,osrs. They h we been for
long time the only hope Of conservatism in the ma
ton. IL is on this account that radicalism, whe-
ther in politics or III morals, has denounced us as
anti progress party. II is not 80, however. No
conservative influences when established on right
| foundation can be opposed 10 true healthfu pro
grcss The principles which the Wing party
have advocated. and which they would have
ricd into effect if they had obtained the. complete
power in the nation. are progressive in every true
and right meaning Of the term. .... ...
The cause Of the casatoa arises from the mis-
taken notion Of what constitutes the true prosysss
OF nation. There arc many counterieis which
are calculated TO deceive the unwary.
For, in the first place, progress is not agtation.
II is no sign that a nation is going OH from one
height of prosperity to another that there lie party
within II who arc constantly endeavoring to stir
up tho elements Of popular discord. II ia not SO in
either moral or political aspect. Excitement is
no sign of health In the body polite: Discord and
agitation among the people 10 element of pro.
yressive we'll being. There are those who &c Use
the Wing party Of stsgnation because they do no,
'agiate'-as being opposed to the true progress Of
the country because they are unwilling 10 stir up
strife in the land. -.,..s. ....- .... ~
| Progress ia not sscfi0naltsm. The efforts made
to advance the interests OF one section OF the
Union in opposition to those of another are op.
posed to the true progress OF the whole. We are
band Of brothers that have together shared the
evils and the trials Of the infancy of our Repub.
| lie. Let us not, in the hour of it's approach to
prosperous manhood forget that brother hood, and
aim at the exclusive interests of any. Sectional.
ism is suicidal assassin, and without the
zion may fall under the stroke of its knife. There
is pr0gress in its selfishness lid be"
Progress does not consist in a strict construction
OF the terms Of the Constitution. 1t is certainly
going back to the old fogyism Of the past to adj
vocae the resolutions of 5s as the platform of an
s,
our territory and the continual influx Of men from
abroad who bring new ideas with them, are
.tanty demanding the operation o1nsw principles
be progressive principle of our Government that
whatever powers can be fairly and legitmately
inferred from the Constitution, should be exer.
cised, ifcircumstances have made them conducive
to the prosperity Of the country. Tnat party that
would forbid such legitimate differences, because
the Legislature of Virginia forbade them fifty -four
years ago. is not progressive one. "a
! Progress 10 not innovation. The mere recon
mendation Of lts being new and untried Is not suf
| fcient to authorize the advocacy Of any measure.
There are many that feel that all change is pro
| gress, without examining whether such change is
in accordance with the well being of the State,
demanded by its exigencies, Hence many per.
| sons are for tampering with State constitutions
every year, wishing to try the experiment of some
not true progress. Here conservatism should step
into the rescue. . -..,.-
Neither 10 aggression progress. Invas on of our
| neighbors' rights-the Willingness to trample on
| the sacredness OF treates-thc open and greedy
demand for the annexation Of more territory the
encouragement OF the grasping ePirjt Of acquisi
destruction INFO which ali republics have fallen
| that have aimed ut conquest.
| What then is PRoaREss? 1t ia the advance of the
nation in the arts Of peace. II is the increase of
the prosperity and happiness OF the country. 1t is
| the effort made 70 better our own condition by a
gradual advance in civilization, refinement. edu
cation. and morality. Can the Wings, as a con.
sentative party, be said to have been opposed to
such progress' No; our principles have been all
progressive; our conservatism has alone been cx-
ersised against the aggressive agitating, innovat
ing doctrines Of our opponents is not the en-.
enlargement OF American industry doctrine Of
progress! Have we not thus desired that the coun-
try should progress in wealth, in internal pros
pertv, in its independence of foreign powers, and
in the gradual advancement OF every interest with
equal stepsf There is not Wing who has advo-
| Gated the doctrines OF home manufactures and
harbor improvement, who could not lay his hand
upon his heart and say that he sincerely believed
that these measures would conduce to the true
progrss OF the prosperity Of his country Her true
greatness has been bis aim. Her actual independ-
ence has been his desire. Her progress in wealth,
harmony, and peace has been his object. NV. -. 5
| The true progress of this land viii consist more
in augmcnting the amount OF happiness within
our present limits than in increasing our territory,
BY violence. 1t is this progress for which the
Wings have labored, and in the pursuit of which
they have been conquered. Shall they relinquish
| this conservative influence! Because they have
been defeated by the combined Efforts of agitation,
innovation, and aggression, shall they give up that
organization which they have entered into for the
true progress of American We trust not. ....
M
early history OF Cincinnati is taken from the
| Nonparth! "Ths city is now about sixty. four
years old. Some time between October, 1857, and
January, l7ss, John Cleyes Symn1es of New Jer.
sey, made contract with the Treasury Board Of
| the United States on behalf of himself and associ-
ates. for the lands lying between the two Miami
rivers, bounded on the south by the Ohio river,
aud running north go far as to Include one million
acres. of this purchase Symmcs sold to Matthias
Denman six hundred and forty acres, lying oppo.
site Licking river. on which Cincinnati is now
the tenth of September, l7ss, party met on the
site of the city and made plat OF the incipent
town. On the 26th of December, 1888, the first
landing of the immigrants for the settlement was
made; and in January, 1889, the streets were sur
veyed and named IN that part Of the town lying
between Broadway and Western Row. During
this year several log houses and one frame house
were built, and some Of the out lots all Of which
were north of Seventh street, 'swere cleared"
The legal title to the grounds on which the town
was built being sti in Symmes, the patentcc. all
the deeds Tor the original in and out lot5 were
made by him. In 1880 the lots on fractional sec
tions number twelve were laid out by the paten-
| tee, and on the I'd March, 1903, the reservation
around Fort Washington sold in lots by the
surveyor general Of the Northwestern Territory,
under the direction of the Secretary of the Trea-
| suTy. Between the fret and tenth of January,
17s0. the name was changed from Losantiville
(Which il had been at fret christencd) to Gincin-
natl. Such is brief sketch Of the early history
of the Queen City of the West What a contrast
che now presents to the struggling log Inilt vii.
lege Of sixty years ago!" ~ -sfs19h ss1-
| notice in foreign Journals accounts of receptions
practced upon the unwary by interruptions deal
crs in oil paintings, accompanied with admoni-
ton to the unskillcd to beware IL Is surprising to
w nj p fhia ind of oh In Mil