The southern press., 1852-05-15

arrived, VINO, according 10 MIN, determined tC
abide by the laws of God until they could make
better for themselves
Sir belong to very different, and to ar
opposite school. Ii that government is bes'
which is selfdeveloped by the genius of the
people, out of the workings of their own pecu
liar interests, | believe that, of human charac
tiers, those are strongest which are self-inspred
whose steel is tempered in the internal fires Of
that forge whose secret beatings are known only
to Him who owns it, and to Him who made it
believe that the industrial systems rest upon
a broader, iirmer, and more secure basis, when
they are developed by the suggestions of indi,
vidual interest, and directed under the conserv-
alive checks Of free and universal competition
90 further. | believe that if society would
make a progress which shall be at once rapid
and safe, it must throw open all the prizes OF
life, whether of profit or Of honor, whether OF
fortune or Offlme, free to general and univer.
sal competition; and that the genius of our peo-
Pile, and the character of our institutions, espe-
cially require, in awarding these prizes, that
"detur digniorr should be our motto. Let the
best and worthiest take them. know that this
makes sharp work and imparts sterner cast to
the conflicts of life; but know Of no other
mode by which the advancing column Of socie
ty will be led by those who are fittest to lead
it, Sir. / know that under such guidance, and
under the impulses which sometimes prevails, it
will occasionally strike off at fearful pace
that the timid will shrink, and that the fearful
will faint under the heat Of the march, But
these are the accidents and the chances of life.
In the words of divine command, ''Let the dead
bury the dead" The word is forward and on
ward, the mighty column marches far away into
the future, behind whose inscrutable shadows
lie concealed the secrets of human destiny.
Sir, believe that the administration of orr
government must be based upon some principle
as wide and as just as this, or that our expert
ment will be failure. | believe that if we un-
dertake to protect, to foster, and sustain every
interest, this government will become one vast
jobbing concern that temptations will beset
our legislation until corruption becomes the or
der of the day; and that the Capitalization of
power will 60 on here until nothing shall be left
to the States, and but little to the people. |
believe that in a country so large as ours, with
interests so vast, society must work much of its
own machinery; and that, then, what will be
necessarily left for us to do, will be full as much
as a free representative government can pbssi
bly, manage. If we 90 further, and insist upon
taking more subjects upon our charge, in such
country as this, to accomplish it we shall re.
quire higher degree Of Capitalization, and a
more refined and despotc system of organiza
ton. f." ...
know that these views may seem narrow
and poor to those who believe that it is the duty
of government TO attend to everything, to sus-
tain and support every interest; and who be-
lieve that hey are doing good when they attempt
it. But ! would appeal to them, to the most
considerate and experienced amongst them,
when they come to make calm retrospect to
ssy whether they do not find that, in nine cases
out of ten, when they interferred for such pur.
poses, they have failed in their expectations, in
their generous aspirations, if you will, after the
good Of their race!
They may call il a protection Of industry, an
encouragement of enterprise; they do indeed
become the artiticers Of the fortunes of a few !;
but at what an expense to the many, whose just
claims are forgotten or overlooked They sat
isfy the demands of importunate capitalists who
clamor around the treasury door; but it is done
at the expense of the silent millions who toll for
their daily bread too little heedful of the measure
in which they are taxed or the. manner in which
the money thus raised is afterwards distributed