Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-12-23

: eht necessities but to the permanent
e safety and interest Of the country.
e They knew that The world is govern
Iea less by sympathy than by reason
: and force; that it was not possible
10 II the nation to become a propagan-
, dl st Of free principles without array
in & against it the combined powers
j 'of Europe; and thht the result was
more likely to be the overthrow Of
republican liberty here than its es-
Enlistment there.
/ in less than ten years. France
: hs changed from republic 20
al empire; and finally, after shedding
rivers Of blood, foreign powers restor-
ed her exiled dynasty, and exhaus-
/ tdd EDsope sought peace and repose
I i'd tie unquestioned ascendancy Of
I nj onarehial principles. Let Us learR
Hlsdcrn from her example Let Hs
I'd member that revolutions DO not al
" ys establish freedom. Our own
! flee institutions we're not the Of
. spring Of our Revolution. They ex-
lis ted before. They we're planted in
the free charters Of selfgoverDment,
Il hder which the English colonies
grew up, and our Revolution only
freed us from the dominion Of q for
eign power, whose government was
at variance with those institutions.
| But European nations have had
/ no such training for selfgoverls
Iment, and every effort to establish
jld by bloody revolutions has beer,
and must, without that preparation,
/ continue to be failure. Liberty,
upregulated by law, degenerates
into anarchy, which soon becomes
the most horrid of all despotisms.
Our policy is wisely to govern our
selves, and thereby to set such an
example OF natioral justice, pros
lperIty, and true glory, and shall
teach TO all nations the blessings of
/ Sflf-goyernment, and the unparal-
eIed enterPrise.and success Of a free
people.
We live in an age Of progress,
an ID ours is emphaticalIy country
iof progress. Within the last half,
eDiury the number of States in
this Union has already doubled, the
population has almost quadrnpIed,
an our boundaries have been ex-
tended from the Mississippi TO tie
Pacific.
Our territory is checkered over
with railroads, and furrowed with
ca hals. The inventive talent Of
our country is excited to the high
est pitch, and he numerous appl-
cations for patents for valuable inn
provements distinguish the age and
this people from oil Others. The
genius OF one American has ena-
bled our commerce TO move against
wind and tide, and that of another
has annihilated distance in the trans
mission Of intelligence. The whole
country is full Of enterprise. Our
common schools are diffusing intel
ligence among the people, aud our
industry is last accumulaliug the
and luxuries Of life. This
is IN part owing to our peculiar po-
sition, to our fertile soil, and COM
paratiyely sparse population, but
much of il is also owing to the pop
ular institutions under which we
live, TO the freedom whicllsevery
man feels TO engage in any uscIuI
pursuit, according 70 his taste or IN
cllnation, and TO the eLtire conf
dence that his person and property
will Be protected by the laws. But
what ever may be the cause Of this
imp afalleled growth in population,
Intelligence, and wealth, one thing
IS clear, that the Government must
1eeP pace with .the progress of the
people. 1t must participate in aheir
plrit4 Of enterprise, and while il ex-
lcts obedience TO the laws, and re-
trains all unauthorized invasions
# lbd rights Of neighboripg States,
SHOULD foster and protect home
industry, and lend its powerful
lrength to the Improvements Of such
Means Of mtercommunication as are
ecessary to promote our internal
ommfrce and strengthen the Ties
Ihlch bind us together as a people.
1t rs not strange, however much
may be regretted that such exu-
erahfe OF enterprise should cause
'me individual 10 mistake change
'r progress, and the ingasions Of
lie rights OF others for national
rogFdSs and glory. The former
re constantly agitating for some