Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-10-27
OCTOBER 27, 1853.

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the moral, the otherin the politica
field. Atwhatperiod Of time they vii
have finished that work Of progres
and elevation. is not now for me t
determine; but when finished, thes
two lines viii have proximated q acl
other man being perfected, both il
a religious and in a political point 0
view. at this point it is that th,
Church Militant will give way hno
cease to exist, and the Church Tri
humphant begin; at the same point
Democracy progressive will give way
and cease to exist, aud Theocraey
begin
The divinity of man being noY
fully developed, lit may now bt
confidently and exultingly asserted
that the v0iee Of t5e people is the c9ie,
OF (eod; and proclamation be made
that the millenial morning has dawn
ed, and the time has come, when the
Lion and the Lamb shall lie down to.
gether; when the voice of the tur-
tle shall be 'heard in our land"
vi len 'the sncking child shall play
upon t he hole of the easp,'' ana the
''weaned child put its hand upon the
cocatrice e's dem and The glad tidi1gs
shall be proclaimed thro ghout the
land, of mans political and religious
redemption, aud that tb ere is 'ion
earth, p pace, good will tof Yard men.
It wi be readily perceived by all
discerni ng young men, that Demo
oracy is ladder, corresponding in
politics, to one spiritual which Jaco ob
saw in ! is vision; one up which all,
in propd rtion TO their merit, mhy as
ceud. RYhileiit extends to the hum
bIest of all created beings hPre on
earth bdlPw, it reaches to God on
high; and it would seem thdt the
class ofIIoung men to which i allu-
ded, miglE find a position som4Where
between the lower and upper ex-
tremes Of this ladler, coiamenE Eura te
at least, with their virtue and merit
if not eqAal to their inflated IanBi-
ton, which they could occupy with
honor to themselves anf adva antage
to their country.
Internt j improvements b y the
General Government is S Ilbjeft
that is attracting much attenti4n,add
no doubt will continue to do 50 for
to come. How fjr tie
Government can go in con
,tructing works Of Internal Improve
nents, without an infraction Of the
Constitution of the United States,
md an encroachment upon tho re-
eryed rights of the States, is a aues
ion that has long been discussed by
he ablest and wisest Statesmen Of
he age, without coming to any salts
actoiy conclusion. The precise line I
which the national character Of d
York of Internal Improvement ceas-
5, and the local Que begins, approxi7
nate SO closely, that it is difficult to
even by those who are dis
osed to construe the Constitution
lirly where. to fix the limit.
A public work, which is cqnsi llered
ational in its character by one class 4
f politicians, is considered local by I,
moth her; hence, much perplex kitty and Il
reat difficulty is felt in the exercise 4
f this power, on tie part Of the /
ieneFal Government, over amy work k
lib ternal Improvement Having !
ow, however, in view, the ni any i'm K
ortaht N4rks, about which there Isl {
, much splicitulle on the pkrt Of az;
rye portion Of the people Of the
nited States, and which is now oc- {
lpying the attention of the General 6
overnm4nt, my own deliberate i
oinion il, that before the General |
Observation-Disclosures another step /
works of Interpal Improvement, l
least those ofaeDubtfal character,
ERE should be al appeal made to
e several States colnpos ing the t
mNaot, to definitely fix al ad accu- i
telyN describe the utmost boundary t
power intended to be exercised by a
e General Government in the con S
ructionsof works of Internal I'm 9
ovement. The G0gernmb ht, on a !
bject so grave and deeply impor- I
Mt as the one DOW agita4ing the 4
lbiic mind, should move within linz Il
we'll ascertained5 both as to power p
d the amount -ofImoney to be rais- Ia
by taxes. aud TO be expended in rs
e various projects Of Internal I'm G,
ovements, which may hereafter be b
oiected. If the States intend that b