Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-12-10

They have important practical bearings
upon all The political duties we ore called up.
lon to perform. Heretofore, or system OF
government has worked on what may be
Turned u miniature scale, in comparison
with the ,leslope.ncnt, which itmnst thus
assume, within y Couture 80 near al hana,
as scarcely to be beyond the ptesen. OF tile
existing generation.
Il l. evident that confederation so ras'
aud 50 varied, both in numbers aud and III
territorial extent, in habits anti III interests,
conld only be kept in national cohesion oy
the s,riclcst fidelity 10 the ptlncipies OF llle
constitution, Us understood by those who
have adhered to then restricted constrl'c,,
tion Of The powers granted By the people ana
the States. Interpreted and applied accord
ing TO those prlntil lies, tho great compact a.
dupts itself wi,h healthy ease and freedom
Ia an unlimited extension oil that benign sys'
TEN of fedcfatirc selI.government, Of which
Let US then, with redoubed vigilance, BE- o"
our guard against yielding TO :le temptation
Of the exercise Of doubtful powelss' even ,'f-
der the pressure of the motives oil conceded
temporary advantage and apparent tempo
Tary cxpediency. "....
! The minimum Of federal soyernment'com
pa,ible with the maintenance oil national
unity aud efficient action in our relations
with the les, Of the world, should Afford lie
rule and measure Of construction" al Our pow
ers under the general clauses Of the eonst''
tuition. A spirit Of strict Difference to the
sovereign rights and dignity OF every state
rather than q disposition to subordinate the
States into provincial relation to the cen
trail authority, should characicFIZe all our
exercise Of the respective powers Temporal
ri!y vested in Us as sacred ,E,'st from Inc
generous confidence Of our constituents.
In like manner, MS u maniieslly ndispenl'
sibe condition Of the perpetuation OF the u
mon, and oil the realization Of that mas"iA'
cent national future pdyeEted 10, does inc
Luly become yearly stronger aud clearer up
on us, as citizens Of the several States, 10
cult;yat to a irale.uAI and afiectiona,s splrlt,
Language and conduct, III regard 70 ether
States. and in relation to the ya,ed inter.
es,s, institutions, anG habits Of sentiment aud
opinion, Hhirh may respectively character,
ize them. Mulual ioEbcumncr, respect and
aon.interlerence N Our personal aclgn a.
citizens, and an enlarged exercise OF the
mos, liberal principles Of comfy IN The pub
Ito dealings Of State with State, whether N
legislation or in the execution ut laws, are
the means to pefpc,uair that confidence aud
fraternity, the decay oil which a mere poll
tical union, on so vast scale, could not Tong
/ survive.
In still another poir. Of view, Is en- i'm
portnn, practical duty suggested by TINS con
sideratiOn OF the magnitude o. dimensions
to which our political system, with lis cor
responding machinery Of government, Is so
rapidly expanding. With increased Tlg'lancG;
does It require us TO cultivate the cardinal
virtues Of public irugaIi,y aud official lnle'
avity and purify. Public affairs ought to De
SO conducted that settled conviction shall
uervpde The entire Union. that nothing short
OF the highest tone and STANDARD OF pubic
morality marks every part Of the admi"'slra'
ton and legislation OF the general govern
nent. Thus will the federal system, what
ever expansion time and progress may give
il. continue more and more deeply rooted IN
the love and confidence Of the people.
That wise economy which is as TAR removed
from parsimony as from corrup, and coFrupuns
extrayagance-that single regard for the puo!'c
good which. will frowu upon all attempts 10 APP
4 proach the treasury with iusidous projects oil
private interest cloaked under public prcteSis-
that sound fiscal administration, which Ia thcies'
islatiyc department guards against tho dangerous
temptations incident to overlooking revenue, ana
in the executive maintains IN unsleeping w%seh-
lulucss agans, the tendency Of all naiiena! cx'
uenditure to esraragance-- they are i'd
mit,ed elementary political duties, may, trust,
be deemed as properly adrerted to and urged, III
view Of the moro impressive sense Of that neces-
si,y, whichis directly suggested by the consaes-
atoms now presented.
Since the adjournment of Congress, the wee
President of the United States has passed from
the scenes ofearih, without having entered upon
the tics OF the station to which he had been
called b. tho voice OF his coun!rymen. Having
occupied, almost continuously, for more than ~
wears, q seat in one or the other fthc two Hous'
es OF Congress, and having by his singular purity
and wisdom, secured unbouRdcd confidence and
universal respect, his failing health was watched
by the nation with paintul socitude. His loss
to the country, under all tie circumstances, has
been justly regarded as irreparabc'
In compliance with the act Of Congress osad
March, 1868, the oath OF Office was administered
10 him on the 24th OF tina. month, at Ariadnc cs'
tate, near aIatanzas, in tho island oil Cuba; hui
his strength gradually declined, and wac hardly
sufficient to enable him to return to his home in
Alabama, where on the 18th day of April, in the
mos. calm and peaceful way, his long and emf
nen,v useful career was terminated.
Entertaining unlimited confidence in your in
,elligencc and patriotic devotion to the pub!icih'
tetest, and being conscious ofno motives on my
part which are not insepatablefrom the honor and
; advancement ofmy country, hope it may be ny
privilege to deserve and secure, not only your
cordial CO. operation in great public measures but
also those relations Of mutual confidence and re-
gard. which tits always desirable to cultivate be-
tween members Of coordinate branches Of the
government. r,r,cr
WARRINGTON, Deccmbcr5, 1853.
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