Litchfield enquirer., 1853-12-15

|"N."N shnok daI'Ia nII aIItIaI iarIIi' iI hsgo poweltp avert d. I,9le WI.n Hart Qlncod me here may De as.nEed.t me wisdom pi men, whn kpeE what as s,e i1s''s Sl .'.S Revolutionary sirnn1s- dir. possi llhe snhiec. @ which refer, in the plllY wnV cdnsisleng WilhIhe union tf theee Sl4tqe, and wish the march u power and prospffIly winch me qiade as what we ore. y .s asiensn- cant facN tlie, fFan llHo 1dopll,R Of the Cogsile tosioh until the ufIitsFa and roldinrs Of the Rev olntiun had nassed to their EFavee, orihr0uRh the infinnilies 0l age and wounds had ceased 70 par ticiDaiE aclissle in public htaisa, there was not d:cafiUn of the ecensntuti0nal rights nl the Slates The reserved powers were unacrapulu,iFly re- epectsd. Nn eintesnlen pnf iQElh the paFIpM vlowe Of cnsusis t0 3nstlg infellefafIce md age itatiun. but lho spirit ol compact was srgaFded as epefed in flle eye Of h0naF, mud indispensable for the afeal expefiinrnf oi civil liherty, which. envinalled wIth inherent aiiiitnlilpp was yet borne torNnrd m Appnfenl weukness hy a power sapStloE to LII pbs hfre Is no cUndem- natI0a which he VilIce 0f Freed will not pros aslance nn1uue should ws prove faiililess lO this great Hpstt Wlsise Sllen Inlsabillng differrnt parts Vt aliis gyeaf cont nent can1o more tse ex- pected 70 hold the same opinions, or eneriA.n the same eeAtiiken than every safseiy of els mase or stsif can be expected ID lursh the same agsicnlInfal 1nsducta, they can mile m cosn- mon ahiscf nud sustain common principles eesem- tiai o the niaintsnAnce U that ablect he gass lani men Of inc South and the North rOnld stamd tnU9tl1I they could stand logslher in the more lFying pe- Fiod which succeeded ihe claneor Of arnis. Aa their unitBd Eaior was adequate 10 ntl the tFlhs of tho camp and dangess- 0i tlie field, s0 their unified n:isdan proved equal ts tho hEeatar task l of founding, upon deep and bruad hasls, ins:s- unions which ii las been anF privilege 10 enjoy, and will everbe our most sacred duty tO sustain. It is but tiie aeehle exsTcss0tl 3E faith stFUIig and unsveFsai, to say Jhsttieif sDns. wGcss hlh0i minsied % 0ffen upon the sane telds during the
 
 in triumph the flag of the country upon a iaseien eoit will never permit alienation or feeling 10 weaken the power uf their united efissss, n6r in ternai dissensiOns ts paratyxe the great arm oi | frrsdUns nplitsed lur the vindicariou of selfgOs- Ihase .hrs hsiehy Fresensed such suggestions as seesn D nc especially wsstty Uf yont e0n- sidef1sidn ln pF6gtdine {sf she present, yeo ezn | haEig iails hvail gonfselSes q the aieht which the experienced tiIs past casls upon she sutnIe Inc AFOwSfsDf .auf Fl0pulalionifas now hFUtEht | n. in the destined celeefOf Ournati0ual hsssafg, toh punt af which . ueil isehaoses us to expand our gi1inn ever she gnSt perspective. The eteEaS1 sSa &enenni1l FesuTms ai slle cen gus sii,ce flse h1uplion aE shs Cnnsiif11iun have rexealen a hNFeG steady prngfessiva deyelsp- meni, Ahieh rsnF he slated. in general terms, 10 . duplication every quarter century Carried forward, from the punt already TeacheG, tDr only slart ptFiskf uk tinle, applicable 10 the exist encB nf nafisn, lhis Iaw 0f prnggess, II mn
 
 A large alluwance for diminished proportional effect of emigration would not sery nIaferiaiIy reduce the estisnnie. &hile inc increased ayer- age duration uf hnman life. known i0 have ai- ready resulted rum the scseniific and hygienie improvements 0i the p4si fifty years. wiIi tend f0 keep m thr0Meh alss 6sxl iiilys ur perhaps hum cred, fhe satie fafi3cf gEnisfa which has been thus revealed in onr pasl pFsRress; and 70 the in Mnenre 0f these rnnses may be adlrd the influx ol laboring masses from Eastern Asia 10 ite P2-
  prsbabie accession Of Ilie p0pnlaiia.ns a;rrady exsFting ln urher parts of 0nr hemsphen. which, within the periDd in qnrsfian, wili feel NiIh yearly tnegea1ing torce. the natural air seton oil oi seiE.s6yefaiag Republics, and seek the piisi- lege of being AdaItied within it's safe and happy ,hosQm, i1a1lsierriHg win themselves, by apeace- fu and healttY prOeeEs 8f incorporation. spacious fegsens of virgin and ezuheranf soil, which are desiined soswaTm with the fast gr0wing and faSs spEeadlng millions of onr race
 These considerallens seem fully iO justify the presumali9ns that the law of population above siated VIII coniinu6 to act wiih nnliminished efieei shFouxh ns ieasi the inc next half century and that til0nsands ofpeFsDns who have already arrIved at naatusity and are nov exercising the rights Oi lfeeHen. will eluae their eyes on the sptctacle Of more thats one hundred millions of pOpulullQn enhneed within ilie majestic pE0por- tions Of the At1epcan Union. It IS not merely as at interesting topic oi speculation that pre- sent thcsev:ews l.,r your consideration. They have iuparlantspra benrings upon Ill polii isai duties we are called upnn ID perform \ Heret0lorey 0HT sysiefn of government has work ed upon wiial may De termed . miniature ecnle m c.inpafison With the development which { must thus assume, Within future an near al hand as scarcely to Be teycnd the presen: of the exisilng generation
 It l. Evident that . confederation % vast and SO varied, bplh in numbers and i, territorial ex- tent in habifs nfid in interest. c.lnld dy be kept in national cQhceton by the strictcsi fdeiliv io the principles oi iihe Constiiutiun, as understood by Ihosa whA have d. hered 10 the most restreied constructions of the powers gralted by tho peo.' pie and The States. Interpreted anu applied ac- cordine 10 :huse princip es, the great compact adapss itsel witfI heaIlhy euse and ireadm tD an unsiniisd exlension of that bengn system of federaise sel.-guvernment, of which it IS our glorious, and trust, inn rsai Charter. Let us then, wlth teiiouhIed vigilance, be on our guard Againsl yielding Ntlhe temp;atiUn ot the exercise Oi d0uhilul pt,M CTS, even under the pressure Of the motives of conceied temporary advantage and appa1sns temporary expedieEcy
 Tine minimum of Federal G,vernment, com. prslh!e Nisl, the mainlainanee qt national unlly aud efficient actl il our felAtlnns with the rest 0i tue WprId, ald afford the rule and measure ot conssrucJi0n q anr powefs nmdsf the general clauses af the Constitution. A spirit hf sifict sdcference losihe sovereign glehts and dignity oi evefy State, rather than disp siiion 70 sbbhrdi. snaie ike &inaas insu provincial Falation ts the cenlral eaihoriay, ybon!d rharaclerizs aliour sx. eFciee 01dna Eesptc we pOssefs temporarily sest- ed n ile Es sacred trust from the gerersua con. hdenee af 0nF cunstiluehis
 In like manner. as manifeslly indispehslhle conniiion Qi the perpesnati0n of our Union, and ofstIle feetlzgti6n 0istl,at magnificent naiiegal fntile e p1ed tn, does ihe dhsy become yearly stioager ail1 cleafer upua is. as ciiizens 0l ,he eevefei Slates 10 cniiiyafea traiernai and affsc- Iionate spjrst. languaRe, and c0nduca. in fegaId so 2 her siases and in relation [. the varied lIi. ieIasis ipsi,ni'ona. and habits .l sentiment and optnons which may respectively charncierlze them Mutnai fuFheafance. respect md n0ri-in teFierence in our personal actpn as eilizene, and an enlarged exercise uf she most liberal priMcI- 2lesgl euniitysin the pnbiic deNingai S,ais wiih Stese. whether in legisIaliou q in the execution q las2ps ara the nsenns t0 pefpetssie tlas c0nh. dence n,ld !fatefnity, lhe decay oi which mese snfsIvs a.''s' q ecals could not iona
 hl'tlil! aeolhsxp int of siew is an impagian Rsecfept 9s,!y ei.Hess ssied by this consideration . the nlasniillde ok d.nles&nns sn which ous poll, tcai sy sieIls, Ml!h Iss cbs cbstesponding machineSl