Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1853-12-10

eibu eoti VIII ucfcI pCfH1ii an ulleuAtou
OF feeling TO weaken heir united efforts,
nor iniernll dissensiOns 10 psrslyEe the
great arm Of Freedom, uplilled for The
sirdicaiion Of self government.
have thus briefly presented such sug-
gesiions as seem TO me especially worthy
of your consideration in providing for
che present You can hardly fail 10 avail
yourselves of the light which the exps-
Iience Of the past casts upon the future.
The growth Of our population has now
brought us in the destined career OF our
national history 10 point al which II well
behooves us to expand our vision over the
vast perpective. The successive decen-
nial returns Of the census, since the adop-
iion of the constitution have revealed a
law Of steady prog essiye development
which may be stated in general terms as
a duplication every quarter century car
ried forward from point already reached,
for only short period of time SO sppli-
cable to the existence Of a nation. This
law of progress, if unchecked, will bring
US almost incredible results.
A large allowance for q diminished
proportional effect OF emigration would
not very materially reduce The estimate
while the increased average Duration OF
human life known TO have already result
ed from the scientific and hygi i,nic inn
provemens of the past iify or perhaps
hundred in the same ratio Ct growth which
has been thus revealed in our past pro-
gress aud 10 The influence of these causes
NAV be added the influx Of laboring class
es from eastern Asia TO tie Pacific side
of our possessions, together with the prob
able accession Of the populations already
existing in ether parts of this hemisphere
which within the period in question will
feel with yearly increasing force the ma
,ional at rnciion Of so vast, powerful and
prosperous a confederate of self.governing
republics, and will seek the privilege of
being admitted within its safe and happy
bosom. Transferring with themselves BY
a peaceful and healthy process Of recu-
peration spacious regions of virgin and
exuberant soil which are destined to
swarm with the fast growing and fast
spreading millions of the race.
These consiierali; ms seem fully 10 jus.
tify the presumption that the law of pop
nlation above stated will act with undi
miaished effect through at least the mex.
half century, and that thousands of per-
sons who have already arrived at ma,uri-
ty, and are now exercising the rights Of
freemen, will close their eyes on the spec
tacle of more than hundred millions of
population embraced within the majestic
proportious of the American Union. Ii
is not merely as an interesting topic OF
speculation that present these views for
your consideration. They have impor-
tant practical bearing upon all the polii-
Cal duties you are called upon to perform.
Heretofore our system of Government
has worked out what may be termed a
miniature scale in comparison with de-
relopment which it must thus assume
within future so near a! haud as scarce
iy to be beyond the present of the exist
ing generation. 1t is evident that con-
federation so vast and so varied both IN
numbers and in territorial extent, in hab.
it's and in interests, could only be kept in
rational cohesion by the s,rictest tide i'y
to the principles of the constitution os
understood by those who have adhered to
mest restricted construction Of the pow
ers granted by the people and the States.
Interpreted and applied according to these
principles, the great compact 1apls Itself
with healthy ease and freedom, and the
Unlimited extension of that benign system
of (edera,ive self. .governmen ent, of which
is Is our glorious and trust immortal
charter.
Let US then with redoubed vigilance
be on our guard against yielding to the
Temptation, to the exercise of doubtful
powers, even under the pressure of con-
ceded temporary advantage, and apparent
temporary expediency. ..
The minimum of federal government
compatible with the ,naintalnahce of ma
,ional unity and efficient action in our re-
lations with The rest of the world, should
afford the rule and measures OF construc'
ton of our powers under the general
clauses of the constitution. A spirit Of
strict Difference 10 the sovereign rights
and dignity Of every State, rather than
disposition to subordinate the States into
provincial relation to the central author
ity should characterize all outside exercise
Of the respective powers temporarily
vested in us sacred trust from the gen
erous confidence of our constituents ir
like manner as manifest indispensable
condition of the perpetuation of the Un'
ion, and of the realization Of that mag
nifcent national future adverted to. Sc
does duty become yearly stronger ant
clearer upon us citizens of the severa
States to cul ivate fraternal and aflec
tionate spirit, language and conduct in re
gard to other States, and in relation to the
varied Interests, institutions and habits o
sentiment and opinion which may respect
lively characterize Them.
Mutual furbearance, respect and non
Interference in our personal actions as cit
izens, and an enlarged exercise of tn
most liberal principles of comfy in th'
public dealings of State with State
;whether in legislation or in the execution
,of laws, ore the means 10 perpetuate tha
confidence and fraternity, the decay 0
which in a mere political union on s.
vast scale, i, could not long survive
In still another point of view, it is an i'm
por.ant practical duty suggested by thi
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