The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1853-03-10

w sne iuture, "uu uay counuently eX-
pect that the flag, which has waved its
untarnished folds over every sea. will
still float in undiminished honor"
"No reasonable man Of any party will
expect the Administration to be so re.
gardless of its responsibility, and the OBJ.
vious elements Of success, as to retain
persons, known to be under the inilu.
ence of political hostility and partisan
prejudice, in positions, which will re.
quire, not only severe labor, but cordial
cooperation. Having no implied engag-
gements to ratify, no rewards to bestow,
no resentments to remember, and no
personal wishes to consult, in selections
for official station, I shall fulfill this diff.
fcult and delicate trust, admitting no
motive as worthy either of my character
or position, which does not contemplate
an efficient discharge of duty and the
best interests of my country"
There is cud for the Wing incum-
bents of Office, as we'll as glimmering
of what the Democratic expectants may
look for.
The great scheme of our constitu-
tional liberty rests upon proper distri-
button of power between the State and
Federal authorities; and experience has
shown, that the harmony and happiness
cf our people must depend upon a just
discrimination between the seperate
rights and responsibilities of the States,
and your common rights and obligations
under the General Government. And
here, in my opinion, are the considera-
tions, which should form the true basis
of future concord in regard to the ques-
tions which have most seriously disturb
ed public tranquility. If the Federal
Government will confne herself to the
exercise Of powers clearly granted by the
Constitution, it can hardly happen that
its action upon any question should en-
danger the institution of the States, or
interfere with their right to manage
matters strictly domestic according to
the will of her own people.
"In expressing briefly my views upon
an important subject which has recently
agitated the nation to almost fearful
degree, I am moved to no other impulse
than a most earnest desire for the per-
petuation of that Union, which has made
US what We are-showering upon us
blessings, and comforting power and
influence which ourfathers could not have
anticipated, even with their most san
guine hopes directed to far-off future.
The sentiments now announce were
not unknown before tho expression
the voice which call d me here. My
own position upon this subject was clear
and unequivocal, upon the records of
my words and my acts, and it is only,
REQUIRED to at this time because silence
might, perhaps, might be misconstrued.
With the Union, my best and dearest
earthly hopes, are entwined. Without
it, what are We, Individually or collect
lively : What becomes Of the noblest
field ever opened for the advancement
of our race, in religion, in governme ent,
in the arts, and in all that digni6es and
adorns mankind From that radient
constellation, which both illumines our
own way and points out to struggling
nations their course, let but single star
be lost, and, if there te not utter dark
ness, the luster of the whole is dimmed.
Do my countrymen need any assurance
that such a catastrophe is not to over
take them while possess the power 10
stay it 1t is with me an earnest and
vital belief, that as the union has been
the souce, under Providence, of our
prosperity to this time, 50 as it the sure
est pledge of continuance of the bless
ings we have enjoyed, and which we are
sacredly bound to transmit undiminished
to our children. The field of calm and
free discussion in our country is open,
and will always be so; but it never has
been and never can be traversed for
good in a spirit of sectionalism and un-
charitablcness."
81 believe that involuntary servitude,
as it exists in different States of this con-
federacy, is recognized by the Constitu-
ton. l believe that it stands like any
other admitted right, and that the States
where it exists are entitled to efficient