The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-07-30

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members Of the conederacy or their people and we are
,hs day enjoying the benefits OF that enlightened legs-
laon WHICH Is the voluntary emana.oa Of the insni-
siseI States as wise, yruou- and humane as ourselves
aud leave them they left u.s. to discharge their own
RESPONSIVENESS IN their own good time and msnneran
swefDg 10 Their own and To Him who rules
ne destiny OF nations and not TO for the faithful dis
/ charge OF their duty. sH4 efsstf,8 .-I-- -,,f,l
AS individuals we occupy but a poin, of space upon
the broad current OF time Ia few years we who ss
people, are the repository OF power and sway the
oi government shall ali be laid in The DUST bu, our de-
scendanis, through the long track OF future times win be
here, inspired with the instincts of liberty and ami
mated by the same hope as ourselves The free prnci
pies which were purchased dearly and bequeaihed
TO US baptized in blood. are not ours to destroy, to
leopard BY mad exoerimsns M z" .-~-.. :. --..y
like rational, responsible beings, and to leave
IN unInpared vigor 10 our children We have little to
combined assault of world in arms, unshaken, But to
preserve them in their purity and strength should
cherish by every means and faculty which God has given
that faterna spirit between the several members OF
the confederacy which moved them TO unite people
in severDy the chains which linked them to despotism
Their sons poured out their blood together with 0wn
and their bones whtened the same battle fields They
Were with us IN woe-let us not cast them oil in veal
In discussing the relations OF the American colonies
during the revolution, British peer declared with elo-
qnent Significance that robbed OF precious jewel
America, the King might still his crown, but that
| il would not be worth his wearing and though the
American Union mig ht endure all the assaults which the
enemies OF free principles and gi5bering fanatics COM
bined could bring against ~ yet unless It can be main.
lulionary sires-n the same generous feeling which
framed tit will exls, only in name. and stand delu-
sve mockery-the Iiieless and monderng remains OF
conventional UnioD after the spirit which gave il inter-
es! and animation has departed
No creation of earth be perfect in lis construction
or perpetual ia duration. Destruction and decay
written upon all terrestrial things The destroying spirit
which rowns in the storm, strikes the fatal blow in
shine and those which survive the tudest shocks un
a sec
forest oak which has wiihstood nnshaken the blasts OF
hundred winters, and which even the fury of the ihun
der gust has smtten with decay, falls PROSTATE
ruin, when not ea is ruslled by the breeze, under the
nsdious inf oences of the that is gnawing at It's
heart and the institutions OF Liberty towering proudly to
heaven, shooting deep It's roots, and spreading wide it's
branches in defiance OF hostile esnens will wher and
die when cankered with internal decay jc II tl4sg
In the benign effort 10 brighten the chain OF union and
renew Offices of friendship between brethren Of the
household how repe,e with interest is the position of
the central city of the first Stale in the confedeacya
city which, in the full development OF vigorous maturity,
eaped into existence like the goddess IRON the brain Of
and buoyancy and hope of youth. In her commanding
attitude she is city set bill which cannot be hid
By the influence of her local advantages, nterchsngng
by the spirit OF enterprise which characterzes her
business relations, and the high social position for which
her people proverba she must do much 10 glaAden
hearts ember the feelings OF her brethren through
out the Union lp looking over the wide area OF free
dom. and contrasting its condition with what it would be
torn and distracted by intestine bros and dsonted by
sectional hate she will not orsake this lair and fertile
plain to ballen that moor" Her incompatible growth
all thai elevate adosn people. and her exa,-
ed grandeur, tell that she the legitimate offspring
OF freedom, the fruit OF holy political union; and 6lia
duty and affection will alike inspire her to the discharge
OF the kind offices which so interesting relation i'm
poses. She has experienced in her proud and glowing
history the blessings which flow IRON our free and hap
py system, and will lend her voice and TO preserve
from desecraon the ark OF our political covenant. la
By improvements in physical science We are placed
il at the doors of our brethren in remote sections of
the Union. We converse with them at pleasure, and
words conveyed and returned with the velocity of
light We desire their society, and fly by the mysterious
power OF steam a that annih ales space The IA
cy for the exchange OF friendly Offices, for The mutual
OF friendly sentiments between different
tons, il suitably improved, will to form and pre-
ser enduring friendships, and to mitigate uniounded
prtjudces-to leach that all children OF
common father and alike interested in preserving
mon Union. The trials through which institutions
have passed have served to illustrate the sovereign rights
OF States, TO purify the atmosphere, and 10 teach the
OF the people OF the United States have spoken up
on the subject OF the American Union. in 10
be mistaken or disregarded with mpuny, and they will
now 60 on their mission OF rerdom and goodwill to
man rejoicing and few indeed will again seek TO stir up
sectional STRIFE or fan the embers Of social dssord.
Some there are, and must be, who lost in a land OF
freedom--who drinking lightly fountain, lis shallow
draughi inoxlcates they view society through areveed
medium and Judge thy the standard OF their perver.
ed intellect They nothing good or glorious
system, and would huri down TO anarchy and chaos
because they can discover single speck OF darkness
upon the suns disc They objects OF deep commise
and pity and their ecessites demand the n,crpo-
suon OF more elevated philanthropy than their own.
True conventional freedom, under oil
stutIonal law is unsuiicd 10 their natures Designed
for congenal sphere, but transferred to land
OF national liberty by mysterious dispensaon OF
Providence-Ise the shell, which, from its
bed, viii nuter after the asd the storm.
these political Cassandras filled with evil auguss.
and unite their voices with the croakng despotisms OF
earth 10 denunca,ion OF the land which feeds shelters,
and protects them Blind like Samson, they regard all
the friends OF constitutional liberty and law Philjs-
tines and would lain pull down the pillars OF the temple
Of liberty that all might perish together Bat generous
and patriotic people will cherish uphold and protec,
from their puny pauicidal hands and will protect too
these grsceess and degenerate children from their
enem es--fhsmuioes. yIlf. a so h4siJ aEI
10 The commencement OF our history q people, we
saw frsl bark launched upon tossed and troubled
experiment How many peris has thai de voted vessel
escaped between the Scylla and Cbaybd which threat
ened her pathway How many vicssitudes has che en-
dured How many battles OF blood have her patriotic
crew sustained against the navies OF the world How
many prayers have been offered up Tor her safety and de-
liyetancei And, oh 10 see her now, when she mas
oulrode every storm. and vaaqulshed every foe with
her sails full SET her ensgns seaming and nei Joyous
crew all reJoen OF hope, deep eighted with the desh
nes Of ankind and riding lightly before prosperous
breeze Ah what precious interests were consded 70 her
keepng-what priceless treasures committed 10 nef care
Who will not bid her God speed upon her errand OF msr
| eyp Who will not hail her, with gladnen and thanks
giving and in the language OF poetic Invocation ex-
claim L. a
| .S.t forth into the yea, o ship rU r.a..lea.
| Through wind and waves right onward steer,
| The mois,cned eye the trembling lip.
1 Are not tho signs Of doubt or fsar
"Tn spite ofr.ck and tempests' roar,