The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-08-10
what rizea Stability 70 Nations.


To secare perpeiai,y 4 = nation. Gays
the Newark Daily Advertiser, its citizens
must have something in eommou to wor-
ship or respect. The Chinese end This
necessity satisfied in their veneration for pa
rents; the Hebrews in a reverence for their
Temple aud their Law. These sentiments
were, aud continue TO be, strong ia these
nations, add have probably contributed pow
erfuily to bind them together, and preserve
them respectively ss distinct populations,
wide all their contemporaries have long
since persisted from the earth.
In must Of the modern European States.
these national attachments seem very large
ly wanting; aud in our own there are not
many elements Of union beside The inferior
and not very stable one Of mutual interest.
We have acted. OF rather been distracted,
together now for. upward Of dlree-score
years and ien--lhe ordinary life Of an ia
diyiduai, but a short duration for a State.
Ia all this time the heart Of the pc ople eau
hardly turn TO more than two objects ca.
pabie Of commanding its enthusiasm and
veuerationj these are the American ReVo-
luton and the Administration Of Washing
ton, including The great act Of the consilu'
lion. Even the last Of these has been des-
ecraied by such WIDEN, and shameless as
saul,s, as 10 have lost a good deal OF that
deep hold upon The hearts Of thousands
which it ought ever to retain. That such
a share Of attachment for it yet remains has
been due to the great and Persevering elo'
quence and efforts Of Jackson and a few
Others, who have bravely Tough, in its de-
fence for the last twenty years.
There is still an abiding respect for law
and order amoug US, which constitutes a
marked distinction between us and The
French, aud forths a kind Of substitute Tor
the Je wish sentiment for their law and
Temple, but in degree as much more lee
HE as loyalty to law is weaker than devo'
ion to religion. As for the mighty llga-
ment which kniis generations together in
China, we have in The United States, un-
fortunately. lost all its gentle but perma'
neu, and salutary force, and almost even
It's recollectious. Veneralion for parents
has no longer any existence in this coun'
try. Our youth ATE Of age at lou'leen' OF
before, though the law remains upon The
statute books which emancipates them al
twenty ore. But it has long since been
repealed by the common custom, together
with those for the observance of the Sab
bath, and the prohibition of the sale Of lot
terry tickets and liquor. A father now, SO
far from having any superiority 10 his off
spring, is obliged To yield lis prerogaliVe 10
the love Of progress, as at present under
stood, which is, that he WHO IS horn last,
Of course, and for that reason, knows most,
As soon as a youth, therefore, is old e.
nough 10 smoke a cigar, swallow d glass
of brandy without wiuking, and commit a
licenlious debauch, his father passes into
the prcdicament Of on old sold fOgy," a
word that comes from the latin 'fugo )"
meaning driuen apay-one who is done
6r-ifis a gone case with him, and tin1t
he should be of. Ills promising heir
succeeds. Of course, to the administration
Of the affairs Of the nation, and frequently
also to that of the estate Of his parent
though the law still upholds the latter in
keeping possession, as long as he has life
and wit enough to do it. But the young.
sier has full swing in Uncle Sans affairs
and makes himself comfortable with his
property. Nobody is obliged 10 rob The
public e~xchequer now, as (ar Jack" did.