The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-12-08


u,., and glory Of the republic Ii viii be the
-, os,ou the sun ever shQne II Will embrace
.o,,,,n;,y of citizens Than the Old World yet
81 II will be the guiding light of multitude of
,.g.r Governments who win have been Weakened into life
nv the potent influence offs example Liberty is not dsse
..d through the world by butts
ds float upon the air and are carried by the WINDS ana
sa their own way into congenia soil, where under the
~ NJ Providence they terminate and increase and BRING
9TH fruit Let us preserve our Union and our constitution
M only for the blessings which they will confer upon us
d ur descendants but for the inapprecabie value OF
,0; inaueuce upon the destnes of the world Wei and
;ey does the President remind us of the response
att which is cast upon us by the very privileges OF our
dou and we reprint this beautiful extract because tt
can bear repetition:
Oar foreathers of the thirteen United Colonies The
~ , in acquiring their independence and in founding this
;e If the United States of America, have devoved upon
m their descendants the greatest and the most noble rus,
a. committed to the hands of man. imposing upon ALL and
nseay such the public will may nave invested or 'ne
& he;ny with political functions, the most sacred opga
~. We have 10 maintain inviolae the great doctrine Oh
The inherent right of popular 70
hs largest liberty Of the individual citizen with complete
i,y If the public order; to render cheerful ooedi
ce TO the laws of the land to unite IN enforcing ,nei
,.eption and to frown Indignantly on All conpna'iohs
IL, than TO harmOnze sincere anu arucht ue-
- 10 the institutions of religious faith with the most
Religious liberation to preserve the rights Oh All
49, each TO respect those of the Others to carry for
srv social improv ement to the uttermos limit oil hu-
80 rfesbity by the free action of mind upon mind not
m AZ Intensive Intervention of misapplied force to uphold
10 itertv and guard the limitations OF our organic law
49, sacred from all touch of usurpation, as the very
Of our political salv alton, the reserved rights and
the several States and of the peoples to cherish with
v and devoted Affection this Union, as the only sure
foundation ON which the hopes of civil liberty rcst to admin
;tsr government with vigan integrity and rigid economy
~ cultivate peace and friendship with foreign nations and to
demand and exact equal justice from ALL but to do wrong to
to eschew inermeddlng with the national policy and
Tho domestic repoe of other governments and to repel
from our own never to shrink from war when the rights
and the honor of the country call to but to cultivate
il preference the arts opeace seek enlargement OF the rights
nsutray and elevate and beralize the intercourse OF
tons, and y such Just and honorable means, and such
only whilst exatng the condition of the republic to assure
"a the Legitimate influence and the benign authority OF
Great example amongst all the powers OF Chriserdom
The citizen who feels the full force of these truths car
never lend himself to any purpose faction which may
seriously threaten the safety of the constitution or the sta
bi,v of the Union He fail the contrary,
reverence the principles of State rights and popular sover
eighty upon which the government originally found
3D. and to conform to the faith and practice of the Amer
can democracy.