M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-09-13

" hich the batteries OF your eAWEhai HHu
internal enemies will be most constant
ly AMI actively, though often covehly
and insidiously. directeG--it IS oi Inn
mite moment that you should properly
estimate the immence value OF youF ma
tional Union TO your collective and tn.
dividusl happiness. that you shoal ID
cherish cordial, babitual and immoV
able attachment TO it-Hccusto0ing
yourselves to think and TO speak OF II
ssa palladium OfyOur Politicsl safety
and prosperity, wstchingfor its Pveser'
walton with jealous anxiety, discoun
ftepancing whatever may suggest even q
suspicion that it can in ANY event be
ba ndOned, and indignSntly frownibg
upon the first drs wing Of every attempt
10 ALLEVIATE any portion of our'country
from the rest or to enieeble the sacred
ties WHICH now link together Che var
ioUs parls.
''For this you.have~ every indueem"nt
Of sympathy and interest. Citizens BY
birth or choice, of a common country,
that country has right to consentrate
your affections. The name Of Amrican,
which belongs to you in your national
ca pacity, must always exalt the just
pride of pa tIiotism, more than any ap'
psllation derived from local discrimins
lion. With slight shades OF difference
YOU have the same religion, manners
habits and political principles. You
have in a common cause fought and tri'
um he'd together, the independence and
Liberty you possess are the work OF joint
councils and joint efforts-of common
ds ugers, sufferings, and success.
i But these considerations however
powerfully they ADDRESS themselves 10
your Sensibslity, are greatly outweighed
by those which apply more Immediately
TO your interest Here every portion of
our country finds the most commanding
motives for csTefrllY guarding ard pre-.
serving the union of the whole.
1.-The North 10 an unrestained inter;
course with the south, projected by the
equal laws ofa common government
finds in the production OF the latter
great additional resources of maritime
and commercial enterprise and precious
materials of manufacturing industry
The south in the same Intercourse ben
eGting by the same agency OF the
North, sees its agriculture grow and its
commerce expand. Turning partly in-
TO its own channels the seaman Of the
North, it finds its particular navigation
invigorated-and while il contributes
in different ways 10 nouIish and increase
r the general mass Of the national navi'
ga ation, it looks forward to q protection
of maritime strength to which itself il
, unequaly adopted! The Rasf,s in like
T intercourse with the West, finds
2 in the progressive improyeNs of in
| terror communication,by land snd wa
( ter, will more and more find valuable
. vent for the commodities which i
' brings from abroad. or manufactures al
-. home. The West derives from the Eas
supplies requisite TO it's growth ant
a comfort, and what is perhaps OF still
] greater consequence, it must Of necessi
e ly owe the secure enjoyment OF indis
e peusible outlets for its own produc
g lions, to the weight, influence, and tu
e ture maritime strength Of the Atlantic
e side vf the union, directed by an indis
5 soluble community oi interest as on
d nation. Any other tenure by which tn
E West can hold this essential udvanisg
y whet ther derived from its own seperat
= strength. or from an apostate unatuI
e al conuexion, with any foreign power
d must be intrinsically pIecarious.
lie "While then every par! OF our couI
Of try thus feels an immediate and pa
Sc ticular interested in union, the par
0. combined cannot fail to find in Il
e; united mass of means and efforts, gre
he ter strength greater resource, ,Porportio
e. ably greater security from external da
pit ger, less frequent Interruption Of ~:
=. .lIipedce by .faylgn nations; and what is
at inestimable value, they must deri,
st from union an exemption from tho
a: broils and wars between themselvt
IN which SO frequently afflict neighbour
II countries, not tied together by the san
m government, which their own riya
y, ships alone would be sufficient TO pr
a duce; but which opposite foreign ALI
We ances, attachments, and intrigue, ,wou
simulate and embitter. Hence, lik
.r, wise, they will avoid the necessity
ct those military establishments, whi'
] under any form Of government are i
an auspicions to liberty, and which are
Ia. be regarded as particularly hostile
es republican liberty. In this sense IL
lat that your. unlou ought to be consider'
Dr. asa main prop Of your liberty, and tn
lie. the love. Of the one ought to endeaI
m you the preservation Of the other.
to "These- considerations speak a persI
-ty sive ! snguage to every rejecting al
= yirIuous mind, and exhibit the copti
" uance Of the union as primary Obje
*; of patriotic desire. Is there dou
di' whether common government C
'es emb SO large q spherei Let expe
y. ence solve il. To listen 10 mere spe
IN uIation in such case were criminI
,ry We are authorized to hope thsts PrOT
in. Organization Of the whole, with
lid auxiliary agency Of governments foI I
IN, respective Subdivisions, will afford
is happy issue to the experiment. 1t
Of we'll worth full aud fair experimeI
tes With such powerful snd obvious n
tives to union, affecting all parts Of 9
ish country, while experience shall q
IRE have demonstrated'its impractica bill
The there will always be reason to distr,
as the patriotism of those who in q
as quarter may endeavor to weaken
m bonds.
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