Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1856-01-24

pose OF a taxable basis, ii is presumed 10 he
in reasonable bounds, While the wheat and
corn crops are The principle staples OF our ag-
Tculture, they form bu. small portion ofthe
immense resources Of the great interest in
Ohio.
The returns OF the Federal census in 1860,
Embracing The farm products of 1649, do US
great injustice. That year ives one Of unusual
lisaster 10 the farmers Of Ohio, their wheat
crop having been almost destroyed by the
weevil. Ii may, therefore, be safely asserted
that Ohio occupies the position ofthe first sg-
riculiural Stale in the Union.
TIE UNION.
For progress and prosperity so eminent,
Ohio owes much 10 the great natural advsBta-
ges enumerated, bat more to that generous
policy, which toerates no iliberal tests Of
birth or creed, and 10 institutions W hich enbo-
dy the vital principles Of popular sovereignty.
Loyal 10 the Union, and prompt 10 observe
every obligation ofthe national compact, her
citizens cBnnot fail 10 recognize, in the broad
est sense, the just and salutary principles that
to the people Of every organized State and
Territcry belongs the right and prerogaive Of
regulating for themselves their own domestic
and local affairs, within the limits Of the con-
Stitution. Our brief annals as a State arc
emphatic in vin1lcaifon OF such policy. Tho
lconStliuton Of 1902 was welcomed by the
people as relief from Territorial misgovern-
ment, and because it secured 10 the inha5i-
,ants The election Of their officers, and the un-
controlled regulation OF their domestic affairs.
| Indeed all experience demonstrates that the
harmony OF the Onion, and the Succt SIS of tho
| great Republican experiment in progress among
us, requires the infexible application of the
doctrine of State Rights and Popular Sover-
eighty, limiting the interference by federal
authority 10 those few obi ects OF national in
terest which are specifically enumerated ia
the Constitution. Capitalization is The great
es; danger of Republics; and against such a
tendency, whether the motive be the auvance-
ment Of special interests, or the qualification Of
sectional animosty, the American people can
establish no barrier more secure than ibe ad-
mirabe division of political power defined
| by the founders Of our institutions.
| Nor is it necessary, in order to command
the public approval of these fundamental prin-
cip!eS, 10 add any appeal n behalf of tho
Uaion. No citizen of the valley OF the Ms
SisSippi will tolerate any doubt OF the perpe-
tuity of orr league OF States. With our rela-
tonS to the Lake, River and Calf coasts Of
this mighty basin, any schemes of dismember-
ment, which sectional iIfaluaion may engen.
der, cannot be received otherwise than with
mingled scorn and indignation by the patriotic
communities of the West, Let ii be UNDER
stood that the centre Of our Republican En-
pire will soon reach the shores of The Missis-
sippi, constituting the vast region drained by
its impetuous food and innumerable trbuta-
ries, the natural arbiter-never a belligerent
in sectional controversies. And as long as
the ashes of ANDREW JACKSON are inurned
among the western people, so long will We
cherish in sentiment and in action his stern
and patriotic utleIance, "The Union-i. mus
be preserved" WILLIAM MEDlLL.
COLUMBUS, January 7lh, 1856.