The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-08-05
"a Peace Is Of the nature Of Conquest

diA Souu, HOHcse ahu ti"o inSt' Wiz
aim-one object and one hope. For
this, al are striving by individual ex-
ertions daily, aud all work together to
this great end II is happiness "good,
ease, contentment, whatsoe thy
name.' This Happiness depends on so
eiety, and society on government
which is not as yet adapted to the
wants of man; or The world would not
be filed with religious wars, and po-
litical strife.
Government is Of human invention,
and we trace its development aud
growth from the early day, as we do
the growth aud development Of the
material world Onward and upward
we go, testing one and another prob
lem, and approprlating whatever truth
may be found to the great store house
Of human knowledge. The common
( axiom "there is nothing new under
the asan," is fallaeious. There is some
thing new in every moment OF unre-
corded time; it may not bu anticipa-
ted; for the hour must come, to de-
velopo it, and solve still another un-
solved problem. The past is an ever
pointing pdex to the future. Look at
its changes from bad togood, and then
say whether it is reasonable to suppose
that society will stand still whore II Is,
with its errors Of Church and State;
and their consequent sin and misery !
The hope Of the world lies in this,
the Western Hemisphere. 1t seems
to have been fashioned, as the fabu-
lous garden Of Eden, for transplanting
the germ Of liberty in due season. The
distinctive feature now, between the
old world and the new, is this. In
the former, the pillars Of government
rest upon the ignorance and supersti
| ton of the masses, whilst here, the
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virtue and intelligence Of the people,
is the power behind the throne, breath.
ing vitality into the Federal eonstitu-
ton, which Is the soul Of the nation
What a vast domain of boundless re-
source is this Sufficient to make
world of itself, and clothe with a now
life the redeemed and regenerated.-
The hope Of the world, rests on the
pillars of our glorious Union, and
though cloud may o'ercast the polit-
ical horizon now and then it will clear
away by and by, to reveal the I'M
clouded and serene heavens beyond.
The political contest now before us,
involves something more than the
spoils of office. 1t is between q party
processing to believe that all mankind
arc equally intelligent and equally Ca
pable of exercising the prerogatives of
the Native American Democrat. With
this idea, are they running into the
widest extravagances, tending direct
ly to oligarcby, which is moro to be
dreaded, than an Autocracy ITSELF
Has the United States any distinctive
features Of nationality 10 preserve ?
Or is the whole world at this momen.
prepared to throw off the yoke Of
bondage and put on the form Of Re-
publican Democracy? There are many
of our citizens who honestly and con-
cientiously believe not, and having
stepped aside from the ranks of each
Of the former parties in the govern
ment take the high ground that there
should now be uniform naturalization
laws, to check the influence of Govern
ments and people abroad, who do not
--connot sympathize with us. Is there
any sufficient reason, why the citizen
identified with that kind of "Democra-