Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-18
EIoaurms E tract the Power mma Resource 81
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Il would be difficult to find in the whole annals
of our patriotic eloquenoe finer sketch Of the
power and resources Of this country than is CON.
tanned in the following extract delivered few
years ago by the late Justice Story. of Massa-
ohasetts. Its truths are beautifully aud elegant
ly Expressed, and, though telling an oitentod
ialc, will be read by every patriotic American
with pleasure and pride. How we ought to cher
irh aud to cling to u confedera,ed Union, to which
wa are in great degree indebted for our unpar-
nleled prosperity. Judge Story said:
but II is not III the examination and solution
Of constitutional questions alone that grent abili.
ties and a thorough mastery OF the principles Of
government are required of American Statesmen.
The ordinary course of Legislation in the Nation
al Councils il full Of intricate and perplexing du-
Ties. II is not every man who oan make an ami
mated address Mt a popular meeting. or run
through the common PLACES "f party delineation
nj The hu-tng with fluent eloeution and u stea-
dy presence. who isqnalifed for n seat in the Ma
tional Legislature. The interests Of one and
thirty Sinies nre there represented and are ihers
to he sorupulously weighed and protected. Lonk
bo, for moment over the vast extent of our
country, the varieties ofiis climates pradnc cions
and pursuits; ls local peculiarites and its insti.
iulions its nntirng enterprise and nexhaustible
industry. Look IN the ever changing character
Of agriculture; tho sugar, cotton, and rice ot tho
South; the whcni corn aud tobacco of tho Middle
States, aud the stubborn but thrifty growth OF
the North yielding 10 culture what seems almost
denied To climate. Look to the busy haunis OF
our manufactures rising On n thousand hills and
sheltered in n Thousand valleys. aud fed by
thousand streams. Every where they are Instinct
with life. and noisy in oeaseless industry and
pouring forth their products to market with an
nnceasing tlow which gathers rs II goes. Look
10 the reaches Of our foreign commerce through
every region Of the globe. 1t floats on tho burn.
ing breezes of Africa; it braves the stormy seas
of the arctic regions; il glides with a bounding
speed on the weary coasts and broad streams of
Southern Americait doubles tho capes Of the In
dies, and meets the trade winds and monsoons
in the very region Of their birth; IL gathers it's
treasures from the deep soundngs of the banks
of Newfoundland; it follows the seal IN his secret
visits to the lonely islands of the Southern Pacific
it startles the whale in his majestic march
through every latitude. from the higher At
lantic to tho seas of Japan. The sun shines
not on the region where its flag has not salu-
ted the first beams Of the morning; it sets not
where its last lingo, ing rays have not played on
the caps of its masts. And then, again. look to
the reaches of our internal commerce along ths
various ne,s and bays and ports Of the senboard.
through the vast and almost interminable rivers
and valleys of the West. on the broad and rest
less lakes, through the deep praries, and up tho
sleeps of the Rocky Mountains, and onward to
tho far ocean which washes tho darkened shores
of two continents. Look, say, to these extern
siyo yet connected interests; and who but must
admit thai, TO understand these intricate rela.
tons and dependencies to gather up even the
fragments of that knowledge. which it is neces.
snry to possess, in order, Il will not say to guide
and direct them.) but not to mar aud destroy
them--tbere must be years Of patient, thorough
and aborous research into the true principles.
and policy, and objects Of government.