The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-01-27

e foOA On winch every CONDENSATION OF Staes ancient
aSd modern-e1eept the has been wrecked, is not
50 much diversity Of sectional local interests mu-
tuAl jeAousies and rivalry which, commencing perhaps
with emulation, degenerates into peeysh oppO
sition confirmed hostility Sometimes one State will be
eome enyous Of the prosperity Of another and pine over
Its inferiory at others superiority Offensive to
the pride Of its associates who however they may e
seldom wiling 10 acknowledge the justice Of the claim
These and not any real opposition Of interest eonnu
ally peyng the viiAls Of every coniederaey Another
fruitful source Of dissenson is the ambition and rivalry Of
apiring politicians who destitute Of all claims the
score Of merit services have other bat a
peals to sectional interests and feelings These destructive
elements which inherent in the system only be
e'unteracted BY enlarged and comprehensive pa
trosom, which, overlooking all local and partial adran
tag, recognises the great truth, that oonederacy oil
States cannot properly speaking have any conflicting in
ress which not sabserent to the general welfare Of
the whole This the great object aimed at by he wise
and patriotic trainers Of the oonsti,uton and IL ats
tAinedso far practicable through human means
by series Of mutual concessions and compromises by an
nHexble adherence to which the Union alone be pre-
served We believe there Is nowhere 10 be found series
Of regulations admirably calculated restrain the
of those passions which leopard the welfare of
States and the liberties Of mankind. But the feelings
thus intended be couneseied inherent in the nature
raan The Of sectional end selfish interests
not eradcaed II quoted, but not subdued; it slept
bat not the sleep Of death.
AT the time the first confederation formed, and
during the whole of revolutionary struggle
Massachusetts, and Virginia Though since outgrown b
soms their younger sister the leading Staeone
at the NORTH the other the South Each respectively
represented the principles and policy of those two sections
OF The Union. Massachusetts, commercial Virginia
agricultural and this led opposite views Of external and
internal relations They differed also in political prnc
Plies Virginia under the guidance Of the great Apostle of
Liberty became the buwar Of the rights of the States
while Mr. Adams the pride of Massachusetts, and the chief
of that party which had its headquarters in Boston had not
only exhibited throughout his whole administration dis
regard rights but by maintaining In his writings
that there In every commuRity natural arisocracy
which and ought be recognised separate body
the State struck at the root of democracy Thus these
two States stood arayed against each other and led the
van in all political ccnHic Massachusetts, represented
New England, Virginia the South. The great West
then only bowling wilderness and the middle Stairs
destined hereafter trust hold the balance Of power
aud, in conjunction with the West become the great
of The Union vaclated between the two
| times on one side, sometimes the other.
The first presidential election involved no sectional
test. The eyes of all turned towards man. who
stood so preemnent that all other candidates bowed to bis
supremacy When be retired from ocs with the blessings
of his country his head and the admiration of the world
eacompassing him with bright ray glory Massachusetts,
presented her great man. Of whose services before and du
ring the revolution trust shall always speak with
4 nd Rnf ia
class Of men the lusre and efficiency of whose genius is
dimmed and eascuated by the inrmies Of their temper
and Who when placed circumstances that require cool
ness of Judgment habitual seEcommand and capacity
to distinguish between what is dieslt and what is i'm
possible always found wanting Among this class of
great men the two Adamses viii always be distinguished
The elder Adams led the way the downfall of asachu-
supremacy and the younger completed the process
The scep,re departed from Judah and viii probably be
long ere returns Be that it may for considerable
period Massachusetts, and Virginia presented the only
didAes for the presidency, and it seemed If other
State aspred to that distinction Hence those States
have seldom acted concert and spirit Of rivalry be-
almost inherent in them founded marked differ
ence political principles and contest in the choice
Chief Magistrate by whom they to be administered
These have for the most part resulted in nory
defeats the part MASSACHUSETTS, ana tnefe PROP
ably no State in the Union that would have borne them
with more impaence since there that has
stantly claimed of prescrpve right to the highest
/ position in the oonfederacy.
4 The people of Massachusetts, hare always challenged
superiority in pey, morals and intelligence their
neghbors in New England and especially those Of
the South and claiming descent from the old Puritans
they have ever been governed By elonish spirit akin
that of the Scottish Hghlanders They had become the
Pharisees Of the New World, and their neghbors
little better than pubcans and sinners. Because they
celebrated their thanksgiving days with enormous
i feastngs began their Sabbath Saturday evening
maintained certain stsid solemny in their department
snned with more gravity and decorum; suffered them
selves to be prestridden with doliy prescribed all
cheerful and innocent amusemens exhibited unchar-
table magnty that made distinction between those who
differed from themselves in habits manners and faith and
applied the Jewish law modern observation-disclosures
they did all these things they aspred to succeed the Israel
ties as the chosen people, and forgetting that humility is
the browning virtue Of the followers Of the meek and
lovly Jesus cased themselves in the brazen Of
spiritual pride the fruitful of bgoy and intoler
ance They persuaded themselves they had prescrptive
right to impose their politics their habits, manners AID
aoUmas ON the sister States and like ex-governor Ssde
.zpre to convert whole people Of the United States
into Yankees Being like all other clsnish communities
encountered with great men, they claimed
LII hr Writ inf Mr. Ad1r1g