True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-11-10
The End is not vet.

they are ordered out, and charged by the square
The End is not yet.
As we contemplate the world we inha-
bit, we are somslimes tempted, by our
scepticism, to suspect chat, its firm foun'
dations never will be shaken, and that the
scenes efbeauty and magnlfcence which
we behold in natures kingdom, will last
forever. 1t is vain speculation. The
Sun will cease 10 shine upon our world,
and the Moon will no more enlighten our
nights, the Stars will disappear and by
the wisdom and power of the GREAT Gre
AroR, all materialism will be subIimated.
Our World is full of changes We build
edifces we lay their foundations deep,
and imagine that we have erected per-
manent superstructures. In the folly and
vanity Of our pride, we sit down and view
the workmanship Of our hands, as though
it were 10 last forever. But in moment
we think not of, tits shaken like the reed
in the wind, or by the midnight conaa-
grafton i, is crumbled to ashes.
The wisdom Of The world selects from
the experience Of thousand years, the
material out of which TO build govern
mental mausoleum that shall abide the ra-
wages Of time, and glorify its constructors.
A few short years demonstrate the vanity
of the worlds wisdom. Sometimes il
does no, require the shock of q revolution
10 teach the nations of the earth its ephe.
neral character even before its final de.
cadence the world is prepared almost 10
forget that it ever had an existence. The
path of human progress is strewed with
magnificent, ruis. 1t is indeed very doubt
ful whether anything that now exists in
the form of human constitutions and gov
ernments, will stand the Test Of many ages.
Our own wisely constituted government
our organic Iaw-what is it? We pro-
claim that il is the embodiment Of the
political character of the people of the
United States. The application of truth
10 the condition, climate and position of
this great nation. If this be a correct
definition Of our institutions, then we have
government in its truest, noblest, and
most exalted sense. But we would ask,
what evidence have we, that there will be,
in all coming time, conformity between
the popular character, in the executive
administration, and the written code oI
our organic law? We place ourselves
in the number of those who, although no
alarmist, most conscientiously believe that
there are many causes which proclaim in
living characters the end is not yet
From weak colony of thirteen depen.
denries, we have in the providence Of God
grown mp to powerful nation of thirty
two sovereign States, speaking, thinking
reasoning, feeling and believing with
uniformity unparalleled in the history o
nations. 1t is true there are varieties
vet, we find in all the States of The con
iederacy, quite family resemblance; in
dicating that we are Anglo Saxons; W.
grow up many states, but one people
To use the simile, " as distinct as t5I
pillows, but one as the sea-" AS we ex
tend with the rapidity of the torrent, W
incorporate with no adverse tribes, no
do we force any nation into an unwilling
alliance. n
Itis the same family pushing the Sta
Of Empire West Of The Rocky Mountains
and to the Isthmus of Darien. 1t is al
extension Of the same people, identi6e
in all that gives moral and physics
likeness to one great family, firmly boun
together by the stronges. ties that ca
mite man to man Liberty.
The dismal prophesies of the speed
dissolution of the Union, or disruptio
hereafter. when the present generatip
shall have been consigned to the gray
be,rays not the smack Of inspirations
They are but the result Of idle fears,
the ehulition Of spleuatic enemies.
the God Of Battles protected us in d
dark hour Of the Revolution, so, He W
again, and hereafter continue to stand
Us, and shield us from impending DANCE
In our mind the dissolution Of these Stat
is vet disiaui--very distant. There h
been crisis the storm has recently +
ged with fury, but we now have cali
The people are patiently waiting the Q
poHpnity 10 yindicate the character Of Q
0fgauic Law, by, in q pesceabIe manue
hurting from places Of rust, the traitO
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