The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-10-07
WashingtOn's Advice.


that immortal, wise, patriotic and national
document, WASHINGTON Farewell Address.
Observe how earnestly the great patriot
warns his countrymen to beware of section
al organization-to frown down all attempts
to ALLEVIATE one section of the country from
another, and to beware Of instituting COM
parsons between the North and South, East
or West, calculated to diminish that uni
versal love of country which should every
where prevail.
We ask every candid man to peruse this
advice of WASHINGTON, and then to institute
a comparison between the plecepts inculcat-
ed by that great man, and the teachings of
Black Republication. What is the burthen
Of every Abolition speech ?--abuse of the
South unfriendly comparisons between the
North and South, and desperate attempt
to rend asunder the bonds of fraternal love,
which now happily unites the two sections
of the nation. We ask every man who has
heard Grow and CoLFAx, and HALE, Don.
NELLY, FARNswoRrH, or BINGHAM, if the
main portion of their speeches have not
been Of the character above referred to.
Read the warnings of w AsH1NGroN against
such miscreants:
The unity of government, which consti.
tutes you one people, is also dear to you.
1t is justly so ; for it is main pillar in the
edifce of your real independence-the sup.
port of your tranquility at home, your peace
abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity,
of that very liberty which you so highly
prize. But as it is easy to foresee that,
from different causes and from different quar-
tiers, much pains will be taken, many artih-
ces employed, to weaken in your minds the
conviction of this truth as this is the point
in your political fortress against which the
batteries Of internal and external enemies
will be most constantly and actively Though
often covertly and insidiously) directed,-it
is of infinite moment that you should pro.
perly estimate the immense value of your ma
tional union to your collective and individ-
ual happiness; that you should cherish
cordial, habitual. and immovable attachment
to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and
speak of it as the palladium of your po-
litical safety ard prosperity watching for
its preservation with jealous anxiety; dis
countenancing whatever may suggest even
a suspicion that it can, in any event, be
abandoned and Indignantly frownipg upon
the first dawning of every attempt to alien
ate any portion of our country from the rest,
or to enfeeble the secret ties which now link
together the various parts.
The North, in an unrestrained intercourse
with the South, protected by the equal laws
of common government, finds, in the pro-
ductions of the latter, great additional re-
sources of maritime and commercial enter
prise, and of precious material of manufac-
turing industry. The South in the same in.
tercourse, bene6tting by the agency of the
North, sees its agricultural grow, and its
commerce expand. Turning partly into its
own channels the seamen of the North, it
finds it particular navigation invigorated
and while its contributes, in different ways,
to nourish and increase the general mass of
the national navigation, it looks forward to
the protection of maritime strength to
y ! itself X IS unequal'y adapted y
These considerations speaks persuasive
language to every rejecting and virtuous
mind, and exhibit the continuance of the
Union as primary object of patriotic de-
sire.
With such powerful and obvious motives
to Union, affecting all parts of our country,
while experience shall not have demonstrated
its impractibility, there wiH alyays be
reason to d,strust the patriotism of those who,
in any quarter, may endeavor to aveaken its
bands.
In contemplating the causes which may
disturb your Union, it occurs, as matter of
serious concern, that any ground should
have been furnished for characterizing
parties by geographical determinations
Northern and Southern-Atlantic and
Western: whence designing men may
eDdeavor to excite belief that there is
real difference of local interests and views.
One of the erpedients of the party to acquire
influence wdhin particular districts, Is to
misrepresent the opinions end aims of other
districts. You cannot shield yourselves too
much against the jealousies and heart.
burniDgs which spring from these misrepre-
sensations; they tend to render alien to
each other those who ought to be bound
together by fraternal affection.