The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-07-04


attempt to ALLEVIATE any portion of orr
country from the rest, or to enfeeble the
sacred ties which now link together the
various parts. RSf
"For this you have every inducement
of sympathy and interest,". Citizens by
birth, or choice, ola comMaass country, that
country has right to concentrate your
affections. The name Of American, which
belongs to you in your national capacity,
must always exalt the Just pride OF patr1I- q
otisrn.4 more than any appellation derived
from local discriminafi ienss With slight
shades of difference. 1ns nave the same
religion, manners, haSh aud Political
principles. You have, coinmon
cause, fought and triumphed to9ether /;
the independence and liberty you possesses,
are the work of joint counsels, and joint
efforts, of common dangers, sufferings, and
success.
"But these considerations, however
powerfully they address themselves to yoars
sensbility, are greatly outweighed by those1
which apply more Immediately to your in
terest. Here, every portion of our country
finds the most commanding motives for
carefully guarding and preserving the
union of the whole.
1.-THE North, in an unrestrained inter-
course with the South, protected by the
equal laws of a common government, hnds
in the productions of the latter, great ad
ditional resources Of maritime and COM
mercia enterprise, and precious materials
of manufacturing industry. The South,
| in the same intercourse, benefiting by the
same agency of the North, sees its agri-
culture grow. and it's commerce expand.
| Turning partly into its own channels the
seamen of the North. it finds its particular
navigation invgorated; and while it con-
tributes, in different ways, to nourish and
| increase tie general mass Of the national
| navigation, it looks forward to the pro-
| lection of a maritime strength, to which
itself is unequally adapted. The East,
| in like intercourse with the West, al
ready finds, and in the progressive i'm
provement Of interior communication by
land and water, will more and more find a
valuable vent for the commodities which
il brings from abroid, or manufactures at
home. The West derives from the East
supplies requisite to its growth and COM
| fort-and what is perhaps of still greater
4 consequence, it must Of necessity owe
the secure enjoyment of indispensable
! outlets for it's own productions, to the
weight, influence, and the future maritime
strength of the Atlantic side Of the Union
directed by an indissoluble community o
interest as one nation. Any other tenure
bv which the West can hold this ess entia
advanta ge, whether derived from its own
separate strength. or from an apostate ant
unnatural connexion with any foreign
power, must be iutrnsically preca rIous.
"While then every part of our county
thus feels an immediate and particular
interest in union, all The parts combnet
canno, fail TO find in the united mass ot
means and efforts, greater strength, create
resource, prorortionably greater security
from external danger, "A less frequent in
terruption of their peace, by foreign ma
tions and, what is of inestimab!e value
thev must derive from union an exemp
ton from those broils and wars between
themselves, which so frequently affiic
neighboring countries not tied together b
the same government: which their ow
; rivalships alone would be sufficient I,
5 produce, but which, opposite foreign all
, ances, attachments, and intrigues, wonI
{ stimulate and embtter. Hence likewise
, they will avoid the necessity OF thos
overgrown military establishments, whic
under any form of government are inau'
! oicious to liberty, and which are to be r.
! garded as particularly hostile to repu biica
liberty. In this sense it is, that your nnio
d ought to be cons idered as main prop
your Iiherty, and that the love of the or
II ought to endear TO you the preseryalo