Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-03-15

orntc1<c-i. happy human hearts, binding BY their
affections, their AMBITIONS and their best hopes
equally the high ami the low, the rich and the poor,
the wise and unwse, the learned and the untuorcd,
even the good and the bad, to Government, the
hrst. the last and the only such that has. ever
existed, which takes equal heed always of their
wants. their wishes AMI their opinions; and appeals
To them all. individually, once in year, or in tvs
wears, at least in four years, for their expressed
e,nsent and renewal, without which it must cease.
NJ, 10 <herc YOU will, and to Whit class you mly
with commissions for your fatal service in ore hand
anil your bounty counted by the hundred or the
thousand pieces Of silver in the other, thousand
re is:crs viii rise up for every recruit you can
gaze On the bunks equally of theSt- lawrence
AM OF the Rio San L., on the Atlantic and the
FIci6c cotsts, on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico
sn.l in the dells OF the Rocky Mountains, among
the fishermen on the banks Of Newfoundland, the
ve,vers aud spinners of Massachusetts,, the steve
dorss sf New York, the miners of Pennsylvania,
Pixies Peak and California, the wheatsroW of
Inlixna. the cotton and the sugar planters on the
Ai>sis=ippi, among the voluntary citizens fonf ey
err other land not less thsn the native born, the
c. isti IN ami the Jew, among the Indians on the
prairies. the contumlcious Mornohs in Deserct,
the A frcsRs free, the Africans IN bondage, the in
m tea Of hospitals and aims houses, and even the
csiminals in the penitentaries, rchearse the story
OF your ronss and their own never 20 eloquently
AMI never 80 rnournfuy, and appeal to them to rise
They will asa you, is this allf' "Are you more
JUS; than Washington. wiser than Hamilton, more
humane than Jeffcrsonl' "What new form oil
government of ulsion have you the power to es-
tsbii~h, event the cunning to devise, that will be
uiore jn5t more safe, moro free, more gentle, more
benc6cent, more glorious than thisl' And by
these simple interrOgltories YOU viii be silenccd
and cossfoundcd. -
Mr. President, perpetualy forgetting this
subtle and complex, vet obvious and natural, me-
c,i1nism Of our Constitution; and because we do
forget il, are continuity wondering how it is
that Cohfcdcracy of thirty and more States. GOV
ering regions so vast, and regulating Interests
various of so many millions OF men, constituted and
conditioned so diverscly, works right o. Weare
continually looking to sec II stop and stand still,
fall suddenly into pieces. But, in truth, it will not
atop; il cannot stop; IL not made to stop but
70 keep in motioR--n motion always, and without
f,rcc. For my own part, as this wonderful IA lcsne,
when il had newly come from the hands of its nj
most divine inventors, was the admiration OF my
earlier years although il then but imperfectly
known abroad, 80 now, when il forms the central
fiyure in the economy of the worlds civilization,
and the best sympithies of MN favor its continu-
ance expect that it will stand and work right on,
until men shall fear its failure more than We
now au,reheni that the sun will cease to hold its
eternal place in the heavens.
Nevertheless, 10 not expect 20 see this purely
popular, though m iestic, system always working
on unattended by the presence and exhibition of
human temper and human passions. That would
nc % expect to enjoy rewards, benefits and bless
i.sSs, without labor, care and watrhfulness-an ex-
pcctasion contrary to divine appointment. These
are the discipline OF the American citizen, and he
must inure himself 10 IT, When, rs now, great
policy fastened upon the country through its doubts
and fears, confirmed by its habits, and strengthen
ed by personal interests and ambitions, is to be
laxei and changed, in order that the nation may
have its Just and natural and free developments,
then, indeed, all the winds of controversy are let
loose upon us from all points Of the political
psss. We see objects ami men only through hazes,
misss, and doubtful and lurid lights. The earth
seems 20 be heiviny uner our feet, AMI the pillars
o! the noble fabric that protects TO be trembling
before our eyes. But the appointed end of all this
agitation comes at last, and always seasonably;
the eumults of the people subsidc; the country be-
comes calm once more; and then We find that only
our senses have been disturbed, and that they have
BETRAYED The earth Is firm always before.
and the wonderful structure, for whose safety We
have feared anxiously, now more firmly fixed
than ever, still stands unmoved, enduring and i'm
movable.