Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-07-05

! ration. Hut the Union uhuef tht NVuaN'"'''
4 IAN everlasting covenant well ordered IN
all things, and sure entered into .by the peo'
ple Of tho United States, by which uhey are
indissohbly bound together. And as neither
one of tho Stntea In its sovereign capacity
was a party 10 that covenant so, too, can
neither ono OF the States M such, have q voice
in annulling ~ and as the people who OR
dained the Constitution and established the
| Union" have made no provision for US disso-
luton hy either a peaceable or violent separa-
ton, Il follows that the people and the states
arc linked together In ono destiny, and hence
they must live together IN the Union while 1t
lasts, aud perish together with the Union
when by revolution (the only mode by which
Il can be dissolved IL ome 10 an end which,
may God, in mercy, forever avert
Permit me 10 enforce this view of our glori-
ons Union by a few quotations from the great
leaders Of both the political parties in our
oluntry. Aud first let us hear Andrew Jack
sou. lie said, in bis memorable Proclaim
ton, "lho Constitution of the United States
found not n league, but n government in
which the people Of oil the States collectively
are represented. II was ratified by the poo-
pie Of the United States acting in separate
Conventions, aud acts upon the people indl'
yidually aud not upon the States, But each
State, having expressly parted with 80 many
powers, "a 20 constitute jointly with the other
Statds, n single nation, cannot from that time
possess any right TO secedc, becnuso such Sc
]cossion does not destroy u league but the uni-
ty OF n nation
And next let us hear Henry Clay. He
said in his great compromise speech; "The
Constitution of the United States was not
made merely for the generation which then
l.Ht.i.l l.I g.. a..N..ssr .,u1tu.sNnN NtstHn-
fined, endless, perpetual p%ostority. And eve
~ State that thou came into the Union, and
every Suite that has since come in, came in
binding itselfby indiss0lublo bonds TO remain
within the Union itself and TO rcmain in the
Unioh by its posterity forever. There is no
right on the part Of one or more States to So
code from the Union Like another of the
sacred connections of private life, II is n mar
rage from which no human power can divorce
the parties
As Napoleon, in one of his campaigns, cut
down the bridges, to indicate to his soldiers,
that as retreat was impossible, there was no
alternative left them but to conquer or be
conquered; and Ms Cortcz, on his expedition to
South America, sunk his ships when he land.
ed, TO impress upon the mind of his army that
as escape was impossible, they must either
become the conqucrOrs of the country or be
conquered by is inhabitants, so too did our
Fathers tear Town the bridges Of notification,
and sink the ships of dissolution, in the for.
nation Of the Constitution and the establish
ment orthe Union, thereby saying 20 the poo
pie of the United Stntes-"Guard against cor,
ruption in your Offices, aud a peryersion Of
your Constituhon-conquer party luminosity
aud sectional strifc-live together, be prosper,
Gus and happy or know assurodly, that by d
reckless Disregard Of these injunctions, you
will rot together in your own corruptions, bite
and deyour one another by your unnatural
q%uarrels, prove yourselves unworthy Of being
the guardians Of the cause Of selcgovernment,
and sink together to u dishonored national
grave"
6, We remark That during this era, the true
idea Of seiI igorcynment has been successEily
Illustrated Many of the hypothesis origina.
ted in the sphere Of science, have proven
their unsOundness MS soon as they were put
into practical operation, and so too, many OF
the ideas, entertained by mankind, concern
ing the subject of government, have been
shown to be erroneous, when incorporated
into the constitution of IL State, and practi.
caly carried out among the people.
Such has not been the practical working Of
the true idea of selfgovernment in America
since the adoption of the Constitution. And
although seventy years do not constitute Q
very great age for n nation, they nevertheless
furnish results sufficiently great, TO enable O
candid Judgment TO be formed concerning the
character of the form Of government, under
which they have been produced. In collect
ing the fruits Of the American experiment o
solf.government together, and drawing oul
conclusion from them, IL is important TO re
member, thnt IL possessed not n few advanta
yes, over every other similar experiment evel
made. Among these, we mention the age il
which it took place. Its era Is the last Of th,
nges which time has measured out 10 man on
earth. IL has received, as its inheritance, III,
accumulated political discoveries of all othel
ages. II deserves to be styled emphatically
the era of tho worlds progress. Another nd
vantage is found in the character of the peo
pleamong whom II was made. They haC
brcathed the atmosphere of freedom, croatet
by English laws, undor Magma Chartn The,
had been thrown upon their own resources
and grew up amid the hardships Of n new
world. They had enjoyed the highest oultur,
of civilization, and imbibed the principles o
the Protestant religion. They were the pro
gony offs mixture of the best blood of thu
Caucasian races, and had risen to the highes
type Of manhood. They were the %poiitiea
Israel Of God, raised up and fitted by Him, Il
make this grandest OF all political expert
, ments.
And the last, though not the least adynn
= Itage, consists in the character OF the countr,
in which IL was to DO made, But here tim
and language fail me. How can | describe il
In It's extent u nearly equals the whole o
Europe. In the richness Of its soil, the yari
) city Of its products, the salubrity ofits climate
: and in the observation-disclosures Of its resoureea
: NJ surpasses all other countries. It's higl
montains, its vast prairies, It's precious miner
ais, its nayigable rivers, its inland seas, anC
: its romantic scenery, render il the %loyelies
land which the God of nations has ever be
: slowed upon any people on the face Of the
! earth.
Experiments in self government, under
different forms, have been made in other eras
by other peoples, and in other lands, by the
Hebrews in Palestine, by the Greeks on The
Aegean, by the Swiss in their Alpine yallies
Iby The English in their sea skirt Isle, by th,
Poles aud Hungarians in Europe, and by thu
Mexicans and Spaniards in North and Soutl
America, but all these experiments laborod un
der almost insuperable difficulties, arising Other
from the unpropitious ages in which they wer,
made, the deficiencies Of the people by whom
they were Attempted or the uniayorable Terrific
ry on which they occurred, and dence they
have proven unsuccessful And Ms in al
these respects the experiments made by our
Fathers was different, 30 too have boon il.
results. But how shall ! sum them up
How estimate their priceless value2 They
embrace every department of National great
ness and every element Of National prosper
ity. Our population has Increased from 3 tc
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