Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1860-03-30

I Tins. III, If ambhiuS and their BEST hopes
equally the high aud the low, The ric'l and
,hc noor. ihr w.c and uuwi'e, the learned
aul the nntutorr,l, even the good and ih-
lLal. to n government the first, the last ana
he only sarh one that has ever eAl,lcd'
wh'ch takes rqnsl heed ALWAYS Of their
wants. their wishes. and their OF inions; and
Iuppnls 10 IA m all, Individually, once in a
year, tr in two years or at least IN tour
years, for their eXpr ssed clnsent aud re-
lncwul. without which i must cease. No
% whore YOU will, aud to what c'aSs you
may. with commissions foe yonr fatal SER
vice in one llnd. and Your bounty couHted
! by The hundred or the thonsand pieces ct
silver in the other, n thousand reSisters will
Iisc mn for every recruit You can engage,
On The banks equally Of the st. Lawrence
AMI e the Rin G. and on the Atlantic and
The Pacific coasts, on the shores OF the Gulf
of Mexico and in the drlls Of the Rocky
Mountains, among the iisherm on the banks
Of Newfoundland, the wcayerS and splnners
Of MassachuS IT'S, the stvedores OF New
York. the miners of Pcnnsy lvania. l'ikes
Peak, and California, the whcat-growers OF
Indiana. the cotton and the sugar planters
on the Mississippi, among the voluntary
citizens from every other land, not less Than
The nat We born, the Christian and the jew,
among the Indians on tn" prairies, the con-
Tenacious MormonS in DeSeret, the at /
cans free, the Africans in bondage, the in
mates Of hospitals and almshouses, AID even
the criminals in the penitrntiaries, rehearSe
the Story of your wrongs and their own
never so eloquently, and never so norm
fully, and appeal TO them to rise. They
will ask Won, as this ALP "Are you more
lust than Washington, wiser than Hamilton,
more humane than Jff,rson 2" What
new form of government or OF union have
you tie power to establish, or even the cum
ming TO devise, that will be more just more
safe more free, more gentle more beneiic-
ent or more glorious than this 7" And by
these simple inierrogatories you will be 81
fenced and confounded.
Mr.. President, we are perpetually forget
ting this subtle and complex yet obvious
and natural mechanism of our Constitution ;
and because we do not forget it, we are
constantly wondering how ii is that con-
federacy of thirty and more States, cover
irg regions 50 vast, and regulating interests
so various of so many millions of men, con-
siluted and conditioned so diversely. works
right on. We are continually looking to
see it stop and stand still, or fall suddenly
into pieces But, in truth, it will not stop
it cannot stop; il was not made TO stop, but
TO keep in moton-in motion always. and
without force. For my own part, as this
wonderful machine, when it had newly come
from the hands of its almost divine invent
ors, was the admiration of my earlier years,
although il was then but imperfectly known
abroad, so now, when it forms the central
figure in the economy of the worlds civil
cation, and the best sympathes of mankind
favor its continuance, / expect that 1t will
stand and work right on until men shall
fear its failure no more than we now APP
prehend that the sun will cease TO hold his
eternal place in the heavens.
Nevertheless, do not expect to see this
purely popular though majestic system
always working on unattended by the pres
enc and exhibition of human temper and
human passions. That would be to expect
to enjoy rewards, benefits, and blessings,
without labor. care and watchfulne san
expectation contrary to divine appointment.
These are the discipline of the American
citizen, and he must inure himself to it.
When, as now, great policy, fastened up
on the country through its doubts and fears.
confirmed by its habits, and strengthened
by personal interests and ambitions, is to
be relaxed 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 compass, We
see objects and men only through mazes
mists and doubtful and lurid lights. Thu
earth seems to be heaving under our feet
and the pillars of the noble fabr" that pro
terts us to be trembling before our eyes
But the appointed end of all this agitation
comes at last, and always seasonably; III
E tumults of the people subside; the countr
becomes calm once more; and then we fin
that only our senses have been DISTURBED
and that they have betrayed Us. The cart
is firm as always before, and the wonderfr
structure, for whose safety we have feare
so anxiously, now more firmly fixed tina
ever, still stands unmoved, enduring an
immovable