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

Cypress The mind Of man. Mnn
4. II is our duty faithfully TO guard the
great trust committed TO our care. In the
preamble 10 tho constitution IL Is declared.
that its framors ordained II, 10 secure "a
themselves and their posterity the blessings
Of liberty. They have transmitted those
blessings 10 US, and such transmission in.
wolves tho obligation Of guarding and trans
hitting them to inturo generations. And in
order that VIC may do this, we must fully
roalizo the greatness and aacredness Of the
trust thus committed 10 our hands. We
must be true TO the great idoho Of solfgovern.
mont, as conceived by them, true to their
full expression Of II, true 10 their authorit
tive declaration OF Il, truo 10 their trium-
phant yindication oft, true 10 their consti.
tutional embodiment Of It, and true to their
practical illustration oft, undor the admin.
istrations Of Washington, Adams, Jefferson,
Madison, and Monroe. And all this can only
be done by being true to tho central and ali
controlling idea Of American Self-Govern-
mont, via the idea Of the Union. flour "a
theirs had hilod in the consistent oonception
Of that idea, failed In its constitutional en-.
bodiment and iailed in regarding its indis.
pensablo necessity 10 the perpetuity and
strength Of their political organization, oil
their preparatory work would have boon on.
tirely useless. They might have brought
together tho head and arms, and logs and
trunk, aud all the other members necessary
70 constitute its form, but without binding
them together by the strong ligaments Of the
Union, IL never could have received the breath
fife and become u living political organ
ism. Without interponotrating II with the
life force oftho Union, it would have remain.
cd under the death force Of dissolution, and
long ago rotted in tho grave dug by its own
hand. IL they had not succeeded In balan-
cling tho variou forces acting in tho sphere oil
the State, their system would have had in
corporated within IL tho elements Of It's own
destruction. The centrifugal aud centripetal
forces balance each other in the planetary sys.
TEN, and hence tho Sun retains his position
in the centre, and tho planets their move-
mcnts around i'm. Increase the centrifu-
gal force, and tho planets would fly from
their centre--increas the centripetal force,
and they would DO drawn to md merged in
II. SO too IL would have been il our fathers
had erred in determining the respective pow
ers Of tho State and the Federal Govern.
ments. lfthe powers Of tho States had be0n
increased they would have seeded from the
Union; if the powers oftho General Govern
ment had been increased, il would have swal-
lowed up the sovereignty ofthe States. But
they have done neither. They avoided both
the Scylla Of confederation, the Charybdis o
consolidation and hence tho perpetuity of the
Union is possible. But it il only possible by
adhering to the idea 0 ftho Union entertained
by our fathers, Fidelity TO that idea has thus
far preserved it,and fidelity to that idea can
alone preserve it in the future. Pervert il
into the idea Of n mere confederation, and
tho least political pressure would snap tho
Union asunder, and scatter its fragments to
the four winds Of the political heavens
Peryert il into the idea OF q monster central
consolidation, and corruption in tho genera
government, by giving to tho Constitution q
latitudlnarian Interpretation, might rob the
States OF their reserved rights, and bind Tho
people hand and foot, under the sacred
name Of liberty, with the shackles ofdespot-
ism.
And while our history furnishes us with
light houses to direct our course, so too docs
it reveal to us beacons Of danger to preserve
as from destruction.
In 1893, after tho passage Of tho Alien
and Sedition laws, two Of the States, Virginia
and Kentucky, perverted the true idea OF thu
Union into that ola mere confederation anC
claimed the right Of notification. They app
pealod to tho other States for endorsement
sympathy and support. But they appealed
in vain. A united New England opposed
their views, and not a single other STATE
gave them any countenance.
Upwards Of thirty years afterwards null
fication raised its head again in the Senate
Of the United States, by a singular peryer
sion OF the true idea Of the Union. HaynC
and Calhoun, Of South Carolinia became III
champions. Webster, Of Massachusetts, on
tered the forum as their antagonist. They
mot in debate when Webster utterly annihi
lated both of them, won the most brilliant o
his victories and was hailed Ms "The Defend
or OF the Constitution" Shortly afterwards
il was again brought forth by the passage -oi
n notification ordinance by the people o
South Carolina, endorsed by tho legislator,
oEthe State, and maintained by her execu
tive.
But Divine Providence had so ordered
that Andrew Jackson, the hero of New Oh
leans, occupisd the Presidential chair. A
he had proven himself in other crises, 80 di
he prove himself to be the man for this. Ii
issued his Proclamation, which fell like smotl
ering thunder on the ears Of the nulliier
and followed Il with his Message, which ca
ried with il the lightning, and crushed III
Palmetto State into submission.
And so may 1t over BIO Wheneyc
any State shall raise the standard Of disur
ion may there DO other States willing TO RAJ
ly around it. Whenever a Senator shall ris
TO advocate II, may their never be wantin
M opponent, on whom the mantle Of Wei
ster has fallen, TO reply to him. And wher
ever a Governor shall DO found willing TO ca
ocuto the ordinance Of n convention Of M
liAers and Secessionists, may there never I
wanting n President, made Of tho stern stu
Of Old Hickory. And Ns in 1911, when
member OF the House Of Representatives sail
'if this bill passes the Union Is virtually dii
solved; and II will be tho right OF all, nm
the indispensable duty OF some Of the State
10 prepare definitely for separation, peact
ably, IL they can-forcibiy il they must.
the Speaker declared him out of order, K
using words threatening the stability Of N
Union, so too may the timo soon come agail
when the advice Of Washington, ia his far,
well address, shall be universally respectel
aud all the people OF all the States, OF a
sections and all parties shall properly esteel
tho immense value OF the National Unio
TO their individual and collective happiness
when they shall cherish q cordial, habitul
and immoyable attachment to it, whe
they shall acoustom themselves TO think, an
speak Of IL as the palladium OF their politic
safety and prosperityi whom they sha
watch for It's preservation with jealous anx
city, and diseountenauce even tho suspicio
that the Union can, in any event, be aba
doned. Divided as we are, and neeessari
will be, on political subjects Of minor impo
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