Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1861-01-24

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If the constellation is to be broken up, the Stars
whether scattered widely apart grouped in
smaller clusters, viii therefore she'd forth feeble
sIimmerinss and lurid lights. Nor uii sreat
achievements be possible for the confederacies,
Dissolution would 81 gnaze is triumph by acts
of wantonness which would stock and astcund
the world. I; would rrorincialze Mount Vernon
and give this Capitol ever 70 dissolution At the
very moment when the dome is rising over OF
heads that aas TO be crowned with the statue of
Liberty.
DIsUNIoN THE DESTRUCTION OF WEAK
REPUBLICS.
/ After this there would remain for disunion no
act of stapendous infamy to be committed No
pet.y confederacy that should follow the United
States car prolong or renew the majestic drama
of national progress
NATIONS THRENoDY.
Perhaps it is to be arrested because its sublim-
i,y is incapable of continuance. Let it be so, il
We have indeed become degenerate after Wash
ington, and the. inhexlble Adams, Henry. and
the peerless Hamilton, Jceffrson, and the majes
Clay, Webster. and'the acute Calhoun, Jackson,
the modest 'paylor. aud Scctt, who Eises in great
ness under the burden Of yelrs. and Franklin,
and Fulton. and Whitney. and Morse, have all
: performed their paris, let the curtain fall.
While listening to these debates | have som,
times forgotten myself in making their contrast
ell effects upon the page Who customArily $ tand
: on the dais before ne, and the venerable Secre-
tary who sits behsd him. The youth exhibits
intense ,but pleased emotion in the excitement,
while At every irre, erent word the aged mans
eyes are suiusel with tears Let him weep no
more. Rather rejoice, for yours has been a lot
Of rare felicity. You have seen and been part
.of all the greatness eff your country, the tower
sng gnational greatness Of all the world. Weep
only you, and weep tn all hebitterness OF an
guish who are just stepping on the threshold of
life, for that greatness pershes prematurely, and
exists not for you nor for me, nor for any that
shall come after Us. The public prosperity
how could il survive the storml It's elements
arc industry. in the culture OF every fruit, min
ing OF all the metals; commerce at home and on
every sea- material improvement that knows no
obstacle and has no end; invention that ranges
throughout the led gc as broad as the human
mind can explore; perfection OF art as high as
human genius can reach, and social refinement
working for the renovation ofthe world.
DIsSOLUTIoH AND DEssoLATIoN
How conld our ancestors prosecute these no
bic Objects in the midst OF brutalizing civil con
hictl What guarantees will capital invested for
such purpose have that viii outweigh tAe psemi-
um offered by political and military ambtion7
What leisure will the citizens find for study. OK
invention, or art, under the reign of conscrio
ton Nay, what interest in them will society
feel when fear and hate shall have taken posses
sion ofthe national mind Let the miner in
California take heed, for its golden wealth will
become the prize Of the nation who can com
maad the most iron. Let the borderer take care
foF tie Indian viii again lurk around his dwell
ing. Let the pioneer come back into our dense
settlements. fer the railroad. the post road the
telegraph, advance net ene furong further into
the wilderness.
With standing armies, consuming the sub
stance Of our people on the land, and our naval
and our postal steamers withdrawn from the
Ocean, who will protect respect, or who will
even know by name our petty confederacies.
I OUR NAVY A HARBINGER or THE WORLDS
FEEDoM.
The American Maa-of- War is a noble spect-
ace. have seen it enter an ancient port in
the Mediterranean. All the world wondered
at it, and talked OF il. Sautes of artillery fro m
forts and shipping in the harbor saluted it's fa g
Prince, and Plincesscs, and lpeI chants, paid it
homage, and all the people blessed il as har-
binger Of hope for their own ultimate freedom
| imagine now the same noble vessel again en-
teiing the same-hayen. The flag of thirty three
stars and thirteen stripes has been hauled down,
and in its place signal is up,
which aaunts the device oG lone star
or palmetto tree. Men ask who
is the stranger that thus steals into our waters,
the answer contemporary given is. she comes
from one of the obscure Republics of North
America, let her pass on.
LIBERTY AND UNION-ONE AND INSEPERA BILE
Lastly, Public liberty, our own peculiar liberty,
must langush for a time and then cease to live.
Aud such liberty, Free movement everywhere
through our own land and throughout the
world-free speech. free press, free suffrage,
thc.ireodom Of every subject to vote on every
law, and for or against every agent who expounds,
administers or executes. Unstable corfederacies.
/ allitutublr uttdNie' NitHVut
treason within, formidable only to each other,
and contemplate to all besides how long will il
be before, on the plea Of public safety. they will
surrender al this inestmable anl uLequaled
liberty, and accept the hateful aud intoi.rabe
espionage of military despotism.
40 REASON FOR DISSOLUTION
And now, Mr. President, what il ihc cause r
ibis sadden and eternal sacrifice o. 20 much slie
~ greatness, happiness aud freed,m' Have for
eirn nations combined and are tbes coming in
rage upon us No. - lar from scing eacsrscs.
there IS nor nation on earth ;aAs j. not an inter
est,.l. aimirEg frieal. Even the London Time.
bg no means partial 10 say. il T. quite possible
that '.shc problem Of . Democratic X pubic ma
be solved by is overthrow IN few day, ia a
syri, of folly. seh.haess and short sigh,elness.'
Has the Federal Government income txranni.
cal aud oppressive. OF even rigoroas Or unsound
Has the Constitution lost its spirit. aud al. al
once collapsed isis lifeless letter No; the
Federal Government smiles more beuignaItly, y,
and works T. .day more benefeent'y tLap ever
The Con.ti'utlon s. even Tie ois,sen model f..
the orgauk ltisr VI lhe neNly rising oonfclert.
cies.
THE ELECTION or MR.. LINCOLN.
The occ asion j. tie election OF President ol
the United States Sseis unacceptable % a por-