, 1861-01-15
welfare of all parts OF which the country a@ Ma@@
composed, land the late ot m euo1e tns n1os'
Interesting in the world.

,c1fare of all parts OF which the country Tas
omnosed. and Ile late Of IN emuirc the most :
p1ssoLr7,oN sCIcIpA--
i e1tcz upcn this subject OF continuing uo
7n1nn no,;. dsspiv im;,Fc%sed Ei1a the eatAs
,eucrous and 1osl couvictloa- Lew coula A.
~ othcryrise, when hs:c,l O: Gully tb'rtesn,
I,e countrT i now compo:c.l al 4sr'y-th1te
,4rts. and The empire embraces, instead oi u
;,ur millions. no less than thirty millions q
nhabjtautss The founders OF the Constlta
lion, moreover, regarded :he cn'on Is no msf
national OF American interest W t::s c'
|tary. thev confessed with deep seuslbititr th''
d seemed to them to have been reserved 10:
the rpo,,Ie Of fbis country to decide WheshtF
sor;etiea Of men sre really capable 9: essa',.
lIshins rood government. epca ael!ect'oh aug
choicc, Or whether the: are s"rsyst ~ asselhee
to depend for their polt!cai con511sc''e1ts os1
accident and force T.
They feared, therefore, that their failure TO
ronfirnc and perfect the Union would DC
MI sG;r1 enc to the nations. How much more,
sir won'" It's overthrow no" be Il ealam'tS ~
mankind? :,...,,,a
hero a. elsewhere. Whatever form ne hhyef
.verr Individual citixca aud every StAie naaa
cede to 1t eou1e natural right, to Invest INC
GoyernH.cot with tins requisite poTer. Inc
sitnpie question, therefore, Is ior es nov ~
decide, while iay;ns aside all pique, passion
md nreiudices. wiietLtf It conducss more to |
The interests Of the peop.c of this country, so1
thc general PURPOSES OF peace atitt ~ar, eom-
merce, Inland aud foreign, postal conin1sics-
tion5 ut home and abroad, the care anu ulspo-
sltlon Of the public domain, cotoaa.'ou, st,ts tns
aud generally the enlargement Of empire, 70
cont ti,,ta one nation under eur present Constl-
'trtit11, than 1t would be to dlsluc IneoAseSes
into separate confederacics or Ssates: oas
country remains noT as II Nas III .tos' s9a
1..ku nfS0AS
INT uf one whole we'll connected ant feRtt;e
region. living within the temperate zonc, villa
c,i2nat,s aud soils ardly more Tarlout fh1n
those OF Tf.nee or Italy. This I'll sht tNerss :;
quickens and n'nplles N mandacsafes s[1,aes ~ ;m
proved by ::., furnish US system ot n'sn"
ways unequallediti :he weTls' -....
Va 1nnErRssss11LE coSEicT BETWEEN FREE
AND SLAVE LABOR.
The different forms OF labor, if slavery Wcro
mt pcrye.te d to purpo G. oil political amtltlou,
reed not constitute an element OF STRIFE III ine
Cou(rd4!acy: Notwithstanding recent teh1~
| mcut expressions AMI nanilesiat ons oi nAtot
| ar,ncc i, sume quarters, pyaduced by intense
1ort;son exci1c1uyut, we aae, in fa' t, homo
rrn,ous people, chiefly Of une stock, WIN az :
eessions we'll assinlilatcd. We have p1ac1,caa.
" only one la,saage, one religion, oEe system
ol Government, and nianners nna casse.ns s. an'
common TO nl! Why, tilen, shall we not &C.
l
spcre,rr TIE FIRST oBJEcT OF SOCIETY.
The rr=t object Of every human & sJsletg ~ tnas y
1rl1 and thry rllst sSerihee every othcr lnls
security IA Of two kinds o;sf exemption from
forrien aecrt ssions and influence tue otnes
exemption from domestic u zAnny und asaition, a
Foreign wars come from e1lEeE sAoia@4'Ao -
treaties OF domestic violence
ORR FOREIGN RELATIONS
The Union Ea> thus far proved Itself an ~ n
most perfect shield assrst sush WITT IT,. =; =;
n,omatic acquaintance. have now t1sa.'sS wv,
r,nne the Netherlands, Great Britain: Sre
tiar,. Prn~ei1 Spain, Russia, Denmark, Me1ico
Erazil. Aas.@i1t Turkey, GILL, Ssam' MssSa, sa,
Venezue'a, Peru Gsss:e s1rAlo'a, ,1,.sG,. Gen'Io.
Hanover, Portugal, nv S:tsl,.," :m..ny n:
. s., sanx Switzerland, Mccklenberg, senxetll
8 En,,cnnla. the Hawaiian 1slandt, Sat o:'l's
4 ,1nr. i,orneo, Costa Plea, Bremen, the Ar:sel
: tirr Characterization, Loo-Lhoo, Japan, btun
6 wick, Persia, Baden. Belgium ana ~.
/ Nevertheless, The Eei ed s.ates within ths
on,;rr ey;stcurs under the Federal Coast.t'
It finn. have had n,yrant wars WITH oni; 1os
r. States. two Of which were insgniiicah. pos
s crs' on the coast OF Barlnsy, and hase uau
d rtct hoatilitits amonn'in to reps.sAs Nv WV
o only two OF thras moro, anu 1hcs &fe no"
nesce With the whole World.
=, ! ntSCStQY WOULD SALAAAA A-.~
u u DANGERS or qoEElGS WAA
r. r. the Union should be dirtdsA into on
cr i two C,asedsracice, each of thes1 ~oults ae
re 10 make us MANY treaties a. we hAvc nS@, =
a. nr enursr. would pe liable to Eise Us naa
causes for WIT as VIC now 10. but ~,
frnm the sad experience Of other nations, "
lisiulesTation, uuce begun, 'nevirao1s soh,
,r, ;nfo nI1 ma many pa:tc. S.c, comic elcra'ion II
Id .I,n;t ,,ltifnatelY arise out ef The ruin ol
II. Union. will have necessity :oT IS many tseas
o, "a ,yc ncw have, ar1 will incur liabilities
3D. var as often .. we now DO ~ oreassn5 ~ u.
III, n i. the multiplication Of treaties aad
N. want Of confederation that makes war t!,e
1c- NAL condition Of suc'ety III Hests1o 1At'
&c. and in Spanish America
~ ~ PEACE DEPENDENT on POWER
It IL Union that, notwithstanding ouf Eo
o> wide intercourse, makes Fcace ttc RAUL VI
uH .,1 American people. will descend SO 10" 2:
til AL; whether new con;ederacies wocl's w apl
.,,x willing to hear the srissoas eSpe':.e ~ , ~,
This t,;n;v5 tie diplomatic relations winch can
;css he dispensed with except by Ei:Aa!aH y
der fron fo7cian commerce. Our tcaeral
the rrumcnt is better able to avoid giving
IN c,u,c for war than several tonl!deraslSs :,
anu cause it can conform the action u ~
ces- States to compacts. It can have only Que
sith str.,ctiou, au,i ouly one tribunal to promo
ces- the coustructiou Of every treaty- Local
not Temporary interests and passions, or PCT!
own cupldity ind ambition, can drive small
vail | ti.~,cic. or States more easily than
Uses Han,h1;c into iudisrrset violation sof trt:
pls, The United States being . great aud trri
enit ~. anT.er cnn always SECURE favorable
pow satisfactory treaties. Indeed every ire:.'
than have was voluntarily made. Small comic
even cies or States, must take snch 1fSa.ie' ~ .
.,; can get, and give Whatever tfea'ses III
,;.ls mso ID. ...;.e,oto-r
'lc's, i humiliating or even unsatstaett92.J t2
'avcd ia :. chr.,,,ic c 4use u; foreisu war The
that ter Of wars resulting from stlttatls g
us1n- would, in case OF division, amplity stseli !
ulbcr 1919, - the number Of new co11edc
long and thc;r iyritability.
wa nnr ,rli. t;sputes With Great Britain abou
oon the boundary oi Maiue, the patriot
, 4b,s Tec.ion in CauadA and the Island ol 9ln !.
.;naJ thn bortltr striics between Texas anu ~
r are tue lucura1oue VI IVY - 1..oo ali thes.
Ederal Mexico and Gentln aAI1a I,L,.s.n,.1 only
,e We ~. imoc,lutbAb:lity Of the Federal Cover
so,vo. This Government not only gives lever
ofwar, whether just or uu5uat, tran
confcle7acics would. bat it always ms
ct ability TO accoWnoahte tAeM ~ Nv ~,
! (Mr. Csc Of more GOODNESS and courage the
!, State more various and ,uere liberal MEANS q
'at no aisular. ii need be, Of greater f"rcc-
ave no ore Knows how placable wa ourselves
inst a controversies with Great Britaln. + E:sl
,sump- S,r,in, aud yet how exact'nE VIC nave :,
lgainst our intercourse with New GEa1ao3' II
7 Us = and San Juan dc Nicaragua
:yerted a,vrrv Of EACH OF THE STATES III
utional III II or Ak
= Eng o,o x.-;l, disnute O
; e-;ttn;n G,thers' maxim that the common satG'
:. .tnt is ths safety Of each Of the States.
tution- | remain unteof tne - a.,1 Ill thc fnrct
not be blues az ING u1'atsl : - 49, ~ ,.Faocc
rs held several STATES >ni-,e anJ -
w eue' Them With one ~ stem watches for tn
- a single eve, which il turns In all dts
lbLE- and moves all agents unde. the contfo
s neces oyecutIyc head. 4 nation 50 consti
the or1- s,f. arairst ssallt or even insult
lence Of 1'yces aIwa;s speedy exhaustion - o.
}: but | or,5 a seycre strain upon credit LII
equally ries and credits Of small coufede1ac!e
thin It's often PROVE inadequate Those o1 ID
atc can are always ample
IN Us DOMESTIC uosTn1T1Es OF TIE d
han tho STATES.
1'e 1have thus far kept out Of view
..- and 4ions which must ari.e between tho
, IN sn- acies themselves They would oe
~ iar;s. incnnsfderlb nations, bordering
~ oter. and therefore, according to all
au.a N.4,a- nhiIosouhT. natural enemies In ot
~ thc Euauv treaties which each must Il
lo Of the iore'9n po"c:s, ta1,t;-tr 49, tf,.n a.
4aT1 I,onfederaciGs must also maintain tre
o14'e" oiIthe others, and SO be Liable to {
FREQUENT otIeasa- They would n
! have different interests rcsultin,
!ress any ecn,;ni1~ -oannftrtnres ind nayi:
nn1 1nsn immigras on, and perhaps the Eli
. az .hs Each would stil,ula!e with foreign
~ ~ ~ an advantages peculiar to nsen, ana
" A'7 Its rivals. ... ..