Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-01-26

for revisions e the Organic Jaw when the
TROUBLES and Dangers Of the State certainly
trancended The powers delegated by it iol
tbe public authorities. Nor opght the sug-
\ osstion 10 excite surprise. Government 10
any form is a macbine ;this Is the most com.
MEX one that the mind Of man has ever in
vented, or the hand Of man has ever framed
Perfect as 10 is, it ought to be expected
that it win OF least as often as once in
century, require some modification to adapt
il to the changes of society and alterations
of empire
Fourthly, hold myself ready now, as
always heretofore, to vote fos sny properly
guarded laws which shall be deemed poces.
sary to prevent mutual invasons Of States
by citizens Of other States, and punish those
who shall aid aud Nbet them. .,....-
Filthy. Notwithstanding the arguments
Of the gallant Senator from Oregon (Gene-
raj Lane), / remain Of the opinion that
physical bounds such as highways, railroads,
rivers and canals, are vastly more powerful
FOR holding civil communities together than
any mere conventions, though written on
parchment or engraved upon iron. re-
main therefore, constant to my purpose to
secure, if possible, the construction of two
Pacific railways, one of which shall connect
the ports around the mouths of the Missis.
sippi, and the other towns on the Missouri
and the Lakes, with The harbors on our
western coast
II, iu the expression Of these views,
have not proposed what is desired or expect
ed By many Others, they viii do me the
Justice to believe that am as for from hav'
| ing suggested what, in many respects would
have beenin harmony with cherished convlc'
tions Of my own. learned early from
jefferson that in political sfairs we
cannot always do what seems TO Us absolute
| ly best. Those With whom we must neces-
sarily act, entertaining different views, have
the power and the right Of carrying them
into practice. We mnst be content to lead
| when we can. and to follow when we can
! not lead and if We cannot at any time DO
for our country all the good that we Wish,
we must be satisfied with doing her all the
| good that We can.
Having submitted my own opinions on
this great crisis, it remains only to say that
l shall cheerfully lend TO the government
my best support in whatever prudent yet
| energetic efforts it shall make to preserve
the public peace and to maintain and pre-
serve the Union advising. only that 1t
practice, as far as possible, the utmost mod
GRAFTON, forbesrauce and conciliation,
And now, Mr. President, what are the
auspices of tie country? | know that we
are in the midst of alarms, and somewhat
exposed to accidents unavoidable in seasons
of tempestous passions. We already have
disorder, and violence has begun l know
not what extent it may go. Still my faith
in the constitution and in the Union abide'
because my faith in the wisdom and virtue
of the American people remains unshaken.
Goodness, cnlmness and resolution are ele-
ments of their character They have been
temporarily dispsced ; but they are reap
pesring Soon enough, trust, for safety,
| It will be seen that scdition and violence
are only local and temporary, and that 10y
atty and affection to the Union are natural
sentiments of the whole country What
ever dangers there shall be, there will be
the determination to meet them; whatever
! sacrifices. private or public, shall be needfnl
for the Union, they win be made. / feel
sure that the hour has not come for this
! great nation TO fall This people, winch
has been studying to become wiser or better
as it has grown older Is not perverse and
wicked enough TO deserve SO dreadful and
severe punishment as dissolution. This
Union has not yet accomplished what good
for mankind was manifestly designed by Him
who appoints the seasons and prescribes the
duties Of states and empires No, sir if it
wara cast down nv faction to-day IL would
rise again and reappear in all its majestic
proportions tomorrow 1t is the only
government that can stand here. Woe
woe to the man that madly lifts his hands
against it, 1t shall continue and endure !
aud men, in after times, shall declare that
this generation, which saved the Union from
such sudden and unlookedfor dangers, snr-
passed in magnamimty even that one which
laid its foundations in The eternal principles
ofHbertH justice and humanity. " i3 s.a