Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-12-12

ana Literary Cluos IN "h'oh ne ''aiuS n''i'e"
Tor ms WORN ana warfare ihe'e ne eNe'
ei-e' ana develops MS eonoa'''enoss anu "uou
ne comes iot'h rom 'he scnoo,s' ne o''o,ne'
polemlc IN theoloHy OF Poi'uc' p" onge'
springlng As ana the oiue eyeu minerva iuuy
armed from tue heau oi 1oVe. ne looAs
around hlm TO see Whal heresy IN ehutcn OF
state he shall assau- lie runs uU a. every
evu he sees. lie lays strong han' upon
whoever does mot agree with MIN ne Is I'M
Pausnt az eil 'n'etlefenceo OF Sugge'uon' iiv
rnshes To- extremes ms aa'ne'tness ctea'es
antaRonlsm' me nus inc Air win we u'h OIL
hs controversies ne sets himse" up 20
decide "hat o,her' Sna'' ea' OF o''nS W wear
"r neue'e' nc is S"a'8 n"o'"a'u "uu 'o'
ro'e iconoelast' ana goes thtousn 'ne wo'N
oreANnS up anu oreaN'nS uo"n eve, mug
he dl7hkes' pu.lnS up tue lares WheInot the
wheat comes with them or NOT ana carrying
ont his principles though the heavens ia'l,
VI course 'uch race as Vhst IL IL cannot nnu
foreign enemies TO nShs Will nave 70 eNPehu
its energies on ltselt'
but whue ne Is oreaS'ng uown everything
that can be shaken this one th'nS sun re-
mans NO strange ruue h2nuS uAn ever 'Ay
hold OF 'he ARK OIL the + am'ly' neh ne eh-
ters tha' abode no olAne 1901 eau ap-
proach' Ana though we shouia commune 20
contenu on the oatue- ueIu' az We nave 'h 'ne
nails OF the senate lor our resi- ec'Ne' o'@'
ing theories OF p'ht'c" tlSuts' 'nou8u III 'ua'
warfare o'her lhlnS' snou'o oo Brounu w
/ powder yet the fanny WI" remain I'm
'A l.s enclosures we shau gatnet ana prove
It's oessea lnuuehee'' we sh"' receive M
nan'mlty Tor the hout vi victory anu couso'"-
/ non Tor The days oI deleat' Let one alF'
another OF inc lal' trees OF tue lo'e''' we
mighty pillars oi the natipn oe Sm'uen uy Tue
wh"Iwlhu' yet TINS mouss' anu s4cteu 'u'"9'
OF domestic love ana me VII! remain un,
toncAel. Ana from ou' OF those noihe' Sna',
com hearts AMI hands TO rear otner lor'ns oi
I national liie or to tore-orgAnlze those thAt are
already broken and shattered Anarchy
viii never be ine lnher'tance OF the Anglo
saxon uIl ms Household LIE Is mlnB OF
the Fast
Agi"'' oar S'die '0t' remain, u'ea" over
grown nations sometimes ian 10 pieces oy
tHelr own weight. INC Oh oisah''m VI Ha''o"''
hie may be SO dverslhed, complicated vast
and cumbrous. that It Will surpass human
wisdom or skill to manage IT, On TINS ac'
count we have always had some sober fears
in respect to our extended aud extending ma
t0h. In fact, 1t IS upon question growing
out Of our territorial extension that we have
struck the rocks in our mid-career' we have
been adding, by conquest and by treaty, held
10 field and territory to territory, until we
had come 70 comprise all possible variations
OF physical HE and oil social character ana
usages To harmonize these under single
Development of national lie has been deemed
an Impossible TASK bot we nave hau an IN
[ creed OF territory. arrogant conn
dence IN On Plasuc power OF our institutions
and though we we're large enough AFTER th'
Louisiana purchase, we must keep on IN th'
work OF accreIlon, untu out oil our very eN
cent grew our deoloraole weakness Amos
universally an empire tha' IS distinctly bound
ed, that preserves ITS territorial limits WIT
extctness is the strongest. n 'the progress
1f extension 1t Is Impossible that Jealousle
should not be awakened and animosiues IN
famed. Over vast and diverse districts tn
government Will bear uneqnally' Inc resuI
must be dlsIntegration or revolution ma
tion must be homogeneous a house dlVlde
against itselI cannot stanu'
In all circumstances however our otale nus
remain. II Is not Within the range OF prooa
o"lty that u wan ever De violently dls mem
oered or reVoluuonHed' Against lorelg
i"o We 'u'"'" w ""'Ne'' A''''"b 90 90 Nv
there Is no reason Tor separation or revolution
1t is not conceivable that we should have oc
cas'on ever to throw on the government tina
we ourselves choose. we may choose L
change 1t, but when every power and ever,
liberty ls IN our own hands, revolution Is on
OF the question we shalI remain unul "
are conquered suoIugated by power iorelg
to ourselves. Inc probabilities OF such
event are 80 remote that 1t Is useless To spec
ulate concerning them
But with the preservation OF our state ]
It's restricted ana leg'uma'e sovereignty az
secuted the mayor part oil our political pies
sings, aud nearly the sum total oil our poht
cal liberties. Inc tendency OF great gov
ernment Is always toward contradiction
power and the destruction oil lnd'vIdual pu'
leSeS' Inc normal tendency OF the uener'
Government Is toWa'u cohsoHuation ana ue'
pousm' ~ Is Ihe olate tna' uoth heuse GU
lloerues Iounu aoout ana oates lls own ofea'
Tor the protection oil us meahesI auu humt
lesl e't@an' lhe sovereignty OF the STATE
hm'ung tue sovereignty oil tue Natlonai GOV
ernment' yet harmonious with It, "a the car
dnal doctrine OF our political institutions
and the sure safeguard oil our personal 'nd'
pendence. IL Is the last thing that we sha
surrender. It IS tue last thing we shall
asked to yield I"s STATE wall then Iema''