The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-09-12
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Gu 'he haiIo" ana tSneflcan compre
hension Of our system Of govern
ment which originally prevailed
and gave tone to the Administration OF
the elder Adams. Under its Influence the
commercial and economical interests Of
the country were emancipated from the
hot house system of tariffs and currency,
which bound American energy and skill in
the chains Of European theory. Under
its leadership, the American flag was car
ried in glory through war. and sent in
peace floating in security over all the seas
of commerce. Under its leadership the
area Of the country was almost doubled
and new fields Of enterprise we're popuIa,
ted by prosperous American communities.
Under the guidance Of no other party was
any great stride made in civil or CONNER,
cial prosperity, was a war ever waged with
foreign enemy, was an acre Of territory
ever added to our vast domain. The dem
ocratic party led the country from its fee
bic and poor condition at the beginning
of the present century, to the great and
glorious empire of freedom, the unparall-
eled political and material prosperity, in
which it met with is last defea. in the
presidential election of 1860.
Such defeats Of the great party of the
country never before carried with them
permanent evil to the nation. The old
opponents Of the democracy took the adj
ministratlon Of the government upon its
defeat, and surrendered it again upon its
success, the Constitution and the Union
remaining unimpaired. The ancient an
tagonists of the democracy, whatever their
sins Of doctrine or action, were national
parties, resting upon no sectional policy,
representing no sectional constituency.
Whenin power, they administered the gov
ernment upon the policy of majority of
the whole country. When in opposition,
they spoke for a minority of the whole
country. They were loyal, because they
were national. The Union was safe, be-
cause they were loyal. Their success was
harmless to the constitution, because it was
the defeat of constitutional party, and
notof the spirit of the constitution itself.
The defeat Of the Democratic Party in
1860 has been followed by the revolt Of
several of the States from the Union and
by the presen: terrible civil war, because
1t was defeated by sectional party. We
reprobate that revolt, as unnecessary, un>
justifa5le, unholy. Devoted to the Con-
stitution, we invoke the vengeance of
God upon all who raise their sacrilegious
hands against it, whether wearing the
soft gloves of peace or the bloody gaunt-
lets of war. But we affirm that the revolt
and consequent civil war were long fore
told and probable result of the accession
to power of a sectional party, because
their success was the defeat of the spirit
os the Constitution.
In so vast a union OF states, of such diff,
fering interests. habits and institutions, the
danger of sectional parties to the peace
and permanence of the Union, was only
foreseen by the fathers of the Constitution.
The Father Of his Country, gave voice
10 these apprebensions in his farewell ad>
dress in 1896. lie passed a eulogium up.
on the Union, which no tongue or pen
has since improved. lie urged the unity
Of the government which constitutes us one
people. He impressed upon the ration,
that it was " a main pillar in the edifce of
our real Independence the support of our
at home, Of our power abl DAD,
of our safety, of our prosperity, ofthe very
liberty which We so highly prize" In a
spiri. of prophecy, he cautioned the people
and their posterity against the dangers it
might encounter, and with bis parting
words invoked them indignantly to frown
upon the first dawning of every attempt to
ALLEVIATE any portion of our country from
the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties
which now linked together the various
parts" lie enlarged upon the mutual de-
pendence of the various parts of the coun>
,ry, n5.th and south, east and west he
warned us against parties founded on &C.
ographical determinations whence design.
ing men might endeavor to excite belief
that there is real difference Of local inter
ests and views" lie foretold that cone Of
the expedients of party to acquire infu-
ence within particular districts, is to mis-
represent the opinions and aims of other
districts" He iorewarned us that "we
could not shield ourselves too much ap'st
The jsalousies and heart burnincs which
would spring from these misrepresenta-
ions, which tend TO render aliens to each
other, those who ought to be bound to-
yether by fraternal affection" Fearful
fearfully fulfilled How the
great spirit of the ilustrious Washington
would have mourned had he been aba to
'oresee the full and terrible measure ofthe
LANCER he foretold, the insane and terrible
disregard Of his holy advice which has ac
,omplished it.
There was no reason why the several
States Of the Urion should not have abid
ed together in harmony, for all time
Their domestic institutions, their social
condition and their habits of life, differed
indeed from the beginning. And. in the
language Of General Jackson, 4" this differ
nnce unavoidablv increased bv the varyinp
principles upon which the American colo-
MES were originally planted principles
which had taken deep root in their social
relations before the revolution. and there.
ore, OF necessity, influencing their policy
,lnce they became free and independent
states Ihe progress Of ali the states
vas great, but frequently in different di-