Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-02-11
VOL 1O---NO. 10.

100 Stronger yet than all these per
haps, but made up Of all them. was q
common interest Variety Of climate and
soil, and therefore production. implyinr
also extent of country, Is not an element
OF separation, but, added TO conticuity,
becomes part of the ligament OF interest,
and Is one OF Its toughest strands. Va
rlety OF production is the parent of the
earliest commerce and trade; and these.
in their full development, are, as between
foreign nations, hostages for peace; and
between States and people united. thew
are the firmest bonds, of Union, But
after al, the strongest of the many orig
mai impelling causes 10 the Union, was
securing of domestic tranquility. The
statesman of 1877 well knew that be-
tween thirteen Independent but contiguous
States without a natural BOUNDARY. and
with nothing TO separate them except the
machinery of similar governments, there
must be perpetual, IN fact an ''ine-
/ presslble conflict" OF jurisdiction and IL
interest, which, there being no ether com
mon arbiter, could only be terminated by
the conflict of the sword. And the
I statesmen Of 1862 ought TO know that
two or more confederate governments,
made up of similar States, having no mai
ural boundary either, and separated only
! by different governments, cannot endure
I long together in peace, unless one or more
Of them be either too pusillanimous for
rivalry, Or too insignificant TO provoke IL,
or too weak TO resist aggression
These, sir, along with the establish
ment OF justice, and the securing of tire
! general welfare. and of the blessings of
! liberty TO themselves and their pos;eriiy,
made up the causes and motives which
imp, led our fathers TO the Union at first
And now, sir, what one of item is
wanting? What one diminished On
the contrary many of them are stronger
/ to-day than IN the beginning. Migration
and intermarriage have strengthened the
! lies Of coRsanguinty. Commerce. trade,
and production, have immensely multi
/ pied. Cotton, almost unknown here in
! 1877, Is now the chief product and eI-
/ port of the country. Ii has set in motion
/ three-iourths of the sI,indles Of New Eng
l"nd, and Sivo1a employment directly or
/ remotely, to full half the shipping, trade,
and commerce of the United States
/ More than that: cotton has kept the
peace between England and America for
thirty years ard had the people Of the
/ North been as wise and practical as the
statesmen of Great Britains If would have
maintained Union and peace here But
we are being taught in our first century
and at our own cost, the lessons which
England learned through the long and
bloody experience of eight hundred years
! We shall be wiser mex: time. Let not
often be king, but peace maker, and in
hgrit the blo ssing.
{ 4 common interest, then, still remains
/ to US And union for the common de-
1 fence. at the end Of this war, taxed. in
debt d, impoverished, exhausted, as both
sections must be. and with foreign fleets
and armies around us, viii be tifty-fold
more essential than ever before And
finally. sir, without union, our domestic
tranquility, must forever remain unset
tied. If ii cannot be maintained within
the Union, how then outside OF If, without
and exodus or colonization of the people
of one section or the other TO 4 distant
country? Sir. | repeat that two govern
ments so interiinked and bound together
every way by physical and social iga-
ments cannot exist IN peace without a
common arbitter. VIII treaties bind Us
What better treaty shan the Constitution
What more solemn more durables Shall
we settle our disputes, then, 10y arbitra-
;icn and compromise Sir, let Us arbi-
tratc and compromise noy, inside OF tho
Union. Certainly II wii! ne quite rs easy-
And now. sir. 10 I'll these original eau
ses and motives which impelled TO uniCr
| at first. must be added certain artificial
Iigamenis, which eighty years Of associa-
tion under a common government have
most fully Developed Chief among these
are canals, steam navigation, railroads,
= express companies, tie POST o:fice, The
l newspaper press, and that terrible agen
f OF good and evil mixed. spirit Of health
n and vet goblin d.a.nned--if free, tn
: genilesi minister OF truth and liberty
: when enslayod, the supPlrst instrument o
= f:llsehood and tvrannv-,he magnetic tele
( graph. Al these have multiplied tn
: speed or the quantity OF trade, travel
o communication. migration, and inter
d course OF all kinds between the difirren
o. States and sections; and thus. 81 long a
u 4 healthy condition 81 the body-POliti
:. continued, they became powerful cement
:. INC agencies Of union The numerou
Is voluntary dissertations. artistic, htcrnr,
Il charitable. social. and scientific. uni
b. corrupted and -,a-l- ianaticai: ihe var
n T u b 's--,''"r'--f