Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1865-12-22
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Anu Ino house OF representatives ans
wered Washington by the voice of Madi-
son We adore the invisible hand which
many difficulties, to cherish a, a,cons,ioua
responsibility for the destiny of republican
Fbersy."' More tlian ,ssventy-six f'yea,s
have glided away since these words we're
spoken, the United States have, passed
through severer trials than were ,toresecuc
and now, at this new epoch in cur sxist-
ence as one nation, with onr ,nnion purified
by sorrows, and fstreng gthensd By ! conflict,
aiid established esaa by the Yirtuegof the peo-
pie, the greatness of the coccasion, invites
us once more to repeat, with solemnity,
tile pledge of our fathers to hold ourselves
answerable before our fellow-rnen for the
succt OF the repu'7 can form OF govern
ment. -. ...sfe - j. sge
Experience has rtoved its sutfciency
|in'peace and in war; it has, vipdieateds its
authori; j, through dangers and afHictions,
and sudden and ter. ibie emergencies. !
Which would have lseesSesssss "a any, system
that had been less frln fixed in the heart
Of the people. At the inauguration eof
We ;hington the fereign relations of the
country were few, and its trade was repres-
sed by hostile regulations; now all the
civ ihzed nations Of the globe welcomes soar
commerce, and their governments profess
towards us anlity. 7sg ~
Then our country felt its way hesita.
t'7gl along an untried oath,y with stah
so little bonna4 together by rapid fncafis
OF communication ss8d be- hardly krooWr
~ one anoth.>, and 4 I'll hiss sooric ffaditiolk
extending over very few yeas; now. in,
',"cou.se betw an the states is swift. and
M n .; the ex Perience OF centuries hss
+ > c.owded into a few generations, and
has created. an Intense, iDdestructbilea sas
tionai;ty., - .sF fafs @trls xIdg al y.ats
| Then orr jurisdi diction did not. reach sebe.
yond the inconverient boundaries of stlIe
.erritoly y which had achieved independ-
! e1ce now Trough concessions OF lands
fist coloEi~ ID by Spain end France, the
country has acquired more complex
character, and b for it.. natural Limits
the chain OF Lekss, the Gulf Of Mexico
and on the est and west the tive great
oceans. y.s4....-..' - =
t. Oher Da, IONS were vast 4 by CIV ID wars
for ages before they could j. establish
for themselves d e necesss " degree OF
lun;ty the latent convict ion that our form
lot government is tho hest ever known -
the world, hes enabled us'to eu,erge from
civil war within four years, with . coIa-
i plete vindication Of the constitntionaf an
Ithority Of the general government. and
! with our Local liber:ies and state insfitu-
ors nnimpasrcd. . 1.s.. $ - s
: 1ne th"ongs of emigrants that crowd
20 opr shores ore witnesses of, the jcOnfis
: dcnce Of all peoples, III our pcrniaaence..
!ere is the great land of free labor, where
industry is blessed with nnexampled re
wards, and the bread OF the work ngmaif
is swectened by the eonscsousness flsst flle
fcause of the country esis his own cause
! bis own seAety, his own dig II ity. -, Here,
.Ievery one enjoys the free rise Of his facul
: les and choice of activity a. q natura
fright IS s ~ ,<.ss ~ l{.ssa - 8,
Here, under the combipedt !; aauence 20.
a f',nitful soil, genial climes, and .happv
IiDstitutionss spop,tlation Ina il xincfeased
s. Iffteen-fold lWafilinsqea4 centafy. Ss Here,
through the easy developfnent OF Bound
i lea. re sources, wealrh lafy fhcreased Tfk
ltwo-fold greater rapidity than numbers,
Iso that We have BECOME secure agafpsf
& the financial vicissitudes of other onntrias,
!, land J, alike in busine .and iii opinion, are
Iself centred and trtfly Independent. - - -
II Heresmo and more care ID lgivena to
IproN .de edncation for every one bornsso q,
! our $ soil. Here Erehgien, released sfrona
Ipolitical connection with the scivitse
: Imsnt, refuses to subsefyc the scfaf fSsol
Il staiesnen, and becomes, in its if.depei5d-
ence, the spiritual life sefA the sas
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