The mountain Democrat., 1865-07-01

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&sslsA esd -RapVlaslss. cad : we bed
the ad@Oaitlaas e ssstssaeD- end ihs
teachings % SlssOtfy; Il Ss-eliue ~ tSs
EHstsssss lsssey erqssz1Axd 20 usby ~
Athess1 is1ws "enaa Nth Jealous 0rs
our constitutional ubertiea"s our progress
In The nsxt slsAty-nins jean must b
still EsPs wOrdEoss. The sNsDts - tAs
past Gst sorOwfuf yrars have AugAt 10
many psinfAI DeseOOs; bat whsrher they
Asxe nAAs ~ wiser aad bstsss Is , auss,
sioa not yet decided. We live In oSsaIfsl
IineA. whea Questions Of the GrandeSt
magnitude ere ~ b decided, and on their
decision depends the glory OF the shame
Of The American people. The drstinies Of
the cOOntFy At this moment hang trsn..
bling In fearful bslance, and few brief
and earnest words, addressed to the great
body Of The people. will not be inOppOF.
tow. eta juneturS 70 imPCStAAt, n0t only
to our institutions. but to the cause Of hu.
manity and civil liberty. Animated sols.
~ BY IN engrOsSing zeal in the maints.
nance Of the benign principles and wise
policy Of the revered author Of the De.
elarstion Of Independence, We may GER
tainly be allowed. on this occasion, to
claim III. candid and friendly attention Of
az enlightened community.
Now. moro than ever before, We may
appreciate, and should act out. the advice
of Washington, who said to Us in his
Farewell Address:
"The North In an unrestrained intercourse
with the S,'uth, projected BY the equal laws nf
. Cinnamon government, HndA, In the prOdAc.
"t maritime and cDmmsrciAl enterprise, and
PRECIOUS materials Of manufacturing industry
Tue South L. The same iuteFcOurse, bene6 ting
b. TIE agency Vt tue North, sees itH aRricu Iturs
grow, and itr cnmmerce e1pand. Turning
partly into its own chaunels i.a srsmen of the
North, and il shds its particular nsViaaiiOu
invigoratsd; while II contributed. in di6ervn,
wAva. 10 nOurish and increase the general msAs
Of the Ratiasal navigation. Il loOks trward N
the pr'lsctiIa II \ maritime sirpng'h 10 which
itself Is unequally adapted. The East. in like
intercourse with the West. ALREADY finds, and
in the pr1,grenaive Improvement OF interim
Communication, BY land and water, will more
and mnFu find . valuable vent far the cOmmod-
tiles which il brings from sbrAd, or manufac.
lures Of home. The West derives from the
East supplies requisite 10 ita grnwth aud com.
E'rt and 10 what perhaps Ut still greater conse.
Quenee IL mnsi, At necessity, owe secure enjoy.
Ineut of indispensable outlets, FIR il, own prn.
dWctOna, ~ the weight. influence. aud the fu.
tire maritime strength Of the Atlantic side Of
the Union. di, eeted by an indissOluble com
muntty ut lateeest ~ One Hatina.
While. then. every part Of our couutxy thus
feels al immediate Ana particular InteEsss in
uE'iOn, all the parts combined cannot tail tn
nnd, in the united mass IL means and Efforts
greater strength. greater resources, PropOrtinn.
ably greater security frOm external danger, .
lsAS frequent interruptions IT their peace By fur.
ei2n uatiIns and shat is nf inesti0aAble value.
they must derive from Union an exemDti,'u
fr"m ihose Dr. lis nnd wRrs between themselves,
which sU frVqneRtly atilict neighbOriug c0uu.
'ties. cot tied together BY the same ROVern-
ment which their "wn TivalSAip alone would
be sufficient " pr'dUce. but which opposite
F"rciRn alliances. attachments. and intriguea.
<Ould stimulate and Imbitter. Hence. like.
wise, they will aTOid the necessity Of these
Uvergr0wn military establishments. which, IN.
der any form IT government. are inauHpiciHus
to liberty, and which are 10 b. regarded -
particularly h"Rtile to republican liberty; in
IhiA Renae il ia. that yOnr union Ought 10 be
considered ~ . main prnp It your liberty, and
that the love ri the one ought 10 endsar " you
the PreseFv ati"n Of the otber."
Now ia the time to cultivate q spirit Of
friendship between the North and the
South now is the time to insist, in the
language Of Washington. on their being
protected BY the equal laws Of com
mon government" now ia the time to
form ian indissOluble community Of in
,erest az one nation"-a union Of hearts
and hands a. we'll as Of States" WhO
desires any other Union! II is the only
Union that will DO permanent and make
US happy and prosperous nation. Our
fathers. with 4 COMMON language, com.
mon fa;:h and common ambition, cheer.
fully contributes: to the common veal
and expected to share . common destiny
Let u follow thrir example. They dep
rrcated sectional strife. As early a 1895
Mr.. Jefferson. Ioreseeing what sections
strife would lead to. warningly wrote:-
"A geographical line. coinciding with Z
marked principle. moral and political
once conceived and held up to the angry
passions Of men, will never be obliierated
and every new irritation will make il
deeper and deeper" Prophetic words
~ regret" said he. ''lhat ] am now t.
lie in the belief that the useless sacrilic,
"f themselves by the generation Of l77t
to acquire self government and happiness
I" their eOuntry. is to be thrown away BY
the unwise and unworthy passions o
their sons, and that my only consolation
in to be, that livs mt to see it." Thil
was written at the timO q grORraphica
pArty WAS formed in the North, and thu
excitement ran high on the admission o
Missouri.
It is not to be dfsGuixed that lost o
power ITas been productive Of fearful evil,
IN our national pr"gress but never IL
our history has q more daring and reck
Iess scheme Of political intrigue beer
started, than that which has been set uT
AZ the framework Of = Northern party
based upon sectional views. and Hostile