The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-12-14


= on the experiment. entrusted 10 the
american people," And the House of
representatives answered Washio gtou bv
he voice of Madison: .'We adore the
INVISIBLE hand which has led the Ameri. |,
an people, through so many difficulties.
o cherish conscious responsibility for
ne destiny of republican liberty" More
han seventy six years have glided away
ince these words were spoken; the Uni.
ed States have passed through severer
rails than were foreseeD; and new. At
his new eposh in our existence Al ons
nation, with our Union purified by sor.
'ows, and strengthened by conflict, and
by the virtue Of the people,
The greatness Of the occasion invites W
once more to repeat, with solemnity, tho
pledges Of our fathers to hold ourselves
before our fellow men for the
success Of the republican form of govern
ment. Experience has proved its suffi.
cheney in peace and in war; it has vindi-
Gated its authority through dangers and
Affections, and sudden and terrible emer-
geocies, which would have crushed any
system that had been less firmly fixed 10
the heart of the people. At the inaugu,
ration of Washington tho foreign rela.
tions Of tho country were few, and its
trade was repressed by hostile regulations;
now all the civilized nations of the globe
welcome our commerce, and other Gov
ernments profess towards US amity. Then
our country felt its way hesitasingly
along an untried path, with States SO
little bound together by rapid means of
communication as TO be hardly known to
one another, and with historic traditions
extending over very few years; now
between the States is swift
and intimate; the experience of centuries
has been crowded into few generations,
and has created an intense, indestructi-
bic nationality Then our jurisdiction
did not reach beyond the announcement
boundaries Of the territory which had
achieved indeper dence; now, through
cessions Of lands, FIRST co!onized by Spain
aud France, the country has acquired q
more complex character, and has for its
natural limits tie chain Of Lakes, the
Gulf of Mexico, and on the east and west
the two great oceans. Other nations
were wasted by civil wars for ages before
they could establish for themselves the
necessary degree of unity; the latent con
viction that our firm of government is
the best ever known to the world, has
enabled Us to emerge from civil war
within four years, with a complete vim
dication of the constitutional authority
of the General Government, and with
our local liberties and State institutions
unimpaired. The throngs of eni grants
that crowd to our shores arc witnesses Of
the confidence of all people in our pcrma
nence Here is the great land of free
labor, where industry is blessed with un-
exampled rewards, and the bread of the
worAsuEnsn- II swooteued rDy the con-
sciousncss that the cause to his own
dignity. Here every one enjoys the free
use of his faculties aud the choice of &C
tivity IS natural right. Here, under
the combined influence of fruitful soil,
genial c,imes, and happy institutions,
population has increased fifteen fold
within century. Here, through the
easy development of boundless resources,
wealth has increased with two fold great
er rapidity than numbers, SO that We
have become secure against the financial
vicissitudes Of other countries, and, alike
in busin rs and in opinion, are self cen
tired and truly independent. Here more
aud more care is given to provide educa-
ton for every ono born on our soil. Here
released from political couaec-
ton with the civil government, refuses
to subscrye the craft of statesmen, and
becomes in its independence, tho spirit.
ual life of the people. Here liberation is
extended to every opinion, in the quiet
certainty that truth needs only a fair field
to secure the victory Here the human
mind goes forth unshackled in the pur-
suit of science, to collect stores Of knowl
edge ard acquire an ever increasing ma
terry over the forces Of nature. Here the
national domain is offered and held in
millions Of separate freeholds, so that our
fellow citizens, beyond the occupants Of
any other part of the earth, constitute IN
a reality people. Here exists the dem
ocratic form Of government, and that
form of government by the confession OF
European statesmen, "gives power OF
which no other form is capable, because
i incorporates every man with the State,
and arouses everything that belongs to
tho soul"
Where, 10 past history, docs parallel
exist to the public happiness which is
within the reach Of the people Of the
United States? Where, 10 any part Of
tho globe, can institutions be found go
suited to their habits or SO entitled to
their love as their own free Constitution
Every ono Of them, then, in whatever
part Of the land he has his home, must
wish its perpetuity. Who Of them will
not now acknowledge, in the words Of
Washington, that "eyery step BY which
the people Of the United States have
advanced to the character ofan independ-
ept nation, seems to have been dissin.
onished by some token Of Providential