The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-10

sudden and terrible emergencies, which
would have crushed any system thar mad
been less firmly fixed on the heart or me
people. At this Inauguration Of WASH
ington, the foreign relations of the coun-
try were few, and its trade was repressed
by hostile regulations. Now all the civil
lied nations of the globe welcome our
commerce, and their governments profess
towards as amity. Then our government
felt its way, hesitatingly, along an I'M
tried path, with States so little bound To-
gether by rapid means of communication
as to be hardly known. and with historic
traditions extending over very few years.
Now, intercourse between the states IS
solid and intimate, and embraces lands
! first colonized by Spain and France
The country has acquired more complex
character, and has for its natural limits.
| North and South. the chain of lakes and
/ the Gulf of Mexico, and on the East and
| the West, the two great oceans. Other
nations were wasted by civil wars for ages.
/ With us the experience of centuries has
been crowded into a few generations, and
has created an intense Industrial natlonall-
ty. Then our jurisdiction did not reach
| beyond the announcement boundaries OF the
Territory which had achieved indepen-
| dence Now. we are reliant in the
conviction that our form OF govern
ment is the best ever known 10 the world.
1t has enabled us to engage in civil
war within four years, Win complete
yindication of the constitutional authority
of the Federal Government, ana with our
liberties and State institutions unlmpaired
The thropg of emigrants that crowd ouI
shores are witnesses of the confidence OF
all people in our permanence. Here. Is
the great land of free labor. where industry
is blessed with reward and the bread o.
the working man is sweetened by th'
consciousness that the cause of the coun'
fry is his own. Here. every one ENJOY!
the free use of his faculties and the choice
: of labor as a natural right. Here, through
the early development OF boundless resour
! eos wealth has increased with create
= rapidity thap in any other country AM
: alike in business and In OPINION, tne peopl
. are self-contented and truly independent
i Here. more and more care is given to pro
vide education for every one born on on
: soil Here religion, released from politics
"a connection with the civil Government re
fuses TO subserve the craft OF statesmen
( and becomes the spiritual life OF the pee
y pie. Here latitude is extended TO ever
e opinion with the certainty that truth neet
ie ONLY fair field to secure the victor!
n Here. the mind goes forth unshacNed
- tho nnrsuit of science. and to collect stor
aC of knowledge and acquire an ever lncrea
IN inc mastery over the forces OF natur
IN Here. the National dominion Is offered al
ne held in millions of separate free-holds'
az that our fellOW-citiZenS, beyond Cns occl
at nants of any other part of the earth, CO.
IT. stitute in reality people. Here, eXls
ne tbe Democratic form ofGovernment, VINE
lie bv every confession of European state
IS men. gives power no other form Is cap
e. ble of. because it Incorporates every M
he with the State and arouses everything I'll
ry heIongs to the soul. Where, in past hist
ed nv. does a parallel exist to the puDllc ma
an niness which is within the reach OF [
-er paonle of the United States? Where,
lly any part of the globe, can institutions
OF found so suited to their love, as their oN
Is free Constitution Every one OF the
nj i'm whatever part of the land ne mas
I'VE home. must wish its perpetuity. W no W
nst NOT acknowledge, i'll the words OF NH
not inpton. that every step by when the pt
her nile of the United States have advanced
of the character of an independent Maui
aut seems TO have been distinguished Dy 81
or token of Providential agency! W no
on. not ioin with me in the prayer that the
in visible hand which has led us thfouSh
an cloud that rloomed around our path
so ouide us onward, that we, on TINS
5 of NAV be able to transmit our great nm
5 tance of State Governments i'll their rlS
my of the General Government, I'D IL: WI
that Unconstitutional Vigor, to our posterlty,
be- they TO theirs, through countless gen
t it liOns. ,,y Jouxso
mp (signed) AN IocE