Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-22

ls,U'.t - - '-encv Of the North, sees
~ s,,ricUltiIre grow and its com
4 - e,-naDd. Turning partly into
~ -, channels the seamen of the
/ H-3rf6 il finds It's particular navigation
i,,,ris-orated and while it contributes,
3, 5iff;lreut ways to nourish and Increase
! fbe general mass Of the national naviga-
/ ion. il looks forward 10 the protection OF
/ a maritime strength 10 which ltseI Is
uucoually adapted. The Edst, IN like
! intercourse with the West, already nnds,
and in the progressive improvement OF
I interior communications, by land and
water. will more and more find, valua-
I bic vent for the commodities which II
I brings from abroad, or manufactures ut
( home. The West derives from the E0st
supplies requisite 10 its growth and COM
I fort, and what is perhaps OF still greater
/ consequence, il must of necessity owe tile
! secure enjoyment of Indispensable oa--tts
for its own productions TO the Weisht'
influence. and the future maritime
I strength Of the Atlantic side OF
/ the Union. directed by an indissoluble
community Of interest, As one NQfi0a.
! ANY other tenure by which the West can
/ hold this essential advantage Whethef
derived from its own separate strength
1 or from an apostate and unnatural con-
I nection with any foreign Power, must De
/ intrinsically pTecarious'
while then every part Of our Country
I tbns f,azls an immediate and particular
Z interest I'm Union, an the parts combined
e0nnor fail to find in the united mass OF
means and efforts greater strength,
/ greater resource, pr0pOruonaoly greater
security from external danger, a less ne
. Queut interruption of their Peace by for
eign Nations: and what is of lneSbmable
. value, thew must derive from Union an
/ exeruption from those broils and wars
/ between themselves, which so fire.
orentlv anliet neighbOring, cOun-
/ frjes. not tied together by the
same government; which their
/ ovn rivaiships alone wOUld be sufficient
I 10 produce; but which opposite foreign
( alliances, attachments and intrigues
would stimulate and embitter. Hence
/ likewise they viii avoid the necessity OF
/ those oYerEr0N-D Military talllsll Ilieil,7
which under any form Of GoVernu.le nj
are iuaUsIicious 20 liberty, ana "hiCh
are 70 be regarded as paTtlcuiaTly Llo7llis
! to Renublicau Liberty: In tins sense u
fs fEa- vcur Union ought to be c3Hzid-
I cred as a uasiH prop Of your liberty, and
} thsttaa love OF the one Ough 70 enuear
/ 70 Won the preservation OF the otner.
I These considerations speak a persua-
+ sfvs language TO every rejecting and
. yirrurls miud.-aud exhibit the con
I tiuuauce Of the UNION as primary
object OF Patriotic desire. j. there s.
! dafIbf- whether q common govern
ment can embrace so large a sphere3 Let
! experience solve IT, To listen TO mere
. speculation, in such cases were
( criminal. We are authorized to
hope that proper organization
of the whole, with the auXllary
/ agency Of governments for the respect
/ i've subdivisions, viii afford happy issue
4 10 the experiment. IT'S well worth a
fair and fun experiment. With such
D0verful and obvious motives TO Union,
affecting all parts Of our country, while
experience shall not have demonstrated
: its impracticabiility, there viii always be
reason 70 distrUst the patriotism OF those
who in any quarter may endeaNor 10
weaken its bands.
In contemplating the causes which
may disturb our Union, II occurs as
matter of serious concern, that any
ground should have been furnished for
characterizing parties by Geographical
discrimiuati0ns-N0 and southern
-Af1qutie and HCSterE; whence design
ing men may endeavUT TO excite belief
I,that there Is a real difference Of local IN
terests and views. One of the eEpedl-
euts Of PARTY TO acquire influence, within
particular districts, Is 10 misrepreSent the
opinions and aims Of other districts.
You cannot shield yourselves too much
against the jealOUsies and heart burn
ings which spring from these misrepre-
seutatiOus They tend TO render alien
to each other those who ought % be
bound together by fraJernal affection.
The inhabitants Of our Western country
have lately had a useful lesson ON this
head. They have seen, in the negoua-
tf0u hvthe Executive, and in the unani-
NOUS ratification by the Senate, Of the
Treaty with Spain, and in the universal
satisfaction of that event, throughout
the United States, a decisive proof now
unf0uuded were the suspicious prOpa-
gated among them Of a policy IN
the General Government and in the Al
lantic States Unfriendly 10 their inter
esrs in regard to the MISSISSIPPI They
have been witnesses 10 the formation OF
two treaties, that with Great Britain,
and that with Spain, which secure 10
them everything they could desire, ~
respect to our foreign relations, toward
confirming their prosperity. VIII lt not
be their wisdom 10 rely for the preserya-
tiou Of these advantages on the UNION
py which they were procured ? VIII
( they not henCef0rth be deaf 10 those az
/ vjsers, If such there are, VINO would
/ sever them from their Brethren, and con-
meet them with Aliens
To the efficacy and permaneucy Of
v0ur Union, @ Government for the whole
E Is Indispensable. No alliances however
strict between the parts can be an aae-
qusts substitute. They must IneVl-
I -8bly experience the lniracuonS anu
interruptions which all alliances IN
/ an times have experienced. Sensible OF
I this momentous truth, you have i'm
proved upon your first essay, by the
/ adoption Of a Constitution of Gov
eminent, better calculated than your
I former for an intimate Union, and for
I the efficacious management Of your COM
mon concerns. This Government the
offspring of our own choice Uninhueuced
and unawCd, adopted upon fuu investi-
cation and mature deliberati0n, COM
/ pletely free in its principles, in tae distTi-
button Of its powers, uniting security
with energy, and containing within itself
q provision for its own amendment has
lust claim to your confidence and your sup
port. Respect for its authority, compli-
ance with It's Laws, acqnescence In its
measures, are duties enjolneu by the iun-
dameutal IAaXims of true Liberty. lne
basis of or political systems Is the right
of the people 10 make and 10 alter
their Constitutions Of Government.
But the Constitution which at any time
exists, till changed by an explicit and
authentic act Of the whole People, Is
sacredlv obligatory upon all. The very
idea of the power and the right Of the
People 90 establish Government, presup-
poses the duty Of every individual TO
obey the established Government
All distinctions 10 the execution Of
/ the Laws, all combinations and assOcia-
tiOns, under whatever plausible char8c-
I ter, with the real design 90 direct, con-
troll, Counteract, or awe the regular de-
/ liberation and action Of the constituted
auth8rlLleS are destructive Of this fUnda-
mental principle and Of fatal tendency.
! They serve TO organize faction, % give IL
an artificial and extraordinary force-tO
put. in the place of the delegated viii Of
the Nation the viii of a party often q
small but aTrfgl and deuterprisinVminor
OF the community and according TO the
alternate lriuwPhs Of different parties
/ 90 make the public administration the
I mirror Of the iil-concerted and inCongru-
ous projects of faction, rather than the
organ OF consistent and wholesome plans
digssteJ 6y common councils and mOdi-
. UEA l.N UAaNllA sa7a-1 4AD If II AAfAAA
I binstion- or associations Of the above de-
: scriBti0n may now and then answer pop
ular ends, they are likely, in the course
I OF time and things 10 become potent en-
I gines, by which cunning, ambitious and
Z uupriuCipied men viii be enabled TO sub
vert the Power Of the People and 10 uSurP
( for themselves the reins Of Government;
I destroying afterwards the very engines
which have lifted them to unjust do
miuiOu,
Towards the preservation Of your Gov
/ eminent aud the permsuency Of your
! present happy state, IL is re-
[ quisite, not only that you steadily dis
countensnce irregular oppositious to its
acknowledged authority, but also that
vou resist with care tie spirit Of innOva-
lion upon its principles however speeious
the pretexts. One method of assault
NAV be 10 effect, in the forms Of the
Constitution, alterations which viii i'm
pair the energy Of the system, and thus
10 undermine what cannot be directly
overthrgwn. In all the changes towhich
Won may be invited, remember that time
and habit are at least as necessary 70 1Z
the true character Of Governments, as OF
other human iustitutiOns-that expert
ence Is the surest standard, by which 70
1 test the resi- tendency Of the existing
I Constitution of a Country-that facility
I in changes upon the credit OF