The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-07-09

THE history Of the race presents but one long
record of efforts to secure this priceless and
splendid boon. 1t Is the darling theme of
every free-born man. To procure it thous-
ands have died on the battle-felds; to main
tain and preserve it, thousands more have
bled upon the scatfold.
The watchword freedom endangered in
spires hcroism in every heart; nerves every
patriot to grid himself for the battle, and
causes every height to flame with its beacon
fires The most brilliant epochs of nations
are the heroic struggles in behalf of civil and
religious liberty. The grandest efforts of
mind the noblest achievements of arms, the
most sublime ministrations of charity that
have adorned and illustrated the history OF
our race have all sprung from this principle
Liberty is the very fairest flower that can
grow upon the soil of nations
Columbia's greatest glory does not consist
in her political economy; in the number OF
her ships floating on the ocean; her greatest
glory is civil and religious liberty. 1t is our
inheritance to an extent and with security
which we believe to be utterly unparalleled in
the history of former times. The heresy OF
secession is the adversary of God and of
man; the murderer of all virtue; the parent
and nurse of impurity and vice, the progress
of which can only he traced in pollution and
blood, and the triumph of which can be cele-
brated only over the utter wreck and ruin OF
all that is dear and dignified and holy, alike
in the life that now is, and also in the life
that is to come. If the legal right OF seces-
sion had existed, it was crime, morally, to
have exercised it at such a time. Our ma
tional prosperity exceeded that of any other
people. What a grand spectacle did we
present to the nations; a great people, gov
erning themselves by their own laws; In
creasing in all the elements of national gran
deur. How remarkable was the character OF
our government then when compared with
the most enlightened countries of Europe
Take, for example, England. This govern
ment is said to be the most advanced in
civilization of any of the monarchies.
Facts are more valuable than arguments
United States, the supreme power in
Constitution clearly defined by a written in
strument England, the supreme power in
Queen, Lords and Commons, defined by the
laws of Parliament; United States, the Exc
cutive power in President, elected every
four years, having salary of $4,000; Eng
land, the King or Queen, hereditary, with an
annua. salary of $3,500,000; United States,
Senators chosen every six years by the States
from the masses of the citizens England,
House of Lords, composed of the hereditary
nobility, appointed by the sovereign; United
States, Representatives elected every two
years, directly by the people; England, House
OF Commons, elected during the sovereigns
pleasure by privileged boroughs; United
States, the Church distinct from the States
and wholly dependant upon the voluntary
support of the people; England, the Church
incorporated with the State, independent of
the voluntary support of the people, and the
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to $15O,000 each annually United States,
the municipal laws of the country enacted
by State Legislatures, entirely distinct from
the general government, the members of
which are chosen by the people, according to
State Constitutions; England, the municipal
as well as other laws are enacted by the
Parliament, in which the people are only
partially represented; United States, all the
people on an equality, i'll regard to power,
privileges and distinction; England, the
Executive and Senators irresponsible to the
people, having interests adverse to them
United States, the Executive, Senators and
Representatives responsible to the people
from whom they are taken, and 20 whom
they speedily return, and with whom they
have an identity of interest United States,
the income of the people free from compul-
sorry taxation for religion; England, the
income of the people taxed for the support
of that gigantic swindle, the Established
Church; United States, land and wealth
generally equally distributed amongst all
classes, and no law to perpetuate them in the
hands of few; England, land and wealth
generally confined to the aristocrisy, and
laws made to perpetuate them in the hands
of few families United States, a tendency
on the part of the government to place every
man on the same level; England, a tendency
of the government to make distinctions
among the people, and to separate class from
class, and laws enacted to maintain such
distinctions.
Taxation in England, on every article, is
fourteen times as heavy and on many enorm-
ously higher than in the United States
1t is nc vain or arrogant boast which as
signs to Columbia the first rank amidst
States and Empires. 1 love this government.
l love it in its origin. 1 love it in its supre-
macy. 1 love it in its individuality I
love it in its personal power. 1 love it
III its determination and will. 1t seems to
to make this new, last crown of great Re-
public. One Of the great difficulties in other
nations is found in the impediments to
the general diffusion of knowledge
Education here is Free In the United States
there are over two hundred Colleges, from
which issue 4, 600 students annually The
annual expenses for instruction, including
board, is $3.50 yearly. In England there are
few Colleges in which the expenses average
$500 per annum. The people of this coun-
try voluntarily spend forty million OF dol
lars to sustain education and religion. We
publish ]. 900 newspapers-more than $50
daily. The number of newspapers and
periodicals published in this country exceed
the number published in all Europe, which,
in proportion to the population, gives the
people of the Uuited States an advantage of
thirteen to one. Let the stranger appear
when he may in all this and, he will never
get beyond the pale of rational information.
We commemorate, also, the grand patriotism
Of tile loyal people of the North and the South.
The American heart goes out with the
rapturous language of the Scottish bard:
"Breathes there man with soul so dead.
Who never to himself hath said
This is my own, my native land ?''
Columbia, the fairest and youngest men,
Der of the great family of nations, seemed
dying. The Kings were rejoicing over the
downfall of their only rival, and
the brilliant pen of Bulwer, deeply dipped