New-York tribune., 1868-10-21

district this township, this State We Us POiuo to
people are free make our laws "a govern ricb
Organze all the multifOrm ana hlne u,it ,,s Sn fnr
make up the main substance Ir % % ,he right TO interfere
with the busu,ss To trespass on ,le uit uh,it to
th, So "m;Y,s I law which wraps like an atmosphere
and which we call the Constitution Any th seier
man Of village or by the highest aathorlues VI @ ue
proudcs State. is null ana Nnu 80 90 phirb the neaple
have connJed right aud responsibility oi "a eSeo
while on tue contrary an i~S ahs onsdtnton' shall stand
until the same tribunals In cases within her competence
bali decide that they not in pursuance Of it, All
Ise ia Rebellion and revolution, pure and simple. And
This is TO be governed by the peoples law All this
sould seem string of schooboy trnsmS but one some
times thinks In latter DAYS that every rusm has
become a paradox. anu not afraid. never have been
afraid OF being deprived Of state rights But unless
he perience Of the hast quarter OF century followed
by the most tremendous rebellion against constituted
popular authority over waced, is TO 90 Tor
enough to fear tnc loss of our national rights.
think with everrecurring shudder Of the not very
distant time when all awoke Spring morning aud
found out that We had not country The shout of IN
JOY with which haters of popular liberty an over
the earth hailed the announcement that the brief history
OF the United States had come TO an end that the pnDo
democracy had burst that He Jdce' was alreauy @ he M
scr1bea the tombstone Of the great Republic that sue
was no longer To answer TO her name on tue great % ,
call OF nations; all his Is sill ringing III our ears anu
then 1t was that we pndered quickly ana we ,e p
OF those holy worS-Naon and UnionLwnono MiTn iS
liberty is enpiy phrase. Yet after an supPosVc o
Union gone; the Uni cd States aDOisheu lStVsu y VI &
Msssanhnsets WAS Sovereign and Independent" still.
and Rhode Island or Delaware each WIN s own meets
and armies might ucIy All tnc s"N
nav friends lie good selse well the patriotism OF
the great majority In all the Tree states ,t 'VutLt
them without argument that the dearest OF state
rights was The right defend this Union; to ny TO
arms that single column OF That majestic perlsyIe
of States should displaced that this sacred Common
wealth OF refuge to oppressed OF all nations should
never be deSrOyed can comprehend the %oIu a'ss, ,
anoe although tins also has feuda personal twang not
very grateful to American ear but can coipehehu
1t only III its national Application can swear ,
sacred fealty IL the great Union OF winch nave ihc
honor to be- citizen which OppreSses me never put
winch is always ready To protect me against woru III
lint fpdl
poratl9n which long ago parted yOhy hn yed ana soSr
eignty i'm order to help create higher Organsmsucha al
legance is ineonprehensble To me as allegiance 10 my
sSe hnd that all the necessary functions OF local self
government Legislative. judicial administrative, nave
sphere of the General Government; and know
that Government to be already SO oppressed
with national functions which It must discharge,
as 70 have sa leisure for absorbing into itself those
local powers which are necessary TO me autonomy OF 'e
State and the municipality Certainly the citizens OF no
State in this Union have better right to be proud oi te
very nane-that harsh old heather word most dheult
OF uterance they say to all but American
familiar music II is freghted with the mem
ories OF earnest. Godfearng. hardprayng hard
fighting pilgrims who founded theocraey III savage
nal the stoutest heart whose descendants have caused
that wilderness 20 blossom like the and out OF
Weordered democracy that the world has thus be-
held. But will not yield TO natural enthusiasm nor
speak word more Of cuOgy on our native state More
over what have achieved nothing to The boundess
possibilities Of the future we naSe , sIeeeedfa al an ~
found out the TO ascend but we have hardly begnn
tSas SeSed IN the parsrch vision on when the angels
OF God were ascending and descending Nothing abso. &
successors may compass they follow ID dhe trsck Miea
the moral Of this address that have called your aten
ton to the That II State sovereignties state PRIDE
Of have much interest in the matter as
others Our affections devotion. our closest sympa-
thes our warneSt and dearest memories are Win the
state birth choice but our foremost duty as
citizens is TO that great government without when hat
lu Dnur AT
safety an hour.
THE cRY AGAINST GENERALIZATION.
Look round the world to-day. in any direction, and
say whether you think il desirable for yourselves
and your children To belong TO petty nation and
feeble And % we may ns.OE N na
taned, no doubt. by many from whom differ
taat eee It's 'S eu because Of too much
The republics o antiquity offer but little analogy 10 our
gigantic Of the municpay-of the City-conquering, it
might be, other cities provinces Kingdoms nations but
grown city, SOsO0.OOO of subjects aud because hu
slavery bad eaten out its very heart because 4ooo
and sold like other merchsndise; because there
parliamentary representation OF the vast Duittudes OF
Foreigners whom her egons had subdued and which she
kept aect servude until the slaves rose at last upon
the aud wicked city, and tore her 20 pieces
and the empire with her Does man suppose, If her
slaves had been emancipaed system of popular and
equal representation Of all the citizens OF all and
colors ou ghout that world wide domain had existed
idea which at least may be conceived OF by way OF IL
nstraon-and her army had numbered 5000 men IN:
stead OF being count by millions that her liberties would
perisled and herself ceased TO exist by
OF too much consolidation The danger would have
been precisely the reverse The empire. from its very
tent fallen pieces Of its weight aud In
truth 1t is only in modern scienceno only in poltlca!
philosophy bat ia the application OF physical focesthat
security lies against dlsintegratio Without steam
electricity, aborsavlng machinery and above all an
equal OF popular representation. such widely
extended republic would be impossible and is our duty
guard against the tendencies TO decentralization and
oeazaon by pefectDg as far as possible our rep
resentatye system Nor did the vast eiaPre Of ChaEe
rope. fall from consolidation, but from exactly the op
sse pSsHe E te s1s Of his bece successor. in
tho state OF the world then existing was impossible TO
lacking the modern and invaluable Invention of
popular representation. beside all che other phys
ai.ip,exrsticn s before eyiizaiion could organ
ize itself locally and in detached groupings.
country France where the national territory less
the the single State Of Texas and where the
nearly numerous that Of whole Union; where
there is system Of representation as we understand IT
where public meetings for political discussion, such az
are holding now. are crime; where military gov
sscay a:cpnad and expeTienced soldery as evere1
isted the world. holds all the legislative, executive,
judicial financial administrative functions of the nation
the hollow OF hand and where the press and public
speech under iron control But the cry should point
to the danger. In the United sates-witb universal
suffrage with boundless liberty OF the press and Of pub
meetings; With Congress elected every two years.
and President every four; with standing army DC.
fore Rebellion only equal in number TO the army OF
Hesse CasselSOoo OF them officers priyates musicians
pioneers aud a-and not four tunes that number now
with dozen stump speakers IN every school district
with and mlta-geDeraI IN every village;
with domain of 100000 square milesas large as all
Europecapable Of supporting the whole actual Popua-
ton OF this globe should be packed az closely as tho
Belglans at this moment and sparseiy inhabited by
lees than 4OGO.Ooo all wide awake 70 their rights,
whether municipal State national and ready TO stand
up for them the crack of DOOM cannot feel that our
liberties In much danger from the National Republ
dated military despotsm. IL seems 10 me-n has always
seemed that perls lie in exactly the opposite
directiOp There must be fear OF dsiDegrston where
the surface is 70 broad, the population relatively SO
scauty and the engnery OF repression and
exoept In times Impending catastrophe like those from
which emerging slender That Keen observer
aud profound thinker DE Tocqueve, whose Work upon
a classic for ration was