Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-07-13

as n people, we do not watch jealousy the nIst
departure from the fundamental pllnclp'eS Oh
our instltutiOns-the first violations OF the clear
prescriptions of our Constitution. NO open OF
fiagrant departure from these principles-n0
bold and ayOWed violations OF the constitution
no glaring infringmentO ON the rlghts OF Lhe
people are to be expected or apprehehueu bllt
apparently small departures, unuer 3i solno pien
OF public utility, but tending inevitably TO
wider detection from the true line IN the pro-
gress of time and events; ree ana loose con-
structiOns of the Constitution tlat give colOr OF
show of plausiblity toany desired nterpreta-
tion and by such means drawing power I'M
perceptibly from he people, ana overreachlng
and absorbing all local government, cohcShtrh-
ting in one CONSOLIDATED body of men all the
mower of this vast and expanding people, to be
welded in the interests ofrings coalitions, ana
combinations, are most 10 pc ureadeu anu
guarded against. Let us stop inc small Degln,,
nings; arrest every usurpation Of undelegated
authority; kill in Its germ the lnclplent
growth Of every ilcgitmate, power we see
the fatal tendency of powerful ana complheu
interests to control those mthe people nave
elected or in advance TO control the elections
There can be no safety in the iutnre, .wnen
crowded populations, and great ana increasing
inequality Ofproperty, shall test the strength OF
| our institutions. but in simple Dnt clnclent
| government, kept within It's constitutional orDlt
| BY the intelligent watchfuncsS Of the people !
| and in keeping our elections lrGe rom the
| of bold and powerful combinations.
Ietus, then, guard the institutions which the
| men of the RryolutiOn--thC sgners of the Dec
| jnration-the trainers of the eConstitution--the
Washingtons, the JcIlcrsons, the Hamltons
| have handeddo to us. Let us train our chill
| lren to love of country, to love Of froedom'-
| We have n country that spreads its broad bo-
| som from ocean TO ocean; that stretches its
longitudinal line from the icy regions of the
| North, to the almost tropical plains and saVan-
mas of the South it has capaclous harbors on
| every coast; il has Il system of commerce and
communication by rail and river, through its
vast interior hourly extending, hourly i'm.
proving; with soils Of ineNhaustible fertility;
with mineral wealth in its bosom hardly, be,
gan to be dcveloped with almost every kind
and diversity of climate and production, en-,
abling us to exchange products with the 0lu
western world Of Europe, and the still Older
eastern world of Asia; swelling with the rapid
| increase of native population, and the daily
absorption of the ever coming population from
abroad: n country that is "fearfnlly and won
dcrfully" growing into an expansion ofWealth,
| power and greatness that no page OF history
| can parallel and which tasks the Imagination TO
conceive Let us remain aunited people, true
| to the Declaration and the Constitution; true
to ourselves, to the world and TO God then Eye
| hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath II en-
| tered into the heart of man to conceive" the
height of the greatness to which this nation
may attain.