The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-07-04

lShes me, more and more, that IN
shade of retirement is ne,
'''ary to me rs ii will b,
welcomed, satisfied that if any circum
stances have given peculiar value /,
my services, they were Temporary.
nave the consolation to believe lint
while choice and prudence invite me /,
lul' the political scene patriotism doe
not forbid il
IN looking forward to the momen
which is intended to terminate the On
reer OF my public life, my feelings d,
not permit me to suspend the deem ne
acknowledgement Of that debt of grautnd,
winch owe TO my beloved country fo,
the many honors il has conferred upon
me- stu more for the stcndhst CON.
hdence with which it has supported mo
ana Tor the opportunity | have thence
enjoyed OF manltesting my imiolablc
attachment, by services faithful and
peroeyering, though in usefulness un,.
quail to my zeal II benefits have re-
suited 10 our country from these sary.
ices, let It always be remembered ia
your praise, and AS an instructive eN.
ample in our annals that, under cir.
cumStanceS in which the passions. api.
Attd in every direction were liable TO
mislcad; amidst appearances some.
times dubious, vicisstudcs of for.
tune often diScouagng in siua.
tons IN which, not unireauently
want of success has countcnanccd the
spirit of criticism-thc constancy of
your support was the essential prop of
the efforts, and guarantee of the plans
10y which they were effected. Profoundly
penetrated with this idea shall carry
1t with me to to my grave, rs strong
lnclteInenI to unceaslng VOWS, that
Heaven may continue to YOU the choic.
est token Of its bcnefcence, that your
unionand brotherly affection maybe per.
petual that the free constitution. which
Is the work of your hands may be
socredly maintained that its admins.
tration, in every department, may be
stamped with wisdom and virtue
that in fine, the happiness of the
people Of the States, under the
auspices of liberty, may be
made complete, by so careful a prcsar.
walton and so prudent a use of the bless.
iugs as will acquire to them the glory of
recommending it to the applause the
affection, and the adoption of every
nation which is yet stranger to it.
Here, perhaps, ought to stop but II
solicitude for your welfare which can.
not end but with my life, and the APP
prehension of danger natural to that
solicltude, urge me- ON an occasion like
the present, to offer to Your solemn
contemplation, and to recommend 10
your frequent review, some sentiments,
which are the result of much
reflection, Of no inconsidcrablc
observation and which appear to me
allimportmt to the permanently of
your felicity as people These win be
to you with the more freedom,
rs YOU can only see in them the dis
warnings of u parting friend,
who can possibly have no personal mo.
tive to bias his counsel; nor can for,
get, as an encouragement to il, your
indulgent reception of my sentiments
ON former and not dissmlOr
occasion,
interviewer us is the love of liberty
with every ligament of your hearts, no
of mine is necessary to
iortify or confirm the attrachmout
The unity of government, which con.
stitutes you one people is also now dear
to you, 1t is justly So for it is Il main
pillar in the cdiiice Of your real in.
lcpendence--the support of your tran
guilty at home, your peace abroad, of
your safety, of your prosperity Of that
very liberty which you so highly prize
But as it is easy to foresce that, from
different causes and from different quar-.
tiers, much pain will be taken many
articles employed, to weaken in your
minds the conviction of this truth; as
this is the point in your
political fortress against which
the batteries Of internal and eX-
tcnal enemies will he most constantly
and actively, though often coycrtly and
insiduously drccted--it is of infinite
moment that you should properly csti-
mate the immense value of your
national union to your collective and
happiness; that You should
cherish cordial, habitual and immoy-
able attachment to it, accustoming
Yourselves to think and speak of il as
of the palladium of your political
safety and prosperity; watching for its
preservation with Jealous anxiety; dis
comtenancing whatever may suggest
even suspicion that it can, in any
event, be abandoned; and Indignantly
mowning upon the first dawnmg OF
every attempt to ALLEVIATE any portion OF
our country from the rest, or to eniee'
bic the sacred ties which now link to-
aethcr the various parts,
For this you have every nduccment
of sympathy and interest Citizens by
birth or choice, of a common country
that country has right to concentrate
your affections. The name of Amcr'rda
which belongs to you in your national
capacity, must always cXalt the Just
pride Of patriotism, more than any ap
relation derived from local discrimina
tons. With slight shades of differences
Won have the same Ireligion manners
habits and political principles, lol
have a common cause, fought and trl
umphcd together the independence an'
liberty You possess are the work o
Joint counsels and Joint efforts, OF com
mon dangers, suffering and successes
But these considerations, howeve
nowerful they address themselves tt
your scnsibility, are greatly outwelghe'
| by those which apply more immediatel,
to your interest; here every portion o
our country finds the most command
inr motive carefully guarding ant
preserving the union as II whole.
The North, in an unrcstrained inter
course with the South, protected by IN
equal laws of common government
finds in the productions OF the latter
GREAT additional resources OF martini
and commercial enterprise, and preclou
materials of manufacturing industry
The South, in the same interc,ourS,'
heneGtine by the agency of the Nortl
sees its agriculture grow and ITS con
mercc expand, Turning partly mo u