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

unnatural uncct,oh With any loroil
mower mnstl intrihsically prccariot
While thcn every Part Of our cou
try, thus feels mn 'u'''', wv. ana p'f !,
ular interest in th wn.o"' az u
parts combined cn 'nos tal'
lind, IN the united mass " ''r'',s u" ~,
efforts, greater strength gre Wv, ,'s S'''
eos proporlonahly greater see, IVY wv
external danger, lcss requcn, Nv ~
Wpied of their peace by TO W
nations and what is OF incstima y
value. they must derive from union ~
exemption from those hroils and war,
between themselves which 50 frequent
/ ly Affect nciEhboriug countries. not tied
together 10y the same government
which their own riwlships alone would
be sufficient to produce. but which op.
poslte foreign alliances. attaohmcntSan aud
iutrlgues, would stimulate and mhittrr
Hence likewise, they will avoid the ne.
ceSslty of those oycrgrown military as,
Establishments. which, under any form of
government, are inauspicious to liberty
and which are 10 be regarded rs particu-
Iarly hostile TO republican liberty, in
this sense il is that your union ought Ia
be considered MS a main prop of your
liberty and that the love of the one
ought to endoa to YOU the preservation
of the other.
These considerations speak pcrsuR-
SNe language 20 every rejecting and
yirtuous mind and exhibit the continu.
ancc of the union rs a
primary object of patriotic
desire Is there doubt, whether II
common government can embrace su
rye n spherr2 Lctcxperiencc solve it.
To listen to mere speculation in such n
ease, were criminal We are author
lied to hope, that u proper organization
of the whole, with the auxiliary agency
of governments for the respective sub.
division, will afford happy issue to the
experiment, II iswcll worth u fair and
full experiment With such powerful
and obvious motives to union affecting
all parts of our country while eNpe-
rlence shall not have demonstrated It's
mpracticablity, there will always he
reason to distrnst the patriotism OF
those, who in any quarter may on.
deayor to weaken its bands
In contemplating the causes which
my disturb our Union, it occurs, AS n
matter Of serious concern, that any
ground should have been furnished for
chaNctcrizing parties 10y geographical
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES aud South.
ern--Atlantic and Western. whence
designing men may ondeayor to excite
a belief that there is real difference
of local interests and views one
of the cNpcdicnts of party
To acquire influence within
particular districts, is to misrcprcsent
the opinions and aims Of other districts,
You cannot shield yourselves too much
against the icNlouSies and heart burn.
ings which spring from these misrcpre.
sensations. they tend to render alien to
each other those who ought to be bound
together 10y trutcrnal affection. The in.
habitants of our Western country have
lately had a useful lesson ON this head;
they have seen in the negotiation 10y the
Executive, and in the unanimous ratili.
cation by the Senate, of the treaty with
Spain, and in the universal satisfaction
at that event throughout the United
States, Il decisive proof how uniounded
were the suspicious propagated
among them, of II policy in
the General Government, and
in the Atlantic States, untriendly ia
their interests III respect to the
Mississippi; they have been witnesse,
to the formation of two trentios--that
with Great Britain and that with Spain
which secures to them everything they
could desire in regard TO our foreign re
lations towards confirming their pros
pcrity. viii it not he their wisdom tc
rely for the preservation of these ad
vantages ON the union by which they
were procured viii they not hence
forth be deaf to those advisers, if sucl
there are, who would severe them from
their brethren, and connect them witt
aliens
To the efficacy and permanently o
your Union, Government for tn,
whole is indispensable No alliance
however strict the between parts can b,
an adequate substitute they must iney
itably experience The miactions and in
tcrruptions which all alliances, in al
time hive experienced Sensible o
this momcntous truth, YOU have i'm
proved upon your iilst essay by tn,
adoption of constitution of Govern
mcnt better calculated than your former
for an intimate union, and for the cilica
cious management of your common con
Germs. This Government, the offspring
of our own choice, uninIlucnccd and I'M
awed, adopted upon full investigation
and mature dcliberNtion, completely
free in its principles, in the distribution
of its power, uniting security with en-
crgy, and containing within itself u pro
vision for its own amendment, has ,
lust claim to your confidence and you
support. Respect for its authority com
pliance with its laws, acquiescence III it
measures, are duties cnjolncd by tn,
fundamental maNims of true liberty
The bases of our political systems, is tn
right of the people to make and nlte
their constitutions Of government; bu
the constitution which ut any tint
exists, till changed by nm explicit AM
authentic act of the whole people, i
sacredly obligatory upon all. The yer
idea of the power and the right of til
people to establish government, pre-
supposcs the duty Of every individual
to obey the established government.
All distractions to the execution {
the laws, all combinations and associi
tons, under whatever plausible chara'
ter. with the real desig to direct, col
troll countcract, or awe the rcgllla
dcliberation and action of the constitl
ted authorities, are destru'
tive to this tundaments
principle, and of fatal tendency
They serve to organize faction
to give it an artificial, and extraordinaI
force, to put in the place OF the delegate
will of the milton, the will ola party
often a small but artiul and enterprisin
minority; of the community, AM
according to the alternat
triumphs of different parties. I
. make the public administration the mil
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