, 1877-08-18
rmportan,e Of the States.

man OF the acknowledged ability and pat
notism of Judge N. P. Deadly come to the
rescue and in words Of wisdom set forth the
importance of preserving State institutions
in all their integrity, Judge Deadly delivered
the 4th of July orstion at Roseburg. Oregon,
and from the printed copy now before US We
extract the following:
The nursery and seed plot OF the civic vir-
tues Is the home government-the govern
ment Of the neighborhood-the State. Here
the mass-the peOple-participate with 4
large degree of directless IN the management
of public affairs. and by actual experience
and observation acquine political insight and
wisdom. In the seleeten Of their immediate
rulers and representatives., they are able TO
act upon a considerable observation and
i knowledge concerning the merits and fitness
/ of the respective candidates. Then, ont Of
these circumstances Of contact and aequain-
taDce, grows up a relation between officers
and people Of personal trust and confidence.
that Is surer guarantee against official neg
] hgerce Or misconduct than any pecunIary
/ bond or pledge Fariotism-that love Of
country which puts tie eonmon-weal before
self, the people before the individual-that
! lofty and disinterested sentiment which led
| CurtiuS and Decius 10 devote themselves to
certain death for the safety Of Rome that
moved
Ike Patriot Tell, tie Bruce Of B4nroekLuru;
and that impelled Arnold Winkelried to I'D
pale his body upon tie hostile spears OF the
Austrian invaders aud thus make way for
liberty, is generally the growth Of linz
tied and well defined localty-one having
2 marked natural boundary and identy or
| long established separate existence. When
! the city OF Rome made itself mistress of the
civilized world and extended tie boas ed
privilege Of Roman citizenship to all the ma
I tons Of the earth the identity and indIyId-
uaiity Of the city VAS Proportionaliy des-
| troyed The sentiment of patriotism dIt-
! fused over 50 large and ill-defned surface
as the Empire, became too attenuated and
| indistinct, to be of any avail as a motive
! power or incentive tCnoble and disinterested
action. So, however powerful and extended
this American Union may yet become-an
with people sufficiently honest and lnteiil-
/ gent, It might well embrace the whole Of
/ North America-its leneticent duration must
/ primarily rest en- and depend upon the char
! acter Of the local communities and govern
meuts ont of which IL Is constituted, ana
/ upon waieh its Arch, however expanded,
can only safely rest. Whatever danger there
may be or Eas been of the triumph and
anarchy and GisUriol because OF the compar-
ative weakness Of the central power-the Ma
| tionaI eovernmont-stiil 1t muSt never he
! forgotten. that this Union-the Republic ot
! the United States-is not and never was m
tended to be Roman Empire. No, 1t IS
not. and NAV ii never become, single, solId
government, to which all political action
| and opinion must bO#- and conform Let It
rather remain an aggregation OF local com
n,yuities with a certain amount of autonomy
or self-goyerDment. bnt s,il bound together
and held in place by = central government,
| which, though supreme within ITS sphere, IS
! itself subordinate 20 their combined wills
and direction. Within these communities
and governments, the great bulk of local IN
! tereSts and affairs, concerning which, the
! General government Is usually neither di-
/ Tectly concerned nor wei advised, may be
hest promote,s and administered, Among
| them VIII also be found more or less shelter,
! freedom and opportunity for those, who for
! conscience OF other sake are excluded from
| the councils, hoEoTs or emoluments OF the
| Union. This itself Is . great safety valve
| far what might otherygise develop INTO sedl-
/ t;on and rebellion. Besides, the very ex-
/ istenea al these distinct communities or
/ States. wit in the Uaion, provokes and Pro
motes healthy rivalry and emulation III the
eonduet Of whatever pertains TO Their do
nestle or social Affairs which, though often
attended by disappointment and iaIlare,
| GRADUALLY increases the general stock OF po-
iiticaI knowledge and thereby improves the
| condition OF the whole.
But were this vast country once subject
to one great central government, without
noIitieaI division other than departments for
! the convenient administration OF the laws
and rescripts of the Empire, inste-e OF thlS
local activity and emulation, producing SELF
respect. independence and patriotism IN the
citizen and educating INN to right under
standing of his duties and privileges, We
| sbould have a dead level Of political moEot-
ony over which the arbitrary breath OF I'M
,erialis.u might sweep uniformed and IN
controlled by the light Of local opinion or
the force Of local authority. The Empire
being the oaIv source Of power and fountain
Of honor. It's capital or court would beeo"ie
r. the rest of the country what Paris IS TO
Fr,rce Thi.her the enterprise, ambition,
,,s.,l+h and culture Of the departments
woujd continually fGw, in search Of place,
power and enioyment, leaving the country
a. Iarge-u.lrfizularly the remoter and less
onDIe,5t portions Of it-with only the more
IGNORANT and poorer sort TO constitute It's
re,,,ls and conduct It's business and af1airs-
Without the S;ate the Union OF States Is
;r,,osq;bIe. Abolish tlc State or allow II 20
fali into contempt or becOIle lnbeclle and
20, s,,r.1,laut the Umsn built upon @ntono-
mons states. with the Empire, divided INTO
administrative departments and ruled by, a
Prefect or Brigadier, responsible only to the
nanfral authority. II S absolutely necessary.
tLa., m the preserYaton az the harmony and
-7-7,-+;on of our admirable system OF gov
, f,-,!nerr that the pilhrs of the Union-the
States-be maintained IN the position Wiiicn
the Constitution has prescribed Tor theal
: and long experience has proven necsssaAr }.
For II tkey are ever destroyed or thrown our
r 81 line. the suberinamben5 Arch OF 'hi7
) ,,Iorious Union must become q rum lnc1pa-
= he Of reconstruction
S,n,y,, DE4TH.-About 6 P. u. Friday,
, s.vs the OYsqoaiaa, Mrs Susan Majors,
! go ~ died very suddenly at the resi-
, denceof herdaughIe,, Mrs Ben SilnpsoA-
, cbewas sitting in en- easy chair, apparent
- :, her usual manner, when she sudden
: -ase - -, and fell upon the floor, dying m
t,an4jr = nv and witho,t speaking a word
- "a ssverai DAYS sic had spoken OF not
feeling vel, but neither herself noF any