The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-04-24

work before tho first President and his as
sociates was full of difficulty. Statesmen OF
the highest order OF intellect, some, indeed,
In the Cabinet Of Washington. lacked faith
even in republicanism; others trembled Tor
the success OF the new plan. After three
months OF labor in meeting the questions
that came up. Madison. still member OF
Congress. wrote: I'VE are in wilderness
without even footstep TO guide us.
Washington, n republican. from the deep
sincerity of his nature gave TO the plan the
full weight of his influence. and was tower
OF strength AS difficulties were overcome
doubts were dispelled. The government In
a few years proved adequate to meet every
emergency. 1t was firmly established. The
third President, in his inaugural. pro-
nounccd IL the strongest government on
earth" and the only one where every man
at the call OF the law, would fly TO the
standard OF the law, and would meet lnVa-
sions OF the public order Us his own per-
sonal concern"
Thus was the work Of the revolution at
length accomplished by the embodiment OF
the ideas OF local government. and OF
national union in the Constitution as the
organic law. and the establishment of a re-
publican government that met the wants OF
the new nation. The result was hailed with
joy by men of liberal views all over the
world. The feeling of this school was eX-
pressed by Sir James Macintosh rs he
wrote: America has emerged from her
struggle into tranquility aud freedom, into
affiuence and credit; and the authors OF her
Constitution have constructed a great per-
manent experimental answer TO the soph-
isms and declarations OF the detractorS oil
liberty.
The results OF n retrospect Of century's
growth in those fields which sug gest COM
parison between our own and the contem-
poraneous development OF other nations
are such as to awaken a feeling OF Just pride
in every American citizen. And the rehec-
tions naturally deduced from these results
as to the characteristic features OF our peo-
pie contradict those which are drawn from
q superficial review of the social and pol IL
cal abuses OF the day. and are most reassur-
ing as TO the hopeful future OF this republic.
The entire policy and force OF England
was directed 10 the suppression ana de-
struction of the commerce and internal inn
provement OF its American colonies. Prior
to the year 1870. eight or ten keel-boats OF
about twenty-five tons each performed all
the carrying trade between Cincinnati and
Pittsburg. Hamilton. when Secretary OF
State. In his report under the head OF coal.
notes: There are several mines In Nir
ginia now worked. There is something"
he says. also. IN the texture OF cotton
which adapts il in n peculiar degree TO the
application of machines" What are coal
and cotton 10 this nation 10 the world. to-
dayp Within seven months OF this year
nearly 100000 yards of our cotton cloths
competed with the British manufactures;
9.000000 yards went 10 Mexico; 5.00O.0Oj TO
Central America; 6.0OO,0J0 20 the West In
dies; 2l.0O0.C00 TO South American States:
100000 TO China; and 5,00O.0O0 10 other
Asiatic countries. and. besides, we have
supplied our own G0.000.OO0 OF population.
This is the century's statement for manu-
featured cotton cloth alone.
Even Jefferson. the writer OF the immO or