The Washington herald., 1918-02-22
Extracts 9f Address.

tAtructs OF Auuresa.
"A solicitude for your welfare which
cannot end but with my life. and the
apprehension OF danger natural to
that solitude, urge me on an occasion
like the present 20 offer to your SOL
emnt contemplation and to RECON-
mend to your frequent review some
sentiments which are the result OF
much reflection. Of no !nconsiderable
observation, and which appear to me
all important to the peImanency Of
your felicity as a people. These will
be offered to you with the more free
dom as you can only see In them the
disinterested warnings of parting
friend, who can possibly have no per-
sonal motive to bias his counsel. Nor
can I forget as an encouragement to
it your indulgent reception Of my SEN
timents on a former and not dissim-
liar occasion.
The unity of government which
constitutes you one people Is now dear
to you. 1t is justly so. Cor Il Is a
main pillar in the edifice of your real
independence. the support of your
tranquility at home. your peace
abroad. of your safety. of your pros
perity. of that very liberty which you
so highly praise. But as It is easy
to foresee that from different causes
and from different quarters much
pains will be taken. many artifices
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 inter-
nal and external enemies will be most
constantly and actively Though often
covertly and insiduously) directed, II
is Of infinite moment that you should
properly estimate the immense value
of your national union to your collec-
tive and individual happiness: that
you should cherish cordial, habitual.
and immovable attachment to It; ac-
customing yourselves to think and
speak of It as Of the palladium OF
your political safety and prosperity;
watching for Its preservation with
Jealous anxiety; discountenancing
whatever may. suggest even a sus-
picion that it can In any event be
abandoned. and indignantly frowning
upon the first dawning Of every at
tempt to ALLEVIATE any portion Of our
country from the rest or to enfeeble
| the sacred ties which now link to-
gether the various parts.
while every part Of our country
feels an immediate and particular In
/ terest In union, all the parts combined
| can not fail to find in the united mass
OF means and efforts greater strength
! greater resource, proportionately
greater security from external dan
/ ger, q less frequent interruption oi
their peace by foreign nations. ant
what Is Of inestimable value, they
must derive from union an exemption
{. from those broils and wars between
themselves which so frequently af'
fict neighboring countries not tied to
/ gether by the same governments
! which their own rivalships alon'
would be sufficient to produce. but
which opposite foreign alliances, at
tachments, and intrigues would stim
ulate and embitter. Hense, likewise
they will avoid the necessity Of thost
overgrown military establishments
which, under any form Of government
are inauspicious TO liberty. and which
are to be regarded as particular,
hostile to republican liberty. In thf:
sense 1t Is that your union ought Il
be considered as a main prop of you
liberty. and that the love of the on,
ought to endear to you the preserva
ton. Of the other:
"To the efficacy and permanency o
your union a government for tn,
whole is Indispensable. No alliances
however strict, between the parts cal
be an adequate substitute. They mus
inevitably experience the. infraction
and Interruptions which all alliance
in all times have experienced. Sensi
BILE Of this momentous truth, you hav'
improved upon your first essay by th'
'adoption of Constitution Of Govern
ment better calculated !. than szyou
former for an intimate union and TO
the efficacious management of you
common concerns. This government
the offspring of our own choice, un
Influenced and unawed, adopted upol
full Investigation and mature deliber
alton, completely free in its princi
pies. In the distribution of its powers
uniting security with energy, an,
containing within itself a provisiol
for its own amendment, has a jus
claim to your confidence and you
support Respect for its authorit,