undiminished by the exactions of a rapacious 

 government. Let these principles be the im- 

 movable basis of our political economy. The 

 height of prosperity to which we have attain- 

 ed is doubtless attributable to the successful 

 enterprises of our merchants ; and our com- 

 merce should still be cherished and defended 

 like the sacred soil of the Republic. But is 

 not the moment arrived when we may begin 

 to measure the greatness of our country by 

 some other standard than simply that of 

 commercial prosperity ? With means so 

 ample and unembarrassed , might we not 

 give more activity and extension to works 

 of domestic improvement ? Slavery remains 

 to be abolished education to be perfect- 

 ed a national character to be formed 

 our strength to be established on durable 

 foundations, by the developement of our 

 internal resources. Institutions should be de- 

 vised, which, by assimilating the feelings of 

 our citizens , may corroborate that union 

 which is the bulwark of our national inde- 

 pendance, without intrenching on those sub- 

 ordinate sovereignties which are the guaran- 

 tees of our political liberty. A taste for pacific 



