The Two Nations
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Excerpt from The Two Nations: A Key to the History of the American War It has been a sentimental regret with certain European students of American History that the colonies of America, after acquiring their independence, did not establish a single and compact nationality. The philosophy of these optimists is that the State institutions were-perpetual schools of provincialism, selfishness and discontent, and that they were constantly educating the people for the disruption of that Union which was only a partial and incomplete expression of the nationality of America. These men indulge the idea that America, as a nation, would have been colossal; that its wonderful mountains and rivers, its vast stretch of territory, its teeming wealth, and the almost boundless military resources, which the present war has developed and proved, would then have been united in one picture of grandeur, and in a single movement of sublime, irresistible progress. These are pretty dreams of ignorance. Those who ascribe to the State institutions of America our present distractions, and discover in them the nurseries of the existing war, are essentially ignorant of our political history. They are strangers to the doctrines of Calhourn of South Carolina - the first name in the political literature of our old government - the first man who raised the party controversies of America to the dignity of a political philosophy and illuminated them with the lights of the patient and accomplished scholar. The great political discovery of Mr. Calhoun was this: that the Flights of the States was the only solid foundation of the Union; and that, so far from being antagonistic to it, they constituted its security, realized its perfection, and gave to it all the moral beauty with which it appealed to the affections of the people. It was in this sense that the great South Carolina statesman, so frequently calumniated as "nullifier," agitator, &c, was indeed the real and devoted friend of the American Union. He maintained the nights of the States - the sacred distribution of powers between them and the general government - as the life of the Union, and its bond of attachment in the hearts of the people. And in this he was right. And in this he was right. The State institutions of America. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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