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THE TABLET.—No. XLVIII. SUBJECT OF NO. 47 CONTINUED. THE UNION OF THE UNITED STATES SHOULD BE THE FIRST "ARTICLE IN THE POLITICAL CREED OF EVERY "AMERICAN."

IN our last we endeavored to shew that no political evil was to be apprehended from the pretended diversity of southern and eastern interests. —It will be found that there is as little to be apprehended from other supposed causes of division. The universal freedom in religious matters, which is not only allowed by the government, but incorporated into the constitutions of the States, has rendered the people of this country less liable to discord on that account, than any other nation. The diversity of manners and customs is becoming less every day. The national government will contribute to hasten this progress, and to fix a standard for manners and language. The commercial intercourse of the States is increasing. Nothing unites men more than a concurrence in common sentiment and objects of pursuit. Every American holds liberty nearest his heart, and depends on the aid of every other American to defend it. There is no country where the people are so well agreed in their first maxims or so deeply impressed with a sense of the importance of them.