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nor MAncrs Message TO the Legislature of New
York, (now in session. at the request of s~ es-
teemed friend, Who says the sentiments therein
contained arc precisely his own. Although We
cannot Ego the whole with him in hi, opinion
OF ITS merits, still We take pleasure in giving IL
piaer. bis approval being entitled to much respect,
EXTRACT FROM THE GOVERNORS
MESSAGE.
IL is but few weeks since the last suryiy-
ing signer of the Declaration Of lndepe ndcnce
was gathered To his compatriots. Such an
event l. well calculated To excite feelings and
reflections difficult 10 be suppressed, and not
improper, perhaps, to be Induiged even on
an occasion like this. The men VIII. pro-
claimed our independence Us a nation, were
the most distinguished assembiage Of sagcs
ana patriots Rat ever appeared in any coun-
Try Inc favor Tor which We should be most
grateful, next To that of having such men for
our iorefathers. Is the long life which IL pleas
ed kind Providence 10 bestow on most Of
them. Some were permitted for nearly half
century after they had laid the foundations
OF our form Of government, 10 continue their
invaluable iaoors ~ rearing thereon q str1lc.
lure OF human liberty which stands without
rival, challenging tie admir- alton Of tie
world.
That We might not lose too much at once
-thnt We might be gradually prepared to
pursue, without The sIrong light of their ex-
ample, ti'c career which they had opened,
they were one by one Withdrawn from us
The last II now gone, and On Us j. deyoIyed
the high responsibility OF preserving unim-
pared the most valuable Inheritance That one
generation ever transmitted To- another
In performing this most difficult duty which
We Owe alike To those whom We have sue
ceedcd, TO our own age and to posterity, we
are happily not without guide The history
OF their lives, end their recorded precept.. are
i'iii oil instruction, IN regard not ONLY 10 the
great principles which lie at the foundation
oil oar government, but TO the practical rules
concerning the administration of affairs
While We enjoy the civil and political rights
inherited from them, let US emulate their de-
voted patriotism; let rs cultivate a spirit Of
iorbcaTahce and Cancellation amid the con-
hirts which, as human nature - constituted
VIII Inevitably arise from the discordant views
OF men with regard TO the various interests OF
great people I; aud let us continue our eff
forts TO the extent Of our abilities To carry
forward our country in tbe direction indica-
ted by them, to degree Of prosperity and
renown which shall equal their fondest anti
cipations.
! Undertaking. the virtue aud intelligence
1
ment hove constantly predicted. and some OF
its true friends have feared that IL would ere
Tong be impaired, perhaps oyerihgoNn, by
I popular conyusIons. Experience has thus
iaF disappointed the hopes Of the one. and
greatly allay ed the apprehens IONS 81 the other.
/ A. nation, we have already encountered
the seVeTest trials. aud our free institutions
remain uniHpaired. some. entertaining a
disE araging opinion Of thc virtue Of the p.o.
I pie, have docn'cd II necessary that those who
are Entrusted with public affairs, should be AZ
Jar removed "a possible from the influence of
fluctuations ~ the popular will and as their
theory Of administering the government re-
quIres large powers, they have not hcsitated
10 derive them froJR a Authoritarian coustrue-
ton 81 the constitution. Others have placed
a confident reliance on tie Judgment Of the
( people, regarding them a. possessed not On ly
OF the sovereign power, but of a perfect right
10 have their wishes respected by their pub
iie servants, aud the authority conferred on
them confined Nithin the limits fixed IN the
Instrument by shish dat authority is delcga-
ted. The difference in these views has been,
~ NY opinion, the principal cause Il or par
y divisions. Those who entertained Tie ,le ~
last DESCRIBED considered tie elevation Of our
present patriotic ehlef magistrate 81 the Uni-
ted States a. MEASURE necessary a. bring
back the administration II our gotcrnnent %
~ true constitutional PRINCIPLES.
Nearly every beneficial result anticipated
/ On that event has been realized oar fGrtikn
relations, involved - they uefe IN the most
serious emharrsssments. have bcsn placed in
the BEST possible condition; our negOtisti0ns
% almost every case brought. by prssevering
/ efforts, and eof'summate abiiity, 90 sueoess-
iui termination, ard Our county exalted 10 =
higher consideration siih foreign possrs.
Than q has enjoyed q; any former period.
The management of BE- INTERNAL anairs, not
lee d.g,ouii Than that 81 its foreign relations,
las called forth a. equal display 81 wisdom
and talent, and has been conducted with e.
equal success. Abuses IN tho subordinate de-
partments 81 ue soveuInient have BEEN cor
reeied its fiscal rssouTces have been LUs-