The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1838-12-21
MEEkLN ALMANAC.
TX ~ I'm MOONS PHASES.
pRE>rDESTs MESSAGE.

| b. rajs - Of ~ Nsaats
5rd H5ast n RsprsssHf4hrts
cun. ratuisie sou on the favorable cir.
! instances IN the condition 1t our country
tf which you ro assemble for tue per
ls1ce II Your uiii.ia DUTIES. Through
! an'icipstlpos OF an abundant harvest
" not every where bccn realized, yet,
,he shole, the labors OF the husbandman
\ rewarded With a banl,iul return; "a
r. pfOspers "A It's varinIS channels 81
as, ani cniefptize general health
n prevails through sur yHst diversity OF
safe; nothing threatens, from abroad,
\ Continuance ol external peace nor has
| thug al home Lapirrd Ihe strength Of
lnlefual sud domestic tics hirh coz
lie the onis guaranty 20 the success ana
i1cncy OF our t,apny Union, and which.
Ell ~ tho hour OF peru, have hitherto
hononbiy sustained through oyery
.,ludo ~ our national uiinrs. These
~, which evsnce the care nnd bune.
50 Jt Providence, call Tor our deyoul
reot gratitude.
haye mol less reason to DO gfatrfui
. ~ b0un,tos beSioa,d i, the same
scout hand, and more exclusively our
e present wear closes the 6rsi half
at1 81 uar Fcdefs institutions and our
m-ddlsuu. from al others IN the &C
trd, pncltca AID ord. oUci apofa.
asra IL has ior 40 long .~r'trl etsen
teigatS ut the people--hls nos
aay lesicd by experience.
Constitution devised by our fore
the frameNotk aud tpud iha,
> lueu uuiued has become s"iiNd
o tcrUneut--uut nnls preserving
/ f1'rcitHg thn Ltea puarlp,ss upon
htue. lou13ej. hu wonderfully pro
: altstiunl happiness aud p',vate ~
Ihangh subject Ia change aud 81
u sto-altan, Whenever deemed mail
% ail tbesc purposes, vat such IS the
20 1t rs construction, AMI 50 stable
fr public seuiiman', tha, i remains
ffc,I, except ~ matters Of detail, com
.atn.l uumpauaul. Il has proved am
africpt irr tho various emergencies
~ 10 oar cnUdiutn as nation. \
aaot" iar'ign ~nr agnIiing collisions
% domestic, aud, 10 suma respects,
a'aretgnl'cs; temptations to interfere
uicstno comuoi,ons # no,shbortng
frs; The dangerous lrluraces thai
70 penoJs Of excessive prosperity !
ha aoil republican tendencies Of assa.
wcalih--laesc, Suh other trials mol
mtablc, have MI been encountered,
aus iar successfully resisted.
ans reserved tor The American Union
:. 'Ae advantages Of Government rn
d'pcnaant al tho conunual exercise
popular v,ll; and our experience Tn,
~ Tint 1t IS rs brncI.icnl in pracucf
is just IN theory. Each succcss,v,
aadc 10 our local institutions, hR,
matted 70 extend the night Of suffrage
Increased the d,reci ,ullacncc OF tia
"l VI" community, gwen greater free
"a individual eyarlion ard restricted
ahl more, II" powers d Gp,cfomrut
zee intelligence, prudence and palrIo
% lAe people have kept pace with Ihr
a'u'rd responsibility. IL un country
''uca'lou been 80 widely djGiscd. d.
peace has 90 where so largely rugo
The cloSr blnds ii social in,nrrours
~ no lns'apce pteNallrd with sue
ithY over n space 80 vast. All form
shc'onhlvc united, for the first ;tm", t
y charity and rir;Y, hfpnu~c for Ih
ia'e "a thc history OF nations, all hnv
'"lnlly untammcIcd, aud ahsuIutci
Ihr deepest rccesscs 1t the wI!tet
uIN' hern penetrated; vet, instead {
'0u'ness m the snrinl condition cuus'
op"h such adventures elsewhere, ~
~ communities haze spudg up, aires
'"''a'led IN prosperity, general INTEL