The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-12-13
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.


To The Senate and House Of
Represcatdhrcs of The United States
We have continued cause Of oxpressin!
our gratitude to the Supreme Ruler OF tn
Universe fot the benefits and blessing
which our country, under his kind Prov
dence, has enjoyed during the past year
Notwithstanding the exciting scenes thro
winch we have passed, nothing has occur
red 10 disturb the general peace, or TO de
range the harmony OF our political system
The great moral spectacle has been exhb
tied Of nation, approXmatlng in number
10 20000,000 Of people, having perform
ed the high and important function Of C
lectng their Chief Magistrate for the tern
OF four years, without the commission d
any'0cts Of violence, or the manifestation
Of q spirit Of INSTRUMENTATION TO the laws.
The great and Inestimablc night Of sul-
fraEe, has been exercised By all who were
invested with IT, under the laws Of the di-
iereni States, ia spirit dictated alone by
desire, IN the selection of the agent, TO
advance thu interests rf the country, and
10 place beyond jeopardy the institutions
under which II Is our happiness to live
That the deepest lniercs; has been mani.
Tested by all our counirymen.in the result
OF The election, L not less true, than high
ly creditable TO them. Vast multtudes
have assembled, from time TO time, at va.
rious places, for The purpose Of canvassing
the merits and professions of those who
were presented for their suffra ses but no
armed soldlerv has been necessary 10 re-.
slraln, within proper limits, the popular
zeaN a TO prevent violent ubreaks. A
pFmcipt much more controlling was found
IN the owe of order and obedience TO the
'IHl YIN nero individual excep.
tons, eyerT 1Icre possesses -Ss
mind, and controls with an influence far
more powerful than hosts Of armed men.
We cannot dwell upon this picture without
recognising ID il ha, deep ana devoted al.
iachment on the part cf the People, to the
institutions under which we live, which
proclaIms their p"rpetuiiy. The great Oh
lection which has always prevailed against
the election, by he People, Of their Chief
Executive Officer, has been the apprehen.
son % tumul.s and disorders, which might
involve in ruin tie entire Government. 4
security aralas, tins, Is found not only in
the fact before alluded 10, but IN the addi.
uonai fact that, Ne live under cunfedera-
cy embracing already tweu,y-six States ;
no one Of which has power to control the
election. The popular vote 10 each Safe
Is taken NJ the time appointed By the laws,
and such vote IS announced by its Electo-
IA College, without reference to the deci-
son Of the other States. The right Of
suffrage, aad the mode Of conducting the
election, IS regulated by the laws of each
State; and the election g distinctly feder.
al.yc In al - pramlnen; features. Thus
II 3 that, unlike what might be the result,
under caas0'idlted system. rlotnus pro.
ceedlngs, should they prevail, could only
sli'-c! The election IN single States, without
disturbing. to any dangerous extent, the
tranquility Of others. The great expert.
menl Of a political confederacy--.e act
member Of which Is suDreme--as to al
matters ap8e,ia'ninI to H. local interests
AMI its internal peace and happiness, =
while bY voluntary compact with others
II cOahles 20 tie united power Of all, tn,
protection 81 It's citizens, IN matters not do
mes'ic-Eas been crowned with complat
success. The world has Witnessed its "a
pi growth n wealth and population; ant
under the guide and direction Of super
intending Providence, the developments
the past Hasv BE- regarded but As the sha
DOWN. frhpf the mighty fu u7e. In tn
bright prospects of that future, we sha
fad. as patriots ans phlaathropisls, IL
highest la-ucemaats to cultivate and che
T.sh love 81 union, and to frown dow
every measure or effort which may b
m7le 70 ALLEVIATE The States, or the Peopl
OF the safes, 10 sentiment and feeling, from
each other. 4 rigid aud close adherenc,
to the terms Of our politics compact, and
Hb1Ve aiI, 4 sacred Observance of the ruar
aaHes gt the Constitution, will prcsety,
union on foundation which cannot be sha
ken; while personal liberty Il placed be
yond h1zlfd or jeopardy. The guaranle
Of religious freedom, of the freedom of III
press, Of the liberty Of speech, Of The tri
al By jury, Of The habels corpus, and q
the domestic Institutions Of each of tn
States-leasing the private citizen IN tn,
full exercise Of the high and ennobing al
tributes Of his nature, AMI to each Sat
The privilege, which can only be ludicious
ly eyere1 by itself, Of consulting the mean
best calculated to advance its own happi
ness these are the great and imporlan
guarantees OF tie Constitution, which tn
lovers oil liberty must cherish, aud the ad
vocales Of union mus, ever cultivate
Preserving these, and avoiding all nterpo
lations By forced construction, IN Ter Ia,
gulse Of an imagined expsd ency, upon tin
Constitution, the influence Of our poltica
system is destined 10 be as actively and a
benedclaily felt on the distant shores of III,
Pacific, as It Is now on those Of the Allan
tic Ocean. The only formidable impedi
menls 10 the way Of its successful expan
sion time and space) are 50 far IN the pro
gre's OF modification, BY he improvement,
oy The age. az TO render % longer specu
laii'c the ability Of Representatives from
thai remote region to come 40 10 the Can.
itoi, 50 that their con1tijurnts shall n,r,;c,.