The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1844-12-12
NJ MBER 800.
POLITICAL.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
To tie Senate and House of
RepreseNlalires 0lLke Lnitel

'''N''' i"' ''io othVH'S anu dressings
our country, under Ills kind Providence,
mas enjoyed during the past year. Not
wi'hs'anolhg Inc exciting scenes througN
"hIch we nave passed nothing has occurred
to disturbed the general peace, or to de-
range the harmony OF our political system
nc great moral spectacle has been eNh'h-
I'cu OF hatlon, approX'ma'ng IN number
10 %J,OJ0,UUO OF people, having performed
me hIsh and important junction OF elect
ING their chiel magistrate Tor the term Of
lonr years, without the commission CT any
acts OF violence, or the manifestation Of Il
SPIRIT OF Insuborllon to the laws. The great
and 'ocstImable right OF suffrage has been
exercised by all who were invested with it,
under the laws OF The different states, in a
spirit dictated alone by a desire, III the Sc
lection OF tie agent, to advance the inter-
eSiS OF the country, and to place beyond
jeopardy the institutions under which 1t is
our happiness to live That the deepest III
'e'eSt has been manifested by all our coun-
trymen III the result OF the election, Is not
less true than highly crediahIe to them. -,
vast multIdudes have assembled from time
to time, at various places, for the purpose
OF cahVassih9 Inc merits ana preten'ions OF
nose VINO WeFepresenled Tor their suliFages;
but no armed so'd'ery has been necessary
10 restrain within proper limits the popn-
lar zeal, or to prevent violent outbreaks.--
A principle much more controlling was
found IN the love OF order and obedience
to laws,whlch,wlth mere individual eXcep-
tons, every where possesses the American
mind, and CONTROLS with an influence far
more powerful than hosts of armed men,
we cannot dwell upon this picture without
recognizing IN 1t that deep and devoted
attachment on tie part Of the people, to
the institutions under which we live, which
proclaIms their perpelulty. The Great OBJ
lection which has always prevailed against
the election by the people oil their chlcl
executive officer has been the apprehension
OF 'umu!ts ana disorders, which might III
voIve IN rum to the entire government, a
security against this Is found not only in
the tact before alluded to, but IN the addi-
tlcnl TACT that we live under coniedera-
cy embracing already twenty-siX states; no
one OF which has power to CONTROL the
election. The popular vote in each State
is taken at the time appointed by the laws,
ana such vote Is announced by the electc-
lal college, without reference to the Gccis.
IONS OF other States. The right suffrage,
and the mode OF conducting the election,
Is regulated by the laws OF each State; and
the. election is distinctly lederatlve in all its
prominent features. Thus 1t is that, un-
IKE what might be the results under con-
soIIda'ed sysicm,rioions proceedings should
they prevail, could only Affect the cleo
tons IN single states, without disturbing, to
any dangerous extent the tranquility of
the others.
The great experiment of a political con-
member OF which is SUI
preme--Ns to al! matters appertnnins to
It's local interests, and its internal peace
and happiness, while by voluntary com
pact with others, it coniides to the united
power Of all the protection Of It's citizens,
in matters not domesIic-has been so far
crowned with complete success. The world
has witnessed its rapid growth in wealth
and population; and, under the direc-
ton o. experimenting Providence, the
Developments Of the past may be regard
cdd but as the shadowing forth Of the
mighty future. In the bright prospects of
that future we shall fluid, as patriots and
phiauthropists, the highest inducements
to cultivate aud cherish love Of union, and
to trown down every measure or effort
which may be made to ALLEVIATE the states,
or the people Of the states, in sentiment
and feeling, from each other.
a rigid aud close adherence to the terms
Of our political compact and, above all,
sacred observance Of the guarantees Of the
will preserve union on foun-
dation which cannot be shaken; while per-
sonal liberty is placed beyond hazard or
jeopardy The guarantee of religious free
dom of the freedom of the press, of the
liberty of speech, Of the trial By Jury, of
the habeas corpcus, and of the domestic
of each of the States-leaying
the private citizen in the full exercise Of
the high and ennobling attributes Of his
p,,rre and IN c,cb State the rrivilere