Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-12-24
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
. SeaGte and House of

PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
70 fbss Senate and House of s
Representatives. of hs Uaied States
We have continued cluse for express
g Jog our gratitude 10 The Supreme Ruler
-ouoI Ihe Universe forthe benefits aud bless,
sa ngs which our country, under his Kind
:, Providence, has enjoyed during the nas
year. Notwithstanding the exciting scenes
thfuugh which we have past, nulbng
has occurred TO disturb the general peace
4 OF To- deTange ibe harmony OF our political
h system, The great moral spectacle has
been exhibiled Of a nation. aPproXimating
"' ID number 10 20 100000 OF people, hav,
ing performed the high and impurianl
function of elecing their Chief Magis-
,q:. lFate for the term OF four years, without
Che commission OF any acts % violence
or the manifestation OF spirit Of insub
ordination to the laws. Tho great add
inesnmable right Of suffrage, has besn
exercised by all who were invested with il
under The laws OF the difleienl Sales, ia
spirit dictated a0ne by a desire, in the
selection Of the agent, TO advance the in.
teTesis of the country, and to place be-
yOnd jeopardy The institutions under
which II is our happiness TO live. That
The Ceep pest interest has been manifested
by all our counlrynen in The result Of The
3 Clectiun, is moi less true, than highly
cFediIable to them. Vast mul,iiudes have
). assembled, from lime to time, al yarions
places, for tho purpose of rsnvassiHg be
ansriis and pretensiORs of those who we're
presented for their sulfrages, bat 10 aim
eaied soldiefyhus been necessary TO restrain
s: within proper limits, the popular zsal, or
10 prevent violent outbreaks. .f,as
Aprincipe much more controlling was
found il The love Of order and obedience
to the laws, which, with mere individual
q exceptions, every where posse sses Amer
Icard mind, and c, n rolls wi ian influence
= fac more powerful than hosts OF armed
mea. We cannot dwell upnn this pic'
lure without recognising in il that deep
81 and. devoted atrachnenton on the part OF The
X people, TO the institutions under which
we live, which procIaims their perpeMily
The great objection which has always
+ prevailed against the elecdon,by the peo,
4, ple, Of their Chief Executive officer, has
been The apprehension Of tumuls and
disorders, which mig ght involve in ruin
The entire ,GDveTnment. A security
against, this, is found NOT only in the fact
that, We 1.-Two under,a coniederacy embra-,
enc alroady twenty six Statesj losone Of
which has power TO conltol lhe election.
The popular vote in each State is taken
al the time appointed by, the laws, and
such vote is announced by its Electoral
W College, without reference tolhe decis-
ion oi The other States. The right Of
suffrage, and the mode Of conducting the
election, 10 regulated By the laws Of each
State, and iIhe election is distincly fede
% ratiys IN all its prominent teatures. Thus
aoit is thaLunlike what might Ue the results
so uilter.a consolidated system, rituus pros
O. ceedings, should they prevail, could only
affect the elections in single States, with
-s,out disturbing to any dangerous extent,
nrahe tranquility ofoIhers. The great ex>
pertinent Of political confederacy--euch
u member of which is supreme; as 10 all
..maners sppertaining TO its localinletes,s,
and i,s internal peace and happiness
while by a voluntary compact with others,
.;rit, confdes to the united power Of all the
proieciion Of lie cilizens, in matters moi
domesiic--has been so far crowned pilt
compleie success. Tire world has wit.
messed its rapid growlh, in wealth ahC
population, and under the guide aud di-
Teciion Of experimenting ProYidence
The Developments Of the past may. be re
gardsd but v the shsdOWing folilh] Of q,
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