Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1853-12-15
PRESIDENTS ME5giGE.
Fsiiot1 Citizsns Of the ScnGtC
Aad H1Ess o. ReprcscntGtiU

Aad HoGss OF Representatives.:
The interest with which the people OF
the republic anticipate the assembling of
Congress. and the fulfIlment on that o.
casion of the duty imposed OF new Pre-
iIent. is one OF the bes; evidences of their
capacity to realize the hopes Of the four
'lers of pol itical system. at once COM
pIex and symmeiric4i. While The differ
ent branches OF government are to a Ger
tain extent indie pendent Of cue, other
the duties of all alike have direct refer
ence TO the Source OF Power.
Fortunately under this system. no man
is 81 high and noue SO humaIe in the
scale of public station as TO escape from
the responsibility which all funciiona-
ti4s imply. Upon .he Justice and intelli
gence of the mass III government thus
organized. is the sale reliance of The con-.
lrderacy. AMI the crly security for hon
est AMI earnest devotion 10 is Interests
agains, the usurpatiens ani encroach-
n.uts Of power on the one hand. aad the
assaults Of personal ambition or he 9th
eT.
Tha Interest of which have spoken IS
nseparahle from an inquieing, self gov
er.ing community. hut stimulated. doubt
less. al the present time By the unsettled
condition OF our relations wiki several
foreign powers. by the new obligations
resulting from a sudden extension CT the
field Of enterprise. BY the spirit which
,lla, field has been entered. and the ma
zing energy ith which lis resources for
meeting the demands Of humanity. have
been developed.
Although disease, assuming at one time
the characteristics Of wide spread and
devastating peslilence, has lrft It's sad
race upon some pouiors of oar country.
we have still the most abundant suse for
levercnt ihanbiulness - Cod tor cur &C
cusnulatiou in signal meEcics shovered
upon us as nation.
It's we'll that consciousness Of rapid
advancement AMI increasing strength De
associated with an abiding sense Of de-
p-n5ience upon Him who holds i'll his
hlnls the destiny Of men AMI OF nations.
Recognising the wisdom Of the broad prin
ciples Of absolute religious liberation pro-
claimsl iii our fnndamen.al law, aud re-
jpicing In the benign inhua ancc which II
has exeftei upon our SOCIAL anl political
coniitiou. shauli shrink fFnm clear
duIv did | iail ID express my deepest con
vic!iOn that ve can place no secGre reil-
amce upon any apparent progress. II II be
not suStainrd By national integrity. rest
Ing upon :he great truths orme'i aud IL
Illustrated 5y divine revelation. In the
midst Of our sorrow for the afflicted aud
sI.fering. il has been consolimg TO see
how promptly disaster made true neigh.
l,ors OF the districts AMI cities srparatet
widely from each oth'r. anl cheering u
watch the strength OF that common bog1
Of brother!pnA which uni,es oil hearts il
all parts of the Union whrn DANCE
threatens from abroai, or calamiiy i'm
pends over Us at home.
Our diplomatic relations with foreign
powers have undergone 40 e5sentia
change since the Adjournment Of the las
Congress. With some OF them questions
OF disturbing character are still pend
inS. but there are good reasons 10 be,iev'
that-,h may all be ainicably al justed
For some years past. Great Britain has
Sd construed the FIRST article Of the con
vrnriun of the 10Th April. 1918. IN re
gard 10 he fishery on the northeast coast
US To exclude our c. tiz-ns from some o
the fishing grounds To which they resort
ed for nearly quarter OF century sub
seqaent To the date of the treaty. Tn
United States have never acqui-sced il
this constr cIion, but have al ways claim
el for their fishermen all the rights whicl
taey nave - long enjoyed without noles
tauon. With q view tc remove all diff
Guilty on the subject TO extend the right @
ous fishermen beyond the limits fixed b
the convention OF 1918. and to regulat
trade between the Ulited States aud th
British North American Provinces, he
so;iation has been opened with fai
prospect for favorable result. To pro
tect cur fishermen in their rights and pre-
vent collision between them and Britis
fishermen. | deemed it expedient 10 sta
iion naval force in that quarter duIin
the fishing season. Embarrassing ques
,ions have also arisen between the tw
G,veEnmcuts In regard to Central Amer
icl. Great Britain has proposed to Sc
tie them by an amicable sgfeemeni. on
our Minister al London is instructed :
enter into negotiations on the suhje
A Commissioner for adjusting the claim
OF our citiz z.ns against Great Britain an
those Of British subjects against the Uni
ted States. organized under the Conver
tion of the Slh OF February last. is no.
sitting in London for The Transaction {
business. Itisin many respects desirabi
that the boundary between the u. STATE
and the British Provinces in the north
east as designated in the Convention {
the l5.h Jare 1916. and especially tha
part which seDarated the terr tory