The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-12-23
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE,
tcoNTINuSD,)

10 the agricultural interests OF the oo'o
led States, has, within few years past
been opened with Peru. Notwi,hs'and-
int The inexhaustiblc deposits OF guam"
upon the Islands Of that country, cons'd'
erable difficulties ore experienced IN oo-
,aining the requisite supply Measures !n.
have been taken 10 remove these dill
cul,ies, and to secure more abundant
importation Of tho uJticle. Un'or'un>
nteIv there has been serious collision
between our citizens, who have resorted
10 the Chincha island for il, and the re-
ruyian authorities stationed there re-
dress. for ike outruges, committed oJ me
latter. was promptly demanded by our
minister ut Lima. This subject is now
under consideration, and there is reason
10 believe ,ha, Peru is disposed 10 offer
ADEQUATE indemnify to the aggricVed par
ties. .. :, II
We are thus not only at peace with all
foreign countries, but, in regard 10 p'''",
cDl affairs, are exempt from any cause oi
serious disquietudo in our domestic rel0>
lions. -' -t...-r
The controversies, which have aglta'ed
The country heretofore, are passing away
with tho causes which Produced them
and the passions which they had awak-
ened: or, if any trace Of them remains,
i, NAV be reasonably hoped that II VIII
only be perceived in the Jealous 1'Val-
Il, aood citizens 10 testify their re-
snec, for The rights Of the States, their
devotion TO the Union and their common
dissemination ,ha, each ono o!ihe States,
it's institutions, it's welfare and its do"
mestic peace shall be held alike secure
under the sacred egis oftbe constitution
This new league of ami'y and OF mn
+ual confidence and support, into Whlch
the people Of the republic have entered,
bappily eff ,rds inducements and uppor>
tuni,y for the adoption of more COM
prehens!ve and unembarrassed line o.
polcy and of action, as 10 the great ma
teriai interests of the country, whether
regarded in themselves or in connexlon
with the powers of the civilized world.
The United States have continued
p,adually and steadily TO expand, 'hro
ACQUISITIONS orieri,ory, which, how mucf
soeyer some ufthem may have been qnes
,ioned. are now universally seen and ad'
mi,ted to bave been wise in policy JUS
in character, and great element in the
advancement, Of our country, and, with II
Of the human race, in freedom, in pros
peri,y, md IN happiness. The thir'eeI
States have grown 10 be thirty one' WIN
relations reaching 20 Europe on the ont ont
side. and on the other TO the alstah
realms Of Asia.
/ am deeply sensible of the 'mmens
responsibility which the presen, mag!n
tude Of the republic. and the dlVers'
and multiplicity, Of it's interests deVolVt e
upoo me, the allevialion of which, SO II
AZ relates to the immediate conduct
the public business is, first, in my rel
ance on the wisdom and patriotism,
the two Houses Of Congress; and se'
ondly. in the directions afforded me
the principles Of public polliy, atfl'm'
by our fathers OF the epoch OF l79S, san
toned by long experience, and cons'c'
ted anew by the overwhelming voice
the people Of the United States.
Recurring TO those principles, VIII
constitute the organic basis OF union
nerceiye that, vast as are the functions a
The duties Of the federal governme
vested in, or entrusted TO, lis three gr!'
aen.r,ments. The legislative, execu'l
and judicial, yet the substantive pow
the popular force, and the la'ge capa
ties for social and material devolopme
exis, in the respective States, which,
being ofthemselves we'll constituted
publcs, as they proceeded, so they al(
are capable ofmaintaiuing and peIPe,,'
inc, the American Union. The Fed'
government has its appropriate line
action in the specific and limited pow
conferred on i, by the constitution, ch''
as ,cthose things in which the s'a
have common interest in their relations
one another, and 10 foreign governme,'
while the great mass of interests WI WI
belong TO cultivated men, the ordir
business ofiife, the springs OF 'nouS
all the diversified personal and dome
affairs of society, rest securely upon
general reserved power OF the peop'
the States. There is the effective
mocracy of,he nation, and there the
escence Of lis being and IFS grea'nes
SoOf the practical consequences !"
flow from the nature Of the federal
ernuient, the primary oneis the du'
administering with integrity and hd'
the high trust reposed in itby the
s,i,uiion, especially in the applIca'io
The public funds, as drawn by taxa
from The people, and appropriated to
cifc objects by Congress. lspp'
have no occasion 10 suggest any RAJ
changes in The financial policy ofthe
eminent Ours is almost, ,ifnot abso
", the solitary power. of Chrlsten
having a surplus revenue, drawn In
aiately from imposts on commerce,
therefore measured by the spontan
enterprise and national prosperity o