Eastern times., 1853-12-15

tzanafezsins With thsnsslsss, by q psassfal land-
healthy process Of incorporation, spacious re-
gions of virgin and exuberant soil, which are
destined to swarm with the fast-growing and
fast-spreading millions Of our race.
These considerations seem fully to justify
the presumtion, that the law of population
above stated viii continue to act with unde.
na.h m,nlshsd etc., aeECugh least ses esa5 ~
have already arrived az 4natnrisy, and are1npw
exercising thsrfskfs of freeuaen, will lheir
eyes on the spectacle of more than Fone hnn-
dredmillionssof population nmbrac9q Within
thess rnaiestic ur6p6ssions bf the Ameftcan
Unioh. /, is not merely as an interesting top
ic of speculation that present these views for
your consideration. They have important.
practical bearings upon al the political du.
ties we are called upon 70 perform.I Heretofore
our system o6g9vefnPept hss worried onIwAae
SON with the development which it must thus
assume. within future so near at hand, as
scarcely TO be beyond the present of the exist
ine generaticn.
= fis evident that confederation SO vast and
so varied, bothains uumbers and I'm teFvitOfial
extent, in habits and In interests, could. only
be Kept in national cohesion" by the ,sttictest
fidelity 70 the principles Of the constit utiori as
understood By those who have adhered to the
most restricted construction Of the powers
the people and thei S;ates.ss Inter
preted and applied according to those princi-
'pless the great compact adapls insesf with heal
thy ease and freedom % an unlimited extern
sion OF that beniga system Of fedsrative immor-
tai charter. Let nssthen, with redeuhled sigi.
lance, ee On our guard against yielding to the
RnmnfaftO0. n ~rG An.aA Af,,Ag
even under tha pTessu e'M the motives Of con-,
,cedsd { ss3 p0Ta5y advantage apa appsrens tenn,
The miniam q fsd.fist goysrnmenk VEN. len Co COM :
patible with the maintenance Of national uni
ty and efficient nctionih oar relations with The.
rest of the world, should afford the rule and
messoFe Of construction Of our powers under
the general clauses Of the constitution A
spirit of strict Difference TO the sovereign rights
and dignity of every Stats. rather than dis
position to subordinate the States into pre-.
yincial relation to the central authority, should
characterize all our exercise of the respective
powers temporarily vested mus as . sacred
trust from the generous confidence of our con-
siituents. se,,. ltal osIdf-vla )o r,us ade n,
In like manner, as manifesily indispensable
condition Of the perpetuation, of the. Union, and
of the realization of that magnificent National
fuiure' adyerted to, does the duty become year
ly stronger and clearer upon us, as citizens Of
the several States, TO cultivate fraternal and
affectionate spirit. language and conduct, in
regard to sother States, and in relation to the
varied interests, institutions, and habits of SEN
timent and opinion, which may respectively
characterize them.i Mutual forbearance,a re-
spHes, and non interference in our personal ac-
tions as citizens, and an enlarged exercise Of
the most liberal principles Of comfy in the
public dealings Of State With State. whether in
legislation or the execution of laws, as the
means to Perpetuate that confidence and fra
ternity, in the decay of which mere political
union, on SO vast a scale, could not, long sur
vive. ..y ~. L.y ~, f
In still another point Of view is an irnportan,
practical duty suggested BY this consideration
Of the magnitude Of dimensions, TO which our
political system, with its corresponding ma
chine-y of government, 10 so rapidly expand
ing With increased vigilance does il require
us to cultivate the cardinal virtues of public
frugaity and official integrity and purity
Public affairs ought TO be 30 conducted that
settled conviction shall peryade the entire Un-
ion, that nothing short of the highest tone and
standard Of public morality marks every part
of the administration and legislation of the
general government Thus will the, federal
system, whatever expansion time and progress
may give it. continue more and more deeply
rooted in the love and confidence Of the people.
g That wise economy which Is as far removed
from parsimony as from corrupt and corrupting
extravagance, ,-athat single regard for the pub
lie good, which will frown upon all attempts to
approach the treasury with insidious' projects
of private interest cl0akea under public pre-
texts,--that soand fiscal administration, which,
in the legislative department. gnards against
the dangerous temptations incident to over.
flowing revenue, and, in the executive, main
tains an unsleeping watchfulness against the
tendency of all national expenditure to extrav-
agance, while they are admitted elementary
political duties, may, / trust, be deemed as
properly adverted 10 and urged, in view of the
more impr ressive sense of that necessity, which
is directly suggested by the considerations now
III a'-'A II 4'ssii
: Since the adjournment Of Congress, the Vice
President of the United States has passed from
the scenes of earth, without having entered
upon the duties of the station, to which he had
been called blythe voice Of his countrymen.-
Having occupied, almost continuously, for
more than thirty years, seat in one or the
other of the two Houses of Congress, and hav-
ing, by his singular purity and wisdom, secured
unbounded confidence and universal respect,
his falling health was watched by the nation
with painful solicitude. His loss to the coun-
try, under all the circumstances, has been just
ly regarded as hreparabie. s'' A'-
In compliance With the act Of Congress of
March q 1853, the oath of Office was admins
tered to. him on the 24th of that month, at
Ariadne estate, near Matanzas, in the island of
Cuba; but his strength gradually declined,
and was hardly sufficient to enable him 20 re-
turn to his home in Alabama, where, oni the
eighteenth day of April, in the most calm and
peaceful way, his long and eminently useful
career was terminated. .rs W VIZ .l-iEaiar
/, Entertaining unlimited confidence in your
intelligent and patriotic. devotion to the public
interest, and being conscious of no motives on
my part which are not inseparable, from the
honor and advancement OF my country, I hope
it may be my privilege to deserve. and secure,
not only your cordial co-opetation in great pub
lie measures. but also those relations of mutual
confidence and regard, which it is always so de-
sirable to cultivate between members of co-or-
dinate branches Of thesgovernment. ~ e.di
na-zfR 3a .as,arHn FRANKLIN PIERCE.
WASHINGTON, D. c, December S, 1852 hul
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