Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-01-13

JOB Rim TIN
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.

To the Honorable, tie Senator's and Mem
berS Of the House of Representatives Of
the General assembly,
congratulate you, my fellow citizens,
on the auspicious circumstances under
which you have convened at the seat of
government. An all-wise and benifccnt
Providence has greatly blessed our coun-
try during the year that has just closed.
The desolations of war-The ravages of
pestilence-the wastings of famine have
not been witnessed within her limits nor
have the sickly influences ofinternal strife
been permitted to paralyze her prosperity
All the great interests of the Nation have
received additional growth, and her insti-
tutions of government acquired renewed
strength. Agriculture, commerce, trade,
manufactures, the arts and sciences, have
been eminently prosperous, and each been
distinguished by some fresh discovery to
facilitate its progress.
Another Presidential election has been
held. Once more the people of this vast
country, through the agency of the ballot
box, have designated the citizen, who, for
the ensuing four years, is to ell the high
est Office known to the Constitution. The
cheerful submission of the minority, in
the result of the contest, and the magma
nimity of the majority in the enjoyment
oftheir triumph, afford gratifying evidence
that our civil institutions are not, at this
day, endangered from the violence of par
ty spirit. The voice of the majority is
honored by implicit obedience, whilst the
rights of the minority are protected by
the constitution and laws. The officer
thus chosen is the representative of the
whole people, and is bound by his oath
and the obligations of patriotism, to do
equal and exact justice to all men of
whatever persuasion, religious or politi-
cal" Each successive test of the elective
feature Of our own government has been
followed by renewed confidence in the
whole system. and so it will doubtless con-
tinue TO be, SO long as the exercise of the
right of suffrage be characterised by intel
ligence and patriotism. In all parts ofthe
civilized world the people are becoming
convinced, not only of the practicability,
but of the wisdom and justice of gov
ernment founded on the principles of
representative Democracy. Even the
firm prejudices of monarchs, are beginning
to yield 70 the powerful evidence furnish
ed by our experience. The mission of
the present generation is to secure the fu-
ture triumph of these principles in other
countries, by transmitting to posterity,
unimpaired, our model system of govern
ment That this viii be done, under a
kind Providence, l have steadfast belief
At no period since the acknowledgment
of our independence as Nation, have
the people of this Union enjoyed higher
state of prosperity, or entertained a bright
er.hope of the future. At peace with all
the world, and freed from internal strife
between the several members of the con-
federacy, by the ready acqiescence of
each in the recent Congressional ad just
ment of tue controversies incident to the
institution of domestic slavery and the ac-
QUESTION of new territory; when has this
Union been more firm and perfect! We
may well exchange congratulations on
this auspiclous picture, as | am sure we
should mingle our thanks to Almighty
God for His bounteous goodness and guar
dian care.
Two statesmen, long eminent in the
councils of the Nation, have been called
from amongst US within brief period
HENRI CLAY and DANIEL WEBSTER will
be known no more except in history but
that immortal record will make their good
works familiar to posterity. The tolling
Of bells-the sable ensign and the solemn
obsequies have manifested the Nations
regret. Whilst thus lamenting the loss
of those patriots, we should be consoled
by the recollection, that they had been
spared to fill the full measure of time al
lotted to man. According to the beauti-
full figure of one of them, presented in a
discourse at New York, not many months
since-measuring time by ideas and e.
vents-they had become modern Methu-
selahs, in the extent of what they had
seen of the world, and done for their
country. Who could expect more and
who is not satisfied with the extent of
their labors
The receipts to the Treasury during the
late fiscal year, exclusive of the proceeds
ofloans, amounted to the gross sum of S4,-
oel $50, 30, which amount added to the