The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-12-07
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5. .,o,.asn, which Ii ,nues thus sssoue,
80 ntuye 10 neat NJ hand, a. scarcely 70 pc ee-
yena The gs aa e zoe % vest and so
ned. both numbers and territorial ln ns
hs and interests could only be Kept n q
go eonstitation understood BY those who nave az
.Shered to the most restricted construction o. .ne
powers granted BY the people and the states the
proted and applied according TO those prime WY
reat compact adapts itself with healthy ease sua
freedom 70 an unlimited extension Of tna hea Il l.
system OF federatise self government, on wh1h ~ 70
- siorieus and truet immortal charter Let us.
then. with redoabled vigilance, no on our suaIe
asaisss ydsns TO tee s N yrssre Of tn
rasiives of conceded temporary advantage and apps
rent temporary expectancy. -. ,,,,a
Sth the maintenance of national unity and efficient
.eticn in eur relations with the rest of the world,
shoud afford the rule and measure Of construction OF
- noseYs under the general clauses of the consti'
satior spirit Of strict deierence to the sovereign
rights and dignity OF every STATE rather ehen als
esi,,oa 20 subordinate the States into provincial
elaon TO the central authority, should oharaeeerize
An our xercise of the respective powers, teHpora-
rily vested a. sacred trust from the generous
confidence OF our conststuents =,
ron OF the perpetuEten of the Union, ana OF the
realization Of that magnificent national future sd-
yerteo TO- does the dety become yearly stronger and
clearer anon us citizens OF the several States to
cultivate fsternal and aieetionate spirit language
x.d conduct in gard other States and IN relation
10 the varied interests institutions and habits OF sem
traept and opinion, which may respectively charac
Mutual t0f0N fScpeCt, auu non
interfereuce in personal action as citizens aud
ENLARGED exercise of the most liberal principles of
comfy in the public dealings of State with State
whether in legislation or ia the execution OF laws are
the means &c perpetuate that confidence and tfater-
nifty the decay of which mere political union, on So
vast scale could not long survive.
In sill another point of view en- important prac-
teal duty suggested by this consideration of the mag
nitude Of dmsusious to which political system,
wl. ~ ,, 90 svSiiapce does
it require 20 cultivate the cardinal virtues OF pup
lie frugslity and official gritty aud purity Pubnc
affairs ought TO be conducted that settled con-
sicion shall pervade the entire Union, that nothing
short of the hi CHEST tone and Standard OF pubic mo
rsisy marks every part OF the sdinstTatloh ana reg
islation of the general government. Thus will the
federal syeten expansion tune and progress
may give it, continue and more deeply rooted In
the love and confidence of the people,
That wise economy, which is es far removed from
parsimony as from corrupt and corrupting eStrava.
gancethat single regard for the public good, which
win frown upon all attempts to approach the trea'
Fry with usdous projects of private interest cloak
ed under public pretexts-that sound fiscal admins:
traton, which, in the Legislative department guards
against the dangerous temptations incident to over
flowing revenue, and, in the executive, MAINTAINS an
urseepipg watchfulness against the tendency of all
national expenditure to eNtrsyagance,-whiie they
he deemed as properly adverted 70 and urged in view
of the more impressive that necessity, which
is directly suggested by the considerations now pre-
sented. : eaH tt
Since the adjournment of Congress the Vice Pres
dent of the United States has passed from the scenes
the station which he had been called by the voice
of hie countrymen Having occupied, almost contin-
cousy for more than thirty years. seat in one or the
other eff the two Houses of Congress, and having by
his singular purity and wisdom, secured unb0unded
confidence and universal respect, his falling health
was watched by the nation with painful solictude.-
His loss to the country under all the circumstances
has been justly regarded as irreparable.
In compliance with the act of Congress of March
z 1865, the oath of Office administered to him
the oath of that month, eft Aradne estate, near Ma
tanZss in the island of Cuba; but his strength grad
uay declined, and was hardly sufficient TO enable him
to return to his home in Alabama, where, the 18th
day of April in the most calm and peaceful way, his
jeng and eminently useful career was terminated.
Entertaining unlimited confidence in your intelli-
gent and patriotic devotion the public interest and
being conscious Of no motives on my part which are
not inseparable from the honor and advancement of
my country hspe itmay be mysprivilege to deserve
and secure not only cordial cooperation in great
public measures, but also those relations of mutual
confidence and regard, which it is always desirable
to cultivate between members of coordinate branch
es Of the government.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
WASHINGTON, D. c., December 5. 1858. 4