The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-12-06
PRESIDENTS 7iESsaGE.

EiS kSE DES Z - NESS AGE.
To Ms .SeHate and House ct' Eepreseata
taceS, an tOagreSs dssemjied:
The Constitution requires that the Presi-
dent shall, from time 10 time, not only re-
commend 10 the consideration OF Congress
such measures he may judge necessary and
expedient, but also that no shall give infor-
nation as to the state Of the Union.
To do this fully involves exposition of ali
matters in the actual cond ton Of the coun-
try, domestic or foreign, which essentially
concern the general welfare.
While performing this constitutional duty
in this respect, the President does not speak
merely to express personal convictions, but
as the Executive Minister of the Govern
ment, enabled by his position and called up
on by his Official obligations to scan with an
impartial eye the interests of the whole and
every part Of the United States. of the con
dition of the domestic interests of the
Union, its agriculture, mines, m1nufac-
lures, navigation and commerce, it IS ncces.
sary only to say that the internal prosperity
OF the country, its continuous and steady
advancement in wealth and in population,
and in private as well as public weii-bcing,
attest the wisdom Of cur institutions and the
predominant spirit of intelligence and gatri-
otism, which notwithstanding occasional ir-
regularties of opinion or action resulting
from popular freedom, has distinguished
and characterized the people Of America.
la the brief interval between the termRa-
ton Of the last and the commencement of
the present session Of Congress. the public
mind has been occupied with the care of Sc
lecting for another Constitutional term the
lsr..-t .i-y..
States. The determination of the persons
who are Of right or coutngcntiy to Dre-ile
over the Administration Of the Government
Is under our system committed % the States
and the People. V appeal to them by
their voice pronounced in the forms Of Law
to call whomsoeyer they viii to the high
post o: Chief Magistrate. And thus it is
that as the Senators represent the respective
States OF the Union, and the members Of
the House OF Representatives the several
constituencies OF each Stat, 80 the Prc>i-
dent represents the aggregate population OF
the United States. he election Of him i
the explicit and solemn act o. tie sole sOve-
reign authority Of the Union.
IL IS Impossible to misappieleud the great
pfGc.P'es which by their recent pD!itica! ac-
trOn, tLe people OF the taiteI States lave
saucl.0uet and announced They have as
serted the cgTst!tJt.oua, equality If each and
al the states u til Union. as States; they
have affirmed the c2Estl,uJis IA, equally of
each and a.. Of the c.tz-A, Of the United
States, 8 c..iZeuS, what ~sr their religion,
wherever t-e;r birth or Te 'lenca. lney
have maintained the ily.,.4J..itv Of the CON
stItutOnal rights vi the different Se'uOnS Of
the mon, and they have pro-aIH-t Their
devoted a"- uHa.t'.'si. attachment - 'Ae
CAi''' ana N'iAt'la-'on, d o2j Cts oi ih'c
rest superior - aai su2. Gets 81 .o,". Or sec
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