New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-03
Nswalrrk Daily Gibnnre
PRESIDENTS MASSAGE
y.lls9. citizens Of The Senate
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ma, isdge ssaIy and expedlen,, bu. also 10 u
fe sfa give niornation TO them Of the State OF t1e
I,n;on. To DO this fully involves exposition
=, al matters IN The sctua conditi N OF The country
Am este or foreign, which essentially cOacern the
sr,eral welfare. Willie performing his cyns'itu'
Sooal duty ia this respect the President does nos
sn.ak merely to express personal convictions, but
as III, executive minister 0f the Government, en-
abed By bis petition, sud called upon by his oicia!
obhsaiionS ~ lean with an impartial eye the iu-
teIes,s oil The Wh0le ana oI every part ' the Ohted
States.
or the condition Of the domestic interests of the
Imon it's agriculture, miucs, manuiacturcs, navl-
gaiio and commerce, il is necessary Ouli 10 say
that The internal prosperity of the country, It's con
tiuuOus and steady advancement III wealth and
popula'Un, and in private as we'll az public we'll
bei,p attest The wisdOm Of our Institutions, and
the PREDOMINANT spirit of intelligence and patriot
i,m, which, notwithstanding occasional irrcgulari-
ties of opinion or action resulting from popular
freedom, Las distinguished and characterized the
people OF Amerlcs.
In the brief interval between the termination Of
the lost aud the commencement OF the present Sos
sion Of C,bgrcss, the public MUD has been oc ;l-
pied with tie care of selecting, for anJh her cOust
tuiional term, the President and Vce-Prcsiden. OF
the United States.
The determination Of the persons, who are Of
right or cOntiD gently, TO preside over the admins
trat ID VI the government, il, uuder our sys;em,
committed to the States aud the people. We APP
peal TO them, by their voice pronounced III the
JOINS Of law, to call @bOmsOeycr they Will to me
high post Of Chief Magistrate.
AID thus it is that as the Senator'S represent the
respective States of the Union, aid The members ol
the House Of Representatives. The several cOnstitu-
encies of each State, 50 the President represents
the aggregate population Of the United States.
Their election OF him is the explicit and solemn act
OF tie lie sovereign authority OF The Union.
In ia m ihlc IN migapurehpU1 the great
eples, which, by their recent political acton, the
people Of the United States have sanctioned and
ANNOUNCED.
The, have asserted the constitutional equality Of
each and ali If the States vi the Union a. States;
they have affirmed the constitutional equality OF
each aud all Of the clllzcns OF the United States
citIzens whatever their religion, wherever their
birth or their residences they nave maintained the
iI,oiab1 Of the constitutional rights OF the hcront
teciOI of the Uuiob and they have proclaimed tIcir
CtvoItd and unalt,rablc attachment u tie uDion and
to the Constitution 10 Otcc OF ntcTc5t superior u ell
subjects oil local nal controversy az the safe
gusro of tho rights e MI, an The spm ID the essence
OF the liberty, lesce ana greatness OF tho Republic.
IL doing tins, tLsy have, at tho auic Time omphat
caliy tOLdtDDtd tho dCa oil organizing III Ia So tMte1
Ssa,ts mere geographical parties OF muTshang 10 hog
hle arIay iowa eaca other tue oilercht pi's oi toe
ceupuy North Or South, East oI Wcst
scbtnes of this NATURE fraught with iDcalcDlabie
hi cLi.i, and winch The cOnsoerate sense Ui the peo
pie has rejected, could have had cJgntenance 10 no
VI tbs country, HAu tucJ not DtCu OlHSut,Cu Wy
suggestiODs plstsipe III appearance, aflDg upon an
eAcIi,d ttete VI the public mind, induced ny csuscs
Temporary il their character, and IT ID - be hoped,
uUbslLt IL u e'r Influence
p,,ect nbciy Of ,socia ion for political objects, and
the woe fcope " discussion, The received aad or
dhaIy oitiODs OF government III our cpdntcy Oar
h situations framed i'll the spiit OF Confidence ~ the
intelligence and integrity ot the people do mol lorold
si,iz.,s Sher viduaily asrociaed togelncr 10
atach by writing, speech, or any OnCr inc hUos shoA
Of ply seal loce, The Constitution and the very excl
the UIiot Unoer tie shelt oi thus great no
ey ana protect, by The lows and uhages O Inc Gov
sibum they sail sCciaiVns have been formed, III
gone II iLo States, of midi. VINO, preten ing
SEEK only to prevent tho spread OF the Insulation
klavtry INTO lItscb or IurlrC nchOao STAG Oi u
Union are rt ally infsmed with derife 10 change tbs
domestic DstitU tiOns vi existing 81 ites.
To accomplish their objects, ID y dedicate tbcnselve
10 The ud0us talk Of dypr.caing The governn nt or
eabiLotOb which stands III their way ana o. calunn!-
Atpg with indscrmI ate inycctve, no' only co ctl-
zens Of particular States, with whose laws they had
feult but all otGeft Of iher 'cllOgcZcns thrJushod
tbe copLty who do not participate win them III teir
sstaus upon the Cobsti uCon, framed aod adopted ny
cur fathers shd ca ming Tor tho privileges IL nas 50
cured, the blessings II has conferred, tho steady
tppp IT BIO grateful reverence oi Their cnilIen lusy
SEEK al object which they well know 10 DC d ro'oiu
toIsiy tDe They Perfectly Sare that Tue change
h. The relative condition of the he and black races La
the av, holding States which they would promote, Is
b.yoDo their lawful authority; that them II IS ior
sign object; thar it caaiIot be ehec'ed Dy aoy
AID NE States OF which they are ciuzeus,
the only pah 10 is accomplishment Is through
bun py cit.s, ard raysgcd helde, ahd slauShtcfel
POI ulaoLs and all there most terrible ~ ioren
CON aied with evil and sorvle war; aad tGat tle
fIsi step in lie attempt is til fJrcioc disruption OF
country embracing III is broad bosom degree OF
liberty and an amount of individual and public proc
per, 10 which hc,o ia 10 parallel in history, and sab
stnutpe IN its place hostile governments driven al
On re and Ipeyii ably into mutual devastation ana ra
tIridai carnage, Transforming the now peaceful aud
kicltous brotherhood into vast peindLent camp oi
SIN I'd hen, hbe the rival monaTches oi EUROPE ani
A,a We'll knowing that such, and sucd ohiy' are inc
meals snd tho consequences OF thor Plais ana Pnr'
p.ses they epdeavor 10 prepare the people OF the
tpi,ed States for civil war by doing everything III
tti, 10 deprive tic Constitution anu tbc laws o
moral authority, and 10 undermine the iaofc OF rue
Uniui. by appeals passion aud secuonai pf9uuce,
by iudocirnaDg It's people nan rV1iplec'l 90
by eolcaung them ~ .pnd face - fnce rs eou'eo,
Istbtr than shoulder TO shoulder as irioHdS.
IL is by the agency OF such unwarrahtao'e lnerier
en- e. foreign anu domestic, that NE minds oi m1u!'
sbeIwise kOod cidzens, have b9o so mnsnou iu'o 'o
ps,.lcna,e conden,naiJn Of the domestic lnSluuvns
81 The Soutberp States, as III length 70 pass
10 almost equally passionate bosuuy towsid ther iei
wctizebs those States, and thus hnauy 70 iaii INTO
tenl oIsry fellowship with the avo~ed ana act We enc
Dks vi The Constitution Aidentiy a'tached u hoe,,y
n The abstract ihoy do not stop 10 consosf P'ecto Wy
how objects they would attain can be acconp ishea,
nor TO reflect that, If the eyll were as g'edi
a. they deem II, they have no remedy "
apply, and that il can Do only agSia's'eu
by their volsn,e and unccpsttuu 1nai ac'oa.
que sOn which orc Of the mUst difhcut OF al tue
problems Of soci Institutions political economy AMI
stat, nsDsbip, hey treat with uhreascn'Dg iuePc'
ans # thought and language. Extremes ptget t"-
srtm+s VI, lent ait ok Om the North iods los IhcVi
table consequence 10 the growth oil sput OF asiy
shapte at the nth. Thus the progress OF events
had rtackco that co alton, which the vVlcc OF
M ~ ope has nov pouodly rcbuked Of tho attempt