Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-12-06

United States have, by the outlay Of several mil
lions OF dollars, constructed railroad across the
isthmus, and ii has become the main route between
our Atlantic and Pncifc possessions, over which
mulutudcs Of our citizens and vast amount of
property are constantly passing--to the security
and protection ofa which, and the continuance Of
the public advantages invoked, Il is impossible for
the government Of the United states to he indiler-
ent
have deemed the danger Of the recurrence Of
scenes Of awlcss violence in this quarter so imni-
neut as to make ii my duty 10 station part of orr
naval force in the harbors Of Panama and Aspin-
wall in order to protect the persons and property
Of The citizens Of the United States in those ports
and to insure to them safe passages across the 18th
mus. And 1t would, in my Judgment, be unwise
to withdraw the naval force now IN those ports nm
til, by the spontaneous action of che republic of
New Granada, or otherwise, some ADEQUATE ar
rangement shall have been made for the nrotoot,p
and security of a line Of ntcr-oceanic communca-
ton SO important at this time, not to the United
States only, but TO all other maritime states both
Of Europe and America.
Meanwhile, negotiations have been instituted bv
means Of special commission 10 obtain from Now
Grnnada full indemnity for injuries sustained by
our citizens on the isthmus, and satisfactory secu-
rty for the general interests Of the United States
CONCLUDING REVIEW
In addressing to you my last annual message.
the occasion seems to me appropriate one to ex-
press my congratulations in view of the peace,
greatness and felicity which the United States now
POSSESS and enjoy, To point you to the state Of
the various departments Of the government, and
Of all the great branches Of the public service, civ
u anu military, in oirler to speak ofthe intelligence
and the integrity which pervades the whole. would
be to indicate but iInperfecty the administrative
condition Of the country, and the beneficial effects
Of that on the general welfare Nor would /. suf
fan 20 say flaafs ln, :.
home aud abroad; that its industrial interests are
prosperous; that the canvass Of its mariners viii
tens every sea; and the plough Of its husbandmen
is marching steadily onward to the bloolless con-
quest Of the continent; that cities aud populous
states arc srringing up, rs ifhy onchantment from
the bosom OF our western wilds, and that the eour
ageous energy Of our people is making ofthcse Uni
ted States the great republic Of the world These
results have not been attained without passing
through trials and peris, by experience Of which,
and thus only, nations can harden into manhood.
Our forciathers were trained to the wisdom which
conceived, and the courage which achieved indie
pendcuce, by the circumstances which surrounded
them, and they were thus made capable Of the ere
alton Of the republic. 1t deyoycd on the next gen
Grafton to consolidate the work Of the revolution.
to deliver the country entirely from the influences
Of conflicting trnsantic partialities or antipahies
which attached to our colonial and revolutionary
history, aud TO organize the practical operation Of
the constitutional and legal institutions of the In
! ion. To US, of this generation, remains the not
less noble task Of maintaining and extending the
power Of the United States. We have, at length,
reached that stage Of the national career, in which
I the dangers to be encountered, and the exertions
TO be male, are the Incidents not Of weakness but
Of strength. In our foreign relations we have Ia
attemper our power to the less happy condition Of
other republics in America, and to place ourselves
in the calmness and conscious dignity Of right by
the side Of the greatest and wealthest of the Gun.
pires Of Europe. In our domestic relations, VIC
have to guard against the shock of the discontents
the ambitious, the interests, and the exubcrant
and, therefore, sometimes irregular impulses oil
opinion, Of action, which are the natural prol.
uct Of the present political elevation the set-reli.
ance and the restless spirit ofentcrprise OF the poo
pie Of the United States.
! shall prepare to surrender the executive trus
to my successor, and retire to private life with SEN
timents Of profound gratitude to the good Proyi
dence which, during the period my adminstra.
ton, has vouchsafed to carry the country through
many difficulties, domestic and foreign, and to Gu.
able me to contemplate the spectacle Of amicabl,
and respectful relations between ours and all 9th
err governments, and the establishment Of const
tutional order and tranquility throughout the I'm
ion.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
WASHINGTON, December ,, 1856.