Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1856-12-11
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dent shall, from time to time, not only re-
commend 10 the consideration Of Congress
such measures as he may Judge necessary
and expedient, but also that he shall give in |
formation TO them of the state of the Union |
To do this fully involves exposition of all |
matters in the actual condition of the roun |
try, domestic or foreign, which essential, |
concern the general welfare. While per- |
forming his constitutional duty in this re. |
Fpeci, the President does not speak merely |
30 express personal convictions, but as IN, |
Executive Minister of the Government, en- |
abled by his position, and called upon by hi, |
official obligations, 10 scan with an impartial
eye the interests ofthe whole, and of every
part OF The United States.
FELIcIrATIoNs.
OF the condition of the domestic interests
oI the Union, lis agriculture, mines, manu-
features, navigation and commerce, it is ne
cessary only to say that the internal pros
periiy Of the country, its CONTIGUOUS and
steady advancement in wealth and popula-
ton, and in private as well as public we'll
being, attest the wisdom Of our institutions,
and the rreduminent spirit Of intelligence
and patriotism, which, notwithstanding oc.
casional irregularities of opinion or action
resulting from popular freedom, has dstin.
guished and characterized the people of A
msrlca.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
In the brief interval between the termi.
nation 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
President and Vice President Of the United
States.
The delcrmiuati, n Of persons, who are of
hEht' or con'ingently, TO preside over the
administrations Of the government, is, under
our system, committed to the States and the
people. We appeal 10 them, by their voice
pronounced in the forms OF law, to call
"homSoever they will to the high post Of
Chief Magistrate.
And thus it is that as the Senators repre-
sent the respective States OF the Union, and
the members Of the House OF Representa-
lives the several constituencies OF each State,
so the President represents the aggregate
population Of the United States. Their cleo
ton OF him is the explicit and solemn act of
the sole sovereign authority OF the Union.
PRrNcIPLEs SANCTIONED by THE RECENT
ELECTION.
II is impossible to misapprehend the great
principles, which, by thciI recent political
action, the people Of the United States have
sanctioned and announced.
They have asserted the constitutional e.
quality of each and all The States of the I'm
Ion as States; they have affirmed the const-
tutional equality Of each and all of the citi-
zens Of the United States as citizens, what
ever their religion, wherever their birth, or
their residence, they have maintained the
invioability Of the constitutional rights of
the different sections Of the Union; and they
have proclaimed their devoted and unalter-
able attachment to the Union and to the Con-
situtlon, as objects of interest superior to
all Subjects Of local or sectional controversy,
as the safeguard Of the rights OF all, as the
spirit and essence of the liberty, peace and
greatness Of the Republic.
SECTIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
In doing this, they have, at the same time.
emphatically condemned the idea of organic
ing in these United States mere geographic
ca parties; Of marshallng in hostile array
towards each other the different parts Of the
= country, North or South, East or west.
= Schemes Of this nature, lraught with in
ca'culable mischief, and which the conside-
rate sense Of the people has rejected, could
have had conntenance il. no part of the COIN
try, had they no: been disguised by SUCCESS
lions plausible in appearance, acting upon
an excited state of the public mind, induced
by causes temporary in their character, and
II Is TO be hoped transient in their influence
Perfect liberty Of association for political
objects, and the widest scope Of discussion,
are the received and ordinary conditions Of
government in our country. o r insttu-
tions, formed in the. spirit Of confidence in
the intelligence aud integrity of the people
do not forbid citizens, either individually or
associated together, 10 attack by writing,
speech, or any other methods short of physi-
cal force, the Constitution and the very ex.
jstence Of the Union. Under the shelter of
this great liberty, and protected by the laws
and uSages OF the government they assail,
associations have been formed, in some of
the States, Of individuals, who, pretending
TO seek only TO prevent the spread Of the
institution Of slavery into the present or fl-
ture inchoate States Of the Union, are really
inla,ned with desire to change the domestic
institutions Of existing States. To accom-
push thtlE ouJecls tuty ueulchlc themselves
10 the odious task OF deprecating the gov
eminent organizations which stand in their
way, and OF eliminating, with indisorimi-
nate inyective, not only the citizens of par
ticul0r States, with whose laws they find
fault, but all others of their felIow-clizens
throughout the country, who do not partc-
pate with them in their assaults upon the
Constitution, framed and adopted by our
fathers, and claiming for the privileges it
has secured, and the blessings it has con-
ferred, the steady support and graceful rev.
crenee of their children. They seek an OBJ
jet which they well know 10 be revou-
iionary one. They are perfectly aware that
the change in the relative condition of the
white and black races in the slaveholding
States, which they would promote, is beyond
their lawful authority; that TO them it is q
foreign object; that it cannot be effected by
any peaceful fundamentally of theirs; that
for them, and the States Of which they arc
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