The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-12-10
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
VFF'~tHJ y fHt tJtHHTt -
and ofMe House of Representatives. !.

4 shdli, from time 70 time, not only recommend
to the consideration OF Congress such mea.
sures as he may judge necessary and expe-
dlent, but also that he shall give information
TO them OF the state Of the Union. To do this
tully involves exposition Of all matters in the
actual condition Of the country, domestic or
foreign, which essentially concern the gene
raj welfare. While performing his constitu-
tional duty in this respect, the President does
not speak merely to express personal conyic-
tlons, but as the executive minister of the
government, enabled by his position, and
called upor. by his official obligations, to scan
with an impartial eye the interests of the
whole, and OF every part Of the United States.
W the condition Of the domestic interests
OF the lnlon, its agriculture, mines, manu-
iactures ), navigation, and commerce, it is me-
cessaey only to say, that the internal prosper
lty o. the country, its continuous and steady
advancement in wealth and population, and
IN private as well as public wel.being, attest
the wisdom OF our institutions, and the pre-.
dominant spirit Of intelligence and patriotism,
which, notwithstanding occasional irregular
ties Of opinion or action resulting from popu-
] lar freedom, ha, distinguished and character.
ized the people Of America.
In the brief interval between the termina-
tion OF the last and the commencement of the
n present session 81 Congress, the public mind
has been occupied with the care Of selecting
for another constitutional term, the Presi-
dent and Vice President OF the United
States.
The determination of the persons, who are
Of right, or contingently TO preside over the
administration Of the government, is, under
our system, committed to the States and the
people. We appeal to them, by their voice
pronounced in the forms Of law, to call whom
soe,er they will to the high post Of Chief
Magistrate.
And thus il Is that as the senators represent
tie respective States Of the Uniun, and the
members Of the House Of Representatives the
several constituencies 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 the sole
sovereign authority Of the Union.
II is impossible 10 misapprehend the great
principles, which, BY their recent political ac-
ton, the people OF the United States have
sanctioned aud announced.
They have asserted the constitutional
equality Of each and all Of the States of the
Union as States thew have affirmed the con-
stitutinual equality Of each aud all OF the cit-
zens Of the United States as citizens, what
ever their religion, whatever their birth, or
their residence; they have maintained the
inynabity 0f the constitutional rights Of
the different sections oil the Uuion !; aud they
have proclaimed their devoted aud unaltera.
Ible attachment to the Union anu to the coli
stitutOn, as objects Of interest superior to all
subjects ol local OF sectional controversy, as
the safeguard to the rights Of all, as the spirit
aud the essence Of the Liberty, peace and
greatness Of the Republic.
III doing this, they have, at the same time,
emphatieally condemned the idea Of organiz
ing in these United States mere geographical
parties; Of marshalling in hostile array to-
wards each other the different parts ol the
country, North o. south, East or West.
Schemes Of this nature, iraught with meal.
culable mischief, aud which the considerate
sense Of the people has rejected, could have
had countenance 10 no part OF the country,
had they not been disguised by suggestions
plausible IN appearance, acting upon an ex-
cited state oi the public mind, induced by
causes temporary 10 their character, and II is
10 be hoped transient 10 their influence.
Perfect liberty 0l association Tor political
objects, and the widest scope Of discussion.
ATE the received and ordinary conditions Of
government in our country. Our institutions,
framed III tie spirit Of confidence ~ the
intelligence and integrity Of the people, do
, not forbid citizens eliher individually Or as
soeiatcd together, to attack By writing,
speech, or auy other method short Of physi-
cal hTCe, the Constitution aud the very cx.
istcnCe u the Union. Under the shelter ol
: this great liberty, and protected by the laws
and Dsascs Of the government they assail, as
;. suciatiUns have been formed 10 snme Of the
States, Of individuals, who, pretending tu
seek Cnly 10 prevent tie spread Of the insti.
/. tutiun Of slavery into the present OF future
inehoair States of the Union. are really in
famed with desire to change the domestic
, institutions Of existing States. 10 accom-
y plisi their objects, they dedicate themselves
10 the odious task Of deprcciatng tue govern.
ment organization which stands III their way
and Of Calumnating, with indiscrimlnatc IN
yeCtlye, not Only the citizens Of particular
States, with whose laws they find fault, but
all others Of their fellow citizens throughout
" the country, whodo not participate with them
in their assaults upon the Constitution, Tram.
l. Cd and adopted BY our fathers. and claiming
= Tor the privileges i has secured, and the bcs.
sings ii has conferred, tile steady support and
grateful reverence Of their children. The,
seek an object which they we'll know TO be !
revolutionary one. The, are perfectly awar,
that the change 10 the relative condition o
tie white aud black races IN the sla,e.hOldtng
states, which they would promote, is bcyon,
their lawful authority; that TO tlcm II Is |
lorcign object; that Il cannot be effected b,
any peaceful insirumentality Of theirs; tina
i, lor them, and the States Of which they ar,
IN citizens, the only path to its Accomplishment
se j. through burning cities. and ra,aged fields
q aud slaughtered populations. aud all there !