New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-12-08
DO EsTDENps MESSAGE.
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sideration OF Congress slcl e. 49, Ia shall give
nfor,aton to them of the state Of the Union to
9his fully involves exposition OF an and foregn
actual condition Of the country aollgs.o isa willie
S,,irh essentially concern the general Meltale. t
rf,n,ng hs Constitutional duty in TINS fespect' my
president does not speak merely 60 express H. @
onrirtions But as the executive munster u sle ~
rnment, enabled by his position ana caileu mPo ny
fn;sl ohirations to scan with an impartial eye
.s If the WHOLE and Of every part OF the
United States. ,o.;o ;nterosts of the
rynon. its agriculture, mses, manufactures tEat
t;on ana commerce. it is necessary only " ssy eiao
tn nterna prosperity of the country its cont1nuous
snd steady advancement in wealth ana poll. t ~
nj in nrivate as well as public weEbelng, atlesI my
risdnm Of our institutions, and the predominant splll'
of intelligence and patriotism when, not"iCnsssnu
fnr occas onal Irregularities of opinion OF aet9n re-
srtng from popular freedom, mas als'''' ''''N
cbaracterised the people OF America. e.,, |
T the trief interval between the termination OF inc
ysr and the commencement of the present session vi
S1ongress the public mind has been occupied WIN sne
care Of selecting Tor anoIner t nf tha tinted
the President anu WIG is''o0'''
States ,a,,,, who orc If 7oht
or contingency to preside over the To
She government, is under our system, ., NV
.the States and the people. We appeal 70 stll ~
sher voice nronounced in the forms OF iaws 10 cl
syhomsoever they will to the high posi- Oh oil'''
Magistrate. co,o+o,s renresent the
,1nan+va States of the Union and the mehlnels u
She House of Representatives the several 4 M
es Of each State the Presdent he;r eec
o-rneafe nonulation of the United STATES. lnen ee
o Of Nm is the explicit and solemn act OF the Sole
sovereign authority OF the Union. .no,+- r,rnci
II Is impossible to misapprehend tne srea ~ pi nn
ces which, by their recent political and an
pile OF the Unltea oe@'o' nav
1aGnced. .4+;o,o1 onnolitv of
each and all OF the States OF the Union, as o,
xhey have affirmed the constitutional equaty VI et ~;
and all Of the citizens of the United States as elt
whatever their religion, wherever lle! pliy "
their residence; they have maintained Wy NV @
7ty of the constitutional rghtsol llo Inea their
fops Of the Union; and they have proeianeu .,,Gil
devoted and unalterable attachment 10 inc olo anu
to the constitution objects OF interest," superior
all subjects of local sectional controversy AZ te
safeguard of the rights OF AL s she apo of tho
essence Of the liberty, peace ana creatures VI 'ne
Republic. a.. co,,o +;n,e amnbati.
saIly condemned the idea OF orgalilz NJ
United States mere geographical parties OF ils.l
jnp in hostile array towards each other the ollere
narts of the country North or South East or Mest
schemes of this nature, fraught with lnca I
mischief and which The fons bad sua in
a,art Of the country had they not been disguised y
suggestions plausible in Appearance acss upo,, aa
excited state of the public mind induced py fauseS
Temporary in their character ana 1t Is " Ut no0'
transient in their influence
Perfect liberty Of association for political object:
and the widest scope Of discussion are tie received
and ordinary conditions OF government t our COM cou
trv Our institutions, framed in the spirit OF conn
jence in the intelligence and integrity OF the people
do not forbid citizens, either individually or assoc.
ted together to attack by writing, Speech or an,
other methods short of physical force, the collslu
yi1 and the yerv existence Of the Union. Under tn
shelter Df this great liberty, and protected py III
laws and usages of the government tney assal ssso
citations have been formed In some OF the states,
individuals who pretending to seek only TO proven
be spread of the institution of slavery into the pre-
sent or future inchoate States OF the Unloi are fea
Unframed with desire to change the aomeste insult
&ous Of existing States 10 accomplish @
they dedicate themselves to The odious task OF depre
eiating the government organization, which STANDS i
their way, and OF eliminating with indscrhilhat
inyective not only the citizens OF particular States
with whose laws they find fault but all others o
fheir feliow-citizens throughout the country who d
mot participate with them i'll then asssitS upon III
constitution framed and adopted by our fathers, an
claiming for the privileges it has secured and IN
f. essngs it has conferred the steady support an
wa teful reverence Of their children.
m, 'ey seek an object which they well know to be
,y1 tionary They are perfectly aware that TIL
,hnnop in the relative condition OF the white an
hIanf ,,4,s in the slaveholdng States, which the
id ro,, 1te is beyond their lawful authority; tina
IN than It is n foreign object; that it cannot b
effacted by auy peaceful instrumentalty OF theirs
fst for them and the States OF which they are CIT
aas the onIv nnth to It's accomplishment is throug
1,upnine cities and ravaged fields, and saughtere
onnafions and all there is most terrible in oreigl
Complicated with civil and serylle war anu THAT u
iNi ei"tN
De-, ronntry embracing in its broad bosom degree
= liberty and an amount of individual and public pro
q.rtY to which there is no parallel III history, al
Substituting in its place hostile g";ernmehs: ariSe
nj Ttrte and inevitably into mutual devastation an
Fratricida carnage, transforming the now peacell al
delicious brotherhood into vast permanent camp
armed men, like the rival monarchies OF europe al
Asia. Well Knowing that such, ana such only' al a.
Che means and the consequences OF their p;tils az
purposes they endeavor to prepare the people OF u
$tEMt5ed States for civil by doing everything
Tner power to deprive the constitution and the LAY
Of moral authority and to on anr tg nIeudc
nv in1octrinating its people with reciprocal haue
and by educating them to stand lace TO iaSe as ell
mics rather than shoulder to shoulder as lrehas.
It is by the agency Of such unwarrantaDle inter
;rence foreign and domestic, that the minds OF mar
srtherwse good citizens, have been SO unnamed ~
the passionate condemnation OF the domestie ihst
tions of the Southern States, as at enSth 10 pass
sensibly to equally passionate hostility towards I'M
Eeowcit Of those States, and thus hnaly 10 !
into temporary fellowship with the avowed and act
enemies of the constitution. Ardentiy attached
liberty in the abstract they do not stop 10 conslt
practically how the objects they would attain can
ACCOMPLISHED nor to reflect that event. the EVIL w
:as great as they deem it, they have no remedy 10
y,v and that it can be only aggravated by 'heir
Hence and unconstitutional action question VII
is one of the most difficult of all the problems OF SOC
institution, political economy and craftsmanship u
treat with unreasoning intempcrance OF thought ;
language. Extremes beget extremes. Violent au
from the North finds its inevitable consequence III
growth Of a spirit of angry defiance AZ the Sol
Tbus in the progress of events we had reached
contamination, which the voice OF the people has I
80 pointedly rebuked, of the attempt of portion
the Statestby sectional organization and moVem
to usurp the control Of the Government OF the I'm
States.
l. confidently believe that the great body of IL
who inconsiderately took this fatal step, are since
attached to the constitution and the Union. 1
would, upon elaboration, shrink with unaffected
Yor from any conscious act Of disunion or civil
But they have entered into path which leads
where unless it be to civil war and disunion
which has no other possible outlet. They have
seeded thus far in that direction in consequence
the successive stages Of their proceedings having
sisted of o series of secondary issues, each OF W
protested to be confined within constitutional
@1eaceful limits, but which attempted indirectly
few men were willing to do directly, that Is, to az
excessively against the constitutional rights oil II
ane-half of the thirty-one States.
In the long series of acts OF indirect aggression
6rst was the strenuous agitation, by citizens o
Northern States, in Congress and ont OF 1t, o
question of negro emancipation in the Sou'
States.
The second step in this path of evil consist
acts Of the people of the northern States and II
.eral instances of their governments, aimed to
tate the escape of persons held to service III the
&rn States, and to prevent their cXtradltion wht
claimed according to law and in virtue of express
visions of the constitution To promote this o.
Legislative enacments and other means were ado