The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1856-12-10
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
FeIloso citizens ofthe Senate and Of tie House Of
Representatives.


Feilow citizens Of The Senate and Of the House Of
Representatives.;
The Constitution requires that the Presi-
dent shall iiom lime 10 time, not only recon.
mend to the consideration of Congress such
measures as he may judge necessary and ex-
pedisAt, but also that he shall give informa-
ton 10 them of the slate of the Union. To
do this fully involves exposition of oil mat
tes in The actual condition of the country,
domestic or foreign, which essentially con.
ceu the general welfare. While performing
his constitutional duiyJin this respect, the
President does mol spesk merely 10 express
personal convictions, but as the executive
minister of the government, enabled by his
position, and called upon BY his Official OBJ
legations, TO scan with an impartial eye the
interests Of the whole, and of every part of
she United States.
Of The condition Of the domestic interests
Of The Union, iis agriculture, mines, nspufsc.
iurer, navigation and commerce, Il is neces.
cary only 10 say that the internal prosperity
OF tho country, its continuous and steady ad
vsncement in wealth and population, and in
private as well as public we.beiag, attest
the wisdom Of our institutions, and the pre-
dominant spirit Of intelligence and patriot
ism, which, notwthstau ding occasional ir.
reguiar,ies Of opinion or acnon, rssulting
from popular freedom, has distinguished aud
characterized the people Of America.
10 the brief interval bstween rhe termi.
nstion Of tie last and the commencement of
The present session OF Congress, the public
mind has beer occupied with tho care of Sc
ieciing, for another constitutional term, the
Presiden, and Vice President Of the, United
States.
The determine lion Of The persons, who ere
Of right, or conlinsenlly, TO preside over Tie
ainiaisir~,ion Of the government, -. ,adsf
our system, committed 10 the States and The
people. We appeal to them, by their voice
pronounced in tho forms of law, 10 call
whomsoever they will to The high post Of
Chief Magistrate.
And thus il is that, IS the Senators repre-
sent the Eespecivs States Of the Union, and
the members of the House of Representa-.
lives the constituencies of each State, 90 the
President represents the aggregate population
Of the United States. Their election Of him
is the explicit and solemn &C, Of the cole
sovereign authotiiy of the Union.
!, is impossible 10 njsspprehend the eres,
principles which, by lheir receni political GO.
iion, the people Of The United States hsve
sanctioned and announced.
They have asserted the constitutional
equality OF each and all Of the Slstes OF the
Union - Staies they have affirmed the con-
siitutIonal equality OF each and all Of the
citizens of the United Stsiss as citizens,
whs,ever their religion, whatever their birth,
or their residence; they have maintained the
invlolabilhy OF the constitutional rights OF
the different sections of the Union and they
hsve proclaimed their devoed and unaltera-
bic attachment 10 the Union and 10 the con-
s'ilu,ion, as objects of interests superior to
oil subjects Of local or sectional controversy,
a. The safeguards Of the rights OF all, as the
spirit and the essence of the liberty, peace
and greatness Of the Republic.
In doing this, they have, at the same time,
enphalically condemned the idea Of organi.
sing in these United States mere geographic
cal parties Of marshalling 10 hostile array
towards each other ihe different parts Of the
eountry, North OF South, Eas, or West.
Schemes Of this nature, fraught with in
salcnIable mischief, aud which The consider
ale sense of the people has rejected, could
have had no counienance in no part Of the
country, had they not been disguised BY sug.
gsa.ions plausible liz appearances, acting up
on an excited state of the public mind, in.
dnced by causes temporary in their charac-
ter, and il 10 TO be hoped transient in their
influence. - &c., -
Perfect liberty Of association for political
objects, and the widest scope.for discussion,
are the received and ordinary conditions ol
government in orr county, Our ins.itu.
sions, framed in the spii, Of confidence in
the intelligence and integrity Of the people,
do nc forbid oitizens, either individually Of
sssociated together, 10 attack BY writing
speech, or any other meihods short Of physi.
cal force, the Constitution and the very exis.
tence Of the Uaion. Under the shelter Of
this grea. liberty, aud protected BY lhe laws
and usages of the government they assaii, as.
sooialions have been formed, in some Of the
8 States, Of indiyiduals, who, pretending to
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