Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-03-11
4 sf ~ Bsekssss's
lIGAqsgrMAls Address.

Ny NJ Ashington, March ii.
" II. - - m166 rim delivering tke1taf
suxarsl addtsm vas remarkably impressive and |
- Ne s,exsn ~ % sppeal 70 ti,e AZ
,eixhsy 1os ssseagth and uisdun % esable him |
- ssrry ous III adsuinissrsson Of the sfEass Of
tbs corntry 10 shs Advantage Of the people. A
hs had determined not 70 Try TO be eiecsed .
second Presidential term. bis administration
should i,e conducted purely and Tor the best IN
teresss OF The whole country BE spoke of his
election a having been accomplished BY those
snxiouaIv deairors for the preservation Of The
vi. ..,,u. He congratulated the country on the
fact that Agitation on the subject Of Slavery had
,Imost eu,irely ceased, and be declared that for
the Hr,t dime 10 10 years the country had arriv-
Cd Il pe.ce on shss subject.
Ia reference 70 Kansas lie declared that It
.hn,,d 8. ssmi,,ed with either freedom or sia-
~, q me constitution adopted by the people
ai,ecss He vert into a long argument 70 show
,hat the Nsbrsska Kansas bill was right in prin-
cinie. The equality Of States, said he, must he
preserved. ne added however that slavery was
iesa impsrtant prac,icaliy than some other sub
| iecfa before the American people. The Geo
-. phic.I parties TO which the agitation Of the
slayery question has given birth must die, for
their existence endangers the lives Of the citi.
| xeus Of the slave States
The spectacle which was now presented Of
our whole people submitting quietly to the will
Of the majority az expressed as the polls in the
late election was Characteristic Of this, and Of no
| other nation So he thought that these geo.
graphical parties must die out
i ne said that corruption in Republican Gov
i ernmelt was fatal to its existence; although in
! corrupt country the forms Of free institutions
might remain the life was gone His admins
trstion should aim at purity in all its depart
4 meuta Extrayapance in the disposal OF the
public Lands he declared must be put stop to,
4 40 thar our children NAV secure homes for them.
A selves. and the brood OF spectators and jobbers
Who live upon them. mas be crushed @
The laws In regard to naturalization should re.
main a they are at present, putting the for.
eisn and native born citizens on fair demo.
i e.atic level.
4 In regard to the Pacific Railroad project,
i sueh road he said NAV be made BY Congress
4 in the shape offs military road TO enable the
Government TO extend protection to our posses.
| sious on The Paci6c Coast Congress has full
rover "a do this. and he agreed that it must aud
should be done in order that we might be pre-.
pared on that coast for the emergencies Of war.
Our fo,ei III policy must be to cultivate peace
and good will with all nations; but ut the same
time all entangling alliances must be avoided
This has been an axiom of our Government ev.
or since the DAYS of Washing on, and none dare
now dispute its prosperity. 1t has been the
noast OF the United States that none of their
territory has been acquired by war, as has been
. the case with most every nation, aud this must
continue to be our policy We must refuse to