Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-12-22
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Il The President's Message.
The great length Of this document
contained in our present issue, pre-
eladea such q review as its para
moans Importance would Justify. w,
not only commend IL TO the attentive aus
unpEejudioed perusal Of all our readers
bns recommend to each its careful pres,
srgasion for future reference, as a Stat,
| paper which, together With those enana.
ting from other eminent democratic
Statesmen who have passed from the
stage Of action, will form "a Invaluable
texs book os political economy.
| We Aavs bean obliged TO ley he mes.
sage before Our readers as ws Rnd Il in
car sxehanges, evidently mutilAted in
soaas parts By the design Of interested
Ipoiitisai editors, who have interpvlated
words net used by the President, with
ordinations, iuterrogati9ns, &C., 10
exhibition Of the impotsns malice and
Einefhbls maannesa Of faction which
sees its own doom written in tha retur
ming peace and prosperity Of the coun.
try aud promised peEmaneuey.of the I'M
lou. Bearing this fact in mind, the rea-
der may easily make the necessary cor
reetiOns for himself, as in all material
points the copy We present is undoubt-
eddy eorreet.
| Weunhesitatingly pronounce this mes
sage one of the most able and eompre-
heusive state papers we have ever read.
Bold, clear and explicit upon every sub
jsat, il leaves no margin for inference
nor any room for misconstEuctiun. In
| the archives of our nation il will rank
With productions Of the greatest meu #ho
have dlied the executive chair, embra-
eng line Of statesmen III an whom the
history OF the world affords not brigh-
tea constellation.
These annual communications Of the
! Executive to the legislative department
of government, constituting chart for
| the ship of state, With land marks for
the guidance Of her Immediate course,
are at the same time connecting iaks
between the past and present Of our
country, ia her progress from colonial
bondage, the achievement of liberty, the
struggles Of infancy and the perfection
Of her eonfederacy with the present consei
tuition, 10 her future destiny Of unequal
led greatness, wealth and power, if her
children bat cherish the spirit Of those
patriots through whose wisdom and gen
Jus this noble temple Of Liberty was
reared and bequsathed to as as 3 rich
inheritance.
The interest and value Of the present
document is much enhanced in view Of
The peculiar crisis in which it greats
US, and of the position, character and
career Of the great statesman Who is its
author. Full Of years and Of honor, his
fame is complete and his pre-eminsut
craftsmanship acknowledged BY the
whole world. Standing upon the verge
Of time, looking 10 the close Of a career
as brilliant and successful as ever at
tanned by statesman or hero, and expee-
ting ere long TO sleep with bis fathers,
his chief earthly desire is, that his name
may be enrolled with those Of the great
and the good who have proved benefac-
tors of mankind. Ambition he has none,
beyond that which looks to the good Of
his country, IN the maintainanee Of her
natiOnsl nights and honor, the advance
msnt of her material interests, and the
perpesuisy of her republican institutions
that when the appointed hour arrive
he may ''depart in peace" feeling that
be leaves bis country prosperous and
happy, With a peaceful and 81 orious ia
ture in store for her.
No more need be said, to impress oul
readers with the interest Of that pa,
per to every true American, and sens,
Of the vanerati0n aud affection dRa t
him who, in the evening Of long lifD
of active public service, has, at the cal
of che people, assumed the arduous du
ties Of their Chief Executive in the m0g
critical AMI gloomy peri cd of our poiit
zeal MISUNDERSTANDING his great energy
/ skill and experience to the IL protect Of
a preservation from impending evils; des
pising the alIurements Of luxury an
! ease, held cat By ample wealGh-rsgard
/ less alike Of thankless tolls incurred an
: the assaults Of embittered factions
meeting sll opposition with spaFts
: courage and Roman frmness-- wax IN
. with heavy cares, that they may slssp j
peace and security-earnestly sngagia
the energies Of his great mind, thai they
!. care free, mar enjoy the blessings Of Lib
arty, with the assurances that tbs SAN
: blessings will be secured to thsis chi
drsn, when they shall be no more.
sush man should leave no enefnie
- bat the enamies his eoantry. Snch >
:. instance of devotion should disarna D,
litical rancor and sectional animosity-
should silence tbs voiee Of detrsctic
and make even fauatacisn hide )
head in shame.
The consumption Of tohaeco
Franceincrease enofmouslH In Eha Ia
:. year Of the 6rst ERpiEs tbs sales bro
2, on an asarages . nett annusl revenue
j, the Treasury al STATE, of x, OoO, 900
s francs. Tho whole trade in Tobaee
!. snuEF, cigars And pipes IN Franss i
the hands OF the government. In Is:
- toe produes of sale was ~ ,fA0, COO
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