Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-01-11
The rre.itla ia NTacnaqe.

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WASHINGTON, Dec, 2i.-Ihe senate met 'o-"'S Ut
the usual hour, and after the usual preliminary pro-
ccedings, the Presidents Message was received anu
read therein, as had been previously Determined oh'
even though the House should not hc organized ihe
hall was consequently crowded, 9th the body of the
building and the galleries. to its fullest extent, ny
eager listeners, among when were many members oil
the lower House. In tnct nearly all Congressional
proceedings proper, for the time being, suspen
deh, absorbed were members by what was gong on
in the Senate.
IHE MrssAGE.-The President, hrst CT alI' gives
thanks 10 the Almighty God Tor TIE lhhnmer"nl'
blessings with which, as people ana rs u nation, we
have been favored the past Ncnr. me returns "a e
uustnndlDan have been lIch huh a'"""", t."-
MERGE has ilom!shed, nlmrst every or""gn ot "'Us
Try has prospcre'i, ana "HMeSue 'F"uI"''E nus o'
the most part iegned
There has, however, Neeh enc most sfu "H" WI
happy eSccption--the President reicrs 10 'le recent
hlcudy events at llarpers Ferry, winch no regtes ia
oIiet
These events however, cruel rs they are IN ihem-
selves, derive their CHEZ Importance h'm inc mp
prchens'ous entertained ty some ihu they are ou'
symptoms Of IN incU,nb!e disease IN portion OF me
pubic mind, which ni9y break ont sndlen'y' al
some future momcut IN Il thr more alarming mHhher'
and result in outfagss Of II tG more serious ua'ure
Many apprehend that it will finally terminate IN
total dissolution Of the Union, and an open deeara-
ton Of war between the slaveholdIhg ami anti-sNe
holding States.
The President, himself, however, enertans no such
sad apprchensiuns. Nevertheless, he thinks 'hit'he
ate unhappy occurrences Mt liarpers Ferry ought 10
be received by good citizens, III all parts OF the oh0
as so emn warning OF approaching danger he
proceeds:
g Let me emplore you, my fellow countrymen, both
of the North aud of the South, to lay aside these do
| nestle dissensions, and to cultivate hencef'rh, in
their stead, that ancient feeling of god wi and ma
tua fobearance towards each other, which our fathers
showed above ALL strive to allay rather than ex-
cite the demon spirit of sectional hatred and strife,
which is now rife throughout the land
| These solemn admonitions proceed from the heart
of old public fuuctionary whose services commence
| ed during the lust generation, among the wise and
conservative Of that day.
/ would indulge however, in no gloomy forebodings,
| for which indeed, there is no Just ground On the
contrary, am firm in the conviction that the thor
ough investigation into this unhappy affair, which is
to be made, will be made will he the means not only
of allayng the existing excitement but Of prevent
| ing outrages of a like nature in future
| In the meantime, the President cordially congrat-
ulates Congress and the people the final settlement
by the highest authority of the land, of the
citing question of slavery in the Territories. This
happy settlement, moreover, has been with great
unanmity acquesced in, if not voluntarily accepted,
by the people, so that now, from whatever STATE en-
igrating whether from the North or from the South
citizen may take with him into any one of the ter
rtories of the United States property of every de-
scrpton including slaves without the right for once
being Questioned or if it were cues ione secure in
the protection both of property and the enjoyment
of the same under the ederal constitution
Neither Congress- nor the territorial legislatures
nor indeed any human power has the authority to an
null or any way to invaldate or impair this vested
right, thus guaranteed by the solemn decision of the
Supreme Court
Thus has the status of n territory during the in
termedate period from the time of its first settlement
until its admission into the Union as State been f.
nav and irreyocaby settled by the highest tribunal
| in the land
In This connection the President proceeds to de-
scrbe the mode in which n Territory thus settled bv
citizens in the endowment of equal privileges, from
everv section NAV be admitted as new new into the
rnion