Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-10-19

States, and pledged by every principle
Of patriotism, to preserve iDyiolate the
sacred ond,-they can never be COM :
promised with schemes for its dissolution,
bat will resist the hand that dares to seal
cuIate its value" and will invoke, if nee
essary, the national arm for its preserva-
ton:
National in their views of political
economy, and in sympathy with the free
productive labor of the country, they
zlvocate, as a catholic principle, the pro-
lection of American industry, by reason
able determinations in the tariff of du-
ties on imported articles, and judicious
appropriations for the improvement Of
our harbors and navigable rivers:
Honest in their demand for an eco
nomical expenditure in the administration
of tina National Government, and jealous
of an undue Capitalization of power in
the hands of the National Executive
they deprecate the increased and con-
stantly increasing extravaganza of the
general government, and view with jeal-
GUS concern the evidence of executive
malversation in the disbursement Of the
public money:
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Firm and unyielding in their views
of human freedom, they nevertheless ac-
cord to other States the constitutional
right to regulate their own domestic in
situations, and disclaim any participation
with those who would invalidate that
right:
Believing and maintaining that slave
ry can exist only by virtue of law, they
repudiate with frnness the claim that
property in human beings must be recog-
nized and protected, as such, beyond the
limits of the States which have legalized
it:
Adhering to the principles established
by the enactments and resolutions of Con-
gress, and the decisions Of the United
States Courts, during more than half a
century of our early history, they pro-
test against the authority of an extra ,ju-
dicial opinion, controverting those princi-
piles promulgated by majority of the
present Judges OF the Supreme Court.
1t were put a common remark to speak
of the growing greatness of our country
1t becomes US, with a high recognition o
an overriding Providence, to observe tht
development of its resources, its progress
and its destiny.
= Its agricultural products are largely il
excess of the home consumption, notwith
standing the constant influx of foreigl
e immigrants, and the large proportion 0
its population, not producers, who are en-
gagged in the various departments of com
. merce, manufactures, and mechanical
= trades:
! Its mineral resources are unequaled b
those of any other country for their rich
ness, extent, and variety and its va;
public domain invites the enterprise {
81 the citizens of every State, and afford
a home for thousands from other shore
who are to become naturalized citizens
~ Its manufacturing establishments al
.. upon the most extensive scale, producir
:. massive and ingenious machinery, and g
the useful and most substantial fabric
- of style and quality not excelled:
- Its naval architecture excites the a
miration of nautical men, of our ov
:. and other countries and its railroa
:. form network in the older States, al
,.o are being extended in every directi
through the new States and Territori
connecting the Atlantic with the Miss
sippi, and reaching onward towards t
Pacific;
:, Its destiny is onward. Its institutio
3 and form of government are adapted
the highest development of nation
j, strength, securing to all classes the {
-" ,joyment Of the right to pursue their va
Gus employments unmolested, and affo
=. ing ample protection from foreign aggr
sion and domestic characterization.
- Intending to retire from Office at
- close of my present constitutional tel
= it is fitting that l should avail myself
the present occasion, to express, throu
you, my thanks to the freemen of
~ State, for the confidence they have rep
ed in me, calling me from the comm
=. walks of life, to the honorable and
e. sponsible Office of Chief Magistrate.
.ck- Looking for Divine counsel and dill
and ton, it shall be my effort to cooper
,st;- with you in measures for the general v
nal fare, during the term of our official n
to a tions; and until the close of my off
and term, to exercise all the functions of
kets Executive office with reference to
eng best interests and highest improvem
of tho Daopla Of fha oor,,n -, IL