, 1861-01-10
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.


this week, and We must therefore be content
with hasty examination.
The President reviews the history Of the anti.
slavery movement, and says that all that is ne
cessary to accomplish the object Of the slavchold.
ing States is to be let alone, to manage their own
domestic institutions in their own way. The
mere election Of any man to office does not jus
ify q dissolution Of the Union. The antece.
dents Of the President elect are calculated to ex-
cite feelings Of apprehension in South Carolina,
but the question of contingent danger docs not
sufficiently justify the destruction Of tho Gov
ernmenE
The Message reviews the acts Of different
Northern States in their passage Of personal
liberty bills, and pronounces them unconstitu-
tonal. Buchanan says that Il should not be
presumed in advance that the President elect
VIII fail to enforce the fugitive slave law, as this
would be unjust and contrary to Christian char
ity. " Let us wait, says the President !" for the
overt act" lie declares against the right Of Sc
cession, and says that to admit Il the Union
must be broken into fragments in less than two
weeks lie quotes the language Of jackson and
Madison on the point.
The secession movement was founded alto.
gether on inference; not on calculation. The
Union. was designed to be perpetual. lie quotes
the Constitution in support Of this view. The
trainers Of the Constitution, he says, never in.
tended to plant inits bosom seeds for It's own dc.
structOn. They were not guilty Of the absurd.
ity Of providing for its own dissolution. The
right Of resistance against tyranny and oppres-
sion, however, cannot be denied. The right Is
asserted in the Declaration Of Independence
But secession Is neither more nor less than reyo.
luton. He speaks Of affairs in South Carolina. He
does nOtapprehend that an attempt will be made
to seize Fort MOultrie, but says that Il in this he
mistaken, officers have orders to act strictly on
defensive and let the responsibility rest on the
heads Of those who provoke the contest.
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RARErS FAREwELL The great American
hossg-tamer took FINAL leave Of his English friends
a the Crystal Palace on the 9Th of October.
and the occasion, according to the London Ne.ss,
was nearly as ilAstering to the Equine King as
was tho ovation given to Albert Edward a. he
was leaving for home, about the same time, on
this side Of the water. The whole Of the i'm.
mense Handel Orchestra was crammed 10 the
roof and pFesenteda most imposing appearance.
while every other available part Of the ediBce
exhibited an eager crowd Of faces The Rus.
sian Ambassador and numerous suite occupied
the Queens gallery. Aiter exhibiting the docil.
itycf the ehnous " Cruiser, Mr. Rarey display.
Cd his SKIN In tanning very wild and vicious
Irish mare, aDda ferce Englishhorse, and wound
up his tEiumPhal tourin Europe By very neat
speech, thanking his English friends ior their
cordial reception Of him and bis theories, and
their uniailing Kindness Mr. RArsy's, speech
vas sehemently cheersd, and hs retired amid
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imposing appearance. who was parading the