Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-12-05

Of European Powers ard OF the United States
has, on the whole, been harmonious. Twice,
INDEED, TumcIs Of iavasion Of some parts OF
Americs, In the interest OF monarchy, have
P1eNsiled' twice my predecessors have had
occasion 10 announce the views cf this nation
tors pee 70 such interfsrenee ON both oeea-
slons the n me rance of the United States
was respected, from a deep con yiction, on the
part OF Europess Governments. that the sys-
ten or ron iDterieTen cs and mutual abstinence
ffom prcpoEandtsm was the true rule for the
two bemiSpheres.
Since those times we have adysne~d in
wealth and power but we retain the tame
purpose 10 leave the nations of Europe 70 choose
their own dynastlcs and form their own syr-
Ums OF government This consistent modera-
uon may instly demand corresponding mod
p"lioh We should regard II as n great calam-
ly tc Ourselves, 10 The cause OF good government
ana 10 me peace Of the world, should any Eu-
| rcpean Power challenge the American people.
sc II weIe. 10 the defence OF rrpuhlicanisn
against foreign interference
We cannot foresee and are unwilling 20 con-
sloer What opportunities might present them
selves what combinations might offer 70 nrotect
ourselves against designs inimicaI 20 our form
Of government. The United States cPttrc 10
act IN TIE future rs they have ever acted here
tofore; they never viii be driNe en- from thai
course but by the aggression Of European
Powers; and We rely on the wisdom aud Justice
OF those Powers 70 respect the system OF uon-
interference which has so long been sanctioned
ty time, and which. by its good results. has
aII loNsd itself 10 both continents.
Tie ccrTosT ondcnce betwCen the United
Ht's and France, III reference to qurFtions
Inch have LecCme subjects of discussion be-
iWfn The two GoyernmCuts, Will, at a proper
iii,c, lie Land before Congress.
When, on the organization Of our Govern
n en'. uTG'r the Constitution, the President Of
tie United States delivered his inaugural ad-
dress 10 The two Houses Of Congress, he said 10
th6m. ard through them to the country and TO
mankind, that 1.-The preservation OF the sacred
lie OF liberty and the destiny OF the repuhli-
can MODEL Of government are Justly considered
as dteply. perhaps finally staked on the e1-
pertinent intrusied 10 the American people.
And the House OF Representatives ais gsred
Washington by the voice OF Madison: 1--WE
edore the invisible hand which has led the
American people, through so many dIfficu uItias
10 cherish a corscious responsibility for the des-
tiny OF rspubllcsn liberty More than seyeu-
ty-six years have eHdsd away since these
WORDS were spoken, the JDittd States have
passed through seyerer trials than were
ioIeseeni and now, at this epoch
IN our existence one nation, with our
Union puriito by soTrows, and strengthened
~ conflict, and established by the virtue OF
The people, 'he grfainess OF the occasion in
yltes us once more TO repeat. with sOlemuity,
the pledges of our fathers to hold ourselves
aEsW cradle before our feliow-meu .or the sue
otss OF The republican form of government
EXpeTlance has proved its sufficiepcy in
peace and IN war IL has yIBdica:ed its author-
lIy through 6aDgers, and Affections, and sud-
cen sno terrible emergeDciea, which would
nave erUsned any stem Inat had been less
firmly fixed in tie h6srt Of the people Az the
inauguration OF Washington the foreign rsla-
lions ef The country were few, and Its trade
was reprefsed by hastile regulations; nov all
The civilized nations of the globe welcome our
commerce, aud their GoAeinments profess
towards us amity.
Then our country felt its way hesitatingly
along an untried path, with States go little
bound together by rapid means or cOmmuuica-
tion 10 be hardly known 10 one another, and
with historic traditions extending over very
few years: now intercourse between the States
is swift and intimate: the experience OF CEN
turies has been crowded into a lew genera
mons, and has created an intense, indesructl-
BILE nationality.
Then our jurisdiction did not reach beyoad
the inConvenient boundaries Of the territory
which had achieved independence: now
through cessions OF lands, first colonizad i,y
Spain and France the country has acquired a
more complex character, and has for It's uafu-
raj limits the chain Of Lakes, the q ulf of Mex
ico, and on the east and Tie west the two great
oceans.
Other nations were wasted by civil wars for
ages before they could establish for themselves
the necessary degree OF unity; the latent con-
ylction that our form OF government is the
best ever known 10 the world, has enabled us
10 emergs from civil war within foUr yesrs
with a complete yiDdicatIon OF the cJIstitu-
tional authority OF the General HCyernment.
and with our lscal liberties and State institu-
lions Unimp6ired.
The throngs Of emigrants that crowd 20 our
shores are witnesses of the confidence OF AL
peoples IN our p'Tmanence. Here is the great
land OF free labor, where industry is blessed
with une&led rewards and the bread Of
the wOrkinEman is sweetencd BY the con-
sCiOuSness that the cause of the country 49,
his own cause. his own safety, his own dicnI-
ty.' Here every one enjoys the free use Of his
lae ulties and the choice OF activity as a natu-
RAJ right.
HCIe, undea the combined influence OF "A
fruitful soil, genial cllInes and happy iHstItu-
TORS, Population has insrpased fifteen -fuid
Tirhing "a century. Here, through the easy de-
vtlCpmCnt # boUndlCss resources, wealth has
increased with two-fold greater rapidity than
N mbeTs. so that we have become secure
against the tinanciaI vcissitudes ofother cour-
lrits, and, alike in business and in opinion. are
s,lt-cCnTeG and truly Independent.
ECle more and more care Is given 70 provide
euUCatlOn :Cr every one born ON our soil. Here
r. iEiCn. released from politIcal connection
with the civil government, rsfSses 20 subServe
the craft Of statesmen. and becomes. in It's in-
d'pondenCe, the spiritual life OF the people.
Here tolt ration is extended TO every opinion,
III the quiet certainty that truth needs only "a
fair field TO secure the victory. Here the hu-
man mind goes forth unshackled in the pur-
suit of science, to collect stores of knowledge
and acquire an eyer-incTcasinE mastery over
the forces Of nature.
Here the national domain is offered and held in
citizens, tey ord the occupants Of any other part f
theearth, constitute in reality people. Here ex-
form Of government, by the confession % Euro-
pean statftnGn, |" gives power Of which no other
fOI m Is capable, because n Incorporates every
with tihe State and srouses everything that be-
Where, In past history, does q parallel exist 10
TIE TIE public ~ b S hifh Z within the rsach u
part Of the globe can institutions be fornd so suit
Cd 20 their habits, or 80 entitled 90 their love
their own free Constitution. Every one of them.
then. in whatever part Of the land be has his home
must wish il perpetuity. Who Of them will not
now acknowledge, in the words OF Washington,
that every step by which the people OF the Uni
ted states have advanced 20 the character Of
indepe DdeEt nation seems 70 have been distin-
guis he'd by some token of Proyidential agency -
Who viii not JON with me in the pTa1 er Thai The
invisible hand which has edEus through the cluu6-
ward perfec! restorato Of frateTnsi affection,
that We OF this day may be able to transmit our
great Inheritance, of State Governments in all
their rights. of the General Government Ia i,s
whole constitutional vigor 20 our postarity aud
they 10 theirs through countless generations
ANDREW JOHNSON,