The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-12-13

own dynastiss and form their own systems
Of government. This consistent moderation
may justly demanded corresponding moder-
alton. We should regard it as d great ca
lamity 70 ourselves, to the Gauss Of good
government, aud to the peace Of the world,
should any European power challenge tie
American people, as It were. to the defense
ofrepublicans against foreign interference.
We cannot foresee and are unwilling 30
consider what opportunities might present
themselsss, what combinations might offer
10 protect ourselves against designs inimical
to our form of government. The United
States desire to act in the future as they
baveever acted heretofore they will never
be 1riyen from that course but by the ag-
eression Of Eurcpsan powers and we rely
on the wisdom and justice Of those Powers
to respect the system Of non-interfsrence
which has 40 long been sanctioned by time,
and which By its good results. hau approved
itself to both continents.
The correspondence between the Uni,sd
States and France, in reference 10 questions
which bass become subjects Of discussion
between the two do7ernmcnts WILL at q
proper time, be laid before Congress.
When on the organisation of our Govern
msnt, under tbe CONSTITUTION, the President
Of the United States delivered his inaugural
address to the two Houses Of Congress be said
10 them and through to them to the coun-
try and to mankind !; that "the preservation
Of the sacred Ere Of liberty and the destiny
of.fhe republican model Of governmsnt. are
justly considered as deeply, perhaps as f.
nally staked on the experiment intrusted to
the American people"
And the House Of Rspresen tatives an
swersd Washington by the voice of Madison
1--WE adore the Invisible hand yrhch has
led the American people through so many
difficulties, to cherish q conscious rcsponsi-
bilitY for tho destiny Of republican liberty"
More than seventy six years have glidsd
away since these words were spoken the
United States have passed through severer
trials than were foreseen and now. At this
new epoch in our existence as one nation,
with our Union purified bY sorrows, and
strengthened By conflict. and established by
the virtue Of the people. the greatness Of
ths occas ion invites US onoe more to repeat
with solemnity. tho pledges of our fathers
to bold answerable before our fsllowmen for
thssuccess Of the republican form Of gov
ernment.
Experiepcs has proved its suficiency in
peace and war It has vindcated It's auth Or
ity through dangers and Affections. and sud
den and terrible emergencies. which would
have crushed any system that bad been less
firmly fixed in The hearts Of the people. At
the inauguration of Washington the foreign
relations of the country we're few, and its
trade was repressed by hostile regulations !;
now all the civilized nations of the globe
welcome our commerce, and their Govern
nents profess towards us smnity.
Then our country felt its way hesitasingIy
along nn untried path. with States 80 liEIls
bound together by rapid means Of communi-
cation as TO be- hardly known to one another
and With historic traditions extending over
verv few years now intercourse between the
States is swift and intimate; the experience
of centuries has been crowded into few
generations aud has created an insenBe inde-
scribabIe nationality.
Then our jurisdiction did not reach beyond
the inccnveisns boundaries of the territory
which had achieved independence now,
through cessions Of lands, first colonized by
Spain and Francs, the country has acquired
. more complex character, and has for its
natural limits the chain of Lakes, the Gulf
of Mexico, and on the east and the west the
two great oceans.
Other nstions were wasted by civil wars
for ages before they could establish for them
selves the necessary degree Of unity the
latent conviction that our form OF Govern
msns is the best ever known TO the world,
has enabled as to emerge from civil war
within four years, with q complete yindica-
tion of the constitutional authority of the
General Government, and with our local
liberties and State institutions unim paired.
The threngs of emigrants that crowd 10
our shores are witnesses Of the confde euce of
allpsoples of our permanence. Here is the
great land of free labor, where industry is
blessed With unexampled rewards, aud the
bread of the vorkingman is sweetened By the
consciousness that the cause of the country
sis his own cause, bis own safety, his own
dignity" Here every one enjoys the free
use of his faculties and the choice Of activity
as q natural right. Here, under the combi-
ned influence Of fruitful soil, genial climes
and happy institutions. population has in
creased ffteen-fold within q century.
Here, through the easy Development of
boundless resources. wealth has increased
with two fold greater rapidly than numbers
no thatwe have become secure against the
financial yicissitudes Of other countries. and,
alike in business and in opinion. are self
centred and truly independent Here more
and more care is given to provide education
for every one born on the soil. Here relig
ions released from political conn ection with
the civil Government, refuses to subserve the
the craft of statesmen, and becomes, in its
iDdepsndencs, the spiritual life Of the people.
Here liberation is extended to every opi MON,
IN the quiet certainty that truth needs only
fair field to secure the victory.
Here the human mind goes forth unshack-
led in the pursuit Of sciecne. to collect stores
OF knowledge and acquire an ever Increasing
mastery over the forces of nature. Here tho
national domain is offered and held in mil
lions Of separate freehold, 30 that our fellow
citizens, beyond the occupants Of any other
part sf the earth. constitute in reality peo-
pie. Here exists the democratic form Of
Government !. and that form Of Government,
by the confession Of European statesmen,
gives power Of which no other form is
capable because it incorporates every man