The Portland daily press., 1865-12-06

VI she republican form of government. Ex-
peiiehce mas proved it, sufliciency I'm Deace
and In war; 1t has vindicate,I IA authority
tnr1u5n dangers, and Affections. and sudden
anu terrible emergencies, which world have
cru',ieu auy system that had been less firmly
liked In ohe hearts OF the peonle. A. th 1' ;n
auguration of Washington the foreig, W.. IN
OF the country were few, and its trade wos US
pressed by hostile regulations; now, all IL .bs,
civilized nations of the globe welcome o o,ic
commerce, and their Governments nroens,
towards us amty. Then, our country fell its
way hesitatingly along an untried path. with
States SO little bound together by rapid
means of communication as to be hardly
known to one another, and with historic ira
ditions extending over very few years. now,
intercourse between the States is swift and
intimate; the experience of centuries has
been crowded into few generations, and
mas created an intense, indestruetible nation
amy: Then, our jurisdiction did not reach be-
yond the mconvenient boundaries ofthe terrific
ry Whlch had achieved independence; now,
through cessions of lands, first colonizel by
spain and France, the country has acquired a
more complex character, and has for its nat
ural HINTS the chain Of Lakes, the Gulf of
mexico, and on the east and the west the two
great oceans. Other nations were wasted by
CIVIL wars Tor ages before they could establish
for themselves the necessary degree of unity:
the latent conviction that our form of govern
menu Is the BEST ever known to the world, has
ehaoieu US TO emerge from civil war within
TOUR years, with complete vindicatiou of the
constitutional authority of the general Gov
efnment, and with our local liberties and
ocate institutions unimpaired. The throngs of
emiSrants that crowd to our shores are wit
nesse5 OF the confidence OF all peoples in our
permSnance. Here is the great land of free
labor where industry is blessed with unex-
ampled rewards and the bread of the WORKING
man Is sweetened by the consciousness that
the cause OF the country sis his own eausa his
own safety, his own dignity"
Here, every one enjoys the free use of his
faculties and the choice OF activity as a natural
right. Here, under the combined influence of
fruitful soil, genial climes, and happy insti-
tntions, population has increased fifteen-fold
within century. Here, through the easy de-
velOpment of boundess resources, wealth has
increased with two-fold greater rapility than
numbers, SO that we have become secure
against the financial viceissitudes of other
countries, and, alike in business and in opin-
ion, are selecentered and truly independent.
Here, more and more care is given to provide
education for every one born on our soil. Here,
religion, released from political connection
with the civil government, refuses TO subserve
the craft OF statesmen, and becomes, in its in
dependence, the spiritual life of the people.
Here, liberation is extended to every opinion,
in the quiet certainty that truth needs only
fair field to secure the victory. Here, the hui
man mind goes forth unshackled in the pursuit
OF science, to collect stores of knowledge and
acquire an .ever-increasing mastery over the
forces OF nature. Here the national domain
Is offered and held in millions OF separate free
holds, so that our fellOw-citizens, beyond the
occupants OF any other part of the earth, con-
stitute in reality people. Here exists the