Litchfield enquirer., 1865-12-14
TIE TIE PRESIDENTS E MESSAGE. :
.kslla~-G Citizens ofs saAse eSeaetea amd House ef
 RepresentQtires .SsI as. sAQ saaaa z aa.

SsSsSofsS @sVe SiDcduteS 0ysU 6Ok3S Oy Representatives. .sSsi dss ssd sse4ef 4 sia. To express gratitude t. God, ,,ip, tha,na,ne oi the People for inc preservation of the United
 States, is,my 6rst duty in addressing gou. Du; thoughts next, revert to rthe death of the late PresidAat by an act iof pafracidal treason. vhe
 grief ot is still fresh; nit Guds soma solace in inc coasiderationfbath he lived to .eil- jj0ynthe hi2hest proof of it's confidence by ep- ateriffg upenn The renewed term yof ftbs Chief IoMasstracy ito whislg4fe ilatp that he breaghtt thecivil snt'staatiails to acese;
 thst hisloss was sdeploreds in all paris of tue
 Uniets ]: ard that foreign nations have render ed justics to iiis memory His removal cast
 upon me heavier weight of cares than eveR Fdevofved upon any one Of hts pre1ecessorsg4s
 To ful6n mY ttda HnAed fhe support and con
 6dence of ali who are associated with me in the support and conidence, oi the pe9ple.-
 There is but one way in which l hope to gain
 their uecessary aid it is, to state with frauk-
 ness .iss ptincipIes which guido my conduct
 and their rapplicatien-t to the present state of af fsirsawep aware that stbas eficiemy Of any ia DoEs will. in great measure, depend on yosrl enc ,,1 tnelr undivided appreciation .dii
 THE UNION OF rHE STATES
 .@ The Union of the United States of America was intended by it's authors 10 last as longsas the States themselves Shall last. THE UNION, SHALL BE fERrETuAD are the words of the Con- federation. erIOffokA ANDRE PERFECT UNIoS,' by aa ordinance of the people of the United States, is the declared purpose of the Consti- tuition. The hand of Divine Providence was never ote pfainlY visible ifi tfis affairs of men than i1s stEe framing and the Adopting of that Tt is,, beyond comparison, the grestestaev in in5American history; and in5 deed is it not of all sevents in modern times the most pregnant with consequences for every people of the earth The members of the. JConventi0n which prepared it. broughtto their work the ,expsfiencssof the Confederation, of their ssverai, States,s sud of other Republican GoveFnments, old land new but they needed and they obtained | wisdom supefiorto experi- encs And when for it's validity it required the approval of people that occupied 2 large part of continent and acted .separatelyini many distinct conventions, what is more won-d derful than that. after earnest contention and long discussion, all feelings and all opinions yere,altimatelyf drawnia one way to it's sup. portE9 ssq ssas9 os 1a ssftsnt. Q ,a1je1c3 -aTa rowEns AND GUARANTEES or THE CONSTITUTION.
 The Constitution to which fife was thus in. parted coptains within itself ample Iesources for it's own preservation. It has. power to enr force the laws, punish treason. aud ensure do- msstic tranqnilit In case of. the nsurpation of the Government of State by one man, sor an eligarchy. it becomes duty of the United States to make good the guarantee to that State of a republican form of government, aud so to tmaintain the homoe ee1eoasne of all. v Does the lapse of time reveal defects 2a "A sim ppie mode Of ainendmenti is provided in the Cono stitution itself, 50 that it's conditions can al. ways be made to conform to the requirements Of advancing ciyilsation,. N No room is allowed even for the thought of a possibility of it's com ing to n end. | And these powers of. self pre- serystion have always been asserted. in their complete integrity by every patriotic Chief Magistrate-by Jefferson and Jackson, not less than by Washington and Madison The part ing advice Of the Father lis Country, while yet President to the people of the United States, was. .'that .the free Constitution, which was the work of their hands, might be sacredly
 maintained ,; and the inaugural words of PresLi ident Jefferson held up s the, preservation of the General Goyerpmept. in it, constitutional vigor, as the sheet, anchor of our peace at homo and safety abroad The Consttutiou is the
 work of the People of the United States, ana it should be as indestfuctble as the people. sTa