The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-12-09

c the President the United States deli
yered his inaugural address TO the two Houses OF Con-
oress me said TO them and through them to the country
and TO mankind that 1.-The preservation OF the sacred ne
Of liberty and the destiny of the republican mode OF 60
vernmcnt are Justly considered deeply perhaps aS
finally staked on the experiment inrusted to the Ame1
can people" And the House Of Representatives An
swered Washington by the voice Of Madison I'VE edore
the INVISIBLE hand which has led the American people,
through SO many difficulties, TO cherish conscious re-
sponsibilty for the destiny of republican liberty more
than seyenty-six years have gded away since these
words were spoken; the United States have passed.
through trials than foreseen and now, az
this new epoch existence nation, with our
Union purified by sorrows, and strengthened oy COD
Act ard established by the virtue OF the people, the
greatness of the occasion invites more to repeat
with solemny, the pledges OF our fathers to hold our
selves answerabe before eowmen for the success
of the republican form Of government Experience mas
proved its sufhcency in peace and in war II mas
Gated its horiiy through dangers and aictons ana
sudden and terrible emergencies which would have
crushed any system that had been less firmly fixed in
the heart Of the people At the inauguration OF wash
npton the foreign relations of the country few, and
It's trade was repressed by hostile resulatons now al
the civilized nations of the globe welcome our commerce
and their Governments profess towards US amity Then
our country felt its way hesatngly along IN unTleu
uatA with States so little bound together by rapid means
of comnunca ion to be hardly known to one another,
and with hi .uric traditions extending over very feW
years. intercourse between the States Is swns anu
intimate the experience of centuries has been crowded
into generations, and has created an intense inue.
,tructible nationality Then jurisdiction did nor
reach beyond the boundaries Of the terri
tory which had achieved Independence now, through
cessipns of lands colonizcd by Spain and France
the country las acquired complex character, and
has for It's natural limits the chain of Lakes the Gulf OF
Mexico and or the east and the west the two great
oceans Other nations were wasted by civil wars lot
aces before they could establish for themselves the ne
csslry degree unity the latent conviction that our
form OF government is the best known to the world,
has enabl us to emerge from civil within four
years with complete yindcation Of the constitutional
authority of the General Government and with our 10
cal liberties aud State institutions unimpaired. The
tbrong5 of cngrants that crowd to shores are wit
nesses Of the confidence of all peoples i'll our peran-
ence Here the great land of free labor where indus
try is blessed with uneXamped rewards, and the bread
of the workingman is sweetened by the consciousness
that the Of the country sis his own cause his OVID
safety his own dignity" Here every one enjoys the
free use of his faculties and the choice of activity as
natural right Here, under the combined influence OF
fruitful SOIL genial clmes, and happy institutions. po
pulation has increased ffeen-fod within a century.
Here through the easy development OF boundless re-
sources wealth has increased with twood greater ra
pidity than numbers that have become secure
against the financial vicssitudes Of other countries and
alike in business and in opinion. selfcentred and
truly independent Here and more is given to
provide education for every one born on our SOIL
Here religion released from political connection with
the civil government refuses 10 subserve the craft OF
statesmen and becomes i'll its independence, the spirit
ua life OF the people Here liberation is extended TO
every opinion in the quiet certainty that truth needs