The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-12-12

hstsesa tie states = suln snd intimate
ths exreiirnce q e. faries has been cros
8el .al7 feu genera Ions, aad haa era.
"a s. intense. Ia3rstrBcable nais aliiY.
Tbea l Jurisdiction d8 90, rcasl beyond
fhs Be1aveaisul boundaries "a ths ierri-
tary shicb hsd &cl ie,ed independence r.
Naw ttroash ecssieo- q land irsi col0nis
al ) Spa.a and FRnrc. The eauniff h.s
scsaisc3 q more oemplrx eharacsei. and
las 60 iis aatufal limits ihe cham 81 lake.
thc Guii Of Me1ico. and an tie east sad
west tht twe greet oceans
Oibeg nal ons = ere wasted by civil wars
Tor ages before ihcy oauld establish Cor
theSelres ibe necessary degree Of unity +;
ihe latent conviction that cur sorm q gov.
ernmeui !. Tie best ever known 70 the
world has enabled us to emerge from civil
war within four yesrs, with complete
yiudication Of the constitutional authority
Of die general government. and with our
local ibgrties and state institutions unirn-
paired. The througs o. emigrans hat
crowd @ our shores are Witnesses OF tle
coahlence u Al. people 10 our permanence.
Here Is the great land OF free labor where
industry !, blessed with unexampled re-
wards, aud the bread Of The working man
Is sNeetened by the consciousness that the
cause 81 the country rs his own cause,
"his own SAFETY, his own dignity Here
every one enjoys lhe free use Of hi, tacul.
ties, and the choice Of activity rs natural
right Here under the combined iuhn-
euce Of fruitful soil, genial climate aud
happy institutions, the population has in
creased . fold within a century Here,
through the easy development ot boundlrs'
resources, wrath has increased with two
fold greater rapidly hau numbers 50 thai
we have become secure against the haaa
ciM tiri-situdes OF other countries, and
alike in business and opinion IRE self ceuIer-
ed and truly independent Here, more
and more care is gwen 10 provide ed1cas
ton for every one born on our soil. Here,
religion released from political connection
With the eiyll government, refuses TO sub
serve the craft OF statesmen, and becomes
in its ndcl udrnee the spiritual lie Of the
people. Here liberation is extended to
every opinion in tue quiet certainty that
truth needs only fair field TO secure the
victory. Here the human mind goes forth
unshacklcd IN the pursuit OF science to col
lect stores Of knowledge aud acquire in
creasing mastry over the forces Of nature.
Here the national domain is offered aud
held in millions Of separate freeholds, so
that our fellow citizens beyond the occu-
pants OF any oiher part of the earth, consti
tute in reality people Here exists the
democratic form OF government, and
such form Of government by the confess
ion Of European statesmen. gives pow
er Of which no other form Is capable, be.
cause il Incorporates every man with the
state, and arouse every thing that belongs
TO lie soul Where in past history does
PARALLEL exist 10 the pubic happiness
which is within the reach OF The people Of
the United States? Where in airy art Of
the globe can Institutions be found so suit
ed to their labits, or so entitled to their
love as jbeirown free constitution Every
ore Of them then. IN whatever part Of the
land lie has bis home, must wish its per-
petuty Who OF them will not now uc-
knQw,ejgn, in the words of Washington,
that "eycry step by which the people Of
The United States have advanced TO the
character Of an independent nation, seems
to have be, n distinguished by some token
Of proyideutial az ncy.' Who viii not
JON whine in the payer that he invisi-
Jc band which has ed US through ths
clouds that g,oomed arou'd our path, WI
. guide US onward to n perfect res ora.
ten Of fralernal affection, that we Of this
day may be able TO transmit our great in
lie itancc Of state governments in all their
right OF lhe general government in It's
whole constitutional yisor to our posteriiy
and they 10 theirs through countless gene
ration5.
(Siglel.) ANDREW JOHNSON.