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Congress he said to them, and through
them to the country and to mankind. that
1.-THE preservation of the secred fire OF
lbetv and the destiny of the republican
model Of government are justly consider
ad as deeply, perhaps as finally staked on
the experiment ntrustcd to the American
people, And the House of Representa-
tives answered Washington by the voice
of Madison I'VE adore the invisible
i hand which has led the American people,
through so many difficulties, to cherish q
conscious responsibility for the destiny Of
republican liberty" More than seventy
six years have gIided away since these
words were spoken; the United States
have passed through severcr trials than
were forescen: and now, at this new
epoch in our existence as one nation. with
orr Union purified by sorrows. aud
strengthened by conflict, and established
by the virtue of the people, the greatness
of the occasion invites US once more to re-
peat, with solemnity. the pledges OF our
fathers to hold ourselves answerable before
our fcllow-men for the success of the re-
publican form of government. Expeu-
enee has proved its suiiiciency in peace
aud in war: it has indicated its authorlt,
through dangers, aud Affections. and sud
den and terrible emergencies. which Wonld
have crushed any system that had
been less firmly fixed in the heart of
the people. At the Inauguration of
Washington the foreign relations of the
country were few, and its trade was re-
pressed by hostile regulations; now all
The civilized nations Of the globe welcome
our commerce, and their Governments pro-
fess towards Us aulity. Then our country
felt It's way hesitatinglr along an untrled
path. with States so little bound together
by rapid means of communication as to be
hardly known 10 one another and with
historic traditions extending over very few
Yeas; now intercourse between the states
Is swift aud intimate; the experience OF
centuries has been crowded INTO few
generations, and has created an intense.
lnaes;ructitlc nationality. Then our
jurisdiction did not reach beyond the incon
yenient boundaries Of the territory which
he'd achieved independence: now. thro' ces
sions of lands, first ealonized by Spain aud
France. the country has acquired II more
complex character and has for It's natural
limits the chain of Lakes, the Gulf Of
Mexico, ana ON the cast and the west two
great oceans. Other nations were wasted
hv civil wars for ages before they could
establish for themselves the necessary de-
gree of unity; the latent conviction that
our form of government is the best ever
known to the World, has enabled us to
emerge from civil war within four years,
with complete vindieatinn of the con
stitu;onal authority Of the General Coy
ernment and with our local liberties and
State institutions unimpared. The thyongs
Of emigrants that crowd to our shores are
witnesses Of the confidence of all people
in eur permancnuc. Here is the great
land Of free labor where industry is bless
cd with unexampled rewards. and the
bread of the woik.nrmGn is sweeteRcd
b. the Consciousness that the cause Of the
country as his own cause. his own safety.
his Gwn dignity Here every one eninys
the free use of his faculties and the cAaice
If activity as a natural right Here,
nader the combined influence OF a fruitful
sill. genial climcS, and happy institutions
population has increased tiftcen-fnld with
IN century, Here. through the easy
Development of buundless resources.
wealth has increased with t1xo=foli greater
rapidly than numbers. 81 that we have
become sac,s-a against the financial yiei>sl-
tudts Of other counties, and, alike III
business and in opinion, a9e seli c5:.y'rcd
and truly independent. Here mere and
more care is given to provide education
for every one born on orr soil. Here re-
llgion. released froA political connections
with the civil government. refuses 10 sub
serve the craft Of statesmen, and Incomes,
in its independence, the spiritual life Of
the people. Here liberation Is extended
to eyery opinion. in the quiet certainty
that truth need, only fair field to secare
the victory. Here the human mind goes
forth unslaehled in the pursuit Of sciencc,
20 collect stores Of knowledge and acquire
sn ever increasing mastery over the forces
If natarc. Here the national. domain Is
offered and hell IN millions of separate
/ flecholl>. SO that our fellow citizens, be.
voul the occupants of amy other part oI
( the earth, constitute in reality people
Here exists the democratic form Of gov
ernment; and that form of government
l,v the confession of European statesmen
gives power of which 10 other form Is
capable, because il incorporates every MAJ
with the STATE. and arouscs everything
that belongs TO the soul.
Where, in the past history, does F.;
parallel exist to the public happiaes
which is within the reach Of the people o
the United statest Where. in any par
Of the globe, can institutions be found St
shifted to their habits or SO entitled to thci
love as their own free Constitution
Every one Of them, then, in whatever par
Of the land lie has his home, must wish it
perpetuity. Who Of t;icm will not nov
acknowledge, in the words Of Washington
that "eyery step by which the people o
the United States have advanced to tn,
character af on independent nation, Seems
to have been distinguished by some tokcl
Of Proyidcntial agency - Who viii no
join with me in the PRAYER, that the iii
visible hand which has led MS through tn
clouds that gloomad around our path, vii
50 guide rs onward to perfect restora
tiUm Of fratenal affection, that we of TIL
dav may he able to transmit our great in
hcritaucc, OF State Governments i'll al
their rights, Of the General Government
in It's whole constitutional vieor. to GU
posterity and they to theirs through count
less generations
ANDREW JOHNSON.
WAsaINGroS, DEC, ith, lo65.
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