M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-12-21

'"'ce my predecessors have had oc-
caslon to announce the views Of this
marion IN respect to interference. On
ooth occasions the remcns,rance or
+, the United States was respected from
a deep conviction, on the part OF
European Governments, that the syS,
tenn OF non-interierence and mutual
aOstlnenceo from propsgandism was
the true rule from the two hemis~
pheres.
> Since these times We have adyan-
ced in wealth and power, but wa
retain the same purpose to leave the
nations Of Europe to choose their
own dyuasiies and form their own
syslems OF government. This con-
slOtent moderation may justly demand
a corresponding moderation. Wa
should regard it as a great calamity
to ourselves, TO the canss of good
gO'erument, and to the peace of the
world, should any European power
challenge the American people, as il
were, to the defense Of republicanism
against foreign interierence.
We cannot foresee, and are unvIl-
ling to consider what opportunities
might present themselves, what com.
binations might of.r to protsc,
ourselves against designs inimcsble
to our foIm of government. The
United States desire to act in the
IntVre as they have acted heretofore.
they never viii! be driven from that
course but by the aggression of Euro.
pean Powers, and we rely on the
wisdom and justice Of these Powers
to respect the system Of non-interfer.
ence which has 80 long been sanc>
tened 10y time, ard which, by its
good results, has proved itself to both
continents.
The correspondence between the
United States and France, in refer.
ence to questions which have become
subjects OF discussion between ths
two governments, will, at a proper
time be laid before Congress.
When, on tho organization Of our
Government, under the Constitution,
tie President Of the United States
delivered his inaugural address tn lbo
two Houses OF Congress, be said to
them, and through them to the coun~
try and mankind, that "the preserva-
Ition of tho sacred fire OF liberty sud
the destiny Of the republican 'modsI Ut
government are Justly considered ~
deeply, perhaps as finally staked on
the experiment intrusted to tho
American eogle."
And the uouse of Representatives
answered Washington by the voice Of
Madison; "We adore the Invisible
hand which has led the American
p9"ple, through go many difficulties,
to cherish conscious responsibility
for the destiny Of republican liberty"
More than seventy six years have
.glided away since these words were
spoken, the United States have passed
through severer trials than were
Ioreseen, and now, at this new epocl,
IN our existence as one nation, WITH
our Union purified by sorrow, and
strengthened by conflict, and es-
tabI 'shed BY the virtue of the p eople,
the greatness Of the occasion invites
us once more to repeat, with solem-
nifty. the pledges OF our fathers to hold
ourselves answerable before our fel~
low-men for the success OF the repub-
lIcan form ofgOvernment.
Experience has proved its sufficiency
in peace and in war, it has vindicated
its authority through dangers, and
Affections, and sudden and terrible
emergencies, which would have
crushed any system that had been less
firmly fixed in the hearts of the peo.
pie. At the Inauguration of Wash
ington the foreign relations Of the
country were few, and its trade was
repressed by hostile regulations, now
all the civilizsd nations of the globs
welcome our commerce, and their,
Government profess toward us amity.
Then our country felt its way hesi.
tatingly along an untried path. with
States so little bound together by
rapid means OF communications 40 to
be hardly known to one another, end
with historic traditions extending
over vely few years intercourse
between the States is swift and inti-
mate-the experience OF centuries has
been crowded into few generations,
aud has created an intense, indies
trnctabIe nationality. TEen our
Jurisdiction did not reach beyond the
lnconvenient boundaries of the ter
ritOry which had achieved independ.
encs, now, through cessions OF lands,
flrst oolouized by Spain and France,