The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-12-06
intense, in,lestructible

- intense, iniestructible
padona.na,nsd beyond the intcSnysnient
not e ,iaS of the territory which had
boundaries rIependonee: now, through
achieved Lands, first colonized by Spain
cessions o. the country has acquired
and fianamnlex character, and has for
spors Ct. Cg" limits the chain of Lakes, the
Gur pre- GREAT oceans. Other nations
the t"o Inv civil wars for ages before
vere wal" ,,'Id establish for themselves the
tber eo "r degree of unity; the latent
pece,'attSSn that our form of government
Nu1 I[,,,'Y,t ever known to the world has
isthe NC NJ to emerge from civil war
t1so!~ f,nr year with a complete vindi.
0.i1l" : the constitutional authority OF
sron yn.ral Government, aud with our
tb' ,Twhsrties and State institutions I'M
iBla' ,b,ongs Of emigrants that crowd
lp.bores are witnesses of the conf.
N0~ I 81 peoples in our permanence.
i'rt -hc great land of free labor,
D5h adustry is blessed with unexam-
rH,rr9rds aud the bread of the work
Fs,p is sweetened by the conscious
hat the cause OF the country IS
y. ,rn cause, his own safety LIS own
--,,;ry." Here every one enjoys tue
.-,s, of his faculties and the choice OIL
ID. ~ as a natural right. Here, under
W." .,mhined influence Ola fruitful soil
~ Zines. aud happy institutions,
s5l%, has increased fifteen fold
l2ISGa century. Here, through the
T'-.i .yrlnnement of boundless resour-
e'N nth has increased with two old
g" rapidity than numbers, so that
s't",,. become secure against the imam
Nc ''.,..itpdes of other countries, and,
r.i' husinesS and in opinion, are
ana ned and truly independent
{" ~,,e and more care is given to
MT, .ln,ltion for every one born on
.,H Here religion, released from
oI l,.11 Connection with the civil gov
.-.nr refuses to subserve the craft OF
d--.n and becomes, in its independ-
tle spiritual life OF the people
n, "l,ratioa is extended to every
NJ" '..,r in thc quiet certainty that
.,.B needs only a fair field to secure
.''r story. Here the human mind goes
...,,,,~,.Lacllled in the pursuit of sci
"'.". Collect stores of knowledge, and
AN ever increasing mastery over
~ t,ss, Il nature, Here the national
s.,,;r :. offered and held in mil
r -o--' = .,perate freeholdS, so that our
.g.u citizens, beyond the occupants Oi
' -r"rhrr part of the earth, constitute in
.,r ,uloplc Here exists the demo
.,,,, farm, Of government; and that form
,,,.yrrgment. by the confusion of Eu-
imam statesmen, gives a power OF
,Ii.Ig,o.hrr form is capable, because
+ incorporates every man with the State,
,ri Arouse, everything that belongs to
th, ,ou,
Whrl,. in past history, does parallel
,,i,lutlc public happiness which Is
Trl.rtAt reach of the people OF the
United States! Where. in any part OF
Nh. glohr. can institutions be found so
suirhtotheir habits, or entitled to their
oy,a,rhrirown free constitution! Every
oDr oitalm then, in whatever part OF
the aDdlc has his home, must wish its
prur,uity. Who of them will not now
acknowledge, in the words of Washing
ton That every step in which the PEG
pie ofthc United States have advanced
n the character Ofan independent nation,
seems ohayeheeu distinguished by some
token Of ProviAcutial agency no
Win NO, ioin WIN me in the prayer, that
1he iMvislNAe GaNA which has ieau , us
Shrough the clouds that gNoomeo around
our path, will 50 guide rs onward TO
perfect restoration offratcyna affection
that We ofthis day may be able I" trans
NIT our great inheritance, Of State OoV-
ar,ments in all their rights, Of the Cen
.,gl Government ia its whole cOnstitu
ropal y;gor, 10 our po>trrty, and they to
.bejls through countless generations Z
ANDREW JOHNSON.
WASHINGTON. December 4, 1865.