Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1865-12-13

and I feel bound to declare nv opinion,
before you and before the world, that that
justification cannot be sustained before the
tribunal Of nations. A: the same time III
do not advise to any present attempt at 7,
BY acts of legislation. For the
friendship between the tyo coun-
tries must rest on the basis oe mutual JUS.
From the moment Of the Establishment
Of our tree C~oastitu,io.., the civilized
world has been convr,sed by revolutions
in the interests! Of democracy or Of
monarchy; ba. through all Of those rev.
t.ne United States have wisely
and +.rmly refused to become propaganda
as of republicanism. 1t is the only gov
rnmen suited to our condition but We
lave never sought to impose it on others
aud we have consistently followed the ad-
vice of Washington to recommend it only
BY the careful preservation and prudent
use of the blessing. During all the
intervening period the policy of European
Powers and of the United States has, on
the whole, been harmonious. Twice, in
deed, rumors of the invasion of some
parts of America, in the interest of mon
archy, have prevailed; twice my predeces-
sors have had occasion to announce the
views of this nation in respect to such in
reference. On both occasions the re-
monstrance of the United States was res
pected, from a deep conviction, on the
part of European governments, that the
system of non-inierference and mutual
abstinence from propaeandism was the
true rule for the two hemispheres. Since
those times We have advanced in wealth
and power; but we retain the same pur-
pose to leave the nations of Europe to
choose their own dynasties and form their
own systems of government. This con-
slstent moderation may justly demand a
corresponding moderation. We should
regard it as a great calamity to ourselves,
TO the cause of gooC government, and to
,ho peace of the world, should any Euro
nean Power challenge the American peo-
pie, as it were, to the defence of republi-
cauism against foreign interference. We
cannot foresee and are unwilling to con-
slider what opportunities might present
themselves, what combinations might Of
fer to protect ourselves against designs
inimical to our form Of government
The United States desire to act in the fu-
.ure as they have acted heretofore they
never will be driven from that course but
by the aggression of European Power /;
and We rely on the wisdom and justice of
those Powers to respect the system of non
Interference which has So long been sane
toned by time, and which, by its good re-
aults, has approved itself to both CONT
nents.
Che correspondence between the United
Sistes and France, in reference to ques-
lions which have become subjects OF dis
%cussiou between the two governments,
will, at a proper time, be laid before
Congress.
When, on the organization of our gov
ernment, under the Constitution. the Pres
ident of the United States delivered his
inaugural address to the two Houses OF
Congress, he said to them, and through
them to the country and TO mankind, that
"the preservation Of the sacred fire Of
liberty aud TIC destiny of the republican
model of goverement are justly consider
ed as deeply, perhaps as finally staked on
the experiment iutrusted to the American
people," And the House Of Representa-
tiyes answered Washington by the voice
of Madison: ave adore the invisible
hand which has led the American people,
through SO many difficulties, to cherish a
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 foreseen and now, at this new ep-
och in our existence as one nation, with
OUT Union purified by sorrows, and
strengthened by conflict established by the
tue OF the people. the greatness of the oc-
caslon invites us once more to repeat, with
solemnity, the pledges of cur fathers to
hold ourselves answerable before our fell
low-men for the success of the repubii-
can form Of government. Experience
has proved its suficiency in peace and III
it has indicated its authority
through dangers and afiictops and sud
den 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 Washing
ton the foreign relations Of the country
were few, and its trade was repressed by
hostile regulations; now all the civilized
nations of the globe welcome our COM
merce, and their governments profess to-
wards us aniity. Then our country felt
its way hesitatingly along an untried path,
with States SO little bound together by
,apid means of communication as to be
hardly known to one another, and with
traditions extending over very
few years ; noy intercourse between the
States is swift and intimate the expert
cuce of centuries has been crowned into
a few generations, and has created an in
tense, indestructibie nationality. Then
our jurisdiction did not reach beyond the