The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-12-08

known 10 one another, and with historic ira
ditions extending over verv few years. now
fhtevoourse between states is swift and inti.
mate; the experience OF centuries has been
fcrawdej into q few g9nerat ons and has Gre
ated an intense, indestruciible nationality
Then onr jurisdioton did not reach beyond
the inconvenient boundaries o. the territory
which had achieved independence; now,
through oessions of lands, first no'on'zed by
Spain and France the country has acquired
q more complex character, and has r It's
natural limits the chain of Lakes, the Gulf of
Mexico. and on the east and west the two
great oceans. Other nations we're wasted
by civil wars for ages before they could es.
tablish for themselves the necessary degree
OF unity; the latent conviction that our form
OF government IL the best known tn the
world. has enabled us to emerge fr m civil
war within four years, with comnlete n.
dioation OF the con.tiu'ionh authority Of
the General Government, ard with our ical
liberties aud state institutions unimpared.
The throngs OF emigrants that crowd To our
shores are witnesses Of the confidence of all
peoples in our potmanence. here is the
great land OF free labor, where Industry is
blessed with unexampl d rewards, and The
bread Of tho workingman is sweetenod by
the consciousness that the cause ~ the coun-
try "is his own cause" his own safety, his
own dignity. Here every one enjoys the
free use Of his faculties and the choice ofl
activity as a natural right. Hero, under the
combined influence of fruitful soil, genial
climes, and happy institutions, population
has increased ffteen.fold within century
Here. thronlh the easy development of
bound'ess resources, wealth has Increased
with two fold greater Rapidly than numbers
so that W have become secure against the
financial vicissitudes OF other countries and
alike In business and in opinion. are sell
centred and truly independent. Here more
and more care Is given to provide education
for every one born on our soil. Here relig
Ion. ralnAspd from nulIttCAI connection With
the civil government, refuses 10 suOserve
the craft OF statesmen, ana becomes, III It's
Independence, The spiritual life uf the lieo.
pie. Here federation Is extended to every
opinion, IN the quiet Certainty that truth
needs only n fair field to secure the victory
Here the human mind goes forth unsh tckledl
Ia the pursuit of science, to collect stores
iof knowledge and acquire AN ever increasing
mastery over the forces of nature. Here
the national domain is offered and held IN
millions OF separate freeholders, so that ouI
feliow-oitizens, beyofd the occupanl OF any
other part of the earth, constitute In realit,
people. Here exists the democratic form
al government and that form OF government,
by the confession II Eoropeal statesmen,
gives power of which no other form Is ca
pable, because 1t Incorporates every man
WIZ the state, and arOuses every thng thai
belongs TO the soul"
Where, IN the past history, docs parallel
exist 10 the public happiness which is within
Where, in any part OF the globe, can insti
tutions be found so suited 10 their habits nr
so entitled to tn cir love Ms their own tree
constitutions Every one Of them, then, I'M
whatever part Of tho land he has his home
must wish its rerpetLity Who OF them vii
not acknowledge, In the words of Washing
ton, that every step by which the people
OF the United States have advanced to The
cha aracter Of an independent nation. SEEM
% have been distingu's 'sed by same token u
Providential agenoJl' Who will not jOiu
with me In the prayer that the invisible hand
which has led us through the clouds that
Sl,omed arougd our path; will So guide US
onward toa perfect restoration of fraterual
ahection, that we OF this day may be able l.
transmit our great inheritance, of 5tdie Gov
ernments in all their rights, Of the Genera
Government IN swhoo constitutional vigor,
TO our posterity, and they to their through
countless generationsl
ANDREW JOHNSON.
WASHINGTON, December 4 lsG5