The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1865-12-20

revolutions the United States have wisely and
firmly refused to become propagandlSts OF 'epuo-
Tcanism. 1t is the only Government suited to
our condition; but we have never sought to I'M
nose il on others; and we have consistently fol-
lowed the advice Of Washington, to recommend
it ONLY bv 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 harmon
ious. Twice, indeed, rumor5 Of the invasion Of
some parts OF America, in the interest OF monar-
civ, have prevailed; twice my predecessors have
had occasion to announce the views of this ma
ton in respect to- such interference. On both
occasions the rcmonStrance OF the United States
was respected, from deep cOnvictiOn, on the
part Of European Governments, that the system
of non-intcrterence and mutual abstinence from
propagard:Sm was the true rule ior the two hem
iSphcrcS Since those times we have advanced
in wealth and power; but we retain the same
purpose to leave tie nations OF Europe TO choose
their own dyuasties and form their own systems
Of government. This consistent moderation may
Justly demand corresponding moderation. We
Should regard it as great calamity to ourselves,
to the cause Of good government, and to the
peace Of the world, should any European power
chailenge the American people, as 1t we're, TO the
defence of rcpublicansm again foreign inter-
ference. We cannot toresce and are unwilling
to consider what opportunities might present
themselves, what combination might offer TO
protcct ourselves against designs inimical to our
form of government. The United States desire
TO act in the future as they have ever acted here
torore they never will be driven from that
course but by the aggression of European pow
ers; and we rely on the wisdom and justice OF
those powers to respect the system OF non-lnter-
ference which has so long been sanctioned by
time and which, by its good results, has approved
itself to both continents.
The correspondence between the United States
and France, in reference to the questions which
have become subjects of discussion between the
two Governments, will, at proper time, be laid
before Congress- When, on the organization OF
our Government under the Constitution, the
President of the United States delivered his in
annIlral 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 and the destiny Of the re-
publican model Of Government are justly consid-
cred as deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the
experiment entrusted to the American people,"
And the House of Representative answered
Washington by the voice of Madison: "Weadore
the invisible hand which has led the American
people, through so many difficulties, to cherish
conscious responsibility for the destiny of repub-
lican liberty" More than se7enty-slx years have
clided away since these words were spoken the
United States have passed through Severer trials
than were foreseen; and now, at this new epoch
in our existence as one nation, with our Union
purified bv sorrows and strengthened by conflict,
and established by the virtue of the people, the
greatness of the occasion invites MS once more to
repeat, with Solemnity the pledges of our fathers
10 hold ourselves anSwerable before our fellow
men Tor the success of the republican form Of
Government. Experience has proved lis suh
c;enc, in peace and war; 1t has vlndlcated Its
authority through dangers, and Affections, and
sudden and terrible emergencies, which would
have crushed any system that had been less hrm-
ly fixed in the heart Of the people. At the inau-
curation of Washington the foreign relations Of
the country were few, and its trade was represSed
by hostile regulations; now all the civilized ma
tons of the globe welcome our commerce, and
their Governments profess towards US amlty
Then our country felt its way hesitatingy along
an untried path, with States so litt!e bound to-
gether by rapid peanS OF communication as to
hardly known 10 one another, and with histo-
ric traditions extending over very few years;
now intercourse between the States is swift and
intimate; tne experience Of centuries has b2en
crowded into few generations, and has created
an intense, indesructible nationality. Then our
Jurisdiction did not reach beyond the inconven-
lent boundaries of the territory which had achiev-
ed independence; now, through cesSlons otIauds,
first colonized by Spain and France, the country
has acquired more complex character, and has
for its natuaral limits chain oflakes, the Gulf
Of Mexico, and on the East and the West, the
two great oceans. Other nations were wasted
by civil wars for ages before they could establish
for themselves the necessary degree of unity;
the latent conviction that our form Of Govern.
ment is the best ever known to the world, has
enabled US to emerge from civil war within four
years with a complete vi&dicaton of the cOnsti.
tQtional authority Of the General Government
and with our local liberties and State institutions
uninpaircd.
Tie throngs Of cmigrants that crowd to our
shores are witnesses OF the confidence Of all pco-
pie in Our permanence. Here is the great land
of free labor, where industry is blessed with un-
exampled rewards, and the bread Of the working
man is sweetcned by the consciousness that the
cause of the counrry "iS his own cause, his own
safety, his OWE dignity" Here every one enjoys
the free use of his faculties and the choice Of
activity as natural right Here, under the
combined influence of fruitful soil, genial climes
and happy institutions, population has increased
ffteen-old within century. Here, through the
easy development of boundess resources, wealth
has increased it'll two-fold greater rapidity than
numbers, so that we have become secure against
the financial yciSsitudeS of other countries, and,
alike in business and in opinion, are sclt-centred
and truly independent. Here, more and more
care is given to provide education for every one
born on our soil. Here, religion, released from
political connection with the civil government,
refuses to observe the craft Of statesmen, and
becomes in its independence, the spiritual life
Of the people. Here, liberation is extended to
every opinion, in the quiet certainty that truth
needs only tair field to secure the victory.
Here, the human mind goes forth unshackled in
the pursuit of science, to collect stores Of knowl-
edge and acquire an ever-increaSing mastery over
The forces Of nature. Here, the national domain
is offered and held in millions of separate free
holds so that our frllow-citizens, beyond the
occupants cf any other part of the earth, consti-
tute in reality people. Here exists the Demo-
cratic form Of government; and that form Of
government, by the confession OF European state
mcntS gives power of which no other form is
capable, because it Incorporates every man with
the State, and srouses everything that pertains
TO the soul
Where, in past history, does parallel exist to
the public happiness which is within the reach
of the people Of the United States2 Where, in