Litchfield enquirer., 1865-12-14
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 WHOLE NO. 91oo. , any present attempt at redress by acts of lee- islation. For the future, friendship between the two countries must rest On the basis of mu-
 tual justice.
 xoSARcHrEs AND REruBLioAsIsk.
 From the moment of the establishment of our free Constisution, the civilized world has been convulsed ay revolutions in the interests of democracy or of monarchy; but through all those revolutions the United States have wise Fly and firmly refused to become propagandists of republicanism. It is the only government suited to our condition but we have never sought to impose it on others; and we have consistently followed the advise of Washington to recommend it only by the careful preserva- tion and prudent use of the blessin '. During all the intervening period the policy of Euro- pean Powers and of the United States, has, on the whole, been harmonious. Twice indeed. rumors of the invasion of some parts of Amer l ica, iu the interest of monarchy, prevailed | twice my predecessors have had occasion to announce the views of this nation in respect to such interference. On both occasions the the remonstrance of the United States was re. spected, from deep convection on the part of European Govrnments that the system of non interference and mutual abstinance from pro- pagandsm was tue true rule for the two hem ispheres. Since those times we have advanced in wealth and power; but we retain the same purpose to leave the nations of Europe to 1 chose their own dynasties and form their, own I systems of government. This consistent mod eration may justly demand a correspondiuR moderation We should regard 1t as great 1 calamity to ourselves, to the cause of good government, and to the peace of the world, l should any European Power challenge the | American people, as it were to the defense of republicanism against foreign interference. We cannot foresee and are unwilling to consi- der what opportunities might present them selves, what combinations might offer to pro tect our selves against designs inimical to our form of government. The United States de- sire to act in the future as they have ever ac. ted heretofore; they never will be driven from that course but by the aggression of European Powers; and we rely on the wisdom and jus tice of those Powers to respect the system of non-interference which has 80 long been sane tioned by time, and which by its good results; has approved itself to both continents. 10
 The correspondence between the United States and France, in reference to questions which have become subjects of discussion be- tween thetwo Governments, will at proper time be laid before Congress-. i' irt' q
 CONCLUDING ATTRACTIONS.
 When on the organization of our Govern ment, under the Constitution, the President of the United States delivered his inaugural address to the two Houses of Congress, he said to them, and through them to the rcoup- try and to mankiId. that Hthe preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny aofthe republican model of government are justly con sidered as deaply, perhaps as inally staksd on the experiment intrusted to the American i,eo- ple." And the House of Representatives a1. swered Washington by the voice of Madison ." We adore the invisible hand which has led the American people through SO many difi. culties, 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 foreseen and now, at this new epoch in our existauce as one nation, with our Union puri- fled by sorrows, and strengthened by conflict, and established by the virtue of the people, the greatness of the occasion invites us ence more to repeat, with solemnity, the pledges ofour fathers to hold ourselves answerable before our fellow men for the success of the Republican form of Government. ExperieHce has proved its efficiency in peace and in war; it has vim dicated its authority through dangers, and at- fictions, and sudden and terrible emergencies, which would have crushed any system that had been less firmly fixed in the heart of the people. At the inauguration of Washington the foreign relations of the country were few, and it's trade was repressed by hostile regula- tions now all the civilized nations of the globe welcome our commerce and their Gov. ernments profess toward us amty. Then our country felt it's way hesitatingly along an un. tried path, with States SO little bound together by rapid means of communication as to be hardly known to one another, and with histor. ic traditions extending over very few years now intercourse between the States is swift and intimate the experience of centuries has been crowded into few generations, and has created an intense, iudestructble nationality. Then our jurisdiction did not reach beyond the inconvenient boundaries of the territory which had achieved independence; now, through sessions of lands, first colonized by Spain and France, the country has acquired . more complex character, and has for it's natur. al limits the chain of Lakes. the Gulf of5 Mex ico, 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 government is the best ever known to the world. has en. abled us to emerge from civil war within four years with a complete vindication of the con stitutional authority of the General aGovsrn. ment, and with our local liberties and State institutions unimpared. The throngs of emi. grants that crowd to our shores are witnesses Iof the confidence of all peoples in our petms. hence, Here is the great land ot free labor, where industry is blessed with unexampled ra. ward, and the bread of the workingman is sweatened by the consciousness that the cause of the country is his own cause, his own safe. ty, his own dignity Here overy one epjoyes the free use of his faculties and the choice of activity as natural, right. HeIe, under the combined influence ofa fruitful soil, genial climes and happy institutions, population has increased fifteen fold within a century. a- -Here. through the easy development ,of boundIess resources wealth has increased with tWo-fold greater rapidity than numbers, 50 that ws Have become secure against the financial ayjci1si. tubed of otherlcountries, and alike in bushess and in opinion. are self-centred and trulv inde. pendent. Here more aud more care js eiven to provide education for every one born Saour iS soil. Here religion, released from political connection with the civil government. refnses to sIli1sprvn fho .e e.k- 1lT7.--