, 1866-01-26

of epublicanism against foreign interferenc &c.
We c66bot foresee ahd are uDSillhg u eonr4
siaer What Opportunities might present them.
selves, what combinations might offer to pro-
4eot ourselves sgpiastdesignsiPinicalte our.
FORM Of government. The United States de-
sire to ,Actiin the future .as Bhey have ever
acted heretofore they never willibe drivepk
from that course but By the aggression of
European powers, and We rely on the Wisdog1E
and justiceIof those 'poTetsto respect the
system Of fuonSiuterference which has 50 long /
been sanctioned by time, and which BY its
good results, has approved ftself 70 both con- /
tjnents, r. The CORES pondence between the
United States aud, Frapce, in reference to
questions which have become subjects of
discussion between the two governments, d
will, at the proper time, be laid before Con-
gress. .aiarlJ. lta a..-.i $50 o..E .fllla' 7ot
RtpublieGaism Triumphant. f''' srl
When, on the 0rgsiiEdtion Of eur Covers |
meAt,, Rden the 6onstituiouy tie President Of |
the Unitkd States asiveted his iuaug guraf ad-
dress to thsfwo Houses pfp pCongress, be said to
them, and through them to the people and to
mankind, that the preservation of the sapred
FIRE Of Liberty and the destiny Of the republican
model of govern ment are justly considered as
deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on fhe expert
ment entrusted to the American people, And
the House Of Representatives answered Wash
ipgtou by the voice of Madison; "We adore the
invisible hand which has led the american peO-
pie through so AaRy difficulties, to cherish a
conscious. responsibility for the dsstiny Of re-
publican liberty" More than seventy y-six years
have glided away since these words were spoken;
the United States have passed through severer
trials thapRere foreseen and now, at3this new
epoch in our existence as one uation, with Unionl
PARTED by sorrows and stfeng gthened By con-
dict AID established by5the virtues Of the peo-
pie, the greatness of the occasion invites us
once more to repeat with solemnity, the pledges
of our fathers to hold ourselves answerable be-
fore our fellow men for the snccess of the re-
pu bHcaA form of government gExperiense has
proved its suficency in peace and in war; it
has vindicated its authority through dangers
and Affections, and sudden and terrible emer-
gences, which would have crushed any system
! that had been less frmlJ fixed in the hearts of
the people. Atthe Inauguration Of Washington
the foreign relations OF the country were few,
and its trade was reBressed by hostile regula-
lations; now all the civilized nations of the
| globe welcome our commerce and their govern
mems profess toward us amity Then our coOn-
try felt its way hestatingly along an untried
path, with states so little bound together BY
rapid means of communication as to be hardly
Known 10 OneL anoLbeE, ana Win 1lStoIlC ftFAQi-
| tions extending over very few years now inter
course between tbepStates is swift and intimate
the experience Of centuries has been crowded
into few generations, and has, created, an in
pten5e and iadestructible nationality. Then our
| jurisdiction did not reach beyond the iRconven-
| lent boundaries Of the territory which had
achieved independence; now Through cessons
of lands, first eolonized by Spain and France,
| the country has acquired q more COMPLEX char
1 has for its init he cbaip If
Lakes, the Gulf of Mexico, and on the east and
west the two great oceans Other nsti0RsrWere
Ewasted by civil wars for ages before TREY Gould
/ establish for themselves the necessary degree of
unity the latent 'conSiction that our form of
| government is the best ever known to the world,
has enabled Us to emerge from a civil war with
fu four years, with Heontpiete vindicatioR of the
constitutional authority of the general govern
ment, and with our local liberties and State in-
stitutiOns unimpaired.
The throlgs of emigrauts that eroEd eur
shores are witnesses ef' the confidence OF all
people in our permanence. Here is the great
land of free labor, where industry is blessed
with aRe5amPess Ps SsSsE9dd eSS5scSsnes
thatthe cause Of the country I" is his own cause,
his own dignity" Here every one enjoys the
use of his own lchlties and tha dhoice Of activ-
ity as a natural right. Here, under the combined
influence. of fruitful soil gepiaI, climegPnd
1 happy Institutions, population has increased
fifteen fold 10 a -eeRtuyv rFieEe7 through
the easy Development Of 6oundless resources,
the wealth has increased with two-fold greats
er ratio than the numbers, so that we have
becopg secure againstdhe financial EiciSsi
tudes Of other centuries, and alike in bust.
nessana opinion, are selfscentered and inde.
pendent. Here more care is given to pros
vide education for every one born on our soil
Here religion, released, from political cons
nectiOn With the civil government, refuses to
subserye the craft Of statesmen and becomes,
in its independence, the spiritnalolife Of the
people. Here federation is extended to eve>
" ppi1iouSInd in[tha Quiet c6Jaai6sy lhat
truth needs only fair field to secure the vic>
tory. Here the human mind goes forth un>
shaekled 10 the pursuit of science, to collect
stores Of knowledge ana ae91ir an eTer.in.
creasing mastery over the forces of nature
Here the national domain is offered and held
IN millions ofsePeFate freeholds, so that our
fellow citizens, beyond the occupants of any
other part of the earth ,constitneIih. F9aIDy
a people. Here exists the democratic form
OF government and that form of government
BY the confession Of European. statesmen,
egiRss o. power Of which % GtEef f. form m Is
capable, because it Incorporates every man
with the State, and arOuses everything that
belongs to the souln
/ Where, il the past history, does i parallel
exist t., the public happiness which, is Within
the reach ofthe people oEtAc IUbISed States
Where, in any part of the globe, can insti-
tusi0ns be fouad 50 suitedto the habits or so
entitled to their love as. their qYp, Constitu>
ton Every one Of them, then IN whatever
part of the land be has had his home, must
wish its perpetuity Who Of them will not
acknowledge, in the words of Washington,
that every step by which the people of the
United States have ,4ayapRA-tc the charac>
ter of an independent nation seems to have
been distinguished by some token Of Prov.
ideutial agency Who will not join with me
in the prayer, that the Invisible hand which
has led ds through the clouds lttat gloomed
around our path will so guide US onward to
a perfect restoration Of fraternal affection,
that,we Of this day may be able, to- transmit
our erraak inharitanna of Ckoto