Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-03-11

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,ecessarv IL i that the people should require the
,dm,pistrstion OF the three great Departments Q!
the Government to be strictly within tns hm.s ~
h.. Constitution. Their boundaries nave peen
accurately deAoed and neither sn0ula 1e a.losD
% trespass ON the other, nor, above all, TO en-,
roach upon the reserved riahfs Of ths people ana
he States The troubles Of the past four year
will prove to the nation blessings, II they prooucf
young men amid the sound OF cannon and the
lin OF arms, and who quietly returned 10 the
farms the factories and the schools OF the iandano
on whom will devolve the solemn duty OF perpetu-
.ting the union Of the States in defence Of which
hundreds of thousands of their comrades expired.
and hundreds of millions OF national obligations
we're incurred. A manly people will not neelec'
he training necessary to resist aggression, but
hey should be jealous lest the civil be made SUD
ordinate to the military element
We need 10 encourage in every legitimate way
a study of the Constitution for which the war
was waged. A knowledge and reverence ior
whose wise checks by those so soon {, occupy, the
places filed by their seniors, will be the only nope
Of preserving the republic. The young men OF
the nation. not yet under the control Of PARTY
must resist the tendency to cen'ra izauon-ap
outgrowth of the late rebellion-aDd be famil-
Jar with the fact that the country consists OF the
United States and that where the States sur
rendered certain great rights Tor the sake OF a
more perfect union, they retained rights as valu-
able and important as those they relibquisbed ioi
the common veal. This sound old doctrine-far
different from the teachings that led to the at
tempt TO sectue, anu u hinuItu hufb Vic
States were taken out of the Union by their rash
acts-of conspirators that happened To dwell
within their borders. must be received and Advo-
Gated with the enthusiasm OF early manhood, or
the people will be ruled by corrupt combinations
OF the commercial centres, which plethoric from
wealth annually migrate to the capital Of the
nation TO purchase SPECIAL legislation.
Until the Representatives OF the people in
Congress more fully exhibit the diverse views ano
the interests of the whole nation, and laws cease
TO be made without full discussion, at the bebest
If some party leader. there Will never be prop
er respect shown by the law-makIng power, eth.
TO the Judicial or Exec alive branch Of the Gov
eminent.
The generation Just beginning TO use the bal
lot-box, il is believed only need that their atten-
ton should he called TO these considerations TO
Indicate by their votes that they wish their Rep
rssenta'ivcs to observe all the restraints which
the people In adopting the Constitution intended
20 impose on party excess.
Calmly reviewing my administration Of the
government feel that with a sense OF accolinta-
bility to God, having .conscientiously endeavoIcd
10 discharge my whole duty. L have nothing to
regret. Events have proved the correctness OF the
poicy set forth in my first and subsequent MESA
ges. The woes which have followed the rejection
of forbe irance, magnanimity and Constitutional
rule, are known and deplOred by the nation.
Ii is a matter of pride and qualification. IN re-
tirIng from the most exalted petition in the gift
of a free people, to feel and know that in long.
arduous and eventfnl public life, my action has
never been influenced by desire for gain, and
that can, in ali sincerity, inquire, Whom have
defrauded Whom have Ioppressed or at whose
hand have / received any bribe 10 bl nd my eyes
Herewith responsibility for wars that have
been waged, or blood that has been sized, rests
upon me. Ny thoughts have been those OF peace.
and my efforts have ever been to allay contentious
among my countrymen.
Forge ting the past, let Us return TO the first
principles OF the Government, and unfuTlipg the
baun.r OF our country, inscriDe upon II, in Inef-
faceable characters, 'The Constitution and the
Union. one and inseparable."
Signed ANDREW JOHNSON.