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Show 428 lN AUG UH.A L AN 1> l1'A HJ£v\"11;L L A 1> l>HESS.ILS. l'OilOH, fl.J'(R, lnllllllfa ltrl'OH edttC'ation and oth('l' · . . ' ' grc•nt ob. j('('I H, Wllhlll C:l<'h t alc'. In 1/me of' u·ar 1 ·(· • • • • • ••• , • . 'J , lllJtl~llceby 0111 ( h (SO l ~ th enl lllliHt HOII ll'lllllCH Jli'Odi!C'(' 1\''ll' · fiH tltc Ramc revenue will b(• by itH'I't''IH<'d J> >J> 1 1 • ' • ' 1 11 <'rt•a:-;c·d . . ' • . I " a IOJJ <lltd COIIHtllllpt 1011, nnd arded by ot lr er n•solll'<'t•s n·:-; 1 • 1 .\ 1 f' rru· ·n· s, 1· L mny meet within llw )' t•·tr• ·tl lll' ' (' I ll I' ( 11' 1 t 1 o 0 , · ' • , • , • A P<'ll .sc•:-; of (1 yc•ar, wrthou t cncruac!Jing 011 tltc rio·l!t!:i of' flit . 10 . . o 111 e gc·nera-tlon•, by bunlcnlllg them with the Uchts of the past. War wlll then be but n 1311Speu ·ion or usefnl work'-'. 'llltl . I to a stnto of pence, a return to tho pro(TrC~R,::) 'o f U!Clltll'll 1 · m•nt. b " 11 1p rovc- I hnvc sni<l, fcllow-citizciM, ll1at the income reserve(] hnd euaiJJe<l llH to XtcntJ 0111' limits· but tl1 •t1 v( c .· , · • • ' < li · '- • llSlOll lllny poss11Jly pay for Itse!l before we arc ca lled 0 11 .• 11 c! · I} • 1 n 1 Ill IJ IO mean tr_nJC, . UJay kc 'P <lu'rvn the ueerui11 g- iutere:st ; in all even Is, 1 t w d l rc place ih c ad vn11ccs we shall h n vc made. I know thnt_ I he acquisition of Lo 11 i .. ia1111 '"'·' bcc11 disn. p 1 "'Ovod by S0111c, from a ctuHh<l liJllH"chcusioll thai tJ1c cnlnrn·cmc t of our territory would endann·er its unio 11 1 ) t 0! 11 . . b · >II W I 0 CU II Jumt the extent to which the feder·ttive }>riuc 1 • 1 . . • p o may O~)er~tte elJectivcJy? 'J1hc hu·ger our associations, the le.·s Will li be shakc11 by 1 ocal pussi o us ; a11 d, i 11 n11 y vi 0 w is it not beLt cr that the opposite Un11k of the Miss issippi si1 ould be scti~cd by our ow11 b1·cthrc11 ant! childt·cll tluw hy stmn~ crs oi n~10U~er family? With wltich should v.ro 00 most lJkcly to live In l1annony and friendly intercourse? In ma~tcrs of religion, I l1t1 vc C011sidcrcd that i Is froo exercise Is placed by the ConHtitution i11tl epe11 dent of tho powers of the general government.. I lmve l·hercf'o re undct·tnk en, on no ocensi o 11, to pre ·cl'i be il1 c rc I i gi o ns cxc 1·cisos Bu1ted to it, but have left th em, as tl1e Co11stitution fou 11 u them, Ulldcr the direction nnd tlisciplinc of the church or Slate authorities acknowledged by the several relHoua societies. c 'rJ10 aboriginal inhaoitnnts of these couutries I bavo ro- IN.AUGURATJ AND FAHJCWl~LL ADDRESSES. 429 gardod with the commiReration their history inspires. Bn. dow('d wil h Lho faeulties nnd t he rights or men, brcnthi11g nn ardent Jo ve of lib rty and indepcndc•nce, and OC('upying a count.ry which left th rn 110 desire l)ltt, to he undisturbed, the Rtrram of overflowing population from othrr r '!.!.·ions directed itself on tlte.·c shon•s. \Vi thout power to divc•rl, Ol' hnbitH to conle11d ngninst. it, they have LJ (' II ov<·rwhc•lnu ·d hy the <'tliTent, or dri ven l>rfore it. Now rc<l11ecd within limits too nnrrow for the hun tl't' Htnt \ httlll ltnily enjoins us to tench them agriculture nnd Ute do!llcl')lic art~, to cneourn.ge them to thai indu:Lry which alone can nahle them to maintain their plac·e in existence, nnd to pr<'parc thcn1, in lime, for that state of soeicly wh ich to bodi ly comf'orts adds the improvement. of the 111ind a.nd mornlH. \ Vc ltavr, th(•refore, libemlly f11rnishe(1 th em with the irnplentcnts of huslallldry and ho11sohold usc : we have pluccd a1nong them illstrttel.on; in the n.r tH of first ncccHs iLy; nncl they arc covered witlt the rogis of the law against aggTcsso rH from among ou r:-;<•lvcs. J3uL the endeavors to enlighten Litem on tho fnte wh i<'h nwnits their JH'CH<'nt course of I if•, to induce them to cxc• rcise their reason, follow its didntt•s, an<l ('h:wge tlt<'ir ptii'St tiLs with the change of ein.:ntnslanceH, have powerful ol>:-;lac·ll'H to cru•ountcr. Tit y nrc coml>a.Ll'd by the habits of thei r bodies, prej ucliceR of their minds, ig norn.nec, pride, and Lite influence of iutercsted and crafty individual ~:; an1ong them, who f cl themselves something in the present order of thillgs, nnd fear to become nothing in u.ny ot her. 'rhcsc per~o11s incnlcate a sa11ctimonions rever nc for the customs of their ancestors; thn.t whatsocv 'I' they clic1 mu. t be done through all time; thnt rem;on is a false gni !le, nnd to n.clvo.nce unclrr its eounscl in th it· phy ieal, moral, or politicnl condition, is pPrilous innovation; that their dnty is to rernain as tho Creutne mn,clc th em- ig nornn C'c being Haf'cty, nn(1 knowledg-e f11ll of danger. In short, my fri ends, umong them, nl:-;o, is tH·cn the action and cotml cmctiou of good sen so a11d of |
