Westward The Star Of Empire Takes Its

The Political System Of The United States Is Essentially Extra-european. To Stand In Firm And Cautious Independence Of All Entanglement In The European System Has Been A Cardinal Point Of Their Policy Under Every Administration Of Their Government From The Peace Of 1783 To This Day...every Year's Experience Rivets It More Deeply In The Principles And Opinions Of The Nation.

From The Day Of The Declaration...they (the American People) Were Bound By The Laws Of God, Which They All, And By The Laws Of The Gospel, Which They Nearly All, Acknowledge As The Rules Of Their Conduct.

About One-half Of The Members Of Congress Are Seekers For Office At The Nomination Of The President. Of The Remainder, At Least One-half Have Some Appointment Or Favor To Ask For Their Relatives.

We Know The Redemption Must Come. The Time And The Manner Of Its Coming We Know Not: It May Come In Peace, Or It May Come In Blood; But Whether In Peace Or In Blood, Let It Come.

In The American Hemisphere The Cause Of Freedom And Independence Has Continued To Prevail, And If Signalized By None Of Those Splendid Triumphs Which Had Crowned With Glory Some Of The Preceding Years It Has Only Been From The Banishment Of All External Force Against Which The Struggle Had Been Maintained. The Shout Of Victory Has Been Superseded By The Expulsion Of The Enemy Over Whom It Could Have Been Achieved.