Firtt. We affirm that the work of
the lust twenty-one years has been
such as to commend itself to the
favor of the nation ; that the fruits
of the costly victory which we have
achieved through immense difficulties
should be preserved ; tbat the peace
regained should be cherished; that
the dissevered Union, now happily
restored, should be perpetuated ;
that the liberty secured to this gen
eration should be transmitted undi
minished to future generations ; that
the order established and the credit
acquired should never be impaired ;
that the pensions promised should be
extinguished by the full payment of
every dollar thereof ; that the reviv-
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lng inuubines unoum ue luriuer iu
moted, and tluit the commerce al
ready so great should be steadily en
conrage'L Second. The Constitution of the
United States is a supreme law, and
not a mere contract ; out of confed
erated SUtes it made a sovereign
nation some powers are denied to
the nation while others are denied to
the States, but the boundary between
the powers delegated and those re
served is to be determined by the
national and not by the State tribu
nalx Third. The work of popular edu
cation is left to the care of the sev
eral States, but it is the duty of the
Nationul Government to aid that
work to the extent of its Constitu
tional duty. The intelligence of the
nation is but the aggregate of the
intelligence of the several States, and
the destiny of the nation must not
be guided by the genius of any one
State, but by the average gcniilu of
all.
