nations， even to the extremities of war； and， lastly， by dissensions among ourselves——dissensions perhaps inseparable from the enjoyment of freedom， but which have more than once appeared to threaten the dissolution of the union， and with it the overthrow of all the enjoyments of our present lot and all our earthly hopes of the future. the causes of these dissensions have been various， founded upon differences of speculation in the theory of republican government； upon conflicting views of policy in our relations with foreign nations； upon jealousies of partial and sectional interests， aggravated by prejudices and prepossessions which strangers to each other are ever apt to entertain.
it is a source of gratification and of encouragement to me to observe that the great result of this experiment upon the theory of human rights has at the close of that generation by which it was formed been crowned with success equal to the most sanguine expectations of its founders. union， justice， tranquillity， the common defense， the general welfare， and the blessings of liberty——all have been promoted by the government under which we have lived. standing at this point of time， looking back to that generation which has gone by and forward to that which is advancing， we may at once indulge in grateful exultation and in cheering hope. from the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future. of the two great political parties which have divided the opinions and fe
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