on and antipathies against another， they have been extinguished. ten years of peace， at home and abroad， have assuaged the animosities of political contention and blended into harmony the most discordant elements of public opinion there still remains one effort of magnanimity， one sacrifice of prejudice and passion， to be made by the individuals throughout the nation who have heretofore followed the standards of political party. it is that of discarding every remnant of rancor against each other， of embracing as countrymen and friends， and of yielding to talents and virtue alone that confidence which in times of contention for principle was bestowed only upon those who bore the badge of party communion.
the collisions of party spirit which originate in speculative opinions or in different views of administrative policy are in their nature transitory. those which are founded on geographical divisions， adverse interests of soil， climate， and modes of domestic life are more permanent， and therefore， perhaps， more dangerous. it is this which gives inestimable value to the character of our government， at once federal and national. it holds out to us a perpetual admonition to preserve alike and with equal anxiety the rights of each individual state in its own government and the rights of the whole nation in that of the union. whatsoever is of domestic concernment， unconnected with the other members of the union or with foreign lands， belongs exclusively to the administrat
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