TsR. wERsTER'S SPEECH.
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7, tho history of States and of Governments,
rs IN The lives OF inoiv duas, epochs arse in
winch ii is wise to pause, to review the past, To
consider at,tntvc!y the present, anu 10 c"n'em
pla,c probable f,i,urity. We are, fellow ci'lzcns.
upn,, the eve of general election, iu OF import
ancc and of interest, involving questions which
rl,c far abnve all considerations ot the personal
oualti,s of the cand idates for office; questions
of The greatest and the nearest bearing upon
pre,en, and existing interests, and likely To affect
the prosperity oi The country IN all time TO
come.


Ia nv Judgment, therefore, it is highly proper,
In such n Stale o. things and on such an ecca-
son, that we should bring the past INTO our iih,
mediate presence and consider and examine II ;
that we should ponder asslduousiy upon e1's'in2
Interests and existing Cuties and that we
should exercise whatever OF forecast and sagdc!-
y VT possess, in endeavorug 10 discern what Is
or whet may be, yet before US.


On the 80 OF March II, xt, tity-sl1 years viii
have EXPIRED since we began our national chaf
acler anJ existence under the present Constl'u
tiUn of The United States. In the lapse OF that
penod We have gone through fourteen Presden
tla Elections and nave elected eight and twenty
successive Congresses of the United States. Vi
there fourteen Presidential Elections, twelve
have been effected by the popular vote accord
nag 10 the provisions of the Constitution ano
two have taken place in pursuance OF other Con
s,itutlonal provisions by the House Of Represen
tatves IN Congress, and in default OF an electloG
by the primary mode voting. All these sue
ctssivc elections have been legal and regular
Every successive incumbent Of the Presidential
Office has been acknowledged, in succession, 10
be ngh,fuiy in possession of that Office. AL
these elections have been conducted withoul
ToIence OF disorder, without the interference OF