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heml Is it not by bearing vlcm in affectionate q
Is it not still more by initiating
heir examplc' by enabling countreymen Of our
own to pursue the same career, and to hazard I
heir lives in the same causel i;


The establishment Of an uniform standard of
weights and measures was one Of the specific OBJ
jects contemplated in the formation of our Con-
sttution, and to fix that standard one of the
powers delegated by express terms, in that in
strument, to Congress. The governments of
Great Britain and France have scarcely ceased to
be occupied with inquiries and speculations on
the same subject, since the existence of our Con-
sttution, and with them it has expanded into
profound, laborious and expensive researches
into the figure of the earth, and the compare
tive length of the pendulum vibrating seconds
in various latitudcs from the Equator to the Pole


These researches have resulted in the compost |
tion and publication of several works highly in
tcresting to the cause of science. The eXperi- |
ments are yet in the process of performance
Some of them have recently been made on our
shores, within the walls Of one OF our own Cole
ges, and partly by one Of our own feow-citizens.
1t would be honorable to our country it the Sc
que of the same experiments should be counte-
nanced by the patronage Of our government, as
they have hitherto been by those OF France and
Britain.


Connected with the establishment of an Uni
versitv, or separate from it, might be undertaken


the erection of an astronomical observatory, with


provision for the support of an astronomer, to be
in constant attendance Of observation upon the
phenomena of the heavens; and for the pcriodi-


cal publication of his observations 1t is with no


feeling ofpride, as an American, that the remark


may be made, that on the comparatively small ter
rtoria surface of Europe, there are existing up


wards Of one hundred and thirty of these light


houses of the slies; willie throughout the whole
| American hemisphere there is not one. Ii We re-
feet moment upon the discoveries which, III


the last four centuries, have been made i'll the
physical constitution OF the universe, by the
means Of these buildings, and of observers sta
toned III them, shall we doubt Of the usefulness
to every nationa And while scarcely year pass
es over our heads without bringing some new as
tronomical discovery to light, Which we must fam


receive at second hand from Europe, are we


not cutting ourselves off from the means OF re-


turning light for light, while we have neither


obser .atory nor observer upon our half Of the


globe, and the Garth rcyolves in perpetual dark


ness TO our unsearching eyes,


When, on the 25th Of October 1871, the first


President ofthe Z. States announced to Congress


the result Of the enumeration Of the inhabitants


of the Union, he informed them that the returns
gav Q the pleasing assurance that the popuiMon


Of the U States bOrtlered on four millions OF per-


sans At the distance of thirty years from that


time, the last enumeration, five years since com


plctcd, presented population bordering upon


ten millions. Perhaps of all the evidences OF 9
prosperous and happy condition oihuman socic


ty, the rapidity of the increase OF population y


the most uncqnivocal But the demonstrate!
of our prosperity rests not alone upon TINS inat


cation Our commerce, oiir wealth, ana inc g.


tent Of our territories, have increased in cores
| lin t,rt rnI
I pendent communities associated III our Federal


Unon has since that ..mc, nearly doubled
The Legislative representation Of the States and


people in the r.vo houses OF Congress, has grown


with the growth of their constituent bodies.
! The house which then consisted of Is members,


now number upwards oftwo hundred. The sen


ate which consisted Vi twrnty.slx members, ma


now forty weight. But the Executive, and stll


more the Judiciary Departments, are yet IN
great measure confined to their primitive organ


ization, and arc now not adequate to the urgch


wants Of still growing community


The naval a,rnamcnts which at an early pcriof
forced themselves upon the necessities of tht
Union soon led to the establishment ofa Depart


ment of the Nay : But the Departments OF For
cgn Hairs, AMI 7fthc Interior, which, early aftc


the formation &C le government had been unitet
IN one continue so united at this time, to the TN
questionable dctrmcnt Ct the public service
+ The multiplication of our relations with the na
tons and governments of the old world, ha
kept pace with that Of our population and com


mercc, while within the last ten years new fam


iiy of nations, in our own hemisphere, has arlscl
f among the inhabitants of the Garth, with whon


our intercourse, commercial and political, wa,''
, Of itself furnish occupation To an active and III
! tustrious Department. The constitution of tn
f judiciary, experimental and imperfect as it was
even in the infancy ofour existing government, i
vet more inadequate TO the administration OF ma


tional Justice at our present maturity. Nine year
: have elapsed since Il predecessor in this office


now not the last, the citizen who perhaps, o


all others throughout the Union, contributed mos
+. to til. formation and establishment of Our con
stitution. in lis valcdictory address to Congress
!. immediately proceeding his retirement fiom pub
4 lie life, urgently recommended the revision OF tht
: Judiciary, and the establishment Of an additona
I Executive Department. The eXigences OF tn
, nublc service, AMI its unavoidable deficiencies


as now in exercise have added yearly cumulative
s weight to the considerations presented by him ~
persuasive TO the measure; and in recommending
it to your deliberations, am happy to have 'h'
/ influence of his high authority, in aid ofthe un
: doubling convictions of my own experience.
\ The laws relating to the administration OF The


Patent GIicc are deserving of much considera
1 ton, and, perhaps, susceptible Of some improve
. ment. The grant of power to regulate the actor
. Of Congress on this subject, has specified botl
y the end to be attained, and the means by whicl
= If IS TO be effected. To promote the progress