The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-16 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE ARCTIC.

tbT ILICTRIC TELEORAPHI

(PROM OUR OWN CORRUPONDLNT.)
LIVERPOOL, WZDNRSDAY Monsmo.
The United States miil steamship Arctic, Luce,
commander, which hus just arrived in our river,
brings three days later dates from New York than
those previously to hand per the America.
The Arctic brings 80 passengers; she entered the
Mersey at 3 a.m.; on the 6th, passed the Baltic,
outward-bound. The Cambria arrived at Boston on
the sth.

Congress had passed the necessary appropriation
bills, and adjourned. The Senate, however, con-
tinued in executive session, to Cantina the cabinet
and other appointments.
Ou the 4th inst. General Pierce was formally in-
augurated as President, and delivered an address,
the substance of which was as folews : (hnc•third of
the address is occupied in a review of the progress of
the United States since the revolution, and the in-
crease of power and territory acquired by the Federa-
tion since that period; it then proceeds —" And yet
this vast increase of people and territory has not
only shown itself compatible with the harmonious
action of the States and Federal government, in
their respective constitutional spheres, but has
afforded an additional guarantee of the strength and
integrity of both. With experience thus sug-
gestive awl cheering, the policy of my ad-
ininistra:ion will not be controlled by any timid
forebodings of evil from expansion. It is nut to be
disguised that our attitude as a nation and position
on the globe render the acquisition el certain pos-
sessions not without our jurisdiction eminently im-
portant for our protection, if not in the future essen-
tial for the preservation of the rights of commerce
and the peace of the world." The message then pro-
ceeds to say "that if these possessions (no doubt
Cuba and Mexico) should be obtained, it shall be by
fair means, and consistently with the strictest ob-
servance of uational faith; and gives an assurance
that no act, within the legitimate scope of constitu-
tional control will be tolerated on tho part of any
citizens, which cannot challenge ready justification
before the tribunal of the civilised world." The
President then proceeds to say that the great
objects of their pursuit, as a people, are to be ob-
tamed by peace, and urgently exhorts to the cultiva-
tion of friendly relations with neighbouring
nations on the American continent; of the complex
systems of European policy tile United States are inde-
pendent, and their wars, tumults, and ass .cties cannot
affect the American people, except as appealing to
their sympathies in the cause of human freedom and
advancement. The rights of American citizens art
to be vigilantly watched and maintained at home
and abroad; and "it can hardly be necessary to
math: 01 a principle which should now be regarded as
fundamental, namely, that the rights, security, and
repose of this confederacy reject the idea of inter-
ference or colonisation on this side of the ocean by
any foreign power beyond the present juris-
diction as utterly unadvisable." The document
continues to say that a large army is un-
desirable in the United States, and should be the
nucleus only for a national militia to rally round, but
recommends thorough efficiency in the army. The
Fugitive Slaves Law and Compromise measures
occupy the remainder of the message; these mea-
surer arc fully indorsed by General Pierce as de-
sirable and necessary for the preservatien of
the Union, which must be maintained at all
hazards; and the President expresses his hope
that the question is at rest, and that nu sectional, or
ambitious, or fanatical excitement, may threaten the
durability of the federal institutions, or• obscure the
light of their prosperity. The message concludes by
praying that the kind Providence wlech smiled upon
their patriot fathers tnay enable their children to
, , preserve the blessings they have inherited.