Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-12-11

tsc, m. agsscd movers should i,avc tioog'lt Il
psoper, on any principles satisfactory to them
selves, 10 have Ia'erpossd, by force, IN the in
tcrnal concerns oi SPAIN To shst extent such
interpretation may DC carried, on the same prin-
chile is a question on which IA indepe DdeBt
powers, whose governments differ from theirs,
are interested; even those most remote, and
surely none more so than the United S.ales
Our policy ~ regard 10 Europe, which was a.
dopted At an esrly stage oF the wars which
have 80 long agitated that quarter oi the globe,
nevertheless remains the same, which IS, not TO
Interfere IN tile internal concerns OF any of It's
powers-,o consider the government dc facto IS
The legitimate government TOR us--to cultivate
friendly relations with it, and TO preserve tl.cse
relations by frank, firm and manly poliIs-
meeting in sill instances The just claims Of every
power Submitting to injuries from none. But
in regard 10 these continents, circumstances are
emingntly and conspcueusiy different Il is
impossible that the allied powers should extend
their political system. 10 any portion of either
continent without endangerlng on. peace and
happiaesx nor can any one telieve that oar
southern brethren, il left 10 themselves, would
adopt Il Of their own accord. 1t is equally im-
possible, therefore, that We should behold xlch
Inserposi,ion, in any form, with indifference.
II we look to the comparative strength and re-
sources of Span aud those new governments,
and their dissace from each other, it must be
obvious that stie can nefer su5duc iheia.- !. il
still the true policy Of the United States TO leave
the parties to themselves, in liopss that otf.er
powers will pursue the same course.
II We compare the present conn,;on Of our.
Union. with its actual state at ,he close Of our
revolution, the history CT the weird Furnishes
NO example OF progress in Improvement, in
all the important circumstances which con.ti,
tu,es the happiness Of nation, which bears a.
ny resemblance to il. AT the first epoch our
population didnot exceed three millions. BY
the last censusit amounted 10 about ten mil.
lions, and what is more extraordinary. il ;s al
rsost altogether native, for tue emigration irorl
other countries has been Uncomfortable. At the
frs, epoch. half the'territory within our know!.
edged Limits was uiinhabited and wilderness
Since then, new territory has been acquired, Of
vast extent, comprising within it many rivers,
particularly tho Mississippi, the navigation ct
which to the ocean was Of the highest Import.
ance to the original states. Over this territory
our population has expanded in every direction,
and new States have been estabhed, sinost G.
oual,in number, to those which formed the first
bond Of the Uaian. This expansion OF our 20
rulation, ard secession of new States to our u
Mon, have had the happiest effect ON all its
highest interests. That II has eminently aug
x
and responsibility, az power, is admitted by
all. But, It IL not in these important circum-
stances only, that this happy efiecs is felt. 1t
is manifest that, by cslarginG. The basis of our
system, & cncreasing the puH,ber ofStates, the
system itself has been greatly srengthed in
both lis branches Consolidation and disunion
have thereby been rendered equally impracti.
cable. Each government conhdns in its own
strength, hes less 10 apprehend from the ether;
and in consequence each enjoying greater
ire COON of action, is rendered more efficient
for all the purposes for which it VAS instituted
Il is unnecessary to treat, here. OF the vast i'm
proyement made in Tile system Itself BY the a.
dop,ion Of this constitution, and of its happy
effect in elevating the charaS>er. and in pro-
tectng the rights ofte nation, . we'll as Of in
diyiduals To what then 60 we owe these bles.
sings? II is known to all, that We derive them
from the excellence of our institutions. Ought
we not then TO adopt every measure, which
may be necessary to perpetuste them'
ia MES MONROE.