The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-12-11

be regarded but as the shadowing forth Of the
future In the bright prospects of that
future, we shall find, as patriots and p~hilanthro-
pists, the highest inducements to cultivate and
cherish a love Of union, and to frown down ey-
cry measure or effort which may be made to
ALLEVIATE the States, or the People of the States,
in sentiment and feeling, from each other a
rigid and close adherence to the terms Of our
political compact, and, above all, a sacred obser-
vance Of the guarantees of the Constitution,
will preserve union on a foundation which can
not be shaken; while personal liberty is placed
beyond hazard or jeopardy. The guarantee of
religious freedom, of the freedom of the press, Of
the liberty of speech, of the trial by jury, of
the habeas corpus, and Of the domestic instltu-
tons of each of the States-leaving the private
citizen in the full exercise of the high and en-
.nobling attributes of his nature, and to each
State the privilege, which can only be judieious-
.ly exerted by itself, of consulting the means
best calculated to advance its own happiness;
these are the great and important guarantees o.
the Constitution, which the lovers of liberty
must cherish, and the advocates of union must
ever cultivate. Preserving these, and avoiding
all interpretations by forced construction, under
the guise of an imagined expediency, upon the
Constitution, the influence of our political sys-
tenn is destined to be as actively and as benefici-
ally felt on the distant shores of the Pacific, as
it is now on those of the Atlantic Ocean. The
only formidable impediments in the way OF IFS
successful expansion Gime and space) are so far
inthe progress of modification, by the improve
ments of the age, as to render no longer specu-
%Iative the ability of Representatives from that
remote region to come up to the Capitol, sothat
their constituents shall participate in all the be-
nefts of Federal legislation. Thus it is that, in
the progress of time, the inestimable principles
of civil liberty will be enjoyed BY millions yet
unborn, and the great benefits Of our system of
Government be extended 70 now distant and un-
inhabited regions. In view Of the vast wilder
ness yet to be reclaimed, We may we'll invite the
lover Of freedom, of every land, to take up his
abode among us, and assist us in the great work
of advancing the standard of civilization, and
giving wider spread to the arts and %refnements
of cultivated life. Our prayers should ever
more be offered up to the Father Of the Uni
verse for his wisdom to direct us in the path Of
our duty, SO as to enable us to consunn0te these
high purposes
One of the strongest objections which has
t been urged against confedorates, by writer's or
Q Government, is, the liability Of the members t,
be tempered with by foreign Governments, o.
tho People of foreign States, either in their 10
cal affairs, or in such as affected the peace of 9th
! ers, or endangered the safety Of the whole con
! federacy. The United States are becoming to-
a important in population and resources not to at
tract the observation Of othornations. 1t, there
T fore, may, in the progress OF time, occur tha
: opinions entirely abstract in the States in which
e they may prevail, and in no degree affecting
their domestic institutions, may be arttuily, bu
~sccretly, encouraged with q view to UNDERMINE
the Union. Such opinions may become the ioun
dation of political parties, until at last, the con
nict Of opinion, producing an alienation OF friend
, Iy feeling among the people of the diiteron
4 States, may involve in one general destruction
the happy Institutions under which We live.
i should ever be borne in mind, that what is tra
+ in regard to individuals, is equally so in regar
to States. An interference of zone in the affair
of another, is the fruitful source Of family dis
~sensions and neighborhood disputes; and th
same cause affects the peace, happiness an
prosperity of the States. 1t may be most DE-
voutlv hoped that the good sense Of the Amer
can People will ever bo ready to rcpel all sue
3: attempts, should they ever be made.
There has been no material change in our Il
e reign relations since my last Annual Message
Congress. With all the powers of Europe W
continue on the most friendly terms. Indeed,
D affords me satisfaction to state, that at no tormt
period has the peace Of that enlightened and in
r portant quarter of the globe ever been, app;
rently, more firmly established, the conYit
ton that peace is the true policy of nations
would seem to be growing and becoming daepC
= amongst the enlightenedeyery where; and then
e is no people who have a stronger interest
Of cherishing the sentiments, and adopting tn
a means OF preserving and giving it pcrmanenc
1t than those of the United States. Among
these, the first and most effective are, no doub
the strict observance Of justice, and the hone
a. and p|unctual fulflment ofall engagements. b
NC it is not TO be forgotten that, in the present sta
Y, Iof the world, it is no less necessary TO be reac
rs to enforce their observance and fulhimcnt,
at reference to ourselves, than to observe and full
ii them, on our part, in regard to others.
is Since the close of your last session, a negoti
ton has been formally entered upon between Il
TO Secretary of State and her Britannia Majesty
n Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraort
no nary residing at Washington, relative to Il
n rights of their respective nations in and oVerti
h. Oregon territory. That negotiation is still pc
mt ding. Should it, during your session, be broug
n toa definite conclusion, the result will be promE
&C. Iy communicated to Congress. ! would, ho'
al ever, again call your attentions t" the recol
mendations contained in previous messages, d
ar signed to protect and facilitate emigration
We that Territory. The establishments of militia
ii posts at suitable points upon the extended III
on Of land travel, would enable our citizens to II
err grute in comparative safety to the fertile regio
". below the falls Of the Columbia, and make t
ed provision of the existing convention for the joi
cir occupation of the Territory by the subjects
n Great Britain, and the citizens of tho Unit
n States, more available than heretofore to the Ii