The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-12-11
The Fsressassrs M essnse.

Our limits not peHF nv ,i.e insertion OF tho
whole Of this documes give u cursory Sketch
Of It.. S
Declaring il to be, q right of every nation 20
establish that form WySyernn,ent which il may
Deem most conlncivsliat the haprincss and pros.
per1'Y OF It's " %citiaens, he asserts strict neu.
traiity III foreign var, Tile cultivation Of. friend.
ly'rcla;ions, thu recfproe3iion Of every noble and
generous act, and the ~Jssinctpal aud SscrupuIo,,,
performance of crcrrt saty obligation, to Ii, The
duties which we osvsf6sther States: BIZ In, s,cr.
fotmance Of which va shest eni,le ourselves TO-
like treatment: from taam.s Afer tiiis iueti and
powell exposition of oos International obligations
and POLLY he unprecedented old fashioned and oh.
fole;c idea that the Constitution. being in ali il.
parts the will Of the fssfple. al its provisions nns
equally binding-sl,agM will be his guide and
ti'at 1t will be his frs,sdutY not u question its
wisdom, Md to its pssSiions, eyate its rcn,;re.
n'ents, or nulli(y its commands. lie wisely re-
serves 10 himself The light of Veto, .bn, sepudi.
a'cs any intention tofcmninn,, or influence tlls
proceedings Of Consrtas.
lie conccires it Ensible tllat, in n country SO
extensive as ours. thsra may DO local interests
or prcjndices rendering a law alious In one rarr,
wlich,is not so in artalcr. and ,lla, tho ,honsht.
Irss and incon>iieraie, mhislcd by their passions,
or their imasinations may be induced madly to
mist such laws rs Dry disapprove. He sns-
gcsts 10 such that, without law. there can bs no
real practical liberty and that he will, mt all
times, and iii all plasts, iokp care that the laws
be faithfully eSecntSss We suppo.eth that no M.
tllen,ic intelligence al the successful resistance
10 the Fugitive SlarSIaw has as yet reached
the Presidents ears and Congress should Mt
once devise some plah by which he should be
informed Of what lgsgeing on iu TIC country
over which he rules. s
The country is pfsaaseus, DO says, and at
peace with the WORTH /
Negotiations with esSseat Britain for facils
itating and protecting the construction OF n
ship canal hclwecni, tho Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans have been nsstsl y concluded.
Some Obstacles which lie hopes mny be speed.
lily removed, rrr thtswn, by Mexico, in tho way
Of the construction, ggay citizens of lilo United
S,oics, Of II Railroad across tho Isthmus of To.
hnantcprc, connectiag the two oceans.
a proposition by Portugal, for the settlement
of our claims against her, has been accepted.
Dccming Peruvian Guano Ms important to The
Agricultural interests, 1t il. he says, the duty of
the Government to employ all The means prop
eriy in its power for the purpose Of causing ,hn,
article TO he imported into this country at rn-
s0nnble price. ~
a tren'y hns been affected with His Majesty,
the King Of tile Hawaiian Islands,
II being desirable that the controversies be.
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tween the two pm rites in the Island of st. Do.
mingo, should bc nniicably settled, this Govern.
ment will not iaii in NIL friGndly Offices for tho
accomplishment Of that end.
ihc receipts of the Treasury for the year, en-.
ding SOth June last, we're si7, 3ai ,7is, 80. Tho
expenditures, si3,632, 1890 I'll public debt
has been reduced ei95. 276.79.
y portion Of the public debt amounting to &c..
t2a, 9Sb.o9, must la provided for within the next
two fiscal years, which il is desirable to do
without resorting 70 new loans.
lie thus demonstrates the advantages of the
protective systcm48 -
"a dnty laid ttpon an article which cannot
he produced IN this country-such as tea ar cot.
fec--nd,is lothc cost Of the %nriicip, and IL chiefly
or wholly paid hy .hc consumer. But q dn,y