The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-12-11
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GEORGE wEAvEn, EpIroR ANppROpRIrroI
CITY OF LANCASTER.
tuesday Evening, Dec. ., 1854

Tue PRksIDENT's MESSAGE. This
document is receiving, as it deserves
fom The press Of bath pattirs. the enco
miums which il 80 richly mel's With
here and there an exception from the
L"coincu aud Free Soil press, the former
"t that class which cannot possibly dis
cover any merit whatever in political
Irppnuenf. the latter ofanolher class who
will Il" justice 10 no one who will not a
dOpt their distractions as rule of faith
and guide of action THE State paper is
considered among the very best delivered
To the Congress Of the United States. AS
it treats of subjects of grave Importance
rnIhe people Of the Union aud is most
excellent compendium Of the present re-.
IaIions of the cDuntry, it will ~, he nee.
cssary for us to make an abstract of it's
contenls pefnsed as it will be in full by
our readers
In a very brief space, considering tho
variety Of topics which the President
deemed it his duty To present To Congress
he gives thruugh this body to the Ameri
can nuhlic, plain aud unvarnished state.
mrnt of afflirs. winch Of itself is the
best Argument in favor of the recnmmrn.
daliuns which are contained in the mes.
sage; and calm and nprrjudiced pc
inoal Of it will convince our people of
the gIea, necessity of many of the chang
60 proposed by the President. especially
in regard To the Tariff aud the improve.
ment nf our Rivers and Harbors.
Ii will be seen by the reader that our
present relations with other countries
continue peaccabIe, lwithstanding the
misunderstanding which recent events
were likely to produce. The Cuban af.
fair, as we anticipated, is alluded to in
proper spirit aud the blame Of that unfur.
tuuate expedition is attached To the prop.
or persons. The Government has done
nothing dernSatory to our national char
acter, and a; the same time has discharg
ed fully its obligations to other nations
with which we are on terms Of peace and
friendship. Despite the silence of the
Fllibuster press, since the unfortunate
termination OF the Cuban affair, HEY will
now be compelled to give an impartial
history of il lo their readers.
In regard Ia the Presidents idea Of
nor.lnlerventlon, we must confess that
VIC do not clear 200 lh'ough his position.
but more Of this at another time. Il is
the position now occupied by very mnny
of our people und which Kossu;h s al
this Time endeav"ring 10 pursuade Eug
land and America to take.
The Presidents remarks in relation TO
the Fugitive Slave law should receive
The commendation of all our people, and
yet wo are aware that hiS position will be
violently arsailed by tho factinnista ofthe
South as well as the North. His duty iS
clear, aud he does not hesitate to pur
form it. Whatever opinions may be on.
terlaurd relative to a few of the clausos
in the compromiSe measures which ap.
pear harsh and uuj usr, there is a higher
duty 10 perform than that uf resisting the
laws ur the lHnd uu the ground nf con
scicntinus scluples. 1t is the duiy nf
brdienGo To these laws, the duty uf every
good citizen IN county where law is
necessary toslhe protection Of our lvcs,
onr reputation aud our property There
is. however, an improvement in the tone
nf opposition Ia these laws. aud more
general determination to acqulesce in
them as II liual settlement of the vexed
question arising out of the annexation ot
a porIion Of the Territory Of neighbour
ing nation,
We ask (or the message candid 20
rusal,
FuREIGN News. The news by the
Steamer Humboldt. Pacific and Amer
lea, which have arrived since our last is.
sue, possesses a few features of marked
Interest.
France The most imporiaut item is
from France. The slormiesl debate ov'
cr known in the Assembly, was upon a
proposition for tho appointment of an
armed force To protect the Assembly
The project, If carried into effect, would
have excited civil war II was rejected
by majority Of los, thus giving to the
President aud his Ministry a complete
triumph, The Assembly has lost ground
by the foolish motion, & it is now thought
the law tn extend the franchise will be
adopted. Marshal Soult was seriously
i'll and his death was hourly expected
Another editor has been fned $4,000
francs aud imprisoncd for speaking too
freely of the President At the great
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