Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-12-23

: lie Treasury, and they occupy posi-
: tons that. expose them to all the
: temptations and seductions which the
: leppidity Of SPECTATORS and fraudulent
claimants can prompt them TO en-
: ploy.
1t will be but a wise precaution to
: protect the Government against that
r source Of mischief and corruption, as
Tar as it can be done by the enact
ment Of all proper legal penalties
The laws, in this respect, are sappos-
ed to be defective, and I therefore
deem it my duty to call your atten-
ton to the subject, and to rec M
mend that provision be made by law
for the punishment not only Of those
4 who shall accept brides, but also Of
!, those who shall either promise, give,
or offer to give to any Of those Off
GERS or clerks, a bride or reward
touching or relating to any matter
of thei b official action or duty.
/ 1t his been the uniform policy of
this government, from its foundation
to the present day, to abstain from
jail interference in the domestic af-
fairs Of other nations. The conse-
lquence has been that while the na-
Atiohs OF Europe have been engaged
in desolatihg wars, our country has
Hpuf its peaceful course in unex-
ampled prosperity and happiness.
! The wars inwhich we have been
compelled to engage, in defence Of
the rights and honor of t he country,
have been fortunately of>short durs-
ton. During the terrific contest of
nation against nation, which succeed
ed the French revolution, we we're
enabled by the wisdom and Grmness
of President Washington to MAIN
tain our neutrality. While other
nations were drawn into the wide
sweeping whirlpool, We sat quiet and
unmoyed upon our own shores. !
While the flower Of their numerous
armies was wasted by disease or per-
Iished by hundreds Of thousands up
Oh the battlefield, the youth of this
favored land were permitted to en-
joy the blessings Of peace beneath
the paternal roof While the States
of Europe incurred enormous debts,
under the burden of which their sub
jects still groap, and which must abb
sorb n 3 small p art of the product of
the honest ind ustry Of those eOun- !
tries for gene rations to come, the 4
u. S. have once been enabled to ex-
hibit the proud spectacle of a nation
free fro ON public debt; and if permit
ted to pursue our prosperous way
for a few years longer in peace, We.
may do the same again.
But it is no W said by some that
this policy must be changed Eu-
rope is no longer separated from US
by voyage Of months, but steam
navigation has brought her within
few days sell Of our shores. We
see more of her movements, and take
a deeper interest in her controversies. /,
no one proposes that We
should join ii he fraternity of poten-
tates who have for ages lavished the <
bio o d and treasure of their sui i
lects IN maintaining ''the balance Of
power" yeti is said that We ought /
to interfere between eontending soy
ereigns and their subjects, fol- the i
purpose Of overthrp owing the mon
arches of Europe, and establishing i
in their place republican institutions. i
1t is alleged that we have heretofore {
pursued different course from a I,
sense of our weakness, but that now
our conscious Strength dictates I
change of policy, and that it is con- l
our duty to mingle in these /
contests and aid those who are strug- i
cling for liberty. /
This is most seductive but dam .
,erous appeal to the generous SYM 5
'athies of freemen- Enjoying as a
re do the blessings Of free govern S
lent, there is no man, who h rs an o
american heart that would not re- il
nee to see these blessings extended il
D all other nations. We cannot ST
illness the struggle between the OPP n
ressed and bis opp essor anywhere n,
ithout the deepest sympathy for the CT
'rmer, and the most anxious desire W
# his triumph. Nevertheless, is it
rudent or is it wise to involve our il
lives in these foreign wars? Is it bt
deed true that we have heretofore SO
trained from doing SO merely from 70
le, degrading motive Of a conscious tn
eakness? For the honor of the pa pr
lots who have gone before US, Al