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der tho hsms of the NeAkirgIo~ SkHtisss. a
In doing 90 II 10 proper ] should maks known
the the PRINCIPLES il viii maintain and the policy 1t
II will support cordially and earnestly the prin-
c1pies o. 49, the Demccysfie RtPukiean party II NE
United Stsfes. It does not propose to be the organ
of any department Of the Government, except in
so far as an independent maintenance Of the doc
trines OF that party may represent it, opinions and
express its views. assIa -tA 9a s ns u
People by blind 6attssy Of their rulers. II will
seek public support BY the b3!d ayowal of TIE sen-
timents which are common 10 the genuine Democ-
racy Of the Union. and by the condemnation of
ever quarter they may come. Il viii seek to be
land II will endeavor to deserve tho titael the or
gan Of the Democratic party Of tho Unfted States.
The Senttrei will maintain. 40 Fundamental
truth of that great party. that the States formed
the Union between them BY the ratification Of the
Constitution a. a compact; by which also they
created the Federal Government, and delegated to
it, as their common agent, the powers expressly
specified in 1t, with explicit reservation Of all
others to the States, or to their separate govern
ments. The exercise of any powers beyond those
thus delegated 10 therefore an usurpation Of the
reserved authority Of the States BY the agent Of
their own creation. @'t M
The Sentinel will uphold and defend the Union
upon the basis of the rights of the States-under
the Constitation--and thus by sedulously guard
ing the latter it will the effectuaiiy strength
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With regard to the exercise Of the powers OF the
Federal Government, the Sentinel will take the
principles Of it's action that Congress shall exer
cise power which has not been delegated by the
Constitution, according to strict and fair inter-
probation Of its language and spirit; and that 7
shall not seek to attain indirectly an object through
the exercise OF c0nsfifu0aI PosCey, for the df,scJ
attainment of which ii has no dslegafi0n Of potcer
In other words all powers exercised must be clear
ly granted, and all granted powers must be used
tor no purpose except such 40 IL clearly intended
by the Constitution. l
In respect to the internal administration of the
Government the Sentind will sustain the settled
policy OF the Democratic party. II will labor to
incucate this cardinal doctrine of Democratic in.
tcrnal polcy-that this Government will best pro-
mote the freedom and prosperity Of the people OF
the States by being less ambitious to exercise pow
er and more anxious to preserve liberty; and by
leaving TO the individual States tho management
itself with guarding the Contederacy from exter-
nal violence, and directing The foreign policy OF
the country to the promotion of the common inter
ests and defence of the common rights and honor
OF the States competing it.
The Sentinel will advocate such a progressive
foreign policy viii suit itself to the exigencies
and correspond with the expanding interests Of
the country. That policy should be energetic and
ty, and make it's highest ends consist with the
atrctcst rinciples Of justice. The real interests
of the country upon each occasion demanding at
tenon will be it's guide in the course the Stntsnet
will pursue.
The national policy of the world in this age is
essentially aggressive In the growing sense OF
weakness Of some of the nations Of the Old World
and the ambitious rcstiessness of others, common
motive to colonial extension has developed itself.
Our settled determine ion to TepeI interference
from abroad with our own domestic concerns viii
prompt to avoid it in the affairs of other conn
tries unless by their foreign colonial policy our
peace should be threatened, our security endan-
gered, or our inter rests invaded For when the
selfish interests of other nations prompt foreign
or colonial policy which intringes upon our rights
and places in the pathway of our commerce a dan
gerous and unfriendly rival, s1ch policy must be
resisted by reinonstrance, and 1t need be by war.
Our foreign policy should indeed be defensive;
apparently aggressiue. Our Administration sbouid
be vgilant, watchu, and energetic. The world
is full Of important movements, commercial and
political, deeply concerning American trade and
foreign policy. We must have it. We cannot
avoid it if we would. Ws have larger interests
and greater stake in tho world and it's destiny
than every other people, We occupy tnc oest por
ton Of a continent, with no neighbors but colo
ny and a worn out anarchicai despotism. We
are the only people whose own land, without colo
nial dependencies, is washed by the two great
oceans Of the world. Our agricultural produc-
tons arc more varied and more essential to civil
lied life and to human progress-our mineral and
manufacturing resources more vast-our facilities
and capacity for internal and foreign commerce
more extended than those OF any other people llv-
ing under one government. A continent to great
extent unex pored and exhaustless in lts yet hid
den wealth is at our feet. European trade seeks
tho great East through avenues which are At our
doors, or must be made through our own limits
Europe Asia Africa, and the isles Of tho sea, lying
all around US, look to us as the risiug power,
through the agency of whoee example, and ever
widening and extending. snoogn peacs'O. d INN
ligion are destined to triumph over the barbarism
and superstition Of The miliions of the world And
shall such a pcap1e refuse to lay bold upon their
Is SCALE caIisdl A nsissop ~ 3pIl Of hope, though 50
reeted, . must make our the harbinger
of peace to the world well as the peaceful arbi-
ter of it's destiny. argn
The Sentinel will, therefore, advocate bold and
earnest foreign policy, such as tine condition Of the
country demands, but it will advocate 1t under the
flag Of the ecountry--nowhere ese lie foreign poll
CIV must be consistent with the spotless honor and
unimpeachable good faith of the country. To be
respectable at home and abroad, and to be great in
the eyes Of the world, it must ask for nothing but
what Is right and submit to nothing that is wrong.
1t must be liberal and magnanimous to the rights
of others, and firm and i,nmovnble in insisting
it's own. 1t must, in fine, be true to its own inter
ests, rights, and honOr-lt cannot then be iosc to
those of other nations.
Such, then, ia the chart by which we shall be
guided. Independent and free, we shall endeavor
10 be honest and truthful. The true friends
Democratic principles, we shall cordially support
and defend. Itsenemies in the field in ambush
shall oppose, and on all proper occasions de-
nounce. g atN
To our future brethren of the press extend
the hand of friendly greeting. The Sentinel is the
rival of press OF it's own party-the personal
enemy of none of the other.
The present Democratic Administration has our
best wishes for its in the esta aoIishment of
the great principles upon which it came into pow
err and in its honest labors to attain such an end
twill find tho Sentinel :ts friend and coadjutor.
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