The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-08-13

PROSPECTUS
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WARRINGTON aENTINEL.
PR0PosE to pabiisA In ~ city Of Washdng-
-. t Ton. ~ september; Peliacai newspaper, nm
10 doing 80 it IL proper I should make known
.n s PRINCIPLES It will maintain and the policy It
VIII advocate
ciples OF the Democratic ReuubEieow rsyty AZ he
United 6k6fss. II docs not propose TO be tire organ
Of any department of the Government, except in
80 far ~ an independent maintenance Of the doc
trnes Of that party may represent it, opinions and
1t will mot be aIpbitjcus to commend itself to the
people by blind daftsry OF their rulers. 1t will
seek public support BY the bold avovai Of TIE sem
timents which are common to the genuine Democ-
racy Of the Union, and BY the condemnation of
all such az may conflict with them, from what
ever quarter they may come. 1t viii seek TO DC
(and II will endeavor to deserve the tttie) the or
gan OF the Democratic party Of the Unsted 6tates:
The Sentinel will maintain, n fundamental
truth Of that great party. that the Stairs formed
the Union between them by the ratification OF tho
Constitution az a compact; by which also tney
created the Federal Government, and delegated 20
1t. a. their common agent, the powers expressiy
specifcd in it, With explicit reservation OF all
others to the States, to their separate govern
thus delegated is therefore an usurpation Of the
reserved authority of the States BY the agent Of
their own creation. haw tEff
The Sentinel will uphold and defend the Union
upon the basis of the rights Of the States-under
the Consttution-and thus by sedulously guard
Ing the latter II will the efectuaily strength
en- and perpetuate the former.
with regard to the exercise of the powers OF the
Federak government, the Sentinel will take a. the
prncipgbs OF its action that Congress shali cxer-
else no power which has not been delegated by the
Constitution, according to strict and fair inter
probation OF its language and spirit; and that e
snail not seek to attain indirectly object through
the exercise OF constitutional p0,Dey for the direct
attanment OF which it has no delegation Of poscer.
In other words, all powers exercised must be clear
ly granted, and all granted powers must be used
for no purpose except such az is clearly intended
by the Constitution.
In respect to the internal administration OF the
Government the Sentinel will sustain the settled
policy of the Democratic party. II will labor to
inculcate this cardinal doctrine of Democratic in
ternal policy--that this Government will best pro-
mote the freedom and prosperity Of the people OF
the States by being less ambitious TO exercise pow
leaving 10 the individual States the management
of all their domestic concerns-while it contents
itself with qua riding the Confederacy 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 composing It.
The Sentinel will advocate such progressive
foreign policy will suit itself to the exigencies
and correspond with the expanding interests of
the country. That policy should be energetic and
decided; but should temper frmness with iberali
ty, and make it's highest ends consist with the
strctest rinciples of justice The real interests
of the country upon each occasion demanding at
tcntion will be its guide In recourse the Sensnet
will pursue.
Z 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 restlessness of others, common
motive to colonial extension has developed itself.
Our settled determination to repel interference
from abroad with our own domestic concerns will
prompt US to avoid it in the affairs OF other coun
tries. unless by their foreign or colonial policy our
peace should be threatened, our security endan-
gered, or our interests invaded. For when the
selfish interests Of other nations prompt foreign
colonial policy which infringes upon our rights
and places in the pathway of our commerce a dan
gerous and unfriendly rival, snch policy must be
resisted by remOnstrance, and ii need be by war.
Our foreign policy should indeed be defensive;
but to be properly defensiDe it must sometimes be
apparently aggressive. Our Administration should
be vigilant, watchful, and energetic. The world
is full of important movements, commercial and
political, deeply concerning American trade and
American power. 1t is time we had an American
foreign policy. We must have it. We cannot
avoid it If we would. we have larger Interests
than every other people. We occupy the best por-
tion of continent, with no neighbors but colo
ny and a worn out anarchical despotism. we
are the only people whose own land, without colo
NAL dependencies. is washed by the two great
oceans of the world. Our agricultural produc
tons are more varied and more essential to civil.
lied life and to human progress-our mineral and
resources more vast-our facilities
and capacity for internal and foreign commerce
more extended than those OF any other people iv-
ing under one government. continent to great
extent UNEMPLOYED and exhaustless in its yet hid
den wealth is at our feet. European trade seeks
the great East through avenues which are at our
doors, or must be made through our own limits.
Europe Asia, Africa, and the isles ofthe sea, lying
all around US, look to az the rising power,
through the agency of whose example, and ever
widening and extending, though peaceful infiu-
ences, the blessings of liberty, civilization, and re-
ligion, destined to triumph over the arbarism
and superstition of the millions OF the world And
shall such people refuse to lay hold upon their
destiny and act upon the high mission to which it
is called? A mission full of hope, though so
laden with responsibility, which. If properly di-
rected, must make our Confedcracy the harbinger
of peace to the world well the peaceful arbi-
ter of Its destiny.
The Sentinel will, therefo advocate bold ana
foreign policy, such as the condition of the
country demands but it will advocate 1t under the
flag Of the country-no~ here else. lie foreign poll
cy must be consistent with the epOtcss honor and
unimpeuchable 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 s wrong.
1t must be liberal and magnanimous to the rights
Of others, and firm and immovable ir insisting on
its own 1t must in fine. be true to it's own inter-
ests, rights, and honor-it cannot then be ialse TO
those of other nations.
Such, then, is the chart by which we shall be
guided. Independent and free. we shall endeavor
10 be honest and truthful. The true friends OF
Democratic principles, shall cordially support
and defend. Ilsencmies in the field or IN ambush
we shall oppose, and on all proper occasions de-
nounce.
To our future brethren of the press we extend
the hand of friendly greeting. The Sentinel IS the
rival of no press OF it's own party-the personal
enemy Of none of the other.
The present Democratic Administration mas our