Washington sentinel., 1853-10-09
NON-INTERFEREN BY FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS.
THE WAR OF THE SHELLS.

THE WAR OF THE SHELLS.
The einterfcrence ofE1ropean powers in Amer
lean affairs, either by new colonization or by
diplomacy may be considered as at an end, so
far as the will of the people Of the United States
can settle the question. Parties and men may
differ as to the details--but the emphatic an
nouncement of the last inaugural met with
quick response from the American heart, when
it denounced such interference as "wholy in
admissible Our particular views upon this
question have been proclaimed already y-and we
do not now propose to dwell upon them.
But if we are prepared to oppose by protest,
and if need be, to resist by arms, European in
reference in the general affairs ofthe continent,
for how much stronger reason, should we meet
the foreign invader Of our domestic concerns, not
by Cancellation or diplomacy, but by forcc The
jealousy of foreign intermeddling with our home
interests is instructive in the heart of every
true Amercan--and has been inculcated with
an earnestness, which has made the instinct
holy sentiment, by every President from Wash
ing to the present Chief Of the Executive depart
ment.
This feeling has, of late years, been once
staed by the balefnl breath of fanaticism. As
we have never seen it the subject of commen
tary by the press, we propose to publish this
leaf from the volume of our past history; and
to expose to merited condemnation some of
those who permitted fanaticism to control the
tbs c,t b,r into ,l,o
city, the influence of an alien enemy upon the
rights and interests of the southern States of
the Union.
We do not desire to reopen the controversy
in respect to the Territories, in which the free
soil organization, especially in New York, in
1913, insisted upon attaching the Wilmot in
hibition of slavery forever, and was only de-
feated by the resoute and patriotic course of
The Dickinsons-the Casses-the Douglases
of the north. We do not propose, except Incl
dentally, to show who were the disorganizers
of the democratic party then, and would
have ruptured the Union upon that question,
except for the men who arc aor denounced by
these pseudo friends Of order, as the promoters
of party dissension, and as unworthy of party
trust We only intend to show that while some
who now claim to be the "Simon Pures," and the
orthodox expounders of democracy in the do
cese of New York were inviting the aid of var.
guished enemy in their sectional crusades against
the southern States, those we have named as
worthy ofall honor, combined with the south
in patriotic Ihalanx to crush the home faction.
and to spurn with contempt the intrusion Of its
foreign ally. We shall show, that northern
wings and democratic trce-soilers, combined in
a strange coalition, to pledge to a foreign gov
ernment the public faith Of the country, to carry
out the schemes Of ireesoilsm, in the exclusion
Of slavery from the ccdcd territories and that
this was done with the evidence staring them
in the face, that the foreign government had
not demanded it as a condition, but had cheer
fully given up every such idea.
Our readers are aware that upon every vote
upon the Wilmot proviso, proposed asan amend
ment to the "thrce million bill,' the State OF
New York was diyidcd-Gov. Dickinson being
against it and Gepl. Dix voting for it. BY the
aid dof such northern democrats as Mr. Dickinson.
tne W HIHOt pToNiao WIS uelcatcb rs u tdu.
Fooled in every such efort-the anti-savery
faction turned with disgust from the counsels
ofthei otcn country, and sought to attain their
purposes through tie oqeacy Of Mcrjco. The
mode in which this was done we will now pro.
ceed TO explain.
In February, 1913, President Polk sent to the
Senate what was known as the Trist treaty, with
the documents explanatory of the negotiation
leading to it,
In letter from Mr.. Trist TO the Secretary Of
State, dated September 4, ,la47, he states
that the question of the exclusion Of sla-
very had been mentioned by the Mexican ne
potiator as desirable Mr.. Trist thus strongly
states his emphatic and patriotic response:
81 concluded by assuring them that the bare
1aentto,i of the subject in any treaty TO which the
United States were a party an absolute i'm
possibility that President ofthe United States
would dare 10 present any such treaty 10 the Sen
ate and that il II IN their power TO offer me
the whole territory described in projSt in
creased tenfold in value, and in addition 10 that
covered foot thick all over with pure gold, upon
the single condition that slavery should be
cluded therefruIn, could not entertain the offer
for a moment, nor think even OF communicating II