The Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1852-1872, 1853-04-16
THE SHASTA COURIER.
TheI.ouxnraI of President pierce.

fornia particularly it is commended by all par
ties. The address is purely American IN every
respect. Passing by unnotlced the Bank, Tariff,
Internal Improvement, and other old party is
sues, the new President goes right boldly to the
great national questions that are now agitatlng
the American mind, and that will exert con-
trolling influence over the destinies of the ma
ton for years to come, and takes his stand just
where the American people would have him.
He boldly announces his ardent acquiescence
in the doctrine of extending the area of the Re-
public. He entertains no ''timid forebodings of
evil from expansion" He says:
Indeed it is not to be dis
guised that our attitude a nation, and our po-
siton on the globe, render the acquisition of GER
tain possessions not within our jurisdiction, emf
nently important for protection, IT not, III the
future. essential for the preservation of the
rights of commerce and the peace OF the world.
Should they be obtained. it will be through no
graspng spirit, but with view to obvious
tional interest and security, and IN manner en-
tirely consistent with the strctest observance OF
national faith. We have nothing III our history
or position to invite aggression we have every
thing to beckon us to the cultivation of relations
of peace and union with all nations. Purposes,
therefore, at once just and pacific, will be signi-
fcantly marked i'll the conduct of our foreign at
fairs. l intend that my administration shall
leave no blot upon our fair record; and trust
may safely give the assurance that no act within
the Legitimate scope of my constitutional control
will be tolerated. on the part OF any portion OF
our citizens, which cannot challenge ready
justification before the tribunals OF the civilized
world. An administration would be unworthy
of confidence at home or respect abroad, should
it cease to be influenced by the conviction, that
no apparent advantage can be purchased at a
price so dear as that OF national wrong and dis
honor.
The President too firmly declars his determi-
nation to throw the agis of the Republic over
the American citizen wherever he may be found.
Let him be exalted or humble, rich or poor, he is
assured that no crude hand of power or tyran-
N.Y. is to be 'laid upon him with impunity,"
let him wander where he may
The rights which belong to us as nation are
not alone to be regarded, but those which per-
tain to every citizen in his individual capacity,
at home and abroad, must be universally main
taned So long as he can discern every star i'll
its place upon that ensign, without wealth to
purchase for him preferment, or title to secure
for him place, it will be his privilege, and must
be his acknowle,lg ed right, TO stand unabashed
even III the presence OF princes, with proud
consciousness that lie is himself one of nation
of soveregns, and that he cannot, in legitimate
pursuit, wander so far from home that the agent
whom he shall leave behind in the place which
| now occupy, will not see that no rude hand of
power or tyranica passion is laid upon him with
impuniiy. He must realize that on every sea,
and on every soil where enterprise may
rightfuly seek the protection of our flag, Amer
lean citizenship is an inviolable panoply for the
security of American II ghts.
In this connection he re-affirms the Monroe
doctrine fundamental principle of American
policy. No colonization upon the American con-
tinent by an European power will be permitted
while he is at the head of the American Gov
eminent. His language on this point is g clear
and unquestionable.'
The rights, security and repose of this Confed-
eracy reject the idea of interference or coloni-
zation on this side OF the ocean by any foreign
power, beyond present jurisdiction, as utterly
inadmissabe.
The President takes high and patriotic grounds
in favor of the Union 1t is with him an
nest and vital belief, that as the Union has been
the source, under Providence, of our prosperity
to this time so it is the surest pledge of the
tinuance of the blessings we have enjoyed, and
which we sacredly bound to transmit undi-
minished to our Children
With the Union my best and dearest earthly
hopes are entwined. Without it, what are we,
individually or collectively ?-what becomes of
the noblest field ever opened for the advance
meut of our race and religion, i'll government,
in the arts, and in all that dignfes and adorns
mankind? From that radiant constellation,
which both illumlnes our own way and points
out to struggling nations their course, let but a
single star be lost, and, if there be not utter
darkness the lustre of the whole is dimmed Do
my counirvmen need any assurance that such
catastrophe is not to overtake them while pos
sess the power to stay 1t!
In regard to the compromise measures" he is
equally explicit
To every theory of society or government,
whether the offspring OF feverish ambition, or
of morbid enthusiasm, calculated to dissolve the
bonds of law and affection which unite us,
shall interpose ready and stern resistance. /
believe that involuntary servl'ude, as 1t exists
in different States in this confederacy, is recog-
nized by the constitution. | believe that it
stands like any other admitted right and that
the States wherein it exists entitled to eff
cient remedies to enforce the constitutional pro-
visions. hold that the laws of 1850, commonly
called the compromise measures, are strictly
constitutional, and to be unhesitatingly carried
into effect | believe that the constituted au-
tlorites of this republic bound to regard
the rights of the South in this respect, as they
would view any other legal and constitutional
right and that the laws to enforce them should
be respected and obeyed, not with reluctance
encouraged by abstract opinions as to their pro-
priety in different state Of society, but cheer
fully and according to the decisions of the tri-
bunal to which their exposition belongs. Such
have been and are my convictions, and upon
them shall act.
Indeed, President Pierce, having the most
perfect confidence in the people who, unsolici-
ted, called him from his peaceful home in New