The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-03-10

should cultivate kindly and friendly relR-
lions. We can desire nothing in regard to
them, so much as to see them consolidate
their strength and pursue the paths OF pros
perity and happiness. IL in the course OF
their growth, we should open new chan
nek of trade, and create additional facilities
for friendly intercourse, the benefits realized
will be equal and mutual. =.
Ofthe complicated European systems OF
national policy we have heretofore been In
dependent. From their wars, tumulis, and
anxieties, we have been almost entirely ex-
empt. Whilst these are confined to the ma
tons which gave them existence, and with
in their legitimate jurisdiction, they can not
effect us except as they appeal to our SYM
pathies in the cause of Human freedom and
universal advancement; but the vast inter-
ests of are common to all man
kind, and the advantages Of trade and in
ternational intercourse must always present
noble fields for the moral influence of a
great people. With these views firmly and
honestly carried out, we have a right to FIX
pect, and shall, under all circumstances, re-
quire prompt reciprocity. The rights which
belong to us as a nation are NOT alone to be
regarded, but those which pertain to every
citizen in his individual capacity at home
and abroad must be sacredly maintuined.-
SO long as he can discern every star in its
place upon that ensign, without wealth to
purchase for him preterment, or title to Sc
cure for him place, it will be his privilege,
and must be his acknowledged right, to
stand unabashed even in the presence OF
princes, with a proud consciousness that he
ia himself one of a nation Of sovereigns, and
that he cannot, in legitimate pursuits, wan
der 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 tyrannical passion is laid upon
him with impunity. He must realize that
upon every sea and on every soil, where our
enterprise may rightfully seek the protec-
ton Of our flag, American citizenship is an
invIolable panoply for the security Of A
merican rights; and in this connection il
can hardly be necessary to reafirm a prin'
ciple which should now be regarded as fun
damental. The rights, security and repost
Of this confederucy reject the idea of inter
ference or colonization on this side of the
ocean by any foreign power, beyond present
jurisdiction, as utterly inadmissable.
The opportunities of observation furnished
by,my brief experience as a soldier, confirm.
ed in my own mind the opinion entertained
and acted upon by others from the formation
of the government, that the maintenance oI
large standing armies in our country would
be not only..dsngerous but Unnecessary. They
also illustrate the Importance, / might wei
say the absolute necessity, of military
science and practical skill furnished in such
an eminent degree by the institution which
has made your army what it is under the
discipline and instruction Of officers, moi
more distinguished for the solid attainments
gallantry, and devotion to the public service
than for unobtrusive bearing and high NOR
al tone.
The army, as organized, must be a No
clcus around which, in every time Of need
to rally the strength of your military power
and the sure bulwark OF your defehcc,a nu,
tional militia may be readily formed Into ,
we'll disciplined and effectively organized
army; and the skill and self-devotion of the
navy assure you that you may take the per
Torrance Of the past as a pledge for the fu
ture, and may confidently expect that Thu
flag which has waved its untarnished fold
on every sea, will still float in undiminishet
homer. But these like many other subjects
win be appropriately brought at u futur,
time to the coordinate branches Of govern
mcnt, to which I shall always look WITH sro
found respect, and with %trustful coniJenc,
that they will accord TO me the aid and sup
port which | shall so much need, and whicl
their experience and wisdom will readily
suggest.
In the administration Of domestic affair.
you will cXprcta devoted integrity in thu
public service, and nm obscr, ance Of rigi,
economy in all departments so marked Al
never greatly to be questioned. If this rea
sonable expectation be not realized, ] frank
y confess that our and your leading hopes
are doomed to disappointment, and that my
forts in n very important particular mss
result in a humiliating failure. Officer chi
be properly regarded oily in the light o
nids for the accomplishment of those oh
l%jects, and as occupancy can confer no prero'
gative or importunate desire no preferment
every claim of the public interest impera
; lively demands that they be conducted will
sole reference to the duties TO be perform
ed.
Good citizens may weA claim the protec
: ton Of good laws and the benign influenc,
Of gooagoSernment, but q claim for office i
what the people Of u republic should never
recognize. No reasonable man Of any par
ty will expect his administration to be 81
regardless Of its responsibility and the obvi
GUS elements Of success as t. retain persons
known to be under the influence of %politica
hostility and p%artizan prejudice, in positions
which will require not only severe labor
but cordial cooperation. Having no i'm
piled engagements to supply, no resen Mt
ments to remember, and M personal wishes
to consult, in selections for official stations
| shall fulfil this difficult and delicate trust
admitting no motive as worthy either of my
character or position which does not contem
plate an efficient discharge of duty and thu
best interests Of my country,
acknowledge my obligations to the
masses Of my countrymen, and to them a,
lone. Higher obligations than personal ag
grnndizement gave direction and energy tt
their efforts in the late canvass, and they
shall not be disappointed. They require al
my hands diligence, integrity and capacity
whenever there are duties to be performed
Without these qualities in their public ser.
wants, more stringent laws for the proven,
ton or punishment Of fraud, neglect, and
peculation, will be vain: with them they
would be unnecessary. But these are no
the only points to which you look for vigi'
lance and watchfulness. The dangers o.
a concentration of all power in the gen.
eral government of aconiederacy so vast az
ours, are too obvious to be disregarded; you
have n right, therefore, to expect your a
gents in every department to regard strictly
the limits imposed upon them by the consti'