Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-23
kslral-The ALnAinistra.
The Prospect.

The Prospect.
We have had no pledges from the Chief Ma
ii trats Of the Union, ssurins US of the policy
hs would pursue. other than what may be in
ferred from his past life, or are virtually sci
forth IN his sautation to the American people
Preliminary pledges We neither desired MOI
anticipated The dgnifed quetude with
which franklin Pierce mantled himself from
the day Of his nomination. through the ordeal
of tumultuous yet glorious campaign, up to
the hour of his Inauguration, was a silent as
surauce of more weight than folios of declara-
tory letters and partizan promises.
But had he none to make? Was he ignorant
of the course which his timehonored creed and
the force Of dependent circumstances. are all
sufficient to dic,ate2 Let the records of his
career in Congress, of his unobtrusive but ever
consistent life in private. and of his honorable
service in the field answer the question. Hence
were We prepared for the plain chart of poIiti-
cal guidance, which his Inaugural traces out
before us, hence We derive the haPpiest augu
ries for the future.
Heralded by this proclamation of the general
principles which he has ever cherished and by
which been ever guided, we feel assured that
the policy Of our present administration will
be based entirely thereupon. Al such juno
,ure of affairs both at home and abroad as is
the present. we have reason to exult in that as
surance. For, either through the surineness,
or indifference, or connvance. of the late ad.
ministlsiion, our relations with England and
Spain have not been sustained with that high
devotion to national honor. or that active re-
sentiment Of foreign insult. which We hold to be
elements.o the true American character.
There are diplomatic corruptions to be pro
bed and cautcrized unto perfect healing There
are obscure and crooked negotiations to be il
Illuminated and made straight. There are many
frauds and stains TO be Iced above, disowned
in whose short.lived ascendancy they had their
birth and monstrous development.
With that nation to whom by consanguinity
and commerce. we are most closely allied, We
have relations Of complicated nature. Their
meshes have been woven and we have become
en,angled therein. by the ignorance, or weak
ness. or trcachcry OF those high in station
These are to be unraveIled and we are to be re.
leased, without fear and without favor. at the
sacrifice of everything, if it come to that, except
ing our dignity and honor as Republic.
Henceforth is the administrative policy of the
United States TO slerate instead of deprecdte our
standing in the eyes of an anxious world, and
redeem us from the too just imputation Of lip
service and knee service to the red cross OF St.
George.
Upon the down trodden nations of Europe,
Despo,ism is endeavoring to fasten more tena-
ciously than ever the letters aud bolts Of its
complex machinery. l: is striving with 4 more
sudscious barbarity to gather within its fold.
the worn and shadowy vestise of Liberty But
there are slumbering elements. requiring but
small Indictment to awaken with a power which
shall sha,ter the confines IF Despotsm to their
destruction. Untold prosecutions may be de.
vised to utterly dishearten and crush the efforts
Of burdeEed millions; women and children may
be ruthessly slaughtered or left to perish in
shame or unsolaced Imprisonment; new dun.
gcons may be opened for the reception Of new
Mndiais--the modern martyrs who dare to read
the Book of God. But each additional horror
Of tyranny heaps new embers upon the flame,
which burns with an intensity propor;ioned TO
the refinement ofcruel,y inflicted.
To our Republic are the hearts OF the oppres.
scd turning as to an anchor Of salvation. With
The growth and expansion of our principles,
grow and expand their hopes Of emancipation.
While the President designates the policy of
Non intervention in the embarrasSments and
struggles of foreign nations, as emphatically
as does our immortal Washington, that other
policy of n just, con slant, indefinite expansion
Of our Republic, designed to perpetuate and
extend the principles Of free government, will
INSPIRE with an Irresistible energy all who
yearn to participate in their consequent b'es
sings
At the same time we are confident that no
fear of mingling in the terrors Of general Eu
ropenn war, shall deter our Admin stralion
from rigid maintenance of all, even the mi
nutest of our commercial interests.
Henceforwsrd also may the humbest among
us, upon whatever ocean waited or treadiug
whatever soil, feel the same safety as ty his
own domestic hearth. The world is 10 lie
eonrinced ,ha, the folds Of our flag overshadow
the footsteps Of every American wherever he
may he. A violation Of his life, or liberty, or
privileges. will consequently be regarded as
u national! insult. That portion of the Inaugu.
raj Message declaring the inviolability Of Amer
can citizenship-we regard as noble an sx
precision Of a noble sentiment as was ever Ut
tered. May that sentiment Pervade our conn
ellis With ws.chfuI undying activity.
The doctrine Of James Monroe that no colo
nisa,ion by any foreign power is compatible
with our Interests or security. or fer one mo
nent to be tolerated, will End an efficient UP
holder in the present administration. Thi
much moo.ed doctrine has survived the jibes
anA sidic1ls and hos.i iiy Gifts antagonist
for years, until it has even now assumed gra
yer aspect 10 the nenacing view Of centrs
American Affairs. It is doctrine the wisdom
ofwhich We cannot question. 1t is not par
~ politt but an element Of American liberty
That the non existence or non enforcement