The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-08-09
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WASHINGTON SENTINEL.
| II PROPOSE 70 publish in tbs city Of Washing.
i ton. in September; political newspaper IN
In doing 50 II il proper ] should make known
the principles II will maintain and the policy II
| will advocate. $1,000
ciples OF tho Democratic R.pubIican party qf ne
United Sfstes. IL docs not propose to be the organ
of any deper tnent Of the Government, except in
so far - an Independent maintenance of the doc
trines o. that party may represent Ito opn ions and
express Its We've
II will not DO ambitious to commend itself 10 the
people by blind hattery Of their rulers. II will
seek public support by the bold ayowal Of TIE SEN
timents which are common to the genuine Democ
racy OF the Union. and by the condemnation Of
all ouch as may conflict with them, from what
ever quarter they may come. 1t will seek 10 be
(and It will endeavor to deserve the tite) the or
gan OF the Democratic party Of the United States
The Sentinel will maintain, as a fundamental
truth OF that great party. that the States formed
the Union between them by the ratification Of the
Constitution ~ a compact; by which also they
created the Federal Government and delegated to
1t, as their common agent. the powers expressly
specified in IL, with explicit reservation of all
others to the States, or TO their separate govern
ments. The exercise OF any powers beyond those
reserved authority of the States by the agent Of
their own creation.
The SsnHasi will uphold and defend the Union
upon the bssis OF the rights OF the States- nder
ing the latter IL will the effectuaiiy strength
en- and perpetnate the former. fg
With regard to the exercise Of the powers of The
Federal government, the Seminal will take the
principles Of it's action that Congress shall exer-
else no power which has not been delegated by the
Constitution, according to q strict and fair inter
probation OF ito language and spirit; and that L
shall not seek TO attain indirectly object through
the exercise OF constitutional poscer for the direct
attainment Of which it has no d<Lsxation of potcer
In other words. all powers exercised must be clear
ly granted, and all granted powers must be used
Tor no purpose except such as is clearly intended
by the Constitution.
In respect TO the internal administr alton of the
Government the Sentinel will sustain the settled
| policy Of the Democratic party. 1t will labor to
inculcate this cardinal doctrine of Democratic in
ternal poiicy--that this Government will best pro-
mote the freedom and prosperity of the people of
the States by being less ambitious to exercise pow
err and more anxious TO preserve liberty; and by
leaving TO the individual States the management
Of all their domestic cOncevns-while it contents
itself with guarding 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 a 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 firmness with Iibcrali
ty, and make its highest ends conest with the
strictcst rinciples of justice The real interests
OF the country upon each occasion demanding at
tenton will be ito guide in the course the Sentinel
| will pursue.
The national policy of the world in this age is
essentially aggressive. In the growing scnsc Of
weakness OF come 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 rcpeI interference
from abroad with our own domestic concerns will
prompt US to avoid 1t in the affairs of other co
tries, Unless by their foreign 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
or colonial policy which infringes upon our righ,s
and places in the pathway of our commerce dan
gerous and unfriendly rival, such policy must be
resisted by remembrance, and if need be by war
Our foreign policy should indeed be defensive;
but to be properly drfensipe it must sometimes be
apparently aggressiue. Our Administration should
be vigilant, watchful, and energetic. The world
10 full OF important movements, commercial and
political, deeply concerning American trade and
American power. 1t ia time we had an American
foreign policy. We must have It, We cannot
avoid it if we would. We have larger interests
and greater stake in the world and its destiny
than every other people We occupy the best por-
ton OF a continent, with no neighbors but a colo
ny and worn out anarchicaf deepotisln. We
are the only people whose own land, without colo
NAL dependencies, ia wished by the two great
oceans OF the world. Our agricultural produc-
tons are more varied and more essential to civil
lied Lille and to human progress-our mineral and
manufacturing resources more vast-our facilities
and capacity for internal and foreign commerce
more extended than those Of any other people liv-
ing under one government, A continent to great
extent UNEMPLOYED and exhaustlcss in it's vet hid
den wealth ia at our feet. European trade seeks
the great Fact through avenues which are at our
doors, must be made through our own limits.
Europe, Asia, Africa and the isles of the sea- living
all around us, look TO 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-
q nh tha hor har
and superstition Of the miiiions of the world And
shall such people refuse to lay hold upon their
destiny and act upon the high mission to which il
is called! mission 80 full of hope, though 60
laden with responsibility, which. if properly d.
rected. must make our Confederacy the harbinger
of peace to the world well as the peaceful arbi
ter OF its destiny.
The sentinel will, therefore, advocate bold anu
earnest foreign policy, such the condition of the
country demands, but it will advocate it under The
flag Of the country--nowh here else. Its foreign poll
cy must be consistent with the spotess honor and
unimpeachable 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.
II must De liberal and ma gnanimous to the rights
OF others, and firm and immovable in insisting on |
it's own. 1t must, in fine, be true to its inter
ess, rights, and honor-it cannot then be ialse to
those OF other nations
Such, then, ia the chart by which we shall be
guided. Independent and free, we shall endenvor
to be honest and truthful. The true friends OF
Democratic principles, shall cordially support
and defend. ltscnemies in the field in ambush
we shall oppose, and on all proper occasions de-
nounce. rH
To our future brethren of the press we extend
the hand of friendly greeting The Sentinel is the
rival OF no press OF its own party-the personal
enemy OF none of the other.
The present Democratic Administration has our
best wishes for its success in the establishment of
the great principles upon which it came into pow
or; and in it's honest labors to attain such end
hndt G. nfss,eI, fa Crtr
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