Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-05-13
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No portion 81 the inaugural 49,
and indeed she patriotic Of all par,;aI nom den0.
mendation than that relating r. pa tues Warns.
his enunciation of just expans;v ,o.elgn affair.
firm resistance to Europea. inte,es policy ana
lean affairs. the President imhod;oa nee With
Termination of the American w The setlaia
yond the control Of Goyernmarn sopie Eyeaa
urge this country EDWARDS and un,.a VIII contins
croaking conservatism or of desnot;o in sn;ts
No event promises to be more imncJVe Jealousy,
acquisition OF California. 1t has rS;a'sat than
naeEica, ana all that concerns it, tc 40 tena
portanoe. Lines OF inter-communinaai mnease
the Atlantic ana the Pacific coasts b ass09I het
ready OF vital necessity, and the mos. e deecOre
these are IN central America. Alreadvv easbs
and everything as to the future ina;o" anuncas
will grow more and more imnorto 'Oa'es that d
States along our Southern border nv .. Hence
vast Importance to the conntr7. Fo Fave 8 beeene
of their foundation stone is the sar,o we most
that is, they carved their own W. aS that Of
dence amidst something more than 10 inds
ing for they had American material !. fean en-
this point had been attained, then, r 1u and vi
unfortunately with less success, tban Os, thop
popular Institutions Every cons;dor,. noNed
intimate commercial intercourse and -. points
~ relations with these weak States IT III most die
destiny 1T requires no prophet to dsc neir Olta
who hold that this nation has attainad liver tt
ihu1e. as to territory, have not yet com n.y. V6
the law OF American progress. 'Ou' pFehead
The statesmen who will worthy moo, a.
gresS are tnose VINO have the fullest conss sls
republican institutions, and who do mt fu e.
cept, and even to welcome, sucb ;ns tot lear to
as tend to widen the American oroo GEelgeOpne
merican power To meet il will ro "ua Increase {
course than has been adopted T. I'm beE
the old Washington and Jefferson do ,h require
tangling alliances with foreign nat;Ons 'ue as to d
pean nations, should be carried ont alias Eul
fashioned notion that North Amor;oo IL Is an d
be united in one government; in nv" VIII one d
is its manifest destiny and hence tho %Cu that I'll
lean States were hardly placed in tLo e'n'ra Anne
foreign States. Every day is mal;n 'no category
more clearly, while it as clearly Io"5 'nlsastand
to meet advancing wants, to bold Az 90 neeessa
American policy-such policy As ALL An and j.
tional law shall recognize to be inst 1Tollcan
thing more impudent than the arrogoro mere IS n
the political doctors of the Old World ,n %'l VIII
carve Kingdoms at their pleasure. assnr, mDo cut al
about national law. IT, for insttnce Nno. 20 lectu
the United States choose to enter into troatt al
lations with each other about an inter sup
what right have European powers to inerrns. can
matter with their national law The Initial SaI
do not 60 across the Atlantic to NEEDLE win o'a
mental or eastern politics, and why shoud ia SOn
crepid, despot governed Europe be allowed ~ :.
die with the affairs of this young and vigorous 1s
ton "a nation, too, that under the Inspiring ia
ence Of free institutions, is developing its reson,.
increasing in population, and multiplying al
conveniences and even luxurics of life with ~,
ity unheard of before!
Tho manner in which Tho odp
with questions of foreign policy has been franz
and may it not be said fully and boldly, deeIr
The inaugural asserts the principles that will !,
ern it, and these are of the progressive school
the Monroe doctrine at their head. And this
been followed by the appointment as foreign Mi
ters of statesmen who have placed their opinion,
record. Mr.. Buchanan for England, Mr. Sule
Spain, and Mr.. Borland for Central America ar
far of the progressive school as to completely re
sent the democratic party. They are not the
who will hesitate to act for the honor of the G.
try because of timid apprehensions of the dang
expansion of territory. or of exciting the dispe;
of foreign powers. They are all statesmen
have recognised in the fullest manner the law
political growth of the country. In their hand
Their the Cuba question nor the entral Anne
question will suffer detriment. And in the in
tons that will be given by Secre airy Marcy W
| LOOK Ior ottte papers Woflhy 10 follow those 0
ferson, Livingston, and Calhoun.
Everything points to the adoption Of the poll
clearly and terscly laid down in one of Jefe
letters-for to democratic statesmen is the co
indebted for it's foreign policy no less than fl
domestic policy. This great man said in IS:
Sour first and Fundamental al maxim should be,
to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe
second, never to suffer Europe to intermeddie
cis-Atlantic affairs This is the democratic
trine. 1t is the doctrine announced by MonrO
stated by President Pierce, and such as the A
can people will maintain at all hazards.