The Aliened American., 1853-04-09

preserrofion may eaatinue the Republic
and yet that Repal IL deliberately tram
pie upon MATS ma sacred rights w
believe the FCapdefs Of de Govemmen
intended devotionf to Freedom. Sal,
FRANKLIN, "That mankind are all formed
by the same Almihty Being, alike oh
jects of His care, md equally designed
for the enjoymen of happiness, thc
Christian religion caches us to believe
and the political cred of the American:
fully comedies withthe positions" Ye
that political creed has been violated
continually. While at the commence
ment of the Government, the rights Of
five hundred thouand human beings
were wrested, according to the last cen.
sus, the number is represented to be thir.
ty-one hundred thousand: showing an
increase, since 1776, of twenty-six hun
dred thousand - an increase, during
seventy-six years, athe rate of thirty-fvC
thousand two bundled and twenty nine,
annually. This increase Of slaves-not
trcemen-in this prdessedly free Govern
ment, especially whn, at that early day,
it was believed slavery would die out, is
startling, and speals Of anything else
than Il devotion t. Freedom" Now,
instead Of barely listing in thirteen
States, Slavery gre sllpant in sixteen,
I ~ ss.g issstl....,. ,-s 81 oag ttg4t
tories Another ra8arAble Fact from
which we may prga our Yotion te
Freedom, is-~Jh.t u sl.u .5....ls ii !. iol.
Slavery exists, nine are new ones. Our
Government has not then spoken, as
President Pierce intimates it has, for
"the largest rational liberty"
We think, therefore, that the President
has occupied wrong standpoint in max
ing up a conclusion that ''the elements of
inherent force in the Republic have kept
pace with our unparalleled progression. "
With the following extract we are es-
pecialIy pleased; whether the President
means all his words convey, remains to
be seen -
The great objects of our pursuit as a
people are best TO be obtained, and are
entirely consistent with the tranquility
and interest of the rest Of mankind and
with the neighboring nations on our con
tinent, we should cultivate kindly and
friendly relations. We can desire moth
ing in regard to them, 50 much as to see
them consolidate their strength, and pur-
sue the paths of prosperity and happiness.
If, in the course Of their growth, we
should open new channels of trade, and
create additional facilities for friendly in
tcrcourse, the benefits realized will be
equal and mutual
Upon the subject Of the protection Of
American citizens, the Message is explicit
and frank "The rights which belong to
US as a nation, are not alone to be regard
ed, but those which pertain to every ciu-
zen in his individual capacity at home and
abroad, must be sacredIy maintained. -
We trust this is not mere verbiagc. And
to show It's sincerity, we hope this Ad-
will apply the principle in
the State Department, so that passports
will not be denied to American citizens
going abroad. We believe, with the
President, that good citizens may well
claim the protection of good laws, and
the henion influence of good government"
tude," or American Slavery, and its sup
port, the Message does not disappoint US.
Mr.. PIERCE's course in Congress, his
course in New Hampshire politics, his
course as to the National Slayocratic plat
form, all led us to suppose him prepared
to maintain the constitutionality Of Slave
ry, and of the cnactments to defend it.
We are, therefore, not surprised 10 hear
the President say-''I hold that the laws
of 1850, commonly called the Compro-
mise Measures, are strictly constitutional
and should be carried into effect" Still,
we protest against his apparent anxiety to
soothe the wounds Of the South, and to
pass over SO lightly, the action Of the
South in favor Of DiSunion-a blow at
the whole country--and that too, when
he feels that "with the Union his best and
dearest earthly hopes are endearcd." The
President forgot, or if he did not forget,
cared not to remember, that the South,
for whom he was pleading, tramples every
day upon the Constitutional rights of free
citizens Let certain citizen-sailors OF
Massachusetts,, or Ohio, 90 to the port Of
Charleston or New Orleans, and the COM
mon Constitution, spreading its agis from
the st. Johns to the Pacific, and guaran-
teeing that "citizens Of each State, shall
be entitled to all the rights and lmmunl-
ties Of citizens Of the several States" IS
overrode by State enactment, or a
borough ordinance. Why did not Presl-
dent PIERCE, as the President of the
Whole, remember these things? Even
DANIEL WEBSTER, on the notable 7th OF
March, said that these ofenses of the
South were ''impracticablc and oppres-
sive." President PIERCE's desire for JUS
tice should expend itself where justice
and the Constitution are violated. The
Compromise Measures were themselves
infrinoemcnts upon our common rights,
for Mr.. CLAY himself admitted before the
Kentucky LegSse..saaro, that in them the
South had been the gamer. There is q
North, and that North has rights, as sa-
cred as those of the other portion of The
Union; and while we are willing to give
to that other portion all belonging to it
we are unwilling, where the States are
equal, and the North, by its own action
in the minority, that the South should b'
held up as the great National Martyr, an(
the North as the National Aggressor.
There is a Constitution let it b'