Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-10-11

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e5y- When the South embraces or tolerates the
notions now prevalent, disguised under the name OF
"Proyrc,s" they will have admitted into Troy not
ono but pair OF wooden horscs-frOm whose re
sounding sides will pour nnumerable enemies.
If those who hate the institutions OF the South, or
arc jealous Of them had gone about to invent the most
specous and most fatal means Of bringing eventual
sorrow. shame and ruin the South, they could not
with the Arch iiend asadviser-have fallen on two
expedicnts better calculated, more completely lev
clled a. this end than Intervention" and "lillibus>
terism."
We will not say the safety Of the South-but we
will say the peace of the South-depends upon limit.
ing the federal government to the provisions of the
Constitution 1t contains safeguards and guarantees
our rights and property. 1t framed TO cover
them it does cover them, notwithstanding the com
plants made of the Fugitive Slave Law, passed in
furtherancc Of it. Its failure is not the fault of the
Constitution, but Of the people Of the North. We
are rcjoiccd TO I've mention incidentally here the
action of Judge Grier Judge for the Eastern Dis
trict of Pennsylvania. In recent case where an
action was brought against the Marshall and he inn
prisoned or held to bail for attempting arrest
fugitive slave-,Iudgc Gricr discharged the Marshal,
promptly from custody and said hereafter he would
send bill to the grand jury against the plaintiff who
brought suit--thc sheriff who served process-and
the lawyer who conducted it. in order to hinder the
operations Of the Fugitive Slave Law.
But to return from this DEPRESSION. We repeat the
peace OF the South depends upon adherence the
Constitution and the spirit in which it was formed
and the policy sprnging from it legtimatcy. So far
as negotiation and intercourse with other nations are
concerned, are proud to say it has been almost
without exception wise, temperate, just and pacific
We have not causclcSsly plundercd any nation-nor
have we needessly INTERCEPTED our counsel or our
arms into their affairs. This was the policy of our
fathers-it is the very breathing of the Constitution
and Laws, and Dplomacyof our predecessors. 1t has
secured peace, plenty, and eNuberant prosperity
and has enabled us to command the admiration or
compel the respect Of foreign powers.
Dare any one he bold enough to say that there can
be found in our Constitution or Laws any authority
or in our Diplomacy any precedent, for Intervention
or Fi!lbusteriSmg lie who would venture on it. is
in the enjoyment Of bsSiul ignorance or possesses
front Of brass. The EXTREMIST point to which We
have ever gone in what is called the Monroe Doc
trine That was defensive and not an offensive doc
trne. There nothing I'M aggressive, ana it implies
the opposite of Intervention. But If any one should
object to us the acquisition Of Louisiana, we have
only 90 reply that that was never justified bv Mr.
Jefferson as e'''i'tN''"'' D"' he sought an a"e"d-
mat to the Constitution to validate IT. Besides it was
paramount necessity to US at the time and was &c
qurci not only without blood or contention but was
the voluntary offer OF naparte LIST ConsuD himself
So manifest is it that there is neither law nor pre-
cedent for either Of these things tha. there is now
gong on an effort slowly out steadily and inSdiously
10 make room Tor n new poHcy-hy a'salline the
Monroe Doctrine as too limited and narrow, and al
together inadequate to the times in which we live
We believe it was declared by one Of the "ProgreS-
sveS on the floor OF the intel States Senate, that
the Monroe Doctrine was behind the spirit Of tie
times. We are the stringent on this subject
JUST no" because we see I'D Almost every democratic
Journal the manifest destiny doctrine Hitting
ABOUT Is inc Iea'heT"in='d oa does just before the
"arN"esS Oh night we iooN upon II as omnous.
Now If these doctrines cannot be found in the Con-
sttution, nor in spirit nor in any precedent in
history what Is there to bcckon MS on TO their practi
cal adoption, either as a government people
What have we Of the South to gain by them, what
have we not to lose: Do we need moro land and If we
do, does experience teach us nothing OF all the
vast territory gained to the United states by the
cent acquisition from Mexico, c-ery fiat cOnsc.
Grated to Tree SOL, ana that under Democratic Ad-
mnlstratlon In the last declIe we have secured
Texas quoted our ute to Oregon, gained California
and New Mexico. The South gains Texas and the
North osetts us with California with her Pactoleau ri
vers SAY nothing OF her other wealth. and New Mex
ico and Oregon each Of them large enough for an en-
pre- Look at the map II you would like to see how
the manifest destiny doctrine account stands to
the item OF acquired territory And now the fin
gers of Fillibustcrdon are itching 10 acquire Cuba
and another slice Of Mexico. Who doubts with the
lights before us, that either Of them If acquired by
blood or gold, will either g to extend the area Of
free soil, or become source OF strf, if worse at
which we turn away our eyes even from the contcm.
plation
What have we to gaio, what have we not I,s.irtbc
doctrine Of Intervention gets ogthod in our govern.
mental poisvy We E,,v. fine S,,,,I, has ,,., t,r