Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard., 1853-01-15

progress which grows out of wise and sound nj
cy, that great beneYoence for which kind fea;s fO
and impulses We're ordained, which makes ,nSS onaS
man look to his Government as his protector % aay
friend. Sad
Sir, I believe the party with which I am as.o.:
ated, adopt these views, and feel pride in !.
lieving that the incoming Administration will sus
tain that policy. I trust that throughout ~
length and breadth of the land there will 90 fs&
such manifestation of indignation at any stsn,ut
to intermedde with or oyerturn the institutona 2.
neighboring nations, shall make it utterly "a:
Gus far any man to seek populor favor, by rain,
this war-cry Of progress. -
am willing to be called behind the aqe o.
willing that it should be said that have earra9 a
nothing from progress. One thing l have Iearnsg
and that is. that the eternal principles of iustco
never change, and that crime, whether national VI
individual must meet its reward. No man .U
sin against physical or moral law without soI
ing and suffering the punishment thereof. II.
same is not less true of nations, and whatever r.'
ty may rise into power, upon the principles of 6n
own aggrandizement, or increasing our stronoI
upon the acquisition of the territory of otber.
will bring with them a curse and calamity. Iat4
come when it may, or under what auspices, TIa
common sense Of mankind rises in rebellion aoar.
it.
I cannot conclude my remarks, without eyrros,
ing my qualification at the opinion delivered Nv
the Supreme Court within few days past. 7 on!
ceive the eminent and distinguished Chief Justo,
(God grant him many years to live J who preSi6,,
over that tribunal, has spoken authoritatiyelya a.
to one law upon the subject of our interferenca
with the conrerns of adjoining nations. It va,
decided there by that court, that contract tosnn.
ply American citizens with provisions and mum.
tions of war, to aid people not yet independent
in revolutionary movement, was null aud void
contrary to the laws of the United States and
could not be enforced. [ shall take occasion ia
have that opinion printed and circulated amoar
my people. 1t is one of the best documents that
could send to them. It was a high conservative
doctrine, and Just such as I.expected of man who
had the nerve under all circumstance to do bis du.
ty, who owes his present position to having ALWAYS
done his duty, and who has maintained, and
always ready to maintain his position as stra
constructionst of the Constitution.
I say to my friends of the plantation States that
conquests and territory are no compensation fr
war, none more interested in peace and the policy
which would secure it. And whilst war must be
met when just and right. it should never be pro-
voked
We are producers, and war destroys the sale q
our ptOuucCiOuS ny uSS3tOJlI9 Out COIIiiiclCiA IT,
lations. None would suffer its calamities mos
than the plantation States and we of all men shonl
adopt policy which secures peace by doing JUS
tice, which does right at the same time that right
is demanded. No nation and no individual ever
prohted by an unjust and needless controversy. No
nation and no man but loses advantageous poa-
ton by menace or aggression. Nations, like men
to prosper, must be just and concliatory-muH
obey laws whilst they inculcate obedience on 9th
ers. l trust that there may be no occasion to say
of US
"Impiger, iracundus, ide orabiles, acer,
Jura neget sibi nata, nihil arrogat armis."
That in our foreign relations justice and frmness
in demanding nothing but what was right, and sub
mitting to nothing that is wrong, we may receive
and retain the prosperity which such policy Uni
formly produces. I have made these remarks,
Mr. Chairman, because this deeply interesting sub,
ject is brought to our notice by the message, and
because think it highly important that public
opinion should be properly formed Of a line Of
policy upon which so much depends.