The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-03-05

stronger than ornaments. II came from tn,
furnace of the Revolution, tempered to the ne
cesses of the times. The thoughts of the mer
OF that day were practical as their senti
ments were patriotic They wasted no portion OF thei
energies upon idle and deusve speculations but with
firm and fearless step beyond the
landmarks which had hitherto circumscrbed the limits
Of human freedom, and planted their standard where il
has Stood against dangers which have threatened from
abroad, and internal agitation which has al
times fearfully menaced at home. They approved
themselves equal to the solution of the great problem
to understand which their minds had been Illuminated
by the dawning lights Of the revolution. The Object
sought was not thing dreamed Oft was thing Ie
allied They had exhibited not only the power tc
achieve, but what all history arms to be SO much more
unusual, the capacity to maintain. The oppresses
throughout the world from that day to the present have
turned their eyes hitherward to find those lights e
tnguishcd to fear lest they should wane but to be
constantly cheeed by their steady and increasing rad
ance.
In this country has In my Judgment thus far full
filled its highest duty to suffering humanity. It ha,
spoken and will continue to speak, not only by its words
but by its acts the language of sympathy, encourage
ment and hope to those who earnestly listen tones
which pronounce for the largest rational liberty But
after ALL the most anmatng encouragement and potent
appeal for freedom will be its history Its trials
its trumphs. Pre.eminently the power Of our
advocacy reposes in example, but example, be ii
remembered can be powerful for lasting good whatever
apparent advantages may be gained which is based
upon eternal principles of right and Justice Our IA
thers decided for themselves both upon the hour de-
clare and the hour to strike They wore their own
judges Of the circumstances under which it became
them to pledge to each other 'ther lives their for.
tunes and their sacred honor for the acquisition of the
priceless inheritance transmitted U.S. The energy with
which that great conflict was opened and under the
guidance OF manifest and benefcent Providence the
complaining endurance with which it prosecuted to
its contamination, were only surpassed by the wisdom
and patriotic spirit of concession which
all the counsels Of the early fathers.
One OF the most impressive evidences Of that wisdom
is to be found in the fact that the actual working
our system has dspelled degree of solcitude which
at the outset disturbed bold hearts and farreachng in.
telects. The apprehension of dangers from extended
territory, multiplied States, accumulated wealth.
and augmented population, has proved to be
uniounded The stars upon your banner have be-
come nearly threefod their original NUMBER your dense
y populated possessions skirt the shores of the two
great oceans and yet this increase of people and
territory has not only shown itself compatible with the
harmonious action the States and the federal
in their respective constitutional spheres but has af
forded additional guarantee of the strength and in
tegrity Of both.
With an experience thus suggestive and cheering tho
policy Of my administration will not be controlled By any
timd forebodngs of evil from expansion Indeed it is
not 10 be disguised that our attitude nation and
position on the globe render the acquisition of certain
possessions, not within jurisdiction, eminenty i'm
portant for our protection if not in the future essen
DrpsA tim of fba -
and the peace of the world. Should they be obained
it will be through no graspng spirit but with a'vew to
obvious national interest and security and in manner
entirely consistent with the srctest observance of ma
tonal fifth We have nothing in history or position
to invite aggression have everything to beckon to
the cultivation Of relations Of peace and amity with all
nations Purposes therefore, at just and pacific
will be Significantly marked in the conduct of our
foreign affairs. 1 intend that my administration shall
leave no bot upe.. fair record, and trust may
safely give lie e.slanoe that act within the egt
mate scope Of ry nsttu oHa control will be tolerated
on the part OF a por4 pf citizens which cannot
challenge ready justification before the tribunal of the
civilized world An administration would be unworthy
of confidence at home respect abroad, should it
to be Influenced by the conviction that no
advantage can be purchased at price SO dear as that
Of national dshonor It is not your privilege as
o nation, to speak Of q distant past. Tho striking
incidents Of your history repee with instruction and
hing abundant grounds for hopeful confidence are
comprised in period comparatively brief. But II your
past limited your future Is boundes3 It's obligations
throng the unexpored pathway Of advancement and will
be limitless duration. Hence, sound and compre.
hensve policy should embrace not less the distant future
than the urgent present.
The great objects of our pursuit people, best
TO be attained by peace and entirely consistent with
the tranquility and interests of the rest of mankind
With the neighborng nations upon our continent we
should cultivate kindly and fraternal relations. We can
desire nothing in regard to them much to see them
consolidate their strength and pursue the paths Of pros
pery and happiness If, in the of their growth
we should open channels Of trade, and create ad
ditional facilities for friendly intercourse tho benefits
realized will be equal and mutual. OF tho com.
plicated European systems of national polity we
have heretofore been independent. From their wars
their tumults and anxietes, bave been, happily,
almost entirely exempt. Whilst these are con.
fined to the nations which gave them existence land
within their legitimate jurisdiction they cannot affect
us except they appeal to sympathies in the
of human freedom and universal advancement But the
vast interests of common to all mankind,
and the advantages of trade and international intercourse
must always present noble field for the moral influence
of a great'people
With these views firmly and honestly carried out,
have right to expect and shall under all circumstances
require prompt reciprocity The rights which belong to
ns nation, not alone TO be regarded but those
which pertain to every citizen in his individual
capacity, at home and abroad, must be sacredly
maintained. So long as he can discern every
star in its place upon that ensign, without
wealth purchase for him prefcrment title to secure
for him place. It will be his privilege, and must be his
acknowledged right to stand unabahcd in the pre-
of princes with proud consciousness that he Is
himself of nation Of soveregns, and that he can
not, in legitimate pursuit wander SO far from homo
that the agent whom he shall leave behind in the place
which occupy will not see that no rude hand of
power tyrannical passion is laid upon him with
impunity He must realize that upon every sea- and
every SOIL where enterprise may rightfuly seek the
protection Of 1ag, American citizenship is invio
liable panoply for the security of American rights And