Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-07-14
Our Foreign Policy.

otlc oil all parties, warmer common
dation than. that relating TO foreign
affairs. In, bis enunciation of ajust
expansive policy, and Of Il firm re
sistancb 10 Europeau interference
with American affairs, the President
imbotlied the settled discrimination
Of the American people. Events
beyond the control of governments
will continue to urge this country
EDWARDS, and upwards in spite Of
croakiag conservatism or Of desroh c
jealousy.
4 no event promises to be mere in :
rortant than the acquisition OF Cal
it0rniq. 1t has i ised Central Amer
ica,. and all that concerns it, to IN
immense Importance Lines Of in
ter-conmnnicatidn between the At
>lantic and the Pacific COASTS have be-
come already Of Hital necessity, and
the most feasibleIo Of these are il Cen
trad America Aireadyfoutf s through
it have become naln channels Of
communication; Iapd every tring as
to the future indicates that these
will grow more and mere important.
Hence the States along our southern
border nave peeolhe Oh VAST iniP9
lance 10 'ic couf'l9 nol '"e H'Ia'
par ''iei' iour : + iol 9 !, ~ - 49,, Wy
same rs 'na' o' ouis-' lp' - ,'"o9
carved llieH own M Y % 'pf' 'e.'''Aoo
ah'idS0 solile'nlh in0'e r"' 1'nie' !.
can cheaffiiig' lor .iiey iiaq ltiile iig''ii
MalerEN aug afa WHe'i ''ls l'o'"'
ha0 DfFh altar eq, 'Neit NN : ~
'nQus II ulilo,'uiI | !, ~, =: "'l'' 'ss ~:
eeSs' tnfy l"oo' ~ 'oi i'ol'"'"' 49, ~.
.',utlohs' Every po'ls'u -. 'V'i t'o'n'S
70 intimate commercial intercourse
ana me most llIFhqiy IcEa''oiiS WIN
''leae '''"'e'' I'''' w me-. 49,.
nyli requires ng Pfopne' % ulsco1ei'
lnose %no nora "a. ''a' ' ~, u l".lol t i',s
al'alheu 10 4'S,Ha 1N"ss - - = ! !
.i'ois iase noJ = '0'l, e''s '''0F
the Ia" Oh amer icaii l'iof'eSs'
The statesmen who VII Wor'fiiy
meet this prog ess. are those who
haye tAe fullest cohlisa t, IN repoo-
llcan M s'liutIon $ ana WHO DO hoI
fear to accept, a nd even 70 welcome
such Just devoid Dement'S as to tend
to widen the a merican urea and IN
crease American power lo meet Il
viii lequlre "a bo liter course II AN mas
adopted. 1t WI require that tte old
washington ahS1 JEFFERSON !, ] e'lhle
as 70 en'anshn9 7 u r " u ior-
clSn nations, alif $ european ifa'ioliS'
should be CARRIE | out lt Is Pm Old
.iashloned notion that North = hef'ei'
viii one day be Pill'ed III one govern
ment; in word that this IS It's man
fest destiny IAN d hence the CenfF"i
American State we're. hardly Piaceu
IN the category q ioffish states.
Every day is M klng Il i's stand on
more clearly. VT lie 1t ay clearly looks
as necessary to 4 poet advancing wants
70 a bold, firm, and Just q mer!ean
Il ,~cl.o,- 4
national law shal recognise 70 be la6t.
There is nothing more lmPudent than
the arrogance vi tn WhIch.the polltlc-
al doctors Of the old Horld' VINO
cut and carve kingdoms at 1heir
pleasure assu ~ to lecture aoon' ma
tlonat law. ! hese teacnihsf may oe
dispensed WITH. H. lof instance "a
Nicaragua ana the ! ih'ed ota;e9
choose to enter INTO treaty s'iPnla-
TONS with eaGh loF her ABOUT an II IA ff-
oceanic canal, What riShO nave Eu TO-
,pean powers to interfere IN tae m pr-
ter with their llatlenal law! l ne
United States do not go a cross theI
Atlantic to me Idle witt c4atlAeata l
or eastern politics, and why sho@H
old, Edeerepid, fefrot-governed hu-
rope be allowed to NEEDLE with the
i ffairs cf this vouno and vigorous