The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-08-05
PROSPECTUS
WASHINGTON SENTINEL.

| IhOOTENlOO H..fIt.ft
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II WASHINGTON SENTINEL.
| II PROPOSE to publish in the city Of Washing
ton, in September. q political newspaper, un
der the name OF the Warrington Sentinel
10 doing 90 1t is proper should make known
the principles it will maintain and the policy il
II will support cordially and earnestly the prin
cipies OF the Democratic Republican, party Of the
United Sfatss II does not propose to be the organ
OF any department of the Government, except in
80 far as an independent maintenance of the doc
trines OF that party may represent ts opinions and
express it's views. I'D trF
II will not be ambitious to commend itself to the
people by blind lattery Of their rulers. II will
seek public support by the bold avowal of the sem
| timents which are common to the genuine Democ-
racy OF the Union, and by the condemnation OF
all such as may conflict with them, from what
ever quarter they may come. 1t will seek TO be
(and u will endeavor to deserve the tite) the or
gan OF the Democratic party Of the United States.
The Sentinel will maintain, as fundamental
truth Of that great party. that the States formed
the Union between them BY the ratification Of the
COnstitution ~ compact; by which also they
it, as their common agent, the powers expressly
specified in it, with an explicit reservation Of all
others to the States, or to their separate govern
Inents. ! ne exercise of any powers beyond those
thus delegated 1s therefore an usnrpatiOn OF the
reserved authority of the States by the agent Of
their own creation. aJ fl1atla He f7eFis 81
| The Sentinel will uphold and defend the Union
upon the basis OF the rights OF the States-under
ing the latter it will the more eectuaily strength
en- and perpetuate the former. e
With regard to the exercise of the powers of the
Federal Government the Sentinel will take as the
principles of its action that Congress shall exer
cise no power which has not been delegated by the
Constitution, according to strict and fair inter-
probation OF its language and spirit; and that t
shall not seek to attain indirectly object through
Al.
attainment of which it has no delegation Of po,csr
In other words, all powers exercised must be clear
lly granted, and all granted powers must be used
for no purpose except such as is clearly intended
by the Constitution. f4s M g.r
In respect to the internal administration of the
Government the Sentinel will sustain the settled
policy Of the Democratic party 1t will labor to
nculCate this cardinal doctrine Of Democratic in
ternal policy-that this Government will best pro.
mote the freedom and prosperity of the people Of
the States by being less ambitious to exercise pow
err and more anxious to preserve liberty; and by
leaving to the individual States the management
of all their domestic concerns-whilo it contents
itself with guarding the Confederacy from exter-
nal violence, and directing the foreign policy Of
the country to the promotion of the common inter
ests and defence of the common rights and honor
of the States composing it..
The Sentinel will advocate such a progressive
foreign policy will suit itself to the exgencies
and correspond with the expanding interests of
the country. That policy should be energetic and
decided; but should temper firmness with liberali-
ty, and make it's highest ends consist with the
strictest rincpes of Justice. The real interests
of the country upon each occasion demanding at
tention will be it's guide in the course the Sentinel
will pursue. 80 a-8fli ISIS
The national policy of the world in this age lie
essentially aggressive. In the growing sense of
weakness of some of the nations Of the Old World
and the ambitious restlessness of others, common
motive to colonial extension has developed itself
Our settled determination to repel interference
fri ahr dyyith otr N wi
prompt to avoid it in the affairs of other conn
tries, nless by their foreign or colonial policy our
peace should be threatened, our security endan-
gered, or our interests invaded. For when the
selfish interests of other nations prompt foreign
or colonial policy which infringes upon our rights
and places in the pathway of our commercea dan
gerous and unfriendy rival, snch policy must be
,Tesisted by remembrance, and if need be by war.
Our foreign policy should indeed be defensive;
but to be properly defensive it must sometimes be
apparently Aggressive. Our Administration should
be vigilant, watchful, and energetic. The world
is full of important movements, commercial and
political, deeply concerning American trade and
American power. 1t is time we had an American
foreign policy. We must have it. We cannot
avoid it if we would. We have larger interests
and greater stake in the world and its destiny
tiono continent, with no neighbors but colo
ny and n worn out anarchical despotism We
are the only people whose own land, without colo
NAL dependencies, ia washed by the two great
tons more varied and more essential to civil
lied life and to human progress-our mineral and
manufacturing resources more vast--our facilities
and capacity for internal and foreign commerce
more extended than those of any other people liy-
ing under one government. A continent to great
extent unexplored and exhausless in it's yet hid
den wealth is at our feet. European trade seeks
the great East through avenues which are at our
doors, or must be made through our own limits.
Europe Asia, Africa, and the isles ofthc sea, lying
all around us, look to us as the rising power,
through the agency of whose example, and ever
widening and extending, though peaceful inf1u-
ences, the blessings of liberty, civilization, and
gion, are destined to triumph over the bar barism
and superstition of the millions of the world. And
shall such people refuse to lay hold upon their
destiny and act upon the high mission to which it
is called3 A mission 30 full of hope, though 80
laden with responsibility, which. If properly di-
rected, must make our Confederacy the harbinger
of peace to the world we'll as the peaceful arbi-
ter of its destiny. = .sf
The Sentinel will, therefore, advocate bold ana
earnest foreign policy, such as the condition of the
country demands, but it will advocate it under the
flag of the country-nowhere else lts foreign poll
cy must be consistent with the spotless honor and
unimpeuchable good faith of the country. To be
the eyes of the world it must ask for nothing but
what ia right and submit to nothing that 10 wrong.
1t must be liberal and magnanimous to the rights
of others, and firm and immovable in insisting on
its own 1t must, in fine, be true to its own inter-
ests, rights, and honorit cannot then be false to
those Of other nations.
Such then is the chart by which shall be |
guided. Independent and free, we shall endeavor
to be honest and truthful. The true friends OF
Democratic principles, we shall cordially support
and defend Itsenemies in the field or in ambush
we shall oppose, and on all proper occasions der
nounce
To our future brethren of the press extend
the hand of friendly greeting The Sentinel ia the