The Woodville Republican, and Wilkinson advertiser. (Woodville, Miss.) 1853-18??, 1853-03-22

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With an experience thus suggested and
cheering, the policy Of nv Administration will
not be controlled by any timd forebodings Of
evil FROM expansion. Indeed il is not TO be
disguised that our attitude as a nation, and our
position on the globe, render the acquisition
of certain possessions, not within our jurisdic-
tion, evidently important for our protection, If
not in the future, essential TO the preservation
of the rights of commerce and the peace Of
the world. Should they be obtained, il will
be through no graspiug spirit, but with view
TO obvious national interest aud security, and
in manner entirely consistent with the strict
est observance of national faith We have
nothing in oar history or position TO invite ag-
grsssion--we have everything TO Impress upon
us the cultivation of relations of peace and
amity. intend my Administration shall leave
no blot upon our fair name and trust NAV
safely give tho assurance that no act within the
| legitimate scope of my constitutional control
will be tolerated on the part Of any portion Of
our citizens, which cannot challenge ready
justification before the tribunals of the civilized
world The Administration would be unwer.
thy of confidence at home or respect abroad
should it cease to be influenced bv the eonvic.
ton that no apparent advantage can be pur-
chased at price so dear as that Of national
Wong or dishonor.
The Advantages Of Peace.
1t is not our privilege as nation to speak
of distant past. The striking incidents of
our history, replete with instruction, and fur
nishing abundant grounds tor hopeful conf
dence, are comprised in period comparatively
brief. But if our past is limited, cur future is
boundless. The obligations that throng the
unexplored pathway Of advancement will be
| limitless as their duration; hence, sound and
comprehensive philosophy should embrace no
less the distant future than the urgent present
The great object of our pursuits as people
are best to be attained by peace, and are en-
tirely consistent with the tranquility and inter-
ests of the rest Of mankind. With the neigh
boring nations on our continent we should
cultivate kindly and friendly relations: We
can desire nothing in regard to them so much
| as to see them consolidate the strength and
/ pursue the path of prosperity and happiness.
! If, in the course Of their growth, we should
! open new channels of trade and international
intercourse, it must always present n noble
field for the moral influence of great people.
Ho,O ree Stand cith Relation TO Europe
OF the complicated system Of European pol
! icy, we have heretofore been independent, and
J from their wars, tumults and anxieties we have
been entirely exempt While these are con-
fined to the nations with which they originate,
! and within their legitimate jurisdiction, they
cannot affect us, except in appealing to our
| sympathes in the cause of human freedom and
universal Advancement.
The Rights Of American Citizenship.
With these views firmly and honestly car
ried out, we have right TO expect, and shall,
under all circumstances, require prompt reci-
procity. The rights which belong to us as a
nation, are not alone TO be regarded but those
which pertain to every citizen in his individual
capacity, at home and abroad, must be saeredly
maintained. So long as he can discern every
star in its place upon that ensign, though he
| NAV be without wealth to purchase for himself
place, ii will be his privilege, and must be his
acknowledged right to stand uuabashed 10 the
presence of princes, with the proud conscious.
ness that he is himself one Of a nation Of SOW
ereigns, and that he cannot, in his legitimate
pursuits, wander so far from home, that the
agent he shall leave behind in the place now
occupy, will not see that no rude hand of pow
/ er or tyrannical passion shall be laid upon him
] NlL0 ltnpuiily. Ilc tiluSi feallSc tuhl upOH tN-
cry sea and upon every soil, where our enter
prise may rightfully seek the protection of our
flag, American citizenship is en- inviolable pan
oply for the security of the Americans rights I;
and in this connection it can hardly be necessa-
ry to reaffirm principle which now should be
regarded as fundamental: the right, for the se-
| curity and repose of this confederacy, TO reject
the idea of interference or colonization on this
side of the ocean, by any foreign power be-
yond its present jurisdiction, as utterly mad
missible.
/. Our Army and Nary
The opportunities of observation furnished
by nv brief experience as soldier, confirms
in my own mind the opinion entertained and
acted upon by others, from the foundation Of
the Government, that the maintenance Of large
standing armies in our country would not be
only dangerous but unnecessary. They also
4 illustrate the Importance might well say the
absolute necessity--in military service, OF prac-
teal skill, which has made our army what il is.
1 Our army, as organized, must be the nucleus
around which, In every time Of need, the
strength Of military power--tbe national mill
tia--may be readily formed into n well discip-
lined and efficient organization. The skill and
self.deyotion Of the navy assure YOU that you
may take the performance Of the past as a
pledge for the future, and you may confidently
expect that the flag which has waved, untarn-
ished, its folds over every sea, will still float
In undiminished honor. But these, as well as
many other subjects, will be brought before
Won at the appropriate time, through the subor-
dinate branches Of the Government; 10 which
/ shall always look with profound respect, and
with trustful confidence, for that cordial aid
and support which | shall so much need. and
which their experience and wisdom will readily
suggest.
Hoto Public Offices must b. Filled
| In the administration of our domestic affairs
you expect devoted integrity in the public
observance, IN all It's departments. so marked
as never Justly TO be questioned. and i this
reasonable expectation be not re'lized, frank
" confess that one of my leading hopes is
doomed 10 disappointment, and that my efforts,
in very important particular must result in a
humiiating failure.
Offices can be properly accepted only as aid.
for the aeeamnIishrneut of these objects, and