The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-08-15

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tvnes Of that party may represent its opinions ana
exprcssits views.
il will not Be ambitious to commend itself TO the
people ~ blind nattery Of their ruIers. Il viii
seck public support By the bold avowsi of IRE SEN
timepts whtoh are common 10 the genuiue Democ-
racy of the Union, and by the condemnation Of
all such - may conflict With them, from what
ever quarter they may come. 1t will seek to b
gan Of the Democratic party Of the United States.
The Senttnet will maiutafn, a. fundamental
truth Of that great party. that the States formed
the Union between them BY the ratification Of the
Constitution a. a compact; BY which aDso they
created tho Federal Government. and delegated 70
il, 40 their common agent the powcrs exprassy
specified in Il. with an explicit reservatioa Of all
others to the States, or to their separate govern
ments. The exercise Of any powers beyond those
thus delegated 10 therefore usurpation Of the
reserved authority Of tho States BY the agent Of
their own creation.
upon the basic Of the rights of the States-under
he Constitution--and thus BY sedulously guard
ing the latter il will the more efectuay strength
en- and perpetuate the former.
With regard to the exercise of the powers Of the
Federal Government, the Sentinel will take ~ the
principles Of lite action that Congress shall exer
else no power which has not been delegated by the
Constitution, according to strict and fair inter-
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shall not seek to attain indirectly object through
the exercise OF constitutional potcer for the direct
attainment of which it has no delegation Q Posov.
In other words. all powers exercised must be clear
ly granted, and all granted powers must be used
tor no purpose except such az 10 clearly intended
by the Constitution.
In respect to the internal administration of the
Government the Sentinel will sustain the settled
policy of the Democratic party. II will labor 10
inculcate 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
er and more an xiOus to preserve liberty; and BY
leaving 10 the individual States the management
of all their domestic concerns-whilo it contents
itself with guarding the CopYederacy from extcr-
mol violence, and directing She 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 1t.
The Sentinel will advocate such progressive
foreign policy will suit itself to the exigences
and correspond with the expanding interests of
the country. That policy should he energetic and
decided; but should temper frmness with libcrah
~, and make ito highest ends consist with the
strictest rnciples of justice. TIE real interests
of the country upon each occasion demanding at
tention will be its guide in the course the Sentinel
will pursue.
The national policy of the world in this sge IL
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
from abroad with our own domestic concerns will
prompt avoid it in the affairs OF other cnun
tries. unless by their foreign or colonial policy our
peace should be threatened, our security endan-
gered, or our interests invaded. For when the
selfsh interests Of other nations prompt foreign
or colonial policy which infrnges upon our rights
and places in the pathway of our commerce . dan
gerous and unfriendly rival, snch policy must DO
resisted by remembrance, and ii need be by war.
Our foreign policy should indeed be defensive;
hut to be properly defensire it mu sometimes be
apparently aggress,ue. Our Administration should
be vigiant, waichfui, and energetic. The world
ia full of important movements, commercial and
political, deeply concerning American trade and
American power II 10 time we had an American
foreign policy. We must have il. We cannot
avoId it If we would. We have larger interests
and a greater stake in the world and it's destiny
than every other people. We occupy the best por-
ton of q continent. with no neighbors but cnlo-
ny aud worn out anarchical despotism We
are the only people whose own land, without colo
NAL dependencies, 10 washed by the two great
oceans Of the world. Our agricultural produce
-tions are varied and more essential to civil
ICED life and TO human progress-our mineral and
ma ufacturing resources more vast-our facilities
and ca pacity for internal and foreign commerce
more extended than those OF any other people Iiv-
ing under one government. A continent to great
extent explored and exhaustiess in Its yet bid
den wealth 10 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, civilisaton and
lirion are destined to triumph over the barbarian
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
10 called2 mission full of hope, though
laden with responsibility, which, If properly d.
tccted must make our Confederacy the harbinger
of peace to the world as well as the peaceful arb
ter of its destiny.
The Seminal will, therefore, advocate a bold and
earnest foreign policy, such as the condition Of the
country demands, but it will advocate 1t under the
flag Of the cOuntry-now here else. Its foreign poll
cy must be consistent with the spotless honor and
unimpenchabie good faith of the country. To be
respectable at home and abroad and to be great in
the eyes of the world it must ask for nothing but
what is right and submit to nothing that 10 wrong
II must be liberal and magnanimous to the rights
of others, and firm and immovable in insisting on
it's own. 1t must, in fine, be true to its inter
ests rights, and honor-it cannot then be false TO
those of other nations.
Such, then, is the chart by which we shall be
guided. Independent and free, shall endeavor
TO be honest and truthful. The true friends of
Democratic principles, we shall cordially support
and defend. Nsenemes in the field in ambush
we shall oppose, and on all proper occasions de-
nounce 5, H 80
To our future brethren of the press We extend
the hand of friendly greeting. The Sentinel is the
rival of no press of it's own party-the personal
enemy of none of the other.
The present Democratic Administration has our
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