Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-07-30
PROS ECTUS
OF THE
"WaShington Sentinel"

name of the WASHINGTON SENTINEL.
| I'm DONG so, 1t Is proper should make known the
| principles 1t Will maintain, and the policy it will ad
! yOcate.
| 1t will support cordially and earnestly The princi-
pies OF the Democratic party Of the United tates 1t
does not propose to be The organ of any department
oil Tie government except IN far an depen-
dent maintenance of the doctrines of that party NAV
| represent ITS opinions and express its views.
| IL WIN not be ambitions to commend itself to the
people by blind fiattery Oi their rulers Ii will seek
| public support by the bold avOwaI of the sentiments
which are common to the genuine Democracy of the
Union, and by the condemnation of all such as may
conflict with them, from whatever quarter they NAV
come 1t will seek to be (and will endcavor TO de
serve the tltle) the organ of the Democratic Party
| the United States.
| The SENTINEL will maintain, as a fundamental
ruin OF that great party that the States formed the
| Union between them by the ratification of the Con
| stuon as compact; by which, also, they created
the Federal Government and delegated it, as their
common agent, the powers expressly sIecificd in it,
win an cNpl"It reservation of all others TO the
states, or to their separate governments. The exer-
else o any powers beyond those thus delegated is
therefore, an usurinton OF the reserved authority OF
! the States by the agent of their own creation.
| The SENTINEL will uphold and defend the Union
upon the basis OF the rights of the States-under the
! Constituton-and thus by seduOusy guarding the
latler, IL WIZ Inc more eHectualIy strengthen and
| pcrpctuate the former.
with regard 10 the exercise of the powers of the
ftueiai government, the SENTINEL will take as the
principles o its action that Congress shall exercise
no power which has not been delegated by the Con
stuton, according To strict aud fair incarceration
OF Its language and spirit; and that it shall not seek
10 attain indirectly an object through the exercise of
Constitutional poTcr, for the direct attainment of
which II has no delegation OF poue. In other words
all powers exercised must be clearly granted and all
granted powers must be used for no PURPOSE exccpt
| such As Is clearly intended by the CONSTITUTIONS
In respect to the internal administration of the
government, the SENTINEL will sustain the settled!
policy OF the Democratic party. Ii will labor Ia in
culcac this cardinal doctrine OF Democratic internal
freedom and prosperity of the people OF the States
by being less ambitious exercise power and more
ANXIOUS 10 preserve liberty; and by eavn. 10 the in
dlVid'al STATES the management of all their d0ncc
cohccfm-Wlllie 1t contents itself with guarding the
conicderacy from external violence and directing
e iorelsn policy oil the country TO the promotion OF
li'J common Interests, and defence of the common
rights, and honor of the States composing it,
The SENTINEL will advocate such a progressive
lorci9n poiIcy as Will suit itself the exigences
and correspond with the expanding interests of the
fcolihtry That policy should be energetic and de
cIded; but should temper lirmness with ,ero,itv
and make Its highest ends consist with the sriccs
principles of justice The real Interests of the conn
Try upon each occasion demanding attention will no
It's Guide IN the course The SENTINEL viii pursue
Inc national policy Of the world in this age is cs
sehally aggressive. In the growing sense OF weak
ness Oh some OF the nations OF the Old World and
inc ambitious restcssncSs of others, a common mo
i've TO colonial extension has developed itself
Our settled determination TO repel interference
from abroad with our domestic concerns, will prnlnp
lfIIp
ny their foreign or colonial policy. our peace shouId
ne threatened our security endangered or our inter
ests invaded For when the selfish interests of other
nations prompt foreign or colonial n,iicv which
inringeS upon our rights, and places i'm the halfway
OIL our commerce dangerous and untricIdIy rival
such policy must he resisted by rcnonstrancc and
III need be, by war
Our foreign policy should, indeed he defensive:
Dut 10 be property dcfensire, it must sometimes be
apparently grcssirc. Our administration sIod he
'lgilant, watchful, and energetic. The world is full
Of important movements, commercial and politica
deeply concerning American trade and American
power IL IL time we had an American foreign poll
cy. We must have it, We cannot avoid IL If we
would We have larger interests ami creator
stake Ill tie world and Its destiny, than every other
people we occupy the best portion of Il continent
with no neighbOTs but colony, and Il worn ont
anarchica despotism. We are the only people
whose own land, without cOloUiai dependencies is
washed by the two great oceans of the world orr
agricultural productions are more varied and more
essential TO civilized life, and to human progress
our mineral and manufacturing resources more vast
Our facilities and capacity for internal and oreiuu
commerce more extended, than those of any ether
people living under one government. A continent
to great extent, unexplorcd and exhaustless in its
YET hidden wealth, Is AT feet European trade
seeks the great East through avenues which are al
our doors, or must be made through our own limits
Europe, ASIA Africa, and the Isles of the sea- living
all around u.s. look to the rising power fhrour
the agency OF whose example, and ever widening
and extending, though peaceful Influences the
blessings OF liberty, civilization and religion are
ucstlneu tO over the barIjarSm and sIiDpr
stition OF the millions of the world. And shall such
people refuse TO lay hold upon their DESTINY and
act upon the high mission 10 which il is Called
mission so full of hope though laden with respon
sponsibity, which, II properly directed, must make
our conederacy the harhInger of peace to the world
"a well us the peaceful arbiter of its DESTINY
The SENTINEL will, therefore, advocate hold and
earnest foreign policy, such the condition of the
country demands but it will advocate il under the
flag of the counry-nowhere else. Its foreign policy
must be consistent with the spotlcss homer and UNI
| lInpeacllabe good faith of the country To he re
spectacle DIT home and abroad and to be great the
eyes Oh The world, II must ask for nothing but what
Is right, and submit to nothing that Is wrong Ii
! must be liberal and magnaiiimous TO the rights of
others, and firm and immovabc in insisting on its
OWN III must, IN tine, be true To its own interests
rights, ana honorlt cannot then be false to those OF
| other nations.
| Such, then, is the chart by which we shall he
! guided. Independent and free, we shall endeayor
to be honest and truthful. The true friends of dem
ocratic principles, shall cordially sIpport and de
tend. Its enemies IN the field ambush we shall
oppose, and on all proper occasions denounce
TO our future brethren of the press we extend the
hand of friendly greeting. The SENTINEL is the ri
val of no press OF Its own party-the personal enemy
! of none OF the other.
The present Democratic Administration has our
best wishes for its success the establishment of
the great principles upon which it came into power:
and in its honest abOrs to attain such an end il will
find The SENTINEL its friend and coadjutor.
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