Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-11-17
Tha rresldential Message.


newspapers of the North aud their Washington
correspondents, Somn Of the latter. indeed are
pretending 10 perform the more than olaifFnyant
miracle If reading the unwritten pages ef the
message and divnlging the undetermined topics
Of which il is to treat. \ tolerahle acquaintance
with public affairs, nnaided By any such "gitt
and faculty divine will enable any ON, We APP
prehend. TO predict the leading subjects Of the
message and, for the lnost part, to decide what
views and recommendations tho Executive will
present concerning them.
1t would be next 70 impossible for the Presi-
dent to overlook question Of so much merhi-
tude as the Pacific Railread. But There @ reason
to believe that no specific scheme viii BE
proposed, since the diversity Of opinie, among
our people, and especially with the democratie
partv.rcla'ive to II has been ascortaned. The
can be no Doubt that, when Messrs Davis Guth-
RE and Buchanan pronounced in favor Of the
project as government measure, iho Pre-
dent who sat by, smiling approval. ooneurred
entirely IN the plan suggested. No do not he-
love that he win have the nerve 10 taee fhe op-
position Of lis own party, especially iu thc South,
10 the measure as first .hadoeed forth under as
sanction. He will, most likely, content himself
with general observations upon tho advantage
and necessity Of onsY communication with our
Pacific possessions, enter earoaf as 10 Stule-
rights and strict construction. and throw the
burden of the measure upon Congress.
The Tariff aud the surplus Revenue must oe=
eupy a considerable portion Of tie nessoee 4
modification Of the aa Of 1910 cannot ho longer
delayed No system Of revenue law can he
devised, which, without occasional cLange. will
suit the ever changing character of our com
mcree 4 the regularly increasing expenditure Of
Of the government The most aud best that
could be done towards pernaucney would bc 10
establish certain Fundamental aud phosophie
principles. upon which every bill should be- bnsed,
leaving the details subject 10 such medhea ION
as the fluctuations of trade aud the requirements
of tho national oaohequer might render necessary
or cxpodent The cornerstone Of the systpm
should always be u wiFe and liberal discretion IN
fayor of American industry aud national dryd.
opment. We have not mucA 10 expect from the
present administration aud the dominant party
in this respect, and yet there need be no appre-
hcnsion that they viii wholly ignore md exclude
such principle. Lhe plan Of admittioe selected
articles free of all duty-surgestc ly many of
and extreme recognition Of the principle
The unadiusted questions diplomacy between
this government aud Great Britain ar matters
concerning which, the people of the eomtrvhnvp
right 10 lock 10 the President for information
The impression has gone out that the nceotia.
tions,either for lack OF power, or hy rcason Of r.
reconciahle difference Of views with the re
speetive diplomatic agents have fnilcd To
agree upon terms of settlement. II this be .n,
we suppose the President viii deem if his duty
10 refer the whole matter to Congress
The rumored transatlantic Tongue for the pro
lection of Cuba--the scheme Of there be sucb
for the Authorization of that island its present
and prospective relations to this country-to-
gether with the recent movements in the Sand
witch Islands, hayingin view their annexation 10
the United States,will necessarily occupy the at
tention of an administration so 'progressiyo" ms
this is understood TO be. In the present temper Of
England, France, Spain, aud Mexico, no qucs-
ton of more delicate character could well arise
and we can but wish that we had some ynrer
guarantee of the President discretion in the
promises than in the policy which has sent Soule
to Madrid, with kindred agitutors mud Hutspurs
To other foreign courts. Want manmity with
Cabinet composed Of such antpodcs as Davis
and Marcy, together with the northern sympa-
thies of t. President himself, will most likol,
preclude the recommendation Of any definite
scheme, looking To the incorporation of these is
lands into our federal system and the consequent
expansion of the institution Of slavery.
The case of Kostza and the aifair Mt Smyrna
will afford too fine an opportunity, 10 he lost by
our sophomore President, for ahaud-omel, turn
ed paragraph about the super-sanctity Of Aner
can citizenship and the inyioability Of the ma
tionol honor. We have no objection that the
President should thus relieve himself of any rhot-
oric funess, since habit seems to have rendered
it necessary to him. aud opportunities do not We
ny frequently occur in the constrained and for
NAL life of President
Some swelling ANA ornate passages, too, we may
expect. declarative of his devotion to the Union,
his regard for the rights of the States, aud his in
flexible purpose to extend TO the institution of
slavery all the protection, rights and remedies to
which it is entitled under the constitution
whereat shall hear southern democrats rcioi-
cling with exceeding great oy''-netwithstand-
ing the removal of Bronson, and the open partial
ity displayed for Van Buren, aud the free socrs
We have had some very Independent talk Of late
from democratic organs--let us sec how few
cheap and empty words will restore peace and
revive confidence.
Treason always kills the traitors and covers
them with infamy, and is only dangerous to those
who shelter and protect it, 1t is innoxious to
those ii attempts to betraV.n