The daily republic., 1853-08-24
PROSPECTUS
wASHINGTON eENTTNE
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= ton, in September. political nsvspapsE. un-
der the name Of tho Wdskimgte~ Ssmtt~et.
10 doing 20 It 10 proper | should make known
the principles it will maintain and the policy ~
II will support cordially and earnestly the print
ciples OF the Democratic RepubJicaa party ef fh<
U"ifsd States y docs not Proposs to b the organ
of any department Of the Government, except in
90 far a. an independent maintenance Of the doc
trnes Of that party may represent is opin and
express it, views.
1t will not be ambitious to commend itself TO the
people by blind fattery Of their rulers: 1t will
seek public support by ths bold avovai of the SEN
timents which arc common 10 the genuine Democ-
racy Of the Union. and By the condemnation Of
all such az may conflict with them: from What
ever quarter they may come. Il yiii seek to be
(and Il will endeavor to deserve the ht!s) the or
gan Of the Democratic party of the United States:
The Sentinel will maintain, a. . fundamental
the Union between them by the ratification Of the
Constitution as compact; by which als0 tney
created the Federal Government. and delegated TO
it, as their common agent, the povcTs expressiy
specified in 1t. with an explicit reservation OF All
others to tho States, to their separate govern
ments. The exercise of any powers beyond those
thus delegated is therefore an usurpation 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 Statcs-under
the Consttution-and thus by sedulously guard
ing tho latter II will the efeCtually strength
en- and perpetuate the former.
With regard to the exercise Of the powers OF the
Federal Government, the Sentinel will take as the
principles of it's action that Congress shall exer-
else no power which has not been delegated by the
Constitution, according to strict and fair inter
probation Of it's language and spirit; and that =
shall not seek to attain indirectly an object through
the exercise OF consGtuonaI po,oer. for the drec1
attainment of which it has no delegation Of p0sOy.
In other words, all powers exercised must be clear.
ly granted, and all granted powers must be used
for no purpose except such az 10 clearly intended
by the Constitution. N.t
In respect to the internal administration of the
Government the Sentinel will sustain the settled
policy of the Democratic party. II will labor to
incucate 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 anxious to preserve liberty; and by
leaving to the individual States tho management
of all their domestic c0ncerns-whiie IT contents
itself with guarding the Confederacy from exter-
nal violence, and directing Tho 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 progressive
foreign policy as will suit itself to the exfgencies
and correspond with the expanding interests Of
the country. That policy should be energetic and
decided; but should temper firmness with lberali
ty, and make its highest ends consist with the
strictest rinciples Of justice. The real interests
Of the country upon each occasion demanding at
tention will be its guide in the course the Senfsnet
will pursue. 5fs53igt t-5saG
The national policy Of the world in this age is
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 to avoid it in the affairs OF other co I'M
tries unless by their foreign colonial policy our
peace should be threatened, our security endan-
gered. our linterests invaded. For when the
selfish interests OF other nations prompt foreign
nj C1iCvyx mfr opa
and places in the pathway of our commerce dan
gerous and unfriendIy rival, sach policy must be
resisted by remonstrance, and II need be by war
Our foreign policy should indeed be defensive;
but to be properly defensipe it must sometimes be
apparently aggressipe. Our Administration should
be vigilant, watchiul, and energetic. The world
s 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
than every other people. We occupy the best por-
tion of a continent, with no neighbors but colo
ny and worn out anarchicai despotism. we
are the only people whose own land, without colo
nial dependencies, is washed by the two great
oceans Of the world. Our agricultural produc-
tions are more varied and more essential to civil
ized life and to human progress-our mineral and
manufacturing resources more vast-oor iaciaIles
more extended than those OF any other people llv
ing under one government. continent to great
extent unexplored and exhaustless In Its yet hid
den wealth is at our feet. European trade seeks
the great East through avenues which at our
doors, or must be made through our own hmlts.e
Europe, ASIA Africa and the isles OF the 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 intlu-
ences, the blessings of liberty. civilization, and re-
ligion, destined to triumph over the barbarism
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 called? mission full of hope, though go
laden with responsibility, which. If properly di-
rected, nust ma Ike our Confederacy the harbinger
of peace to the world well the peaceful arbi-
ter of its destiny.
The Sentinel will, therefore, advocate bold and
earnest foreign policy, such the condition Of the
country demands but it will advocate II under the
flag Of the country-now here else. lite foreign poll
cy must be consistent with the spotess honor and
unmpeachable 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.
1t must be liberal and magnanimous to the rights
of others, and firm and immovabe in insisting
is own. 1t must, in fine, be true to its inter
ests. rights, aud 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, we shall endeavor
10 be honest and truthful. The true friends
Democratic principles, we shall cordially support
and defend. Itsenemies in the field or in ambush
we shall oppose, and on oil proper occasions de-
nounce.
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
best wishes for its in the establishment of
the grent principles upon which it came into pow
er; and in its honest labors to attain such an end
twill find the Sentinel ts friend and coad]utor.
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