Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-12-06
I'D DAILY INTEbBIGENCFl
W90NEl1lY N0EN 9E1EllIl-- II
PRESIDENTS MEssAGR.
F,llss.eidsn, II a, sinh.

Il q
be heiea'lgl lseue5 10 tsnTemarkable epoch iulle
history d lh0 void While We have been htoni.
IlYpieseiGei from lheI colamiiieg Of war, our io.
tnestc pi0psiily has moi been entirely pninirr.
Tuplei. lhe clcp'iiH portions Or me 90 inlry.
hlyebsep nearly cgt o. Disease has nreyoiel
.f,oagl alet extent tbun nsaa, tnd lle sicfi6ee Of
buman llle through casualties by SEQ ana land, is
without PARALLEL But he pesnence has swepl
rbHnnl restored e4lubrly inuleI the obssnl to
Their hones' aud lhu JeiuIn OF business to rs or.
dlnaty channels, II tho earth has rewarded the
labor Of The nilshundman less bounirully than in
plteedihg seieon'i b has ellhim with abundance
i1T uomtilio wants, and large surplus ioI eK.
pmlhlwh 10 lhe present, tigIelufe, as In the
pest, we hnd ample Clouds tor ieytieni thankful
ness 10 the God of GL,cs ndpfoYidenee, lorllis
Protecting care and uticiiul dealings wiIliusa O.
people.
Although our alenlion has been anssed by
pniulul ihietestin passing eyenls YET our eoinIfy
eelsno inoteihau The slight vibrations Of thg con
WILSON'S, which have shaken Europe. As indi.
liluas, we eannol ItpIess sympathy with human
suilenng, nor regret Tor Tie causes which produce
IL. ASA nalion, we ofe reminded, that whatever
interrupts The peace, Of checks the prosperity, Of
umpul VI ChIisIendom, lends, more or less, to
involve out own. The condition Of sales is not
unlike that o! individuals. They are mutually
dependent upon each olhtr Amioablr relations
lial fOt tie PROMOTION OF whatever 10 desirable in
thei, moral, social, aud political condition. Hence
II hos been my earnest endeayoT 10 nuinlain peace
and lIiehdly Intercourse with OIL nations.
Tie wise Theory Of this government so early
adopted and steadily pursued, Of avoiding all en-.
hngiug alliances, hos hitherto exempted Il from
many complications, IN which u would olbetwise
lave becone Involved. Notwithstanding III our
clearly defined and WeLsuNained course Ol ae-
All q nanffiun q FINN
Ruione, inefeasine dispOilion has been manifest
I'd, by rome OF us governments, 10 supervise, and
IN cthain Tesnecls 10 direct, OuT loIeign policy
10 plans for adjusting The balance OF power among
themselves, lLey have assumed to take us into 40
count, aud would bOnStTain us'o eoniUm our con.
duct to lhelfvirWs, One or Rnolhet Of The pow
cts u Europe has Iiom lime 10 lime, undertaken
10 snloIoy aT5ilay regulations, cnnlfuy in many
respects 10 established principals Of international
law. That law, Tie United States have, 10 their
loregn Intercourse, uDiiounly respected and OBJ
served, and they cannot recognize any such inter
pOlatons lheleln, ns the temp rory interests Of
ulhen may suggest They do ilOl udml, that the
soyeteigns Of one continent, or Of particular
eolnnannyo Of states, can leglilale lOI oil Others
Leaving the trans atlantic nations 10 adjust theit
political system, Ia the way they may think best
ior their oonlnol welfare, The independent pow.
CTS OF this continent may well assert the right 10
pan, Systematic abstinence from intimate pnlit.
cal connection with distant lOTeiBn nations, D es
noToinhict with giving The widest range 10 our
foreign commerce This distinction, so clearly
markvdin history, seems 10 have been overlooked
ordsrrgalled. BY some leading foreign slaleS.--
Our fussslo be thought within, and subjected To-,
their p,oulitf system, has, fear created jealous
dtslfust Of OUT conduct, and induoed, on iheifpah,
ocois0nal acts Of disturbing eject upon or for
n Al ma 81
coiisr give aSsuTauovs, Which should not be que5.
uonsU, that our pnTpos sire not aggressive, nor
threatening 10 tie safety and welfare OF other ma
lions Our military Establishment, In time OF
peace, Is ndhpltd 10 mountain exterior delences,
and N preserve order among the aboriginal tiibes
within the mils Of The Union. Our naval lOloe
is intended only fOT the protection Of our citizens
abroad, and Of our cemnelce, dlnsgd, as Il Is,
over all the seas Of Tie globe. The government
nf The Uniled States being essentially pacific IN
rUicy, stands pienaTel 10 fepel invasion BY The
voluntary service of aplfio,o people, aud pro.
yidsI no permanent lneanS Of loiegn aggtession-
Thee consultations SHOULD allay oil nppIehen-
SION that we ore disposed 10 encToacl W Tie rights,
orendonaef Tie seo1y, Of olhefsiales.
Some European powers have regarded, with
disQueung concern, the territorial expansion Of
The United States, This rapid growth has re.
snlled ff1m the legitimate exercise OF sovereign
nv literally exercised Under such cfoumslan.
ces, /, could hardly have been expected that
those among them, which have, within compar'
stiyely recent period, subdued and absorbed an
Gent Kingdoms, planted their standard on every
continent and now possess, or claim the control
OF the Islands OF every ocean as their appropn'
ate domain, would look with unldondy senli-
ments upon The acquisitions Of lhls oonnlTl, ~
cye!y instance honoIably obtained, or would feel
4t.,,.. iync iuefihfA In imnuttHr mn fdvauCe-
inent 70 spirit Of aggression OF TO passion for
political performance.
Our foreign commerce has reached a inogn'
tude and extent nearly equal to that OF the inst
maritime power Of the earth, and exceeding that
Of any OtheL Over this great interest," In which
no, only our merchants, hut oil classes OF eiu.
aeas al least indirectly, are concerned, h is The
duty Of the executive aud legislative branches OF
the government TO exercise a careful supervision
and adopt proper measures lJf Us pToteclion.--
THE policy which have had in view, In regard
10 this interest, embraces It's future as well as
us present security.
Long experience has shown that, In general,
when the principal powers OF Europe are en-
gaged in war, the rights Of neutral nations are
endangered. This consideration led, in the pro-
grsss Of the war OF our independence, 10 the
formation Of The celebrated c0nlederaoy Of armed
neutrality, primary object ofwhch was, TO as
seft the doctrine that lice ships make flee goods
exoepl in the case OF articles contrabaud OF war;
dootflne which, from the yeIy commencement
ofoIf national being, has been cherished idea
oflhe Statesmen Of this country.
Al one period or another, every maritime pow
er has by some solemn treaty stipulation, REQ
ognired that punopei aud It might have been
hoped that It would come to be universally re.
oeyed and respected asa rule ofiRteTnatlonal
law. But the refusal Of one power prevented
this, and in the next great war which ensled,
that OF the French revolution, II failed 10 be Te-
speoted among the begeIent states Of Europe,
Notwithstanding this, the principle is generally
admitted 10 bel SQUAD and salulaTy onei 50 much
so, that, at the commencement Of the existing
war in Europe, Great Britain and France an.
nouneed their suppose TO observe II for the pres
enti not, however, as recognized international
fiehl bnt as a mere concession for the time
being,
Tie cooperation, however OF these two pow
erful maritime nations In the interest Of ReulIal
rights, appeared 10 me 70 afford an occasion, In.
yilmg and iusilying, On the part Of The United
States, renewed effort 10 make the doctrine in
question: principle Of International law, by
means Of special conventions between the sew
ota powers OF Europe and America. According.
Y, proposition, embracing not only the rule
that fee ships make fee goods, except ooniIa-
band articles, but also the less contested one,
that neulral properly other than conlfaband,
though on board the enemyS ship, shall be eS