Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-03-09

much proprietv can be applied to him the
sentiment "All his actions were his coun-
try's Gods and Truth's'' Like fragrant
incense from the allar of pie,y, let our feel
ings this day 90 upto bless his name for
.hst happiness of which he was, in a great
measure, the cause, which has been handed
down from our ancestors to ourselves let
our voices GO up with one strong, swelling
chorus, pledging ourselves never, never TO-
depar. from the track he has warned US 10
pursue, never to impair the principles he gave
so much strength to, and which have con-
Quoted our country 10 it presen. heigh. Of
prosperity and glory. Let US "qui. no. our
own 10 stand on foreign ground, ensangle no.
our peace and prosperity in the tolls of Eu-
ropean ambition. rivalship, interest, humor
or caprice" In our own happy land we have
work enough to do. Stretching from the
Atlantic TO the Pacific, from Canada to the
Gulf Of Mexico, we have abundant materi-
ais within our own borders 10 employ all
our energies and all our labors, independent
of the mighty evils that would result, 10 US
from the policy of intervention. The arls
Of peace afford wide scope enough for the
struct facilities Of internal communication,
dlf1use general and useful knowledge, pro-
mote commerce, encourage industry in all
the branches Of employment, in fact by all
the means in our power, do all and every
thing which can benefit our population.
Now especially should we pay attentive
regard TO the teachings of Washington as
regards our foreign policy. Europe is on
the eve of a mighty contest. A general war
seems almost inevitable. Should i. bresk
out the whole con,inen, will shake to its
very centre, and, like the slrifes of Nature,
or the equations Of the elemental fires, II
will groan with the fury which is raging
within its bosom. The end or the results
cannot be even surmised. Probably, amid
the excitement and confusion. Liberty may
again raise its now dropping head, and dis
play its colors 10 the radiant beam of Hope.
Blu. whatever arises, whatever events ensue,
however warmly y they may speak to our
sympalhies, hope in God we will stand
where we now are, interfere not-touch
not, but .wine our arms around
the sacred pillar Of Washington and bid de-
6ance to the powers Of the world 10 loosen
our embrace.
When our fathers made themselves an in
dependent nation and proceeded to form
political institutions of their own, they as
sumed the conclusion of the problem, that
the people were able to provide altogether
for their own government, and tha, it was
for their best interest that they should do
so. They boldly launched their ship of
state upon this see-which had wrecked
the republics that had gone before. Thus
far it has proceeded upon its way in safety
through winds and Storms which have put
its powers TO the test, and proved the ne
cessily of all those stays and braces with
which their wisdom had provided it. LIE.
us never lamper with those arrangements,
which have enabled US to bear up against
the storms that have beset US, and waited our
ship through the angry su,ges of the sea, to
a harbor Of safety and rest. There is no
reason TO expec! cons'ancy OF calm seas
and unruffled waters. There is no reason
arise which will need the light of the pas.
and call for The warning voice of our ances-
tors. The great principles they have lef.
behind lhem-,he grea. sentiments they be-
quealhed to US, as precious legacies, should
be cherished and practsed 10 the remotest
generation. Those principles: those senti-
menls, based upon the great law of morality,
should be INDUCED in, and never departed
from SO long as our country shall exist.
There are those who believe that in our
progress, in our ''manifest Destiny" in the
expanding growth of America, they are an
,iquated and old, weak and imbecile, and
entirely unsuiled to its present gigantic size
and future prospects. They overlook wha,
has made our country so great, so prosper
Gus and so happy, bu. upon mere hypo,he-
sis and opinion suited TO their own craving
hearts they would disregard what experience
has proved and our prosperity confirmed ;
they would overthrow the sacred principles
our fathers left behind them, end in which
our country, wrealhed in white, has walked
so proudly, and so glorious y, and subsi-
iute what they think suitable TO her "mani-
fest destiny" Our destiny is undoubtedly
great, the future that awaits US brightln the
extreme, if we continue in the path of our
fathers-lbal path embodied in the Fare
well Address oil w uasnlnSton-out lanehtd-
Bile and ingIorious, if we depart from it;
fearful and dark as .he crater of a volcano,
which, having for centuries, sent forth It's sui
phuric fires, is q! length hushed and cold,
amid the ruins, and b!sckness which itself
created! We want no flibusteriDg spirit,
no extension of the area of freedom in de-
6ance of justice and morality. The prin-
ciples of our fathers condemn it, the Fare
well Address Of Washington, in substance,
condemns it. They interfere not with our
extension, if done in jus. and moral way.
They promote our true progress-lel us
stand by them forever Like The FaiIy's
robe, they will Il. any size, and should
our country, al length, comprise the whole