The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-08-30
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admission, in press that did not aid in elect
ing General Pierce, that his civil achievements
have added to the "strenoth, prosperity, And
glory Of the country" What more do you ask:
What better could you have? And when you
hear the President malignrd, and his cabinet
traduced, ask yourselves If this 10 what states
then deserve who are ,hss ming yoAr coun
Try with new laurels.
From the ex-cu'iue department we now turn
to Congress And in the first it 10 hea' I'll,
worthy Of congra,ula,i"n that some things INV.
been left nnH.ne. Let the citizen r-h-ct ON
the corruption that marked the government on
the accession If General PIERCE" the tnirty
millions OF dollars OF surplus there were in the
treasury that IN eatened TO perpetuate this
corruption and then on the fact that a multi
tude at srhr mts brought forward to absorb this
surplus were d-t-s,ed in one branch or The
osher and that though the insane bill PASSED
he more than ,w"-,brds majority, yet the good
sense of Congress sustained the veto Of this bill,
il did the veto OF the river and harbor bill,
filled 40 il was with nnwise and uncnnstitu ion-
al anps0pristins-iet him reflect on these facts,
and then say whether it 10 not matter for CON-
graduation that S,ate-righ's principles are 80
Tar in the ascendant as 81 present an imp ex-
nable barrier I" protect the pc ,ple money from
the hands of speculstors. Q her movements
were made and defested Of a different cha acter.
Thus free. soil WING Of this Stare-El,o', OF
New Bedford, and an abolition senator, Sum
ner--,noved to disturb the compromise IN -asur-
es; bat though the movement was sns,a,red
by wings and abitionls,s, it was pro iptiy
voted down. Other faction. abolition m"v--
nents were cDunteiacted and defeated by the
90, d sense Of Congress. Again, We say, It Is
matter tor congratula'ior, as to oar NATIONAL
finances and our national Union, that 8" much
hat lin md dana IA hepu
left undone. FMS argues we'll tor the integrity
ana Perpeteiiy 1T our government and tor 'h-
vitality of Union principles.
In the NJ It place Congress deserves well Tor
what It has done. We have not space in this
srticle to 60 over the legislation in detail bu
such as has been carried bears about it the
character Of being rig,dly Constitutional The
warehouse bill, the Canada-rrciprocity bill, the
Mexican ,featy bill, and the bill for the bull.
ding Of six war steamers. show that Congress
has promptly carried out great measures ma.
tured BY the Administration The apprOpria
ton biz, 1t rs believed, is free, in re,narka able
degree, from lavish expenditures. Then there
ID the Kansas Nebraska bill, providing for two
new Territories --snoh t. become Stares, aud 10
be ready for acmi ssoh into the Cnion based
an the strict principles Of the constitution
One Characteristic runs through the whole Of
this leRislation-that Of being strictly in aceor'
lance with the eonsntut,on. There is no high
er, safer, or better test OF legislation than t" say
Of it that it was 'naturei as ia the constant
presence Of the Obligations which each citizen
| owes to The cn,nnen country. THIS - the
praise which this Congress deserves.
An ther charac- eristic Of the Legislation is its
| freedom from sec,innalism When it was
prop .sed to establish the non,in,ervent,"n
principle, ~ I" slavery, which is alleged to De
southern in its bearings, comprehensive
patriotism looked not I" past Congress A. 'ts
| guide, bat to the everything consultations, and
| accepted the principle because OF its ACCORDANCE
with it ; and when great mea'are, promising
to benefit, in peculiar degree, nOrthere inie''
csts-the reel proeal treaty-calne before Con-
gress, the same comprehensive patriotism
carried this, too, triumphantly. There Is
! noble significance in snch results. They show
/ how graodly The federal government can pro
mote the good of all sections Of the U''"n
| They practical exemplihcatinn in two
truly grea. m-a .ures, bearing vitality on i'm
me ns- interests, South and North, how, undel
the c 'n>,itusion, there may be- action that know
no North, no south. no East, no West, but a
| - cred maintenance Il the cnm'roa bond, aud q
true devotion to the cO,ninUn brotherhood
| Will suct a view Of d"m-s &c, f're,gn, and
legislative affairs is more tkan justice to the
administration. i, IN as just ~ ascrbe the tome u
the whole to the prime pies announced IN the
inaugural and the annual message. They art
empha'ically old, long tried, safe land marks
They Ell b -ace-as 10 the b-auty and working
nf our institnti"ns--as much or what may be
| properly termed State rights principles, as any
documents that ever issued from the executive
char; and hence they arc more thoroughly
UsI,N papers. We say this because exprr
ence demonsra rates that the fraternal feelings
that bind together the members Of the UniOi
| can only be strengthened by respecting the
| sovereignty OF each of them. This Is what they
stipulated for when they united to declar.
independence when they agreed to torm q
| confederation and wnen they voted 10 estab
lish TN. constitution. When, therefore, a.
administration acts on these princi pies through
| out, 1t takes the surest method t" Prom'te the
dut ability Of our institutions Is the inquirer
VIII, doubts as to tbs Judgment Of President
! Pierce's agency DESTROYS ut making a test
1 Let m dew tie an h 'ur III a comparison of tn,
ural and frat message of President Pierc.
| with the inaugural and fir message IF Presi
i dent John q. Adams Let hiu. mark how
| the one d-scan;s on the glori.s OF splendit
governmens-on making road. like th Rom ~
/ Appian way--and how the other ar ues tor al
! abandonment Of the whole sy-te,n! Mr.
| Adams, in pr ncipe, was a latitudinarian in hi
/ consti u.io,lal views, and but Tor the doctrne.
i Of this school Gene al Pierce is a stric
constructionist, and set forth, as bis GUIDES tn.
doctrines of the State rights school. 1t Is til.
present aseendepcy Of these principles, in al
branches Of the service, that makes thu
/ government a unit a. to IT'S domestic policy.
! This view, brief and inadequate as II Is, o
the administrator, would BIZ incomplele.it thu
| firm mannes in which tho President has cxecut
/ ed the laws were left out Of account. 81 hole
| that the laws Of 1851, commonly called the
comp promise measures, are strictly consa 'stipn
al, and to be unles. ta.lngly carried into eft CT
| Let recent events say how firmly aud wisely
| the President has acted on his conviction Wss
the case presented to him, 40 in the instance Vi
tho Kansas Nebraska bull, OF carryin. ouI
! the true constitutional n"n-interventlon pfln.
ciples oil the 1854 Compromise AZ to interior
ence by Congress With slavery? He was ready
to sign the bill, and then unhesItatinsl t.
carry into effect" thus great principle. Was
| the case presented Ut q uaIorous resistance tu
the fusi'ive slave law! tie was ready, prompt,
aud Unnecessarily to say TO the officers of the
government, " The laws must be executed, and
thus to sustain, by iorce Of arms, It need BE-,
| the constitutional rights which he had pledged
the country to support.
With an administration that has produced
such res Its what Is there 10 prevent all VINO
mean to oppose stern resistance to the danger
Gus ambition OF the morbid enthusiasm that
would dissolve .bs bonds that bind the country
together from rallying about It? Up position u
sucn administration - to be expected. The
present ID Of the same character as that viii :h
} Jefferson and Jaeks"n encountered. No Ian.
gusge, whether designed 10 beIitlle as to ability
or u reproach tor success, has been applied I"
Geu erdl Fierce that - mure outr -geous than
was applied, ny the opposition to Je ffesson and
Jackson. Both were held up by opp 'nents a.
unfit Tor the station; both we're maiigued 40 u
motives; both were pronounced 10 have lOst
their popularity. Buh, also, encountered OPP.
postum in the ranks OF the democracy. JET.
ierson's psr.y poncy, which he terms one OF
:" c0neitiatios tstranged, at first, many of his
supporters. Ae urged re-un,on, on liberal
pnnciples, with his Opponents; and for this he
was charged with deser,lon OF hn principles.
Another source OF opposition he thus llouI)
describes: "Poilticai adventurers, who have
lost their chance OF swindiny and plumber in
the waste OF public money, will never cease to
brawl on the b.eakin. up Of their sanctuary"
Another source was disappointment asto office;
and this carried the brilliant Randolph. But
the country locked to measures, and, because
Of Theses, 1t sustained the administration. Pre-
cise1y The same results were seen in Jackson .
time Did not the papers TEEN with meetings