The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-01-10
The Presldcnt,s sIessaKc.

American people. Ii is one Of the ables
State papers we have ever read.
r N regard to our relations with Great Bri
Gain, its tone Is firm and decided whils therI
is no buster or parade. The misunderstood
/. ing between the two governments as TO the
treaty concerning the Central American
States, is clearly defined, and no one who
reads it, can for momcnt doubt the correct
ness Of tie position taken by the President
and our Minister in England. Either
Great Britain must comply with the terms o.
the treaty "a understood by our government
or We shall be at liberty to regard the whole
Of il as null and void. This will throw open
again the whole question, for new adjust
ment, and we think one can be made far
more beneficial to the United State than the
present treaty could ever prove to be.
The business Of Recruitment is spoken OF
At length. 1t has been found that England,
being in great want of men for the Crimean
service, has sent into our country, agents,
whose business is to enlist American citi-
gems for the armies Of the Allies. This is
contrary to the municipal laws OF the land,
as we'll as the International code, and can be
regarded in no other light, than breach OF
good faith on the part of Great Britain
Prompt means have been resorted to, to set.
tle this difficulty, and Me, Champion under
whose supervision the illegal work was pro.
crossing, at the request Of our government,
has been or is about to be recalled.
The statement Of the condition Of the
Treasury, shows that department of Nation.
al affairs, to be sound and prosperous. The
q receipts during the last fiscal year, ending
June 30th, 1855, from all sources were
S65,o0s,9so. The public expenditures fol
the same period, exclusive of payments or
> account of the public debt, amounted L
! 966,s65,39s. The redemption of the pub
lie debt and Interest," amounted to 1854,
. S2s. The whole public debt at the presen
time is about $4,000, 1000. Here, it i:
pleasant to contrast our financial condition
with that Of many other nations. While
2 England is being crushed by the weight o.
her enormous debt-a debt SO large that al
idea Of ever paying it is abandoned--u deb
still rapidly increasing, the United State
have but light burthen, and every year i
is lessened by, the judicious application o
funds from the public Treasury.
10 The difficulties in Kansas are noticed
G IN regard to these, the President takes broat
Democratic ground. He declares that it i,
the right and privilege of the people of the
. territory to regulate their own local affairs
iDiihoai interference from any other State. NJ
distinction is made, but all States, whether
North or South, East or West, are to be pro.
hibited SO far as his Executive power ia con.
cerned, from interupting or in any manner
controlling the citizens Of Kansas in the
choice Of their domestic institutions. This
rcfutes forever the statements made BY op-
position prints, that President Pierce has
taken sides with the Missourians. He
has done as the Chief Executive of the
Nation ought, having turned neither to the
right or left, bending neither to the North
or South. ea.-
The "theory Of orr Government and The
Constitutional Relations OF Slavery" are
the subjects Of Consideration at length
Upon these topics the President has subject
ed himself to greater censure by the fusion
press than upon all others. Had he con-
demned the South in unmeasured terms and
declared war against the citizens of all the
Slave States, or in other words. had he treat
ed the North as constituting the whole con-
fedOracy. and the South as having no rights
.st all. under the Constitution, these Black
Republicans might have been satisfied; but
because be has dared to assert thai the South
ern, States were still On important part of
The Union, having rights equal and in COM
men with the Northern. he is censured as
being an advocate Of Southern interests and
the champion of Slave institutions. This
teensure is uncalled for, and unjust.
Z Our views as to the question Of Slavery
a,ewell known to ihe readers of the Ssnti.
mel. We regard it as a moral, social, and
political evil. But each State of the Union
is, so far as its domestic institutions are con-
cerued. an Independent sovereignty. Sla-
very being local and domestic institution
is entirely under the control of the State
Governments. We in Ohio, have no more
to do with the local affairs of Kentucky,
than with the local affairs of Canada. These
State rights were carefully guarded in the
Formation Of the National compact. The
President Of the United States is as much
Che Chief Executive Of the South, as Of the
North. Il is his duty under the Constitution
snd oati. Of efice, to respect the rights of
every member Of the Union. So long as
Union exists, and we trust 1t will befor cen.
turies % come, the President would be high
u censurable were his administration to be-
come identified with any one of the reckless
tsctioas which now wage war agains. the
ConstitusicD, He must be national in his
yiswA md impartial N the exeeatlon Of bis
dusissor he i unworthy u occupy the.high
trnst reposse II him y The Amsriean. psOs
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