The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-01-24
No. 3.

alluded to by the President but thei
value and Importance will be bes
appreciated when presented in detail
to the scrutiny and the Judgment o
the public. The reports of the S'cre
tary of War and the Secretary OF tn,
Navy, the report of the Secretary o
the Interior, the annual statement o
the Postmaster General, are each re
ferred to in brie: and appropriat,
terms by the Executive, and vii
shortly be laid before our readers a
length.
That portion Of the message, how
ever, which is devoted to the Stat,
Department, and to our relations " It'll
forrign governments. has commanded
unusual attention. With all the ma
tons Of the earth, including Spain
we are on amicabie terms, excepting
only Great Britain; and the gray.
difference between that monarchy ant
the American republic constitute til.
leading topics Of the message. The
extraordinary and startling position
of Great Britain on the Central Amer.
lean question will no doubt arouse the
same feeling among the American
people which it excited in the Senate
of the United States after the reading
of the lucid statement Of the President
Senators Of all parties came forward
to applaud the tone and temper OF
his argument; and Mr.. Clayton, who
bore so prominent part in tho ,+ry
convention under which Great Bet
ain now act. up her arrogant assunp-
tions, was among the most emphatic
IN bearing testimony to the strength
of the Presidents positier0 and to the
rank injustice of The new claims of
the English government. Mr.. Sew
ard, also an opposition member took
nearly the same ground, and avowed
his determination to stand by the
President in his declarations on the
subject of our rights under the Clay
ton Bulwer treaty. Mr.. Seward de-
cidcdly declared himself in favor of
the Monroe doctrine. The patriotic
speech of Senator Weller was in keep
ing with the declarations Of these dis
senators and the feIicita-
ti0ns Of the veteran statesman General
Cass, On the tributes paid to the noble
Of the President and to the
Monroe doctrine, will be shared by
the American people in every part of
the Union. This significant episode
in the Senate is the best comment that
could be made on that portion of the
Presidents message which relates to
Ceatral American questions. The
Executive could desire no more salts
factory trophy Of the justice Of his
policy and the wisdom Of his efforts
Foreign nations will see that, howev-
er we may be divided (anl this only
temporarily on domestic measures,
when the honor of our country is As
sailed we are of one mind and OF one
purpose, and that, in such cause a.
that which has called forth these frank
and unrescrved avo walls in the Senate,
I've can take no step backwards.
But the President has not only met
in calm and positive terms these
troubles with a foreign
power; he has grsppled with certain
home questions in manner that
leaves nothing to inference-we al
ludc to those divisions Of the message
in which he treats of the "Constilu-
tional theory ofthe Government" and
the Constitutional relations Of slave
ry." There is 10 much material for
under these two hexds,
that we forbear any lengthy COM
Inents in the present state Of our col.
umns. The whole doctrine il laid
down with simplicity and an energy
Of style that must carry conviction to
overy unprcjudiced mind. Our pres
ent athtude on the question Of State
rights il traced from our early troubles
with Gtest Britain-showing chain
Of sympathy between that resistance
to foreign power and the present op-
position to Congressional domination,
at once complete and unanswerable !;
and whenever has there been stated u
more overwhelming contrast than that
in the message between lhe recurring
efforts Of kings and principles to es-
tablish their balance Of power and the
wcll-regulated and well-balanced ed
iiicc Of our political system? On the
issues in the Kansas discussion, and
those which lie in the future on the
resistance to the admission
of new States into the Union. (unless
upon compliance with the arrogant
Of sectional agitators,) there
is such an accumulation Of truth and
force, in words 70 few and 80 opposite,
that even those who may not be con-
firmed in the argument will 10 capti-
waited by the manner in which it is
stated. But our limits admOnish Us 10
forbesr.
Such then, is the message which,
while it was being read in the Senate.
and while some Of the most eminent
Of our country were en-
dorsing its style and its sentiments,
and honoring the Chief Magistrate
who sent il, was received in the House
with language Of reproach. Faction
may rail against II. Abolition may
hawk ut il. But, in the meanwhile,
it has gone to the country with heal
ing on its wings, and to the world a.
evidence that the American
people are advancing in their career
Of peace and power with gigantic
strides, and crowded with the emhlems