Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-12-31

PREsIDgSr's NRssAdg.-On Monday last mol
understanding the unorganizcd state OF tho
House, the President sent in his annual mes-
sage. We suppose he found there wasno more
speculation in Withholding, According to
President Buchansps opinion there are but a
few towns in this country worthy of his mes
sage 6rst-handed. We are willing to confess
that we cannot afford to pay as well as the pa
pers of some of these larger cities can, conse-
quently we could not get this important docu-
ment until it had been printed in the papers
who are more able to pay than we. Our ear
nest conviction Ia that everything under this
dynasty ia for sale. If ibis had beea made
public we would have been in for the message.
We tried all ordinary means to procure Il as
soon as the Philaladelphia papers got it, but
we failed. Our subscribers in this vicinity,
know that we are never behind in giving the
news where a fair competition and money will
procure il. lnasmuch as we could not get il
in time to print 10 as soon as any other paper,
we cannot afford to print such stale news en-
tire. Below will be found synopsis of its
contents-ths words being that Of the mes
sage:
PLACES THE NATION UNDER THE PROJECTION OF
PROVIDENCE.
Our deep and heartfelt gratitude is due to
h..s 1t.
on us so much varied aad numerous blessings
throughout the past year. The general health
of the country has been excellent; our harYests
have been unusually plentiful, and prosperity
smiles throughout the land. Iadeed, notwith-
standing our demerits we have much reason
to believe, from the past events in our history,
that we have enjoyed the special protection of
Divine Providence ever since our origin as q
nation We have been exposed to many threat
ening and alarming difficulties in our progress;
but on each successive occasion the impend-
ing cloud has been dissipated at the moment it
appeared ready to burst upon our head, and
the danger to our institutions has passed away.
May we ever be under the Divine guidance and
protection
shLTTERlNG OF EGoTlsN.
Our Union is q stoke of such inestmable
value as to demand our constant and watchful
vigilance for Its preservation. In this riew,
let me implore my countrymen, North and
South 10 cultivate the ancient feelings of
mutual forbearance and goodwill towards
each other, and strive to allay the demon spirit
of sectional hatred and strife now alive in the
land. This advice proceeds from the heart of
an old public functionary, whose service COM
meneed in the last generation, among the wise
and conservative statesmen of that day, now
nearly all passed away, and whose first and
dearest earthly wish is to leave his country
tranquil, prosperous, united, and powerful.
TALKING suNcoNBE TO THE South.
Public opinion in this country is sli-power-
full, and when it reaches dangerous excess
upon any question, the good sense of the peo-
pie will furnish the corrective aud bring il
back within safe limits. Still, to hasten this
suspicious result, at the present crisis, we
ought to remember that every rational creature
must be presumed to intend the natural conse-
quenees OF his own teachings. Those who
announce abstract doctrines subvcrsiyc of the
Constitution and the Union, must not be sur
prised should their heated partisans advance |
one step further and attempt by violence to
carry these doctrines into practical effect. In
this view Of the subject il ought never to he
forgotten that, however great may have been
the political advantages resulting from the
Union to every portion of our common country, |
these would all prove to be as nothing should |
the time ever arrive when they cannot be en- |
joyed without serious danger to the personal
safety of the people of fifteen members OF the |
HAMPERS FERRY PROCEEDINGS TRUNp.
firmly believe that the events at Harper's I
Ferry, by causing the people TO pause and re- |
fleet upon the possible peril to their cherished |
Institutions, will be the means, under Provi- |
dence, of allaying the existing excitement, and |
future outbreaks of q similar char !
acter. They will resolve that the Constitution |
and the Union shall not be endangered by rash |
counsels, knowing that, should ''the silver
cord be loosed or the golden bowl be broken |
y atthe fountain" human power could |
never rcunite the scattered and hostii ffag- |
ments.
TALKING SEGRo1sM.
The right has been established OF every citi- |
zen to take his property of any kind, including
slaves into the common Territories, belonging
equally to all tina States of the Confederacy, |
and to have 1t protected there under the Fede-
raj Constitution. Neither Congress nor Ter |
ritorial Legislature, nor any human power, has |
any authority to annul or impair this vested |
right. The supreme judicial tribunal of the |
country, which is coordinate branch of the
Government, has sanctioned and affirmed these
principles Of Constitutional law, so manifestly |
Just in themselves, and so well calculated to |
promote peace and harmony among the States. |
FEDERALISM STICKING OUT a FEET.
Had II been decided that either Congress or
the Territorial Legislature possesses the power
to annul or impair the right to property in |
slaves, the evil would be intolerable. In the |
latter event, there would be struggle for |
majority of the members Of the Legislature at |
each successive election and the sacred rights |
OF property held under the Federal Constitu- /
tion would depend for the time being ON the |
result. The agitation would thus be rendered |
iAeessant whilst the Territorial condition re-
manned, and its baneful influence would keep
alive a dangerous excitement amongsthe peo-
pie of the several States.
A BOLD BID Poh THE soUTH-cHARLEsToY WILL
YOU TAKE?
Thus has the status of Territory, during
the intermediate period from its first settle
ment until II shall become State, been irrevo-
cably fixed by the final decision of the Suprems
Court. Fortunate has this been for the pros
perity of the Territories, as well as the tran
guilty of the States. Now, emigrants from
the North and the South, the East and the |
West, will meet in the Territories on a COM
mon platform, having brought with them that
species of property best adapted, in their own
opinion, to promote their welfare. From ma
tural causes the slavery question will, in each
case, soon virtually settle itself; and before
the Territory is prepared for admission as 4
State into the Union, this decision one way
or the other, will have been !orgone c0nclu-
sion. Meanwhile, the settlement Of the new
Territory will proceed without serious inter-