Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 104, Richmond, Wayne County, 15 April 1826 — Page 4

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pie, as well as the means of resisting inter?

ferencefrom abroad, with the domestic concerns of the American governments. - In alluding to these means, it would obviously be premature, at this time, to anticipate that which is offered merely as matter for consultation: or to pronounce upon those measures which have been, or may be suggested. The purpose of this government is, to concur in none which would import hostility to Europe, or justly excite resentment in any of her states. Should it be deemed advisable to contract any conventional engagement on this topic, our views would extend no further than to a mutual pledge of the parties to the compact, to maintain the principle in

application to its own territory, and to permit no colonial lodgments or establishment of European jurisdiction upon its own soil; and, with respect to the obtrusive interference from abroad, if its future char-

j cording to the dictates of then awn con

sciences. 1 his privilege, sanctioned by the customary law of nations, and secured by treaty stipulations in n oertUi national compacts; secured even to our own citizens in the treaties with Colombia and with the federation of Central America, is yet to be obtained in the other South A-

merican states and Mexico. Existing pre

j.and nu:t have, anu have already import

ant political connexion?. With reierencc to whom our situation is neither distant nor detached. Wlmse political principles and systems of government, congenial with our own, must and will have an action and

re-action upon us and ours, to which we j cannot he indifferent if we would. .

The rapidity of our growth, and the con- j

jjodices are still struggling against it, jjsequent increase of oux strength, has more i li i 11 il U ii-.mntitrtc rf fills all-

which may, perhaps, be more successfully

combatted at this general meeting than at the separate seats of government of each republic. lean scarcely deem it otherwise than superfluous to observe, that the assembly will be, in its nature, diplomatic, and not legislative. That nothing can he trans

acted there obligatory upon any one of the

states, to be represented at the meeting, unless with the express concurrence of its own representatives, nor even then, but

subject to the ratification of its constitu

actcr may be inferred from that which rational authority at home. The faith of

has been, and, perhaps, still is, exercised in more than one of the new states, a joint declaration of its character and exposure ofittotlie world, may be probably all that the occasion would require. Whether the United States should or should not be pirlics to such a declaration, may justly form a part of the deliberation. That there is an evil to be remedied, needs little insight into the secret history of late) cars to know, and that this remedy may best be concerted at the Panama meeting, deserve, at least, the experiment of consid

eration. A concert of measures, having reference to the more effectual abolition of j the African slave trade, and the considera-1

J the United States to foreign powers can-

not otherwise be pledged. 1 shall, indeed, j in the first instance, consider the assembly I as merely consultative; and although the plenipotentiaries of the United States will be empowered to receive and refer, to the J consideration of their government, any proposition from the other parties to the mce- ! ting, thev will be authorized to conclude

than realized the anticipations of this ad

jmirable political legacy. Thirty years ; have nearly elapsed since it was written, land in the interval, our population, our wealth, our territorial extension, our pow-

er, phvsical and moral, has nearlv trebled, j ! 7 . . . ... r i

! Reasoning upon this state ot things irom j the sound and judicious principles of Washington, and must we not say, that the pe- ! riod which he predicted, as then not far off I has arrived? That America has a set of ! primary interests, which have none or a rej mote relation to Europe. That the ini terference of Europe, therefore in those ! concerns should be spontaneously withheld

j by her upon the same principles, that we j ;have never interfered with hers; and! that if she should interferons she may, by ' measures which may have a great and dan- j gerous recoil upon ourselves, we might be; called in defence of our own altars and; firesides, to take an attitude which would j

her, was not only urged, but u,rcc(h j clarcd herself. The congress "A istrationof that day consulted thtirfj and dulies,and not their fear?, pj termincd to give no needless diD'f t ? '

any foreign power, the United jjtJ"

estimate me prooaoiuiy oi their t',,

only by the right which, any foreiW'.?

could nave, to take it irom their

Neither the representation of the IT

States at Panama, nor any mea;,Jrl' which their assent may be ticlded t'-V will give to the holy le:ague,orol an v it, hers, nor to Spain, the right to take i ff. " For the rest, tlie United States mul,'-' as heretofore, take counsel from their ties, rather than their fears. Such are the objects in which it is exper , ,' the Plenipotentiaries of the United Hit-; commissioned to attend the meeting ;t th 1 will take part; and such are the motives ;u,-'1 pases with which the invitation ff the tUf p! j lies was accepted. It was, however, ;is th- v will perceive by the correspondence, nrr r j j upon condition that the nomination ofC.V:!.n crs for the iniion should recive tl.c ;u!-,V'i consent of the Senate. The concurruir ,, ., House to the measure, by the npprpria?;,-ri, sary lor carrying it into effect, is alike Miin, c. free determination, and indispensable tj thj inent of the intention. ' Thit the Congress at Vamros will arcorsv ! I or even any of the trnncendant hei-f fit? to ) man race, which warmed the conceplii n of i;J proposer, it were, perhaps, in iuleing too sira forecast of events to promise. It i, in i? ,"..! a measure speculative and experimental. '',

sing of Heaven rnriy turn itto the wccoiint t:'

ditionoflhe island of Hay ti is to be regar

ded, are also among the subjects mentioned by the minister from the republic of! Colombia, as believed to be suitable for j deliberation at the congress. The failure j of the negotiations with that republic, un ! dertaken during the lite administration,! for the suppression of that trade, in com-!

pliance with a resolution of the house cf representatives, indicates the expediency of listening with respectful attention to propositions which may contribute to the accomplishment f the great end which was the purpose of that resolution, while the result of those negotiations will serve as admonition to abstain from pledging this government to any arrangement which might be expected to fail of obtaining the advice and consent of the senate, by a constitutional majority, to its ratification.

Whether the political condition of the jj self is designed.

island ot Hayti shall be brought at all into discussion, at the meeting, may be a question for preliminary advisement. There are in the political constitution of government of that people, circumstances which have hitherto forbidden the acknowledgement of them by the government of the United State?, as sovereign and independent. Additional reasons for withholding that acknowledgement have recently been seen in their acceptance of a nominal sovereignty by the grant ofa foreign prince; under conditions equivalent to the concession by them, of exclusive cpmmercial advantages to one nation, adapted altogether to the state of eclonial vassalnge, and retaining little of independence but the name. Our plenipotentia rics will be instructed to present these views to the assembly at Panama; and, should they not be concurred in, to decline

cause our neutralitv to be respected, and

j nothing, unless subiect to the definitive , choose peace or war, as our interest euid- man improvement. Accidents unforrn

i sanction of this government, in all its con-lied bv justice, shall counsel. ij nuschat.ee not to be anticipated, may baffle" ... 4- i y- i. i I- ' J d hi'-h purposes, and disappoint its fair.-n j

siuuuoiUll lorms. 11 lias, merciore. Seem Tl,. nn-pntanro nft hu mtilafinn 1brf. I tinn. f'.nf thr dfsi -ii cront i h. r,, , sw

fore, far from conflicting with the counsel ! m u,e- It looks to the amelioration of the T " 4 . . r. ...... Ii - .-. . ...... i ..:L. . l .

i. n r . . i. .i i i ui'ii ui rii.ui. urn un' ni,ii nil i r, ii r in:

r un' poiio oi iiMiiiiuMi, i uiit-tu urducible from and conformable to it; nor is it less conformable to the views of m immediate predecessor, as declared in his annual message to congres, of the 2d of December. 1823, to which I have already averted, and to an important passage of which, I invite the attention of the house.

ed to nic unnecessary to insist, that every ohject to be discus:ed at the meeting, should be specified, with tin precision of a judicial sentence, or enumerated with

tion of the light in which the political con-j the exac tness of a mathematical demon- j

The purpose of the meeting it-j deliberate upon the jrreat and

stration. self is to

common interests of several new and neigh

boring nations. If the measure is new and without precedent, so is the situation of

the parties to it. That the purpotc? of

the meeting are sornew

I from being an objection

j cogent reasons lor its adoption. It n not lhe Atlantic. In the wars of the European ! the establishment of principles of inter- ; p0vVcrs, in matters relating to themselves, !

i louise wim one, out wiin seven or citini

prompted our declaration of indent ?r!f-n p, inpireil lh preamble to our firt t re t France; which dictated our firt treaty '.v:lh ; ?i , and the instructions under whi h if w h r; ated; which filled the hearts and fired ihtii.. the immortal founders of our Revolution. With this unrestricted expo-ition of the l.1 by which I have been gjoverned in this tn!; : a h ell as of the objects to he discussed, ami r;

erm", ii pf)sinic, to op attained ny our rci ff

Tlie citizens of the United States,"' said I tion at the propped Conirrc--?, I submit the ;t

hat the purpotcs of "cherish sentiments the most friend Iv in h l v ff appropriation to the candid ron-or , wh-it iinlpfitiit' fir' r i-i j i r T and riihhlcned r.atriotim of the Lendati. r. w"ai inueuniic, i.ti j javor ol tlie liberty ana happiness o. their' 1 jqiin QUINCY .A)A, )n to it, in among the j felloe men on that, (the European), side oi 1 ! "' ;

OXUGZI7AZ, FOSTHY.

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nations at once. 1 hat, before thev have

had the means of cichanin" ideas, and communicating with one another in corn

t we nave never taken anv nart. nor does ilM

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comport with our nolicv so to lo. it is on

ly when our rights are invaded, or serious i

; lv menaced, that v,e resent iniuries- or:

mon upon these topics, they should have ,. k nreoarati on for our defence. With I

uenniuveiv scmea ana arranceu mem in n.Ainmnrto n tuic lwm; l,nro

IIIV t Wlll IliJ til II I I III I Ii I J I V. V. V. I j

ted.

to

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preliminary 10 me meeting, mat ior me !;an cnli,?l,tcned and imnartiai observers.

....... ... me movements in tins Hemisphere, we a concert, is to require that the ellect should v( neCe,itv, more immediately connect precede the cause. It is to exact, as a ; ;and hv ca ' 5es w,icri must be obvious

i Among tlic inquiries which uere thought entitled to consideration before the determination was taken to accept the invitation, was, that, whether the measure might not have a tendency to change the I policy hithcrty invariably pursued by the United States, of avoiding all entangling i alliances, and all unnecessary foreign connexions. Mindful ( the advice given by the father of our country, in his farewell address,

and lm par tin

1 ... ..- . ,. 1 . ' I fiat J, or any of mv reader Know ;

THF: MILLER. a t.a t.E . on a time, ('tis no reat matli r wi r:

There li cd, (and 'tis as little matter where, , A dutv miller, mtjch like other men, j Cut of life's ill- he had a double share, j And of the 4,;ood things" scarcely one in trr,, j Yet what most vexed this meaiy son of care.

He had to combat all the ills of life, With an nutrapeoos tf rm igant to wife. Fie may have been an honest man for aujht

accomplishment of which the meeting it

;h essentially different in this respect fromj

I j that of America. This difference proceeds i

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from that which exists in their respective

governments. And to the defence of our

own, uhich ha been achieved by the loss!

ot so much blood and treasure, and matur

ed by the wisdom of theirmost enlightened ;

citizens, and under which we have enjoyed

unexampled felicity, this who.c n-ttion is I tlcvoted. We owe it, therefore, to can- j dor, and to the amicable relations subsist-' u between the United States and those !

that the great rule of conduct for us in re- j pov.era to declare, that we should consider ,

iu lon-ign nauons, is, in exienuing our any attempt on irieir part, to extend their- When b:.- and miikr. pousc, wt nt to the Lett

i commercial relation?, to have with them 'cystem to anv portion of this hemisnhere. i

as little political connexion as possible ; as dangcrons to our peace and safety. !

and, faithfully adhering to the spirit of that j With the existing colonies or dependencies :

j anmonnion, 1 cannot overlook the rcllec- j ot any European power, we have not inter- f

tion, that the counsel of Washington, injured, and shall not interfere. But with'

j that instance, like all the counsels of wis-; the governments who have declared their

; dom, was founded upon the circumstances J indcpcndenccand maintained it, and whose ! t! ill which OUT rnimtrv nml the n erld :i- ! i ndrriMndrnrr iv bi- nn rrrr.-it rkftiiL-r. i

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rilcu,M8 7"; UV;V Ke,ncni W"KU ,,M: round us worcMtuated,althfi lime wheii it jlation, and on just principles, acknowbc proposed upon different principles. j! was given. That the reasons as3igned by pledged, we could not view any intcrposiThe condition of the islands of Cuba ;; him for his advice were, that Europe had ij tion, for the purposes of oppressing them, and Porto Rico is of deeper import and jj a set of primary interests, which to us had jjor controlling in any other manner their

more immediate bearing npon the present' none, or a very remote telation. that interests and future prospects of our IJ- jj I hence she must be engaged in frequent nion. The correnondencc. herewith h controversies, the r.mtrs f which were es-

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sentially foreign to our concerns. That our detached and distant situation invited

But sometime, b- his customers 'twas thoapf t fie took n. little too much toll, or o ; And often empty tan were know n to go; Rut whether ho had pilfered them or not, 'Twras ure to he a draw-hack on I n la' our, And ahvajsiuade a fu? ;iraonj the rcighlcr? The nyill wis ?ittiale in such a place, That to pa to and fro without much trr'j!-!?, V. single pdank vralaid acrc.se tbe race; Far better, ('twill he seen,) had it f cen douLii One day, well biden, at hi uual prr, (Winch, by the hj, was but a limping 1.' h!r, He tried the platik, and half way o"er f a I ! :

A kind, ofricion ncichbor runs to f 11 The tracic (ory to the miller's wi;V Ho broke th plank, anil how the njilhr ft", And how ho lost the bac and lost hi !iiCut, 'twa no time on them" like t!ii to tic '! lie brinly told thr miller's watt-ry siri:V: ?ee there ajain!" exekimed the vixen hse, "Lord! wliat a fu.s ujll be about that ha:

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transmitted, wiilshow how earnestly it has engaged the attention of this covurnment. The invasian of both those islands by the united forces of Mexico and Colombians avowedly amoncj the object to be matured by the belligerent states nt Panama. The convulsions to which, from the peculiar composition of their population, they would be liable, in the event of such an in

vasion, and the danger therefrom resulting

Uesuny, oy an European power, in any other light than as the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition towards the United States. In the war between those new

governments and Spain, we declared our

fc enabled us to pursue a different course. l neutrality at the time of their recognition;!

That, by our union and rapid growth, with

an efficient government, the period was not

and to this we have adhered, and shall

continue to adhere, provided no change

far distant, when we might defy material juhall occur, which in the judgment of the

injury from external annoyance; when j; competent authorities of this government,! j we might take such an attitude as would - shall make a corresponding change, on the j cau-e our neutrality to be respected; and ; part of the United States, indispensable to i

wiui reierencc i otiugercni nations, uetr security.

of their falling ultimately into the hands of ij mi;ht choose peace or war, as our inter-

some Kumpcan power, other than Spain, will not admit of our looking at the consequences to which the congress at Panama may lead with indi (fere nee. It is unnecessary to enlarge upon this topic, or to say more than that all our efforts, in reference to this interest, will be to preserve the existing state of thing, the tranquility of the inlands, and the peace and tcturity of their inhabitants. And, lastly, the congress of Panama is t?li'ved to present a fair occasion fur urging upon all the new nations of th south, the jut and liberal principles of religious liberty. Not by any interference whatever in their internal concerns, but by claiming for our citizens, whose occupations or interests may c all them to occasional residence in their territories the inestimable privilege of worshiping their Creator ac

est, guided by justice, should counsel.

Compare our situation and the circumstances of that time, with those of the prc-

To the question which may be asked, whether this meeting and the principles'

! which may lie adjusted and settled by it as : j rules of intercouse between the American 1

si-nt day, and what, from the very words of jf nations, may not give umbrage to the holv Washington, then, would be hiscounsels to jj league of European powers, or offence to jhis countrymen now ? l'tttope has still i' Spam. t is d seined a sufficient answer, that i her set of primary inteiests, ilh which well our attendance at Panama can give no jmi j have little or no relation. Our distant jj came of umbrage or offence to either and ! j and detached situation with reference to;; that the United States will stipulate noth-' j Kurope, remains the same, lint, we were jj ing there which can give such cause. Here tlc-i the only independent nation of this the right of inquiry into our purposes and : j hemisphere; and we were surrounded b t measures must step. -The 1ml y league of

i.ni opt. iii ciMur.Hs, wim me greater part of which we had no more intei course, jiaii with the inhabitants of nnothrr 1 met. -Those colonies have now been transformed ir to eight independent nations extending to ur very borders. Seven of them - i.i;.... I i

icfiuiM , i!ur iuis(-i wiui whom we

have aa immensely yrowinf; ccmmcrcial,1

llui ope itself was formed without inquiring! of the United States whether it would or

would not give umbrage to them. Thej fear of giving umbrage to the hoI league; of Kurope was urged as a motive "for denj ing to the American nations the ncknow-l ledgment of their independence. That it! would be viewed hy Spain aa hostility to!

TO MELANCHOLY. Hail! dull, cioping nielnTfcholy, Pensive child of brooding folly, 15u-bear of the fuintinr crowd, And scorn of the fastidious proud, (Bugbear none, nor taunted scorn with mcj Come, my swelling soul is all for thee. Too' gleoni enwraps thy furrowed brow, 1 And sorrow', fading lilies blow, And cypress wreaths tby teii Us bracp, And murky shades invest thy face, There is a charm pervades thy noiseless calii f Peculiar, soft, and pleasurable to man. Wildertd by the fickle breeze, ( M ii may call thee what they pha?f, Drive theo frvm the tumid foul, Drown thee in the sordid bowl; They know thre nut, uor can thy virtue kr.c Till once their sick'uine; hearts be struck wUb f I know thy form and features wci', t And thy fantastic dres can tell, Thy sober step, thy settled eye, Thy fallen look, thy moaning sLN ; For with thee oft I shun the social b.un'.j, ;

here riot revels and uproar command

Agaio, with fervour thee I bail! My soul is sad, my spirits fai?, My heart oppressed, and fain wouU pr:f The gnerdon of thr frigid love, i

For with serening powers o'er my soul, Thy voice to maic y eate can all control-

She com I ee her in the shade, llejond the borders of the glade That opes the land by Alba's brink; ) There Pll meet her, there I'll drink j The cup she holds. Oh ! yield that cup w ' J My fv remaining i!ays I'll spend with th''e- i