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WIe will cling to the Pillars of thec Temple of our Lilberlies, and If it must fall, we will Perish amidst the Ruins." W. F. DURISOE, Proprietor' EDGEF-LIELD, S. Or, DECEMB~E 15, 1852. -L VI---- -0. drhct Vndrij. [Fromt the Palmetto Sentinel.] A WIFE WANTED. Ye fair ones attend, I've an (offering to muake you, In Ilynen's soft banns, I at anxious to :ve, Fur better, for worse, a compatnitm I'd take me; Provided she fills the deeseriptton I give. I neither expert nor eim oIpe ft.r a per.retion, For that never was in a baelielor's lot : But, chos-sing a wife, I wiamhl nmake a soelection, Wh:eh fnalny in nly Stuation would tot. I'd have, let tme s.-e-l' nwtliave a beauty, For beaut ful women are apt to be vain, Yet wtht a sniall share, I wonttl term it a duty To take her, be thatkful. and never comilain. Her forn must be gis.1, no art to constrain it, And rather above, than below nidie s:ze, A Notne thing-:t puzzles my bra:n to exilain it, I.ike eloquent language must flow from her eves. She must be well bred, tor I ennul1 not respect her, (;oodi if itured aUd ml.,Jest, hut not very coy ; 14-r m:nd well inifornd, 'tis the purified nettar, That sweeten's the cup of ly:nAeaAI joy. Her hoane shie uitist love, an doniestic employment, Have pract:eal kniowleJ- of lUselaold afk'r., And make it a liart of her higliest enjioyaeat To lessen the tails of lny life and its cares. IHer ag, I would have it at least to be twenty, But nut to exceed twenty-five at tie tost, An I the girls of that age being everywhere plenty, I hope to get one of that utunerous host. No fortun- I ask, for I've no predilretion, For glittering sp~lurge, nor the pattp of high life ; But wish to be bound by the cord of afleetion An. n.w I have drawn you a sketch of a wi''e. If any posies tihe above requisition, And wi-h to b., bounmd ,y the coajig:-.1 ioinn, They will please to step forwaril-tl--y know the condition - Inquire of the printer-'m always on hand. From the Star Sp11anglel Ianer. I PART FRO2 TEE, DEAI NATIVE HOME! I part fro-n thee, .lear tative iome, But oh mily heart's not mnine, For. thoughi f:r fronm thwe I roarn, 1Dear spot, tny h<-art is thine! Hark ! throu~th the jeepening gluom I ltear On whispering winds the village bell, FiA on, flow ot! ttou lintering tear, Sweet hope, it is thy knell. Dark is my path-n gloonty v-il I lides frotn my view the dawnin; morrow It catnnot smothe my ratnkling srrw ; When far front thee, dear natve home, New scentes tmy hetart would celter I'll turn front them and weep alone, For you, tny af!, a tear. I feel tht.- pangs. the soul-felt grief, Tihat teari nay fitart in twain The anigiish, as a home I leave, I ne'er tnay see again ! Such is toy sorrow-such mly thught Tio keen th-se pangs wousil be, If froin this earth. Almighty God, I could not look to thee! A SAFE BET. ABorT tite titme of tine first influx of im migration into California, a little scene oc eurred on the steamer Tennessee, during'r I one of her upward cruises itn the 1Pcific ocean, which we do not remember or seeing itn pritnt, but ever publlished or niot, will, we think, bear repeamting. One of these moral fungiL on society in general parlantce by the'sonbhrignect of "bllack leg's," had spreatd a temptinag hait, itn the wvay of a little faro, before at protmiscuousi assemblage (of suckers, lootsiers, Bucekeyves, Cornerneckers, &c., whlo were otn their way way to the New El Dorado. Among the nttmners was a sturdy Kentuckiant whto itt hutmable sutit or htomtespunt, stood watchinig the game writh initerest. hlere old teller, I lost a temn, that timuie, and here's the montey." " low is that," exelaimed the shtarper, " I saw yott make nto bet ?" " Well you see, I sez to nyself, sez I, that jack's beetn an uncomnmotn tucky keard, a dod darn mty pieters, ef I don't bet at ten ott it ; so thte pesky jack lost, and you've got mtr tmnoney. Tinkinig lhe had picked tip a green horn, .the gaamble-r gave a sly winik att thme fe~w "koanwintg ones," whto eneireled him, antdI wvent ont with the gamse. Mter a fewu (deaks, our cornt cracker stsmck ed his fist emphatticatlly otn thme table, atnd ex claimed :" Dod rabbit it, thar goes anmother 'sa w-buck,' on the plaguey jack, here take it old horse fly." With, ani illisttppressed grin of satisfatction the sharper took the motney, and added it to thme rapidly growitig ptile before him. In duie course of time, the jack came tip triumphanit, andl~ otur yeomtan, jumipintg tup nearly to the ear intes, cracked his heels to gethmer atnd exclauimed: " By G-d, 1 trongflfy that time ; so fork up you lovely old cuss you." The "sell" was so evident, that the gain. bler hadl nothinig ekse to do thtan to paty the miontey with the remtark thatt " the next tinme thte Kentuckian madie a het, lhe wa~nted him to putt thne money downt."-Cinciati Coum muercial. TUE followinig rich scente recenttly occur red itn one of our cons of juistice het ween the judge and a Dutch wvitness all the way from Ilotterdam: Jud~ge-hat~t is your native latngtuage? Witness-I lbe tto ttntive, l'se a Duttchtman. J.-What is your mothmer tongue ? W-Oh, fader says she be all tongue. J.-(ins an irritatble tte)- W hat lanuaige did you speatk in thte cratdle?. W.-I did niot speak atny hangniage it the cradle at all, I onily eried in Doochi. " YocNG nman, dho you knsow whtat rela tions you suistain in this world !" said a minister of our acquaitntar.cc to a youtng man of the church. " Yes, sir," said the htopefual convert, " two cousimns and~ a gratnd motther, btut I don't intend to sustam themt PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE, No-r having room to give the Message of President FILLMOnEs in full, we have taken the trouble of reading it closely, with the purpose of selecting such extracts as might occur to us as being of greatest interest. The sum and substance of the rest we give in our own lIaguage as briefly as possible. With all due respect for his Presidential Highness we must premise our extracts by saying that the very first short sentence we meet with, is an utter mistake. A more "ex. traorditnary political event" than PIERCE's alost nanimons elevation to the Presideni cy, involving (as it has done) the entire overthrow of the Whig Party, has not per. haps occurred since the R1evolution. Ap. propriate brevity characterises the remaining portion of the exordium. Fellow. Citi:ens of the Senate and House of Represenitatires: The brief space which has elapsed since the close of your ist Session has been marked by no 7extraordina.iy political event. The quadrennial election of Chief magis trate has passed off with less th:an the 1sn:al excitement. [lowever individu:ds and par ties may have beem disappointed in the re sult, it is nevertheless a riubject of national colgratulationi th:at the choice has beenl ef rected by the indeipen'dent suifrrages of a free people, undisturbe4 by those influences which in other countries have too often af fected the purity of popular elections. Our grateful thanks are due to an All inerciil Providence, not only for staying the pestileice whih in difli-rent forms has desolated some of our cities, but For crown ing the liaors of the husbandnan with an ahanadanit harvest, and the nation generally with the blaessings of peace and jrosperity. Within a ti-w w-eks the public mind has r been deeply afTected by the death of Daniel Webster, filling at his decease the office of Secretarv of Stale. His associates in the Exeeutive governmenvt have sincerely sym pathized with his fainiy and the public gen erally on this mournful occasion. 11is com manding talents, his great political and pro- C fessional eminence, his wiell-tried patriotism, and. his long and faithful services, in the c nnst important public trusts, have caused his death to be lanm-nted throughout the country, and have earned for him a lasting place inl our history. -Mter this. rfllos a paragraph or two nlhout the Fisierius. ThaT e retC ty between our Government and England in this matter has been terminated every news paper reader knows. The 1-residenit anti cipates that the remaining points at issue wvill lie settled amicably dur-ig the ensuing w inter. In reference to Cula, the Message con tains the following statement and opinions: The afTairs of Cuba formed a prominent topic in my last annnal message. They re main in, ani uneasy condition, and a feeling of alarm and irritation on the part of the r Cub:an anthoities appears to exist. This 1 fe'eling has interfered with the regular coin mereial intercourse between the Utnited I States and the i2land, andl led to some acts I of which we have a right to complain. But the Capt;ain G ener-al of Cuba is clothed with i no0 poawer to treat with foreign goveruunents,i nor is lie ini any deg-e uindera the control of I the Spaanish Minister at Washington. A~ ny 1 comnmunaicatioan wvhich lie may hold witha an geiit of a foreigni pow'er is informal and matter of courtesy. Anxious to put ian cnd I to the existing inconveniences, (which seem I to rest on a isconceptioii,) I directed the newly appointed Miniisteir to Mexico to visit Havanai, on his way to V7erat Cruz. He w-as re'spettlly received by the Captain Geni eral, who conferred with him freely on the recent oceurrences; but no permanent ar rag!emienit was effected. In the mnean time, the refusal of the Cap taini Ge~neral to allow passeiigers and the mail to lie landed ini certain cases, for a rea son which does not furnish in the opinion of this Govei-rnment even a grood presumptive grouind for such a prohibaition, has been made thae subject of a serious remonstranlce at M:id d; and I have no reason to dloubit that due respect will be paid by the gov eriim-nt of Her Catholic Majesty to the repetsentations which our Minister has been instructed to make on the subaject. It is but justice to the Captain General to add, that his conduct towar-ds the steamers employed to carry the mnai~s of the United States to Havana has, w~ith the exceptions aove alludeid to, been marked with kind ness and liberality, and indicates no0 general purpose of interfering with the commercial corespondenice and intercourse between the island and this country. Early in the presenit year oflicial notes werec reec-ivedl from thle Ministers of France and England, inviting the Government of the United States to become a party with Great Britain and France to a tripartite Convention, ini iirtue of which the three powers should sever-ally and collectively dis claim, now and for the future, aull intentioni to obtain possessioii of the Island of Cuba, and should bind themselves to discoun te naic all attempts to that effect on the part of any power or indlividual whatever. This invitation has heen respectfully declinied, for reasons which it would occupy too mueh space in this communication to state in dei tail, but which led me to think that the pro posed measure would be of doubtful con stttoaiy, impolitic, adunavailing. I have, however, ini common withu several of my paredecessors, directed thie- Ministeirs of France :and England to lbe assured that the Uited States entertinu no designs against Cubau; but that, on the contrary, I should regard its incorporation into the Union at the present time as fraught with serious peril. Were this island comparatively destitute of inihabitants, or oecnpaied lby a kindred rac., I shonul regard it, if voluntarily ceded by Spain. as a most desirable acquisition. But, under existing circumstances, I should look upon its incorporation into our Union as a very hazardous measure. It would bring into the Confederacy a population of a di1'erent national stock, speaking a differ ent language, and not likely to hannonize with the other members. It would probably affect in a prejudicial manner the industrial interests of the Sounth; and it might revive those conflicts of opinioi between the dif ferent sectiois of the country, which hitely shook the Union to its centre, and which have been so happily compromised. After this, the Preident goes on to Speak of the projected ship-canal across the Isth. mins of Suez, to which it seems Costa Rica and tihe Mosquito Indians have assented, while Nicaragua still staids aloof, vith such graduailly rel:xing sternness however that it it hoped she will also soon be imn a consent ing moo.l.-Venezuela is said to have ac knowledged some chims of our citiens 'Tlie tew Confederacy of States in South Amlilerica is to be approached by our Minhis. er and Charge dkrairs in that section on he subject of Commercial privileges, and t is hoped tie extensive conutries upon the La Pata will soon be opened to our trade. To the treaty with Uruguay there is the -6llowing brief allusion: A treaty of commerce has been conclu. led between the United States and tle Or mtal Republic of Uruguay, which will be aid before the Senate. Should this Con 'enlioll go into operation, it will open to the :ommiercial etelt(rprise of our citizens a coun ry of great extent and unsurpassed in natu -;l resotIrCes, hut from which foreign nations lave hitherto been aliost wholly exclnded. The title of Peru to the Lobos Islands is fted as being now beyond a doubt. Am >le apology has been made for the wrong lone her by our shippinlg. She is disposed 1 be frieIldly and to give us facilities in thei .11,1no trade.-The account of our Pacifc >rospects is interesting. We give it entire. Our settlements on the shores of the Pa :ifie have already given a great extension, d ill some respects a new direction, to our omnmerce in that ocean. A direct and ra Jduly.iniereasinmg intercourse has sprong up vith Eastern Asia. The waters of tie iorthern Pacific, even into the Arctic sea, iave of late years been frequented by our halemen. 'he application of steam to the riCeq .4 uro8 ose jfnavigation is.booming aily more common, and mliINsIr o obtain fel and other necessary supplies it convenient points on the route between bla and ouir Pacific shores. Our unfortu ate coluntrymein who from time to time uuffer shipwreck on the coasts of the eastern as are entitled to protection. Besides hese specific objects, tle general prosperity f our states on the Pacific requires that an ttempt should lie made to opell the oppo. ito regions of Asia to a imuttially beneficial terourse. It i.< obvious that this attempt could be nade by no power to so great ajdvantage as Iv the United States, whose constitutional istem excludes every idea of distant colo ial dependencies. I have accordingly been ed to order an apopropriate naval force to J. lan, minder the command of a discreet and iteligeiit oficer of the highest rank known o our service, lie is inst rueted to endeavor o obitain f'rom thle government of that coun rv some relaxationi of tile inhlospitable and3( nti-social systeml which it ha~s pursued for libolt two cenituries. lie has been dlirectedi ):rtiularlyV to remnstrate in the strongest anguage algatnst tihe cruel treattment to which tr shipwrecked mairi ners have often been ubjeted, anmd to insist that tiley' shall be rented with humanlliity. He is inlstructedl lowever at the sameC time to give that gov !tiramen't the amiphest assurnmces thalt the ob ects of the United States ar'e snehl and such lly as I have indicated, and1( thazt tihe expe hition is frienldly and peaceful. Notwith Itadinlg the jealousy with which tile govern. nents of Easternl Asia re'gard all overtures -rom1 foreigners, I ala not without hopes of a >eneficial result of thle expeditioni. Should it > crowned with success, thle adivanitag~es *ihllnot be c2onfinled to the United States, ut, as in thle case of China, will be equally nioed hlv all thle othler marflitimle powers. hi'tve mnlch satisfaction ini statinlg that ini ill thle stepls preparatory to tis e'xpeLditionl Ile Governimenlt of the~ United States has >een1 materially aided by the good oli-em's >f tile King of the Nethlerlanlds, the only En-1 -opean power hlaving aniy comm~lercial reila :irons with Japani. TIhe Treasury, after paying the expenidi 1mmes of thle fiscal year eniiniig Junie 30th rd( a port ion of tihe Publie Debt (incuding hie last instalmuenlt to Mexico) had fourteen niliols left. During thme same time theO cuntry has imiportedh to the amount of $207 M,01, and has exported to thme amounit sf $107,000,000, besides $12,000,000 of pecie. The miessage next mahlintints theO necessity of a moderate discriminating TariffT for protection, reiterating the old arguments. It then recommlends that duties be levied accordinig to tile val ue of mercebandise inl our ports, not, as now', accordinlg to thle es timate at the place of shlipment. Th~e main11 reason for this is to prevent fraud by false invoices.-Ctnommo humanity backs tile fol lowing sulggestionl ill reference to our In dian aflair: TIhe Senalte not having thlough~t proper to ratify the treaties whieb 1had( beeni negotiated w1ithl the tribes of Indians in Calhifommia and11 Oregon, our relaftionls with them have been left i a very umnsatisfalctory conlditionl. In other piarts ofomur territory partictular districts of country have been set apart for tle exclusliv'e oeenpaItion of' tile Indians, and their right to the lands withinu those limits hs beemn acknowledged and( respected.- But il Calfornia and 0 regon thlere has been 1no .. .cgilimol by thme Governlmnt of the ex elusive right of the Indians to any part of the country. They are. therefore mere tenants at sufferance, and lhible to be driven from place to place, at the pleasure of the whites. 'he treaties whie h have been rejected proposed to remedy this evil by allotting to the diff'erent tribes districts of country suita ble to their habiti of life, and sufficient for their support. This provision, more than any other, it is believed,led to their rejection, and as no substitute for it has been adopted by Congress, it has not been deemed advisa lIe to attempt to enter into new treaties of a permaneut character, although no effort has been spared by tnmporary arrangements to preserve friendly relations with them. If it be the desire 6f Congress to remove them from the country altogether, or toas. sign to them particular districts more remote from the settlements of the whites, it will be porper to set apart 6y law the territory wvhich they are to occupy, and to provide the nieans necessary for removini, them to it. Justice alike to onr own citizens and to the Indians reqnires the promptgaction of Congress on this subject. From facts knowr to the Government, a general emigration of the Seminoles is pro. mised at an early d4y.-The report of the General Land office shows that near five millions of acres of the public domain have been disposed of within the last fiscal year, in the way of sales location of land war rants,&c. For internal improvements, three muilions of acres haie been appropriated.- I The survey of the ;territory acquired from Mexico is not yet completed, the work hav. ving been stopped from some deficiency in the provision made by Congress for defray ing the expenses thereof.-Several improve ments of the Distridt of Columbia, snch as a supply of water, nving the streets &c., are recommended bi Congress, under whose special care that histrict is.-Out of our army of 11,000 meb, 8,000 have been em ployed in protectin our frontier, which they I have done with g tiying success.-lt is urged upon Texas t.' set apart a small por tion of her vast ter tory, for the occupancy of the Indians withi her borders, to prevent animosities which 34ould prove troublesome i to the General Go rnment.-Some appro. priation is recomm ded for fortifications on the Atlantic. cons Additional appropria. tions will be requi for the completion of ealdg rbor.<maet- I ment di le marks upon our Ni"Val af'airs are not with. out interest : The report from the Navy Department will inform you of the prosperous condition of the branch of the public service commit ted to its charge. It presents to your con sideration many topics and suggestions of t which I ask your approval. It exhibits an unusual degree of activity in the operations of the Deptartieint during the past year. The preparati.,ns for the Japan expedition, to which I have already alluded; the arrange. ments made for the exploration and survey r of the China Seas, the Northern Pacific, and t lkchring's Straits; tihe incipient measures taken towards a reconnoisance of the conti. ient of Africa eastward of Libemia ; the pre. paration for an early examination of the tri. btaries of the River La Plata, which a recent decree of a provisional Chief of the Argentine Confederation has opened to na vigation; all these enterprises, and the means by which they are proposed to be acczom pished, have commanded my full approba ion, anrd I hav'e no doubt will be productive of the mxost useful results. Two officers of the navy were heretofore instructed to explore thre whole extent of the Amazon river from the confines of Peru to its mouth. Thlie return of one of them has I placed in the possession of the Governmentt an interesting and valuable account of' thei character and resources of a country abound-' ing in the materials of commerce, and which, if opened to the industry of the world, will prove an inexhaustible fund of wvealth. The report of this explorationi will be cnmmutni cated to youi as soon as it is completed-. Among other subjects offered to your no tiee by the Secretary of the Navy, I selecti for special *omnmendation, ini view of its < connexion with the interests of the navy, the plan1 submitted by hinm for the establishment of a permanent corps oh seamen, anid the I suggestions he has presented for the re-or ganization of the Naval A cademy. In reference to the first of these I take occasion to say that I think it will greatly I improve the efficiency of the service, and that I regard it as still more entitled to fav'or for the salutary influence it muust exert upon< the naval discipline, now greatly disturbed by tho increasing spirit of insubordination, 1 resulting from our presenlt system. Thel i plani proposed for the organization of thei seamen furnishes a judicious substitute fori the law of September, 1850, abolishing cor poral punishment, and satisfactorily sustains the policy of that act, under conditions well adapted to maintain the authority of comn mand, amid the order- and security of our ships. It is believed thamt any change wich propo ses permanently to dispense with this mode of punishment, should be preceded by a sys tem of eulistmnent which shall supply thme navy with seamen of the most meritorious class, whose good deportment arid pride of character may preclude all occasion for a resort to penalties of a harsh or degrading nature. TIhc safety of a ship and her crew is often dependarnt upon immediate obedience to a command, and the authority to enforce it must be equally ready. The arrest of a refractory seaman, in such moments, not eonly deprives the ship of indispensable aid, but imposes a necessity for dlouble service on others wvhose fidelity to their duties may be relied upon in such an emergency. Thle exposure to this increased and arduous labor, since the passage of the act of 1850, has already haid, to a most observable and irnju inns extent, the effect of nrm-nting the en listment of the best seamen in the navy. The plan now suggested is designed to pro mote a condition of service in which this objection will no longer exist. The details of this plan may be established in great part, if not altogether, by the Executive, under the authority of existing laws; but I have thought it proper, in accordance with the suggestion of the Secretary of the Navy, to submit it to your approval. The establishment of a corps of appren. tices for the navy, or boys to be enlisted un till they become of age, and to be employed under such regulations as the Navy Depart. ment may devise, as proposed in the report, I cordially approve and commend to your Donsideration ; and I also concur in the sug. gestion that this system for the early training if seamen may be most usefully engrafted upon the service of our merchant marine. The receipts of the P. 0. Department are less by $1,431,000 than in the preceding iscal year, owing to the reduction of post. ige. The President still recommends an idhesion to the late law.-The next long iaragraph enumerates the various things to vhiclh President Fillmore has called the at :ention of Congress in former messages, but which Congress has not thought proper to ict upon. and concludes by recommending hem again and for the la.t time.-Then omes an allusion to the Cabinet and the langers of corruption, which we give as )eing decidedly good: I think it due to the several executive De )artments of this Government to bear testi. nony to the elliciency and integrity with vhich they are conducted. With all the -reful superiitendamice which it is possilble or the heads of those departments to exercise till the due administration and guardianship if the public mioney must very much depend mi the vigilance, the intelligence, and fidelity >f the subordinate officers and clerks, and specially on those entrusted with the sett)e nent ani adjustment of claims and account. am gratified to believe that they have gen. rally performed their duties faithfully and ell. They are appointed to guard the ap iroaches to the public treasury, and they oc upy positions that expose them to all the emptations and seductions which the cupid. ty of peculators and fiandulent claimants an prompt them to employ. It will lie but wise precaution to protect the Government gainst that source of mischief and corrup ion, as far as it can be done, by the enact. aent of all proper legal penalties. The ws, in this respect, are supposed to be de. v- d .thereror.Aeem it-my,duty to a y6ur-atention to e sue, ande t ommend that provision be made by law for he punishment not only of those who shall ceept bribes, but also of those who shall romnise, give, or offer to give to any of those ficers or clerks a bribe or reward, touching r relating to any matter of their oflcial ac ion or duty. The remaining portion of the message ve append without mutilation. Many of lie reflections contained therein are just ,nd the tone is good. As the parting admno. ition of an American President it merits he attention of every American citizen. It has been the uniform policy of this lovernment from its foundation to the pre ent day to abstain from all interference in be domestic anfliS of other nations. The onsenence has been that whlile the nations ,f Europe have been engaged in desolating ars, our country ha~s pursued its peacefl ourse to uniexamlhed prosperity and hap. iess. The wars in wvhich we have been ompeled to engage, in defence of the ights amid honor of the country, have been rtunately of short duration. During the errific contest of nation against nin, rhichi succeeded thme French revolution, we vre eniabled by the wisdomn and firmness of 'resident Washington to maintaini our neuo rality. Whlile other niatiomns were drawn ito this wiide sweepinlg whirlpool, w~e sat iiiet and uiinoved upo~n our own shores. Vhile the flower of their numerous armies vas wasted by disease or perished by hun res of thousands upon thme battle-field, the outhi of this favored land wvere permitted enjoy the blessings of peace beneath the aternal roof. While the States of Europe incurred enormous debts, under the burden f which their subjects still groan, and chi must absorb no small part of the pro luct of the honest industry of those coon ries for gencrationis to come, the Umnited tates have once been enabled to exhibit thme iroud spectacle of a nation free from public ebt; and, if permitted to pursue our pros. ierons way for a few years longer in peace, ye may do thme same again. But it is now said by some that this poli y must lie changed. Europe is no longer eparated from us by a voyage of months, mt steam navigaioni has brought her with n a few days' sail of our shores. We see nore of her movements, and take a deeper nterest in her controversies. Although no ne proposes that we should join the frater ity of potentates wvho have for ages lavish ed the blood and treasure of their subjects mintaining " the balaiice of power," yet it s said that we ought to interfere between ,ontending sovereigns and their subjects, or the purpose of overthrowing the mon irehies of Europe and establishing in their ~lace republican institutions. It is alleged .hat we have heretofore pursuedh a different ~onrse from a sense of our weakness, but hat now our conscious strength dictates a hange of policy, and that it is consequent ly our duty to mingle in these contests and aidl those who are struggling for liberty. This is a most seductive but dangerous appeal to the generous sympathies of free. meon. Enjoying as wve (10 thie blessings of am free governiment, there is no man who has an American heart that wvould not rejoice to see these blessings extended to all other nations. We cannot witness the struggle between the oppressed and his oppressor anyhere withount the deepest sympathy for the former, and the most anxious desire for his. tiumph. 'neethelnes is it itleit or is it wise to involve ourselves in these for. eign wars I Is it indeed true that we have heretofore refrained from doing so merely fron the degrading motive of a conscious weakness I For the honor of the patriots who have gone before us, I cannot admit it. Men of the Revolution who drew the sword against the oppressions. of the mother country, and pledged to Heaven " their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor" to maintain their freedom, could never have been actuated by so unworthy a motive. They knew no weakness or fear where right or duty pointed the way, and it is a libel upon their fair fame for us, while we enjoy the blessings for which they so nobly fought and bled, to insinuate it. The truth is that the course which they pursued was dictated by a stern sense of international justice, by a statesmanlike prudence and a farseeing wisdom, looking not merely to the 1 present necessities, but to the permanent i safety and interest of the country. They i knew that the world is governed less by I sympathy than by reason and force; that it was not possible for this nation to become a " propagandist" of free principles without i arraying against it the combined powers of I Europe; and that the result was more like. ly to he the overthrow of republican liberty i here than its establishment there. History i has been written in vain for those who car doubt this. France had no sooner estah. I lished a repnblican form of government I than she manifested a desire to force its i blessings on all the world. Her own histo. i rian informs us that, hearing of some petty r acts of tyranny in a neighboring princi. i pality. " The National Convention declared that she would afiord succor and fraternity to all nations who wished to recover their lib- I erty; and she gave it in charge to the execu- 1 tive power to give orders to the generals i of the French armies to aid all citizens who i might have been or should be oppressed in r the cause of liberty." Here was the false r step which led to her subsequent misfor- t tunes. She soon found herself involved in a war with all the rest of Europe. In less d than ten years her government was changed C from a republic to an empire: and finally, il after shedding rivers of blood, foreign pow. c ers restored her exiled dynasty, and exhaust. b ed Europe sought peace and repose in the t1 unquestioned ascendency of monarchial ti principles. Let us learn wisdom from her c example. Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish freedom. Our own free institutions were not the offspring of our Revolution. They existed before. They were planted in the free charters of self government under whicl the ,:lish colo - and 0 fre power, whose government was at'vaiiAno' with those institutions. But European na tions have had no such training for self gov. g ernment, and every effort to establish it by c bloody revolutions have been, and must, o without that preparation, continue to be a I failure. Liberty, unregulated by law, do. t generates into anarchy, which soon becomes t the most horrid of all despotisms. Our I policy is wisely to govern ourselves, and c thereby to set such an example of national t justice, prosperity, and true glory, as shall e teach to all nations the blessings of self. P government, and the unparalleled enterprise c and success of a free people. t We live in an age of progress, and ours t! is emphatically a country ol progress.- t, Within the last half century the number of t, States in this Union hats nearly doubled, the r population has almost quadrupled, anid our boundaries have been extended from thme tl Mississippi to time Pacific. Our territory is s uhequered over with railroads, and furrowed f with canals. The inventive talent of our i ountry is excited to the highest pitchl, and s the numerous applications for patents for ii valuable improvements distinguish this age s and this people from all others. The gemnius t f oneo American has enabled our commerce I to move against wind anid tide, and that of 11 another has annihilated distance in thme e transmission of intelligence. The wvhole e country is full of enterprise. Our common t, schools are dilosing intelligence among the f people, and our industry is fast nccumulating t the comforts and luxuries of life. This is li in part owvinmg to our peculiar position, to e our fertile soil, and comparatively sparse population ; but much of it is also owving to e the popular institutions under which we live, t to time freedom- wthich every man feels to c engage in any useful pursuit, according to his taste or inclination, and to. tihe entire confidence that his person and property will -r be protested by thme laws. But wvhatever mm miay be tihe cause of this unparalleled growth tl in popiulation, intelligence, and wealth, one i tiing is clear, that the Governnment must keep pace with the progress of tihe people. s It must participate in their spirit of enter- c pise, and wvhile it exacts obedienee to time c laws, and restrains all unauthorized invasions I of time rights of neighboring States, it I should foster and protect home industry, e and lend its powerful strength to the im.t provement of such meanis of intercommu nication as are necessary to promote ouri internial commerce anid strengthen time ties< which bind us together as a people. It is not strange, however much it may be I regretted, that such an exuberance of enter prise should cause some individuals to mis take change for progress, and the invasion of the rights of others for national prow~ess and glory. The former are constantly agi tating for some change in the organic law, 1 or urging new and untried theories of hu. mian rights. The latter are ever ready to1 engage in any wild crusade against a neigh horing people, regardless of the justice of time enterprise, and without lookimng at the fatal consequence to ourselves amid to the cause of popular goverunment. Such expe. ditions, however, are often stimulated by mercenary individuals, who expect to share the plunder or profit of the enterprise with. out exposing themselves to danger, and led on by some irresponsible foreigner, who abuses the hospitality of our ownm Govern. menit by seducing the younmg and ignorant to joimn in his scheme of personal ambition or ... ree,, tindr th alse.1. .amd deli.e. pr. tence of'extending the area of freedom. These reprehensible aggressions but retard' the true progress of our nation and tarnish its fair fame. They should, therefore, re ceive the indignant frowns of every good citizen who sincerely loves his country, and takes a pride in its prosperity and honor. Our Constitution, though not perfect, is loubtless the best that ever was formed. Therefore let every proposition to change it -e well weighed, and if found beneficial -autiously adopted. Every patriot will re-: nice to see its authority so exerted as to advance the prosperity and honor of the iation, whilst he will watch with jealousy ny attempt to mutilate this charter of our' iberties, or pervert its powers to acts of iggression or injustice. Thus shall conser ratism and progress blend their harmonious tetion in preserving the form and spirit of. he Constitution, and at the same time car y forward the great improvements of the ountry with a rapidity and energy which reemen only can display. In closing this, my last annnal communi ation, permit me, fellow citizens, to congrat late you on the prosperous condition of our, )eloved country. Abroad its relations with dl foreign powers are friendly; its rights are 'espected, and its high place in the family of iations cheerfully recognised. At home we njoy an amount of happiness, public and orivate, which has probably never fallen to lie lot of any other people. Besides afford. ig to our own citizens a degree of prosper. ty, of which on -so large a scale I know of 0 other instance, our country is annually fTording a refuge and a home to multitudes, Itogether without example, from the Old Vorld. We owe these blessings, under Heaven, to. ie happy Constitution and Government. vhich were bequeathed to as by oar fathers, nd which it is our sacied duty to transmit all their integrity to our children. We nust all consider it a great distinction and rivilege to have been chosen by the people i bear a part in the administration of such Government. Called by an unexpected ispensation to its highest trust at a season f embarrassment and alarm, I entered upon s arduous duties with extreme diffidence. I aim only to have discharged them to the est of an humble ability, with a single eye to ie publie good; and it is with devout grati ide, in retiring from office, that I leave the >untry in a state of peace and prosperity. MILLARD FILLMORE. WasutoroN, December 6, 1852 IhUM LOOK -T: "Twenty-four Pedlars all in a Row." On Monday morning last, twentj-four Irish reil supplied pods, consisting of silks, laces, muslins lin is, &c., &c., which they will, no doubt, en eavor to dispose of without the usual taxes vied on merchants and regular pedlars. It lierefore, behooves those who pay taves for ne privilege of selling goods, to keep a sharp ok out for these characters. When these haracters first made their appearance in is neighborhood, it was to sell a little lin n, the produce of their own hands, to sup. ly the dear wife and children with potatoes, r to remove them to this" blessed coun. y;" and their pitiful tales excited sympa. iy enough in their behalf, to enable them ) do a good business. This fact added to ieir number, until the whole country is over zn wvith them. It may not be generally known, but never eless, such is the fact, that the business is - -stematically prosecuted, not only by these )ot-patds, but by men of wealth. In Newr rork there are several large establishments, ,hieh import all the goods, smuggling in as aany as possible. These establishments ent out the foot-pads all over the country retail the goods, in direct violation of w. -fence their ability to undersell the omost dealer, who pays the duties and tax a. The system has grown, until it has be= ome a serious evil, and should be put a stop . We (10 not doubt there are many who )r the sake of getting bargains, will buy or iese men, and keep their secret; but a verg ttle effort on the part of those whose inter at are niost affected, will arrest the evil. ft is possible these men may be abolitio, mmissaries, and that they may be as inten y sowing the seeds of incendiarism, as up u selling goods.-Cheraw Gazette. Ma. CAu~uoux's OPINso~s wiTH REGAR o Cunit.-The New York Journal of Cow erce prevous to a wellI reasoned article o e policy of the South in relation to Cut ankes the followving statement: "'rhe great Statesman who so long and ly represented South Carolina in the co, la of the nation, once observed to us in onversation relating to this island, that'C a was forbidden fruit to the United State le spoke at great length and with mu arnestness, of the dangers from the attem , absorb it, and declared that our poli. ith respect to it shonld be limited to prev Lu being acquired by any of the strong Ge ruments of the world; that it was in andls o t a wveak power,wvhich held it n ort of stakeholder betwieen the nations he earth ; that through our commerce -ere quietly but effectually enjoying all ti -e could claim or expect of its industry ; s Government was improving through ~xample; that life and property were ~oming entirely safe there, and that the hisition of the island through conquest, c ining as it did a foreign, and, also, asa opulation, wvould be fraught with great ;ers to us, and must be prevented. - CoUNTrEaFEIT.-We were yesterday ab. acounterleit 820 bill on the Commi --n ank of this town. The note has a vil ous look, bad paper and badly execute& ead of the vignette runs into the cure t the top of the bill " Colunmbia South oina." The signatures of the Cashier President, A. J. Crawford and A. Blan are evidently written with the same ink. word " T wenty," on the left hand lowe ner of the bill, is very much bhlrred -