Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-01-29

the American people, that from Maine tn
Georgia, and from the Atlantic to the Gulf of
Mexico, the sentiment of appreciation has
blazed with the rapidity of electricity. Tina,
II Is felt with the deepest intensity, that il is
expressed IN almost every possible form, aud
that II increases with every new day and pass.
ing hour. And, Sir, are we alone 10 be insuIat-
ed from the common moral atmosphere of the
whole land ? Shall we shut ourselves up in
apathy, and separate ourselves from our couD-
try from our constituents? from our Chief
| Magistrate
The measure, Sir, has been unwarrantably
magnifed. Gentlemen speak of the watch
ful jealousy the Turks, aud seem 10 think
that the lightest movements in this body Wi,
be matter of speculation at Constaniinoplp.-
he could assure the gentlemen that the Eu
ropean powers attached no such vast impur
lance tn our acts and dclibeI atons as som..
seemed To suppose. The Tur. will in all pro-
| liability never hear of the z. {, ,lpmen's names
who either advocate or oppose the resolution.
The resolution is certainly not without, its W.
lue, hut that value, is wholly moral value !:
il throws our little tribute into the vast stream
| of public opinion, which sooner or later. must
regulate the physical action upon the great in
terests of the civilized world. But, sir, RELY
upon it the Turk is not about To declare war
because this nnoffending proposition has been
offered by my honorable friend from Mlassa-
chusetts, of whom, however eminent in orr
own country. the Sublime Porte has never
yet heard. The Allied Powers are not going
to he thrown into d state of alarm by a ,solI
ton appropriating two or three thousand dol
lars To send an agent To Greece.
| The question has been argued as if the
Greeks were likely TO be- exposed to iu-
creased sufferlngs i'm consequence of such a
measure as if the Turkish cimetar would be
sharpened by its influence, and dyed deeper
and yet deeper in Christian blood Sir If
such is to- be the effect ofihe declaration of our
sympathy, it must have happened already
That expression is very fully and distinctly
given, in the message the President to both
Houses of Congress, not only this wear. hui
last. And would again remind the gentle
man, that ii is the Presidents Message, and
not any record of our debates, that goes the
| rounds of the European Cabinets This do
cument is translated into their several! Ian
guages, and is read by their Ministers of State.
and possibly by some of the Sovereigns them
selves possibly by the Divan; hut our re.
solutions are all for domestic use-for home
consumption they never will meet either
royal or imperial eyes. In that message tn.
President, after most eloquent and touching
representation of the feelings excited by the
Greek insnrrection, tells you, that The domin
ION of the Turk over that people is gone for
ever, and that the most sanguine hope is en-
teranrd that they will succeed in establish
ing their independence. Well, Sir, il this is
the fact, If their Independence is almost
achieved, if the allied powers themselves. pos
slbly before we shall again meet in this Hall.
may acknowledge that independence is il not
ht to make provision that our President NAV
be among the foremost in that acknowledge
mentor, AT least, not among the last
Ruf Sir ca far tii. -
likely, if passed, To produce injury to. the
Greeks, IT is likely To have a directly opposite
effect. Sir, the Turk with all his power, and
IN all the elevation OF his despuiic throne is nj
last but man he is made as we are, of flesh.
of muscle, of bones, and sinews /; he can feel
and, Sir. he has felt the uncalcuating yalor of
American freemen in some of his donnions
and when he is made tn understand that not
only the Executive Of this government. but
that this nation that our entire political f;-
brio, base, column and entablature rulers and
people, with heart, soul, mind, and strength,
are all on the side of the nation he is crushing.
he will be more likely to restrain, than 10 in
crease his atrocities upon suffering and bleeding |
Greece.
The gentleman from New Hampshire, has
made, on this subject, very ingenious, sen
slble, and ironical speech, AN admirable debut
Tor yoHng member, and such as hope we
shall often have repeated on this floor. But. |
Sir, permit me to advise my young friend to
remember that declaration, " sufficient unite,
the day is the evil thereof" and when the re-
solution which have had the honor of having
on the table shall come 20 be discussed, / hope
he will not think it sufficient TO say, as he has
now done, that the measure, or the argument
IN It's support, IS very extraordinary one"
but that he will then let us hear an argumen- |
tatIve speech to prove that il is our duty TO |
lay PROSTATE every fortress of human hope, |
and TO see with cOmp!acency the last out |
work of liberty taken. This, however, is |
foreign tn the question now before the House. !
II has been said, that the proposed measure
will be departure from our uniform policy |
with respect to foreign nations-that It will |
provoke the ire of the Holy Alliance-and |
will. in effect, be repetition of their own Of |
fence, by an understandable interference with |
the domestic concerns of other powers. No. |
sir;not even lift proposed, which it does not, |
an immediate recognition of Grecian indie
pendeDce. What has heen the uniform poll |
cy and practice ofthis Government, from the |
days Of Washington 10 this moment? In the |
case of France, President Washington. and |
his successors, received Genet, Fauchet, and |
all who followed them, whether sent from
king, convention, anarchy, or emperor. Sir, |
the rule we have followed has ever been this |
to look at the state Of the fact, and to rpcog-
nize that government, be it what it might,
which was IN actual possession of sovereign
power. When one Of these governments was
OverthrowD, and a new one established Oh its
ruins, without embarrassing ourselves with any
principles involved in the contest, we have e.
yer acknowledged the new and actual govern
ment as soon as il had positive existence -
Our simple inquiry has been, which is the
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