Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-01-27
Ehtecnth Congress.
lsSF OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
TUESDAY, JAN. Is, 1924.
RE GREEK QyEsIJoN.

"a a1tof IN the chalrup the resolution
since offered BY Mr. Webster, which
tyds following.
Pe5. That provision ought 20 be made
sfrasing the experss fpcisient to the
4 mt Of an Agent, or Cosanissioner. tn
\ henevor the President n ,ieeinitex-
% make such appontmeRsn
4 ~ MEBs TER rose, and said, lint he was a.
tsa 50 far as his party eSsScerned, the
Expectations of the publik mind, ON the
B eocu,sion, would be disappointed 1t was
"a on anyoccasion that called tli: attention
NJ tpQt on the globe connected with associa-
- md concctions as Greece, to .void some
y1egpes bt warmth and enthusiasm. Yet, he was
eeafsslg sensible that, in grayay legistating OH
a4Eossnt subject, those fsclihs,s must be chas-
He Should endeayour, iDswhat be was a.
80 @enr to the House, to renSese syoh feel
- - ~. as it was practicable: yet if we
Hzd wholly escape from them, We must fly be-
re limits of the civilized world; we must
Syona the limits of social order, the bounds
p laws and knowledge are found; nay, we
isaye this Hall, before we can turn away
~ ne Meinorials of ancient GREECE. What.
sskea = this popular asso.nblys what this free
cuekion of public measures. what this open.
osyqd action of mind upon mind ? what that
IT eoqueuce which, if it were now present.
On such theme, shake this Hall to its
mn f--what are these but such memorials?
magnificent edihce, these columns, with
e stately proportions this fine architecture by
zcn we are surrounded, what are these but so
NJ witnesses of lat Greece once was, and
f she hastaughtsrs to be! Yet, sir, said Mr..
endler, have not introduced the resolution,
ION your tabie, with any view towards re-
m& aught of the debt, which we, in common
z me civilized world, owe to that land of sci
ree'oln. arts, and arms. II is debt that
~ can De paid.-N hatever may be our feel
g grahtideior thesegitts, sFe are constram-
sact With vie@ alone to the present state of
World, aai our relations TO it. What I
gpses and Wig shall say, he's reference to
dead.
an aware, sir, th;,t it s 4 very easy thing to
over colamon places or the subject of this
osutions to cali it yisionary and Quixotic
assure. sad to urge the Mood old maxim of its
9S me soundest policy for each one to take
o. ms own concerns That maxim, sir, is
que, bglvery fnapphcable to the present
fsie@ IEc question: which is now to be
s1al "a Is .i'aerIcqsn question in relation to
ir---s at, is il best torus to do in the pre-.
aspect SFahingS respecting Greece And
Is str, tvs ies a qucstSa that compartments
t1iag in5te than mete pecuniary calcula-
- 81 W hcp'eyer my mind turns to that cues.
forget the age Ii. e in, as well a.
position of my OVID coantryrss
fnnenceinent Of ssle present scion |
opS SIR. W. ssi1 the President of iae |
discharge of the high du-
taiion, deemed il incumbent upon
43eo the subject &c the eoDsidera- |
National Legislature and in his
ten, he had expressed an opinion
vas reason to hope that the Greeks
pccessful in the present struggle with
sors, and that the power that has SO
1h them had lost its dominion over
Fer. The same communication con-
her matters of great importance, in re-
a runored combination of foreign SOW
feigns tointerfere in the concerns OF South A.
ericat Under these circumstances, (said MIR.
"a thought was proper and becoming that
be cqlphsizaIsatioa should receive response
on tins House am aware that the practice
a gereTM answer from the Legislature to the
Fsal Message or Speech Of the President,
tor &2re than twenty years past been dis
T$ do complain of such disuse; but
: aisp, pt opinion, that the practice was not
atl positive advantages. 1t is my con-
m any government, which con
4p5lar branch, it is the duty of that
zzzgTaotl OF the government as much to
5 81 .i'lion, as to pass the necessary
III price the present resolution, un-
Scsion, astvcll as that might have
5s 10 give my vote, directly on one
sets asiyertcd to, by the Executive
5sl'ais that II it was proper in the Pre-
overt to these subjects, it is equally
~ 30 take notice of what he has adj
respecting them.
aid, he should endeavo,: however.
gonsibilit Y of ayy effort to change
T thisFsoYe snnent towards foreign
nc approved of the policy at present
hewas satisfied, in this respect, with
eszf Condition. The policy of this gov
EHn7uent = HEAcE, for peace is to us the great
|St S0rrce OF national increase and aggrandize-
*Be The most sanguine protector cannot
$srs<sh more brilliant or exalted prospects than
Nose WHICH must be realized by these states if
ay can preserve their pacific relations towards
rest Of dhe world. Time, peace, industry.
the arts,are raising this government by
rtain and Irresistible progress. 1t is our true
5cy, Dir. w. said, to gro,o not to acossire !:
are to attain to greatness by internal deye-
'enens, not by external accretion-and he
Duh be the last to turn aside the wise policy
s the coufffy from its wonted and proper chan
But SAID he, that policy, while it is paci-
Il, snoutd at the saIEc time be liberal he
osEe now NJ relation to those great questions,
nich are at this hour gitating Europe and the
questions " III are concerned where
- nation attef1ffto obtain its freedous--the
jestions 20 a word; stween regulated and I'M
gulated power. Wherever it is disputed,
seiher a nation shall not possess constitu-
On, our side Of that question ought to be known
I'D declared /; we are bound to bring, IN aid of
decision, tb9t moral force which must ever
3 ide m the opinion of a free and an intelligent
tion. He bad said that the policy of this eo-
rnment was pacific but liberal policy he
ould endeayor 20 shew that IN both of fhnsn