The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-07-15

10 once more ON our own soil revolutionary fires.
Even the eloquent gentleman from Massachusetts,
Mr. Cushing) adopted the same views and endorsed
these mlschie,ous errors as 10 matters OF iael' on,
here is great mistake and advert TO II in defence OF
The character and honor Of my native State, and to
blot il from the page Of her history This commission
was not as has been assumed in many of the pubic
journals and 10 some 1ten on the noo oil TINS iiouse
The spontaneous bursting forth Of freemen nhaiing
the tainted gale of tyranny and breaslng The storm
Of war aid oppressed people in the reform OF go
yernment. Far very far from Il. The true history
Of the proceeding may well excite doubts whelhef
the people Of the Canadas felt this occasion, Their
chains Of unusual weight and If they did, II most
certain they manifested no very serious anxiety 70
throw them OFF Why sir, when our Patriots lpar'
don me for the abuse OF the term) 10 their AID,
the men Of character and influence IN the COLONIES
who were reported among the insurgents instead
Of aiming their ground and calling about them me
necessary strength, as they readily could, II such
sprt Of freedom existed has been attributed TO the
population, were the first to flee Instead Of conse-
Grating the with their blood they with ie"
honorable exceptions left the motley force, afterwards
conpregaled on Navy Island to achieve the deliver
ance Of the Canadas and TO gather all the auTels Of
the campaign. The more active and efficient Promu
gators and defenders of free principles IN this struggle
were not Her Majesty's colonial subjects, smarng
under the lash OF power and determined TO be Tree or
die but an unorganized and undisciplined band Of
American czens-lor the most part without chsrac-
ter and influence led on nv modern Falsian and m
many respects not unlike his INTERPRETATIONS 10
say that the people of New York sympathized 70 any
extent with the British colonies their allies the Pa
trots on this occasion, il a mistake There was no
cause for sympathy but rather for regret that any oil
her citizens should have been engaged what beiterde
serves the OF riot than revolution. rue patriotism
with us loves order and is obedient To the laws IL
these are TO be called Patriots" say IN defence Of
the honor and character of my native State, whose
callanry devotion and sympathy in the cause of free
institutions cannot be endangered by the sentiment
that they are approved acknoa lodged by US
And protest against thus magniying this uansac-
ton whenever II comes up for discussion, by placing
the State Of New York, in reference to H. IN an IN
fair and false position. II will be time enough for the
citizens of New York to sympaihlze with the Colo.
MES when they shall have exhibited some united and
vigorous efforts 10 be free within their own dnmnons,
They should first put Their own SIR ulhers To the Car
of freedom before they call upon Hercules to assist
them. Indeed, these Colonies have now our syinpa-
thies SO far they oppressed and dowh-rodden,
and best wishes for in every true struggle
they may yet make for freedom Beyond this we can
not we dare not advance We can have, we want
no alliance with them. They have our example
they can reasonably ask Whenever, In the
progress of events they prepared for freedom they
will be independent of our aid Situated on the same
continent with us-conteImnous with these Tree IN
stutons and breathing the very air OF freedom one
can hardly see how 1t will be possible for republican
institutions in their onward progress, to escape these
Colonies They must remember, however, that civll
liberty is not an exolic-it requires cangenlal mind
and spirit md whenever these Colonies are fully
prepared for the establishment of free government
will not be in the power of all Europe combined TO
prevent IT, Among them, as every where, the pure
principle Of liberty when established and difiused,
will like the native fires OF the EARTH burst forth In It's
own time and place and destroy all that opposes IT, -
Mere force will not accomplish 1.-THE pancply OF
treemanIs moral Poutr Without this principle mere
can be no just expectation 10 find liberty established
any where; it is essential to its existence are
heat and moisture To vegetation
Sir hope to these Colonies free, but not at the
expense of blood, or in violation OF our neutral
dues Ii matters not TO us what has been the in err
meddng policy of Great Britain, often referred to
here. She has an ambition and as she supposes IN
ierests, which we have not, and trust never shall
have 1t afford justification 10 US that she has
been selfish and rapaclous under similar crcumatancts
Impartial history will weigh both Governments IN ITS
Just balance. Let us patiently await the result We
may rejoice that Government is, IN all these re-
spects, without reproach. Next 10 union at home,
separation from all other governments has been the
wise and permanent policy of our nation W. hen the
Grecian onfederacies applied to for aid IN their
noble struggle it was declined, not because we did not
sympathize with them dare to record IN pubic e-
gslatve act the deep feeling which per,aded the whole
county but simply because we are too just as naon
discl arge obligation at the expense of another
By thus respecting our neutral duties, we avoided
collision with other powers, which might have result
ed in conflict with three portions of the hemisphere
So, Also when the Republic of Guatemala, one OF the
provinces of Central America, sent its Minister to SO
llcit a union with us it was promptly refused. Ana
here we see the different policy Of the two nations
for we find England rushing into war with Spain for
the possession OF few barren, unhealthy and unln'
hablted islands the coast OF Patagonia ms
principle of separation from, and nonnererence with
other governments has not only served 10 preserve
peace and prosperity, but 10 give proud and
enyiahe elevation among the nations of the earth II
has done 1t has enabled us to bear the same
principles of civil liberty under which we have pros
pered TO other cmes and countries. We have done
this not by means of our fleets and armles-not by
rapacity and blood by the OF that physical
strength and local advantage which would enable us
TO subdue the Canadas to morrow, but simply through
the silent yet certain results of our example. Nor are
without the pro IFS of this influence OF our instltu
tons States not so contiguous TO US as these British
Colonies have seen and felt this example anu profted
by it, Look sir at the Republic of Coomba-he
States of the Mexican Contcderation-thc Govern
mens found in the valleys OF the Chilian Andes and
the hanks Of The La Plata, and answer me, whence
these successful attempts to secure free institutions
They the direct results of the influence of our
principles and our institutions conveyed to them not
by force of arms, right of conquest, but through
the dominion of mind mind. Our Commission
crs who visited these countries in lSl7 inform us that
they found full and literal TRANSACTIONS OF the Constr
uons of the United States, and OF the several States,
in universal and Common use among the People
Yea such were the force and influence of this
try upon these governments that their public journals
were filled with extracts from the " Dcclce Of Anne
rican Constitutions, drawn up you know, SIT, by
John Adams, the great apostle of civil liberty.
Let US then, bcseech, gentlemen, do nothing to
impair or destroy the influence of our institutions.
We have the result of hasty and incorporate
action this very subject. The rash legislation of
the las Congress injurious TO the interests and
honor of the nation, The report pf the gentleman
from South Carolina, Mr. PlcKENs,) sounded
throughout the nation, Ike the trump Of war--it
crossed the Atlantic frightened our Minister at the
Court of ST James ont OF half his wits and sent home
in hot haste our Mediterranean squadron Let US
beware of of these events Let US main