Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-11-14
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BurIiNgtom::
Thursday, November HI, 1874.
Wr Adams Address.
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/ UaE ANatf khS' AOUTcSS.
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During the tendency of this treaty the
President, Mr. Monroe, with the nervous
anxiety for popularity characteristic of the
man, desired Mr. A. then Secretary of State
to apprise Gen Jackson of the progress OF
the negotiation and procure his opinions.
Mr. Adams extracts from his diary the re-
cord of the interview.
1 MONDAY, FEBRUARY |, 1919.
/ Called upon tho President, and had
conversation with him upon this renewal
Of negotiation with the Spanish Minister
| There are various symptoms that, if we do
come to an arrangement, there Will be Il
large party iii the country dissatisfied with
our concessions from the Rio del Norte to
/ the Sabine, on the Gulf Of Mexico. He de-
sired me to see and converse with General
Jackson upon the sub and to ask conf
dentially his opinion"
| FEBRUARY ?, 1919
/ 81 called on Gen. Jackson, and mention
ep in confidence to him the state of the ne
| gotiation with the Spanish Minister, and
what lie had offered HIM for the western
boundary, and asked his opinion of it. He
thought the friends oil the Administration
would be satisfied with it; but that their
adyersaries would censure it severely, and
make occasion for opposition from it. lie
thought even that it would bring us again
in collision with the indians. whom we are
removing west Of tho Mississippi. But as
we had no map at hand, could not give
him precise idea of the proposed line, By
mere description, and he promised to call at
my house tomorrow morning ut ten, and
looh il over upon the map
FEBRUARY 3, 1919.
Gen Jackson came to my house thle
morning and | showed him the boun dairy
line which has been offered to the Spanish
Minister, and that which we propose to
offer, upon }lelish's map. lie sad there
were many individuals who would take cx-
ception TO our recedng so lar i:om tue
boundary O. the 1910 del Norte, viii We
claim as the, Sa ,in. and the cneinles OF the
die OF j, to lzsa them; but thto' p3Ssst.sat y
OF the f'lordas was OF so great im2or lance
10 the Souther frontier oil the United States
and so essential crgn to their SAFETY, thlt
the vast ma lor!ty OF the nation would DC
satisfied VITA the western boundary, as We
nroDose. if we obtain the Floridas. lie
showed me on the map the operations o.
the British force during the last war, and
! Florida rivers should be accessible 20 d for
/ ,j,a naval force, there wols.d be nc secArl-
Ity Tor the southern part Of the Unite.
STATES"
/ Fellow .citizens, have LED long life in
! the service Vi MY country, and have had to
3oal in matters OF controversy, great ana
small. with mullitudes of men oil every
character and couaitlon IN fife, and | have
Invariably found that men, themselves ca
pable of every species oi saischeod, arr ever
foremost 10 iinputo that same propensity
to others. | Should never tnink II other
than waste OF time to contradict the ahohy
NOUS liar oia nc"spaper-nor "ouia t ef
| violate the common deccncies OF ne ~
imputing caisehood AMI forgery to an adVer'
sury but III self defence, and upon the most
;rrcfrauaole evidence. l. have here The
oririnel volume OF nay Diary Tor the year
1918. Il any of you, my friends, have I
icvriositv to coi.ute TIE extracts which
have copied from 1t, and just read to you,
here j: is, open for your inspection, at the
tcosc OF my lecture, though, o! course,
cannot let j. 90 out OF my hands
Limited as is oar space we cannot iorbe
m ext ract not in The historical connection,
res,lenden emf as It is with the blaze CT e!o-
ouence in ali oil its resembling energy
Bat. with the new adoption of the Roman
rule Of right, to be always ADDING TO 'he
territory OF the republic, and never ceding
an inch OF her land or boundary, how long
will it be before the Bahama islands, and
Cuba, and Porto Rico, and Jamaica, and
Uayti. and the whole Caribbean Archipe!d
90 wi,l become indispensably necessary foi
rs to save our southern States and the
new world of Texas from foreign invasion
l and a servile war--to saynothing OF the por
] hofS, Francisco aud the two CALIFORNIA;
i. o,@,the Pacific. for the retittlng OF oai
,yba,ino ships? This Roman principle o
perpetual ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, always adding
and never ceding, is but another form O
p,rpetual war. You have two thousant
I miles of sea coast on the Atlantic and th'
,;nlf of Mexco-you claim thirteen de
nrpes cf latitude on the shores o! the IA
eific ocean, and the whole surface OF TN
: Land between the two seas. vi all this you
must never cede an inch to any other ma
ton: but, to shield the Southern State
: from the danger OF foreign INVASION an
G servile insnrrection, you must grasp nv
: hundred miles more of coast TO de:cnd o.
! the Gulf of Mexico--six degrees OF lat
!. tttae n,ore OF, the South sea, for the port Q
$ San Frapcisce, as harbor Tor our "iaiin
0 sEips--and the two CALIFORNIA;, to squar
of. in equal portions of sea.coasis on bot
aides of the North American continent; an
all tbs for preserving, protecting, spread
: ing and perpetuating the institution o! do
d mcstic slavery, by extending the area
: freedom. Not the Isthmus OF DaricE-no
the Terra del Fuego-not the snow ella
mountains and glaciers OF Smerenberg, tn
:, harbor for whaling ships OF Spitzbergen-
}. can draw line of limitation round IN
: Roman principle of perpetual aggrandiz'
ment. 1t is universal empire--it is IN
/ dream Of q yarice, stealing the cloak
!. Ambition. More pernicious advice Il
: Aueri can statesman could eye. give
/ his country. The Roman principle. VIVA