The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-01-10

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assertion we disprove by facts in our history Ry,
ny field in the western country had been stained III
the blood Of our fathers--the early pioneers; AL
yet there liberty had hourished in the widest luz
rance, and with the least national protection Ourr
stmtions were born in the shock of the Amerir,,
revolution, and reared in tie conflict of arms N.
followed. do not desire war; peace is our for,
But IL war come, we must assert our rights repaT
less of consequences. ] do not desire TO denoun u
the British government; but despise this conslsr
Wanting OF British power IN the American CO.,
gress.. What is England The government who,
seat Of empire is found on lilte island anchored
the North sea. True, she has sple cad her Wiz
around the earth; bat all her greatness ia based
her commerce. Clip these wings of her commerg 4
and you soon bring her back 10 the ins gnifcanrs
an island government. II destiny intends that Ia a
nation shall be the means OF oyerthrowing her poy
err, am glad 10 belong TO the nation that a
be the instrument, and to live in the age ,b
will witness the curtailment Of her haushr
power This was not a war measure. ThssH
would be no war, unless England made IT,
her destiny should urge her 10 thBt course
might be the first step towards her dow nfull So
gentlemen have scoffed AT destiny, ss governing IL
fate Of nations. Sir, where were we two ctnt1rs
ago. We were feeble hand Of pilgrims on Pr
mouth rock, and small body OF cavaliers on 4, !.
southern sands. From this small beginning and IN
this short time, We have gone on, step by slp
multiplying and advancing togards tic Pacific
the sbonginees Of the country hid disappeared h
fore US, like the misis Of morning before the Sun
until they now reHt small cloud Ton the shore,
the western ocean. Was not the hard Of deXHy
seen IN that He who did not see il must be an h
fdel, or stone blind. To the Pacific ocean il is on
destiny to go. The hand OF Providence pointed q
onward.
Shall we pause in our career, or retrace our si,a
because the British lion has chosen to place hims,
IN our PATH Had our blood already become
pale that we should trembe at the roar Of the ht
of beasts' We will not go out Of our way TO sei
a conflict with him; but IL he crosses our path an
refuses to move at "a peaceful command, he will m,
his nose in the talons Of the American eagle and Ia
blood will spout from a harpooned whale.
Great Britain was mad enough 10 attempt this co.,
destroy they first dementsd"--let her commence d,
contest. The spectators who look upon d,
struggle, may prepare 10 hear crash, II the ven
ribs of nature had broke.
Our people are spreading out with the aid Of d, (
American multiplication table Go to the Wa
and see young man with his mate Of eghlet
after the lapse Of thirty years visit him again. an
instead Of two, you will find twenty-five. That
what call the American multiplication table W.
are now twenty millions strong; and how long, u
der this process of multiplication, will il take
cover the continent with our posterity, from d,
lsthmus Of Darien to Behring's straits The grsu
err portion ofthis vast multitude always had ths
faces set towards the West. Westward no VA
their cry. You could no more arrest their proersA
than you can close up the Missouri, while u
SHOWS are melting on the mountains in which
has its rise.
less we have oregonl What shall we do with
those little white-headed boys and girls-GlA
bless them that cover the Mississippi valley
the flowers cover the western prairiesl Their r.
terests all lead them that way. IL was true as ID
gentleman from South Carolina had said, tho
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| ropean powers against us. They may feel dn
posed to combine in unholy alliance to ehei
the growth Of free institutions. II there is any Dan
ger at ALL 1t is from that cause; and Oregon may d
put forward as the pretext for commencIs
an onset upon US. Our revolutionary faihen{
planted the tree of liberty in American sol
and waered it with their blood. The had link,l
| these States together in a confederated system
TO protect them from danger from without. Tht
representatives ofegitimacy looked on upon ths eI
pertinent with great concern, and not little fear
its ultimate consequences For long time, they aa
tered themselves that il would prove faiure-hor
ing that spirit of rivalry might grow up betweer
the North and the South, and the East and the Wa
that might destroy the Union. But, within the as
ten or fifteen years. they have become satisfied thai
our institutions were as firm as the granite hill.
Having become satisfied Of the frmness and stability
of our system, they were again startled by the eI.
hibition of our principle Of expansion as shown in
the admission Of free and independent nation into
the circle of the Union. This was with the Euro
pean governments the passage of the Rubicon
That was the beginning of a movement the end III
which will be to place under the protection of the
American eagle that vast American continent which
stretches from Cape Horn to Behring's Straits.
IL the representatives of legitimacy in the Old Word
for the purpose of preventing the oonsummaon oil
this our inevitable destiny, choose to put themselves
in battle array against US, either singy or coec
lively let them do so, and upon their heads be the
consequences. This nation and this generation will
neither seek nor avoid such a contest but if III
comes, the crisis would in the events of our rev.
outon and of the French revolution, raise up host
of men who were equal to it, and able to carry u'
through it in safety. Why IL it that, after
all, we should dread the shock of war
We all have to die, whether in our beds or
in the battle field WHO, of you all, when reused
appear in all the bloom Of youth, bearing upon your
front the scar of the death-wound, received in The
defence of your countrys rights, than with the
wrinkled front of dishonored age
Where live, (said Mr. K this is no party
question. There is no difference between WIFI sand
democrats on this subject. In question involving
national rights, we know no party differences. The
gentleman from Alabama, [Mr. fANcEYl had sug.
gested that, If we went into this struggle it would
result In our our taking possession of Canada and
in leaving Oregon in the hands of Great Britain.
The gentleman seemed to suppose that we Of the
w SS' "o"u uShiut W uIy result WHICH WOuiu huu
to the power and arrogance Of New England. Not
so, sir. ..
If patch Of territory should be added to New
England, let her have it. Should the West seek 10
enlarge and extend her field, let her do So Should
the South choose to take in Cuba let her follow
do not 60 for the eggrandzement of any particular
geographical section, and | fear not the preponde.
ating influence of any particular section--for are
one country, and one people, and have one Interest,
and one destiny, which, Eve live up to, though
may not force us to follow the British lion around
tue world in blood and SLAYER, will end in her ex'
pusion from this continent, which he rests not up
on but to pollute.
Our first conflict with Great Britain was in the
war Of the revolution, which ended in tearing from
the British crown thirteen of it's superb Jewels
wringing from her stubborn heart the acknowedg'
ment that these colonies were, and of right oughD
be, free and independent. The second was the war
Of 1912, which has been called the second war Of
American independence, in the course of which We
humbled the pride Of her navy, and ended in
blaze ofglory in the plains Of New Orleans, where
thousands of her bravest troops were made to bic
the dust in conflict with the militia ofthe Missis'
sins H., IL "A 4 l. a.