The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-14

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pom il as settlement; they will calculate the rea'
IONS Of the two continents according TO The data y
provides; and the policy Of all parties shall be 10
settle and define their positions. Let the matter re-
main unsetledI all parties will 90 on calculating The
chances Of ambition in the msts OF futurty, con
trossrdng and squabbling, graphing at every adsan-
tage, INJECTING mutual injuries and entertaining in1
tua jealousies until the disputed regions and unset
tied governments OF America shall have grown I'M
portant enough TO warrant the expenses Of genera
and prouacted war. Then England, France, and
Russia may be found drawn up against the Union,
with the help, perhaps, Of native states and he s
triumph, il she triumph then, may be bcaght with
torrents OF blood. For the peace Of the world, and
for the sake Of humanity Il is needfu that she set
tie up her scores with European nations now, thai
she define her boundaries and theirs upon Ameri
| can ground, and that she at assume charac-
ter so definite and comprehensive as not TO be mis-
taken hereafter These the views, we believe
Of ths majority Of our leading men; yet there are
some who think 1t better TO leave the claims and
position OF the country unsettled and underlined foI
some time longer. Mr.. Calhoun's idea is, or seems
10 be, that the pervadng and dfusng spirit of re-
pubcaDism will cause surrounding districts to grow
into the Union by natural tendency-a tendency
which will increase with their population-and thus
European governments may be finally swept of the
continent by silent but universal resistance. Mr.
Webster, on the other hand, seems 10 think that
the Union includes about much territory az
one government can wei anu lnht tue
diffusion of republican sentiments will result in
the establishment of new independent states, ra-
ther than in the extension Of the Union Both views
arc plausible, and good deal might be said for
hemi but for all that, they appear TO US like that
piece Of advice which "turned 10 foolshness the
counsel of Ahitophel." For il the desert is being
peoped with good republicans, how shall they here
after shake of the claims Of foreign monarchss and
assert their right to oln the Unionl Must 1t be like
the Union itself, by revolution and long years OF
blood and devastation We have heard Of such
things as getting out Of the frying pan into the fire;
and here Is something very like It. But IT. on the
other hand, Mr.. Webster's view is to be taken, and
the rise Of new republics may be expected, how
does that gentleman, and his party, propose TO avert
the lnterminsbe wars Of nations acknowledging no
international laws; restained by no power whose in
erest shall be to maintain peace; but hllippsd into
everlasting commissions by the intngues Of Euro
pean ambition only goaded into grsatsr activity by us
disappoin,msns of the past, and doubts Of The fu-
ture-to avert in one word, that chaos Of wrecks
and revolutions which South America has long be-
GOMEZ There Is no other way TO do so thai Ly ere
atng an American party the length ard breadth
Of American ground, bv asserting the right OF
this country 10 colonization, upon the jus, and
angibl principle that from her position, the spirit
Of her government, and the character Of her people,
she alone can colonze and rejecting the interference
Of European nations on this continent, thus settling
the views and defining the policy of future states
men. These things can be done now, while the re-
lations Of this country with Europe remain such
that no government could obtain the support Of It's
nation in a long enough, and great enough, to
settle the questions in dlspute with us AT future
day. when this continent shall have become so import
ant as to excite the emulation and cupidlty Of Euro
pean Nations and give shape and sohdity To the yet
misty ambition Of their statesmen, they may not be
so easy. War with England or France will be quite
another thing then"