Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-03-09

crave. Ocl4oNln9 INA! OF tiiiS fdISeHOoSt We
have impos d apon this world. al. will 10
discovered and made bare to everybody.
aud mankind. instead of believing US that
We sou.h, room for growing population.
will say that No endeavcred, under tina:
hvpocri:.c.s! prciencc. to obtain land NC
did rot waat, by iniquity aai force.
The following is the concluding portion of
Mr. Corvin's speech, not reported in the N y.
Tribune
Mr.. Prcsii N, this uncasy desire to aug
meni our territory has depraved Tho NOR
ii souse and b1iyhtcd the otherwise keen
sa!1citv If orr people. What has been
The fa.u OF al uaiio!s who have acted up
on the ida that they must advance! Our
Youar orators cherish this nation with
fary!i. bat Totally mistaken zeal. They
call II by tic m4 stcro2s nanc Of "dceanv.'
oar Qes.inV.' th2v say. onward. ant.
haacc they argue, with ready soPhls.fy.
The prapJiety OF seiziag upon any territory
au! aay people That may ny IL the way
81. orr .ia,cl' advance. ReccLtly these
P.asrcSsiycs haro Grown classicai; soma
as-lIuous student OF antiquities has helped
thCmtoa patron saint. They havo wan
dared back ia;o the dcsolate Pantheon, and
there. aman.s. the loIythoistic roles of
that "naio mother Of dead empress they
have found n god whom these Romans.
Centuries gouo b., baptized Terminus.
SIR, have heard mach AMI read some,
wlll. Of This gentleman Terminus. Alex
anler, of whom have spoken, was de-
voice of this divinity. We have seen the
eal OF him and his empire. |, was said
10 be Qn attribute Of this god tina! he must
always advance and never rcccdo, 50
both republican and Imperial Rome bsl'cv-
ol. Ii was. us they said, thalr destiny
And for awhile !. did seem 10 be ovon SO.
Roman Terminus did advance. Under
tho ca 'cs OF Rome he WAS carried from
his homo on tho ,Fiber TO the fnrthcs, East,
OH tho ono hand, and tho far West, a
mon1st the then barboroas tribes of wcs
tern Europe, on the other. Bat II, length
tho ,ino came when rotributivo Justice had
become "destiny." Tho dcspisei Gaul
calls on. 10 tho condemned Goth, and At
tia, with his Huns, answers back; tho bat
tc.axo of the barbarian strikes down tho
conquorng eaglo Of Rome. Terminus at
last rcccdes slowly at first, bu! finally no is
driven to Rome, and from Rome 10 ByZan-
,ium. Whoever would know tho farther
fate OF this Roman deity, so recently ia
ken under the patronage OF American de-
mocracv, may find ample qualification Of
his curiosity IN the luminous pages Of Glib
bon's "Dccinc and Fall" Such win find
that Rome thought, as you nov think, that
It was her destiny to conquer provinces
and nations, and no doubt she sometimes
said as you say, 81 will conquer peace"
And where now is she, the Mistress Of tho
World! The spider wcaves his web in her
palaccs, the owl sings his watch song III
her towers. Tcutonic power now lords it
over tho sorvile remnant, the miserable
memcnto of old and onco mnipo.ont
Rome. Sad. very sad, arc tho lessons
which time has written for us. Through
and in ihom all SEQ nothing but tho inilox-
lbie execution Of that old law which or
dams as ctorual that cardinal rule, "Thou
shalt not co"ot thy noighbor's goods, nor
ANY THING which is his Since | Eavo
lately hoard SO much about tho dismom
bermoat Of Mexico, have looked back to
SEQ how. in the course of events, which
somo call "Providcncc,' it has Jared with
o,hor nations who engaged in this work of
dismcmbarmont. | see that in The latter
half Of tho eighteenth century three pow
erfal nations, Russia, Austria. and Prps-
STA, united in tho disfnomberment of Po-
Ianf. lhey sad. TOO, as you say, cit IS
our destiny" They "wantcd room."-
Doubtless each of these thought, with his
share Of Poland. his power was too strong
Levor TO fear Invasion, or even insult. Ono
had his California, another his New Mcxi-
CO. and the third his Vera Cruz. Did they
ROMAN untouched and inca pablo of harm!
Alas! no-far, very far from it. Retrib-
utivc justice must fulfil its destiny too
\ very few years piss off. and We hear Of
new man, Il Corsican lieutenant, the
acif-namcd EARNED soldier Of Democracy
Napoleon. He ravages Austria. covers
her land win blood. drives the Northern
Cesar from his capitol, and sleeps in his
9aiace. Austria may now remember how
1er power tranplcd u7oa Poland. Did
-he no; pay dear, very dear, for her Cali
toruia! But has not Prussia no atonement
TO mike! You sec this same Napoleon,
the bind instrument of Providence, a.
work there. Tho ;hunder5 Of his cannon
nj Jena proclaim the work Of re!ribu.ion
for Poland's wrongs; and tho successors Of
the Great Frederick, the driIl-scrgeant of
Europe, are seen flying across the sandy
plain tina. surrounds their capitol, right
glad if they may escape captivity or death.
But how fares it with the Autocrat Of
Russial Is he secure in his share Of the
s,o;Es IF polan1l n, SuJda,I,- M, an