Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-05-03
81 REMARKS OF GEN. CAss.

REMARKS OF GEN. CASS.
At a MEETING at odd Fcllous' Hall, on
Tuesday Evening, March 80, l848. :,
am here, fellow-cisizens, to hear and
I TO feel, rather than TO talk not so much
TO address you, as 10 mingle my congrat-
ulations with yours, upon the stirring
and striking events which are now pass
ing in Europe, and the sound of which
is borne upon the wings Of the wind to
avery civilized country ofthe earth. |
yield to ADLER and to younger speakers
the task of expressing such sentiments as
become the subject and the occasion; but
yield no jot or title to any one in the
interest they excite, and the hopes they
inspire. The shouts Of liberty reach us
from the Old World; let US send back
their echoes from the New. Let US be
grateful to Him who holds in His hand the
tnte Of nations, and who guides their pur-
poses by wiser purposes Of his own; let
us be grateful to Him, who is breaking
the bond ofthe oppressed, and setting the
captive free, ~
Throughout considerable par. ofEu-
rope man is awakening to conviction OF
his rights, and knowledge ofhis strength
land, with, the feelings which these in
spire, comes the determination to assert
the one, and if necessary, TO employ the
other. The abuses Of centuries are CIV
ing way before the progress Of the age,
and the. foundations of government are in
yestigated with zeal not to be rebuked,
and with stern purpose which nothing
will satisfy but the truth. The great
tide OF freedom is rolling onward from
the shores Of Calabra 10 the English
channel, and institutions, originating in
barbarous ages, and sanctioned by time
and habit; but which have sacrificed the
happiness of the many to the power Of the
few, are giving way before it, with as lit.
tie resistance as regret. hope, for one,
that the chalk bound cliffs Of England
will not stay the progress Of this saluta.
~ reform, but that it will reach her pal.
laces and her novels, correcting the grea,
moral and physical evils which now press
upon her people. y. H.. ....# .
Fellow citizens, do not deny that
there is much to be commended in the
institutions Of England, social and polite.
al. | do not deny that she has contribu.
ted her fulkshare to the intellectual pro-
gress Of The age, l do not deny tina,
y thcre is a great deal Of moral worth in
that country, and many high traits Of
character well worthy Of imitation. But
the practical administration Of her gov
eminent is entitled to no such commenda.
tion, It is arbitrary and oppressive-ad.
ministered by chosen class for their
own benefit, and not for the masses. /.
sits like an incubus upon the great body
aof the people in two-thirds of the home
empire; and in the other third-Ireland
lit has pressed down the people into :
state Of humilia,ion elsewhere unknown
in Chris,endom. Its RICH. Of primogeni
sure; its feudal privileges, and its aris,o
cratic tendencies, have created such ar
inequality Of property, that scenes Of dis
stress--aye, Of distress on the larges
SCALE are passing there ina name
unknown in modern history. 1t is yer,
we'll to talk Of the blessings Of the En-
glish law--ofsthettrial by jury and the
habeas corpus. These are good thing:
loI those who can enjoy them. ss Blu
bread IS q better thing for a starving fam
lily than trial BY jury; and house is ;
better protection than habeas corpus
Probably on the face of the globo there il
no such squallld misery as in the hoye
Of Ireland; nor was the spiri, OF man CIV
or pressed down, as there, by the over
towering evils which surround him. Ire
land Is scarcely the country Of Irishmen
Its the country Of England, which tn
1oisof Ireland inhabit, and where ,hey
axise rather than live. And this Cypress
iioA sends them e every region Of TIT
lobe; and wherever they 60, they carry
ID nth them AZ instructive hatred Of tyran
md the love Of liberty. They have
;sInade most valuable accessions to our pop
plation ]; and il peace and war, have ful
!lled all the duties Of American citizen
ealously g those born in our coun
SS1 8W& From the heights OF Abraham. wa