Washington telegraph., 1848-01-19

CTS ahd privileges you are responsible ID
postefiiy, to the world at large, and TO the
Almighty Being who has poured on you
such unparalleled blessings.
Your mission Is 10 improve the state oI
the world 10 be lhs "alodel Republic; =
To show that mon are capable oil govern
lng themselves, and that this simple AM
natural iofm oil government is ihat also
which eoniers most happiness ON all, |,
productive oil The greatest development o
The intellectual iaoulties-above all thai
which is attended with the highest stand
ard Of private and political virtue aud NOR.
ality.
Your iofeiathefs, the founders oil the
Republic, tmbucd with a deep feeling oI
their rights aud duties, did mol dpYiale
from those principles. The sound sense.
the wisdom, the pfobily. the respect faf
public iailh, with which the internal con.
eetHs ol the nalion was managed, undo
onf Institutions an object Of general admi
faiioh. Here, ibf the iifsi Time, was the
experiment attempted with anY prospect Of
success, and on a lafge scale Of Repre-.
sentative Democratic Republic. lit iail.
ell The last hope Of the friends Of nun.
KIND sas LOST OF indefinitely postponed, anl
lhe alas of the world Wtfe turned towards
Yna. Whenever real or pretended anpfe.
hensi1ns ul the imminent danger oil trust.
M The people at large with power wefe
oppressed. The answer ever Was, el.a1k
n imedualh
IN IdHif external relations, the uniIal
ziaias. balafa iaiz unfortunate var. had.
"iiisi sustaining tarir jnsl tights. ever
aelss II zilIel conformity With the dictates
el lasliaa. and displayed the utmost male
failen. They never lad voluntarily infI.
ed any ulbet haliun. Ever, acquisition ol
ieniua lfam foreign fuwef. was honest.
! mada The tesull ul treaties. n5i inp1sed
5liI lfteIy asseniedlo by the olher pafiY.-
lie preservation ol peace was rsef a pfi.
maiY olIaei. The recourse 10 arms was
always IN sell defence. On IT. espedieney
lhele may have been difference oi npin.
ION. lhai. in tho only two instances oI
conflict with civilized nations which oe.
CURED during pefiad Of sitly.thfee years,
tl7s3 10 isiB,1 the ju,t rights oil the
United States had been invaded by lona
continued series o. aggfessinns, i unleni.
able. In the first instance war was not
declared; and ihefe wa. only partial hos.
Iili'ies between France aud England -
The Congress The United States, the on.
y legitimate organ ior that purpose, did.
IN lsl2, declare war against Great Britain.
Independent Of deprcdalions on our com.
mcrce, she had Tor twenty years carried on
an actual war against the United States.
| say actual war, since there is now but
one opinion on that subject; n renewal oil
that impressmen, of mon sailing under the
protection Of our Flag would be lanlamount
10 a declaration Of war. The partial on.
position In the war Of Isle did not rest on
denial Of the aggrrs,ions of England
aud oi the justice OF our cause, bn, on tho
fact that, with the exception Of impress.
nIrnls. similar inlraciiuns Of or Just rights
had been committed by France, and on the
most erroneous belief that the Admins.
tralion was partial 10 tha, country and in.
sincere in their apparent efforts TO restore
peace,
At present, all these principles would
seem 10 have been abandoned. The most
Just, a purely defensive war, aud no other
is Jusiihable, is necessarily attended with
q train Of great AMI unavoidable evils
What shall we say Of one iniqniIous in lis
origin, and provoked by ourscl,cs--ol
war ol aggression, which is now publicly
ayowed Ia he onc of intended conquest
II persisted in, its necessary consequence.
cs will be Il permanent increase oil our
military establishment and Of executive
patronage; It's general tendency to make
man hate man, to awaken his worst pas
sions, 10 aceusiom him 10 the taste Of blood.
1t has already demoralized no inconsidera.
bic portion Of the nation.
The general peace which has been pre-.
served between the great European Pow.
crs during the last thirty years may not be
aseribed 10 the pdrest motives. Be these
what they may, this long and unusual re.
pose las been most beneficial to the cause
oi humanity. Nothing can be more iniu.
rious to il, more lamenlablc, more scanda.
lOus, than the war between two adjacent
republics Of North America.
Your mission was, to be model for all
Governments and tor all other less favored
nations 10 adhere 10 the most elevated pru.
cipIcs ct political morality, to apply all
your faculties 10 the gradual improvement
ol your institutions and social state, and, by
your example, 10 exert mora Influence
most beneficial 10 mankind at ffse. In
stead ol this, an appeal has been made to
your worst passions; to cupidity, to the
thirst Of unjust agrundizement By brutal
,orcc, to the love ol military lame and ol
false glory; and il has even been tried to
per,en the noblcst feelings of your ma
ture. The attempt is made to make you
abandon the lofty position which your IA
theirs occupied, to substitute for ii the polil.
i,t1 ,,,,,,. lttv nuI h,atha, natr r;ntig,, al th,