The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-08-09
Speech Of MIR. ManguIll.
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Bot, sir. these mallers are Il compare
lire insigniGranre. My aliernon % he
election 81 Mr. Gass 10 The Prrsidrner
lakes higher and wider Tsrss. and i
eonnecifd wirIi higher and gr4ifI lnaisr
! consider him as he true representative
&c the worst iype .f nemocracy--nf Thai
pnrii0n Of il Mhish ] ngard - fraHghI
with most danger "a Tie prace. prospect
~. and enduring glory d The country.
Alier Ill that We have seen. Win could
hope. in he event n he rleysiian n Gen.
csss 10 The Presidency. ihal We eohld
pass through the four years 81 his admin.
isiralion willlnui hcing involved IN one or
more warsi Opinion throughout The
world is IN strange and frarIrlv0mma.ipn:
parienlinus &C change. deep, radical. and
sanguinay. Sprcnialions bold. daring,
Sntiasinss. aIe aiming 10 sap The foundA.
iinns Of existing political systems. aud are
Ihrrstrning with disiniesralion tie social.
The power uf he press. in coninEslon
with The example 81 the only really fee
political and civil institutions. are just be-
Cunning TO be lci and developed. That
power aud thai example will go on work.
ing their wonders. The results will be
seen in the lall of dynasIies, the crushing
Of thrones, and the inpplIng down Of mo.
marches and drspoIisms. The upheay-
ines Of that greet dnMn-uOds!en mass Of
human beings. Ike The tabled Enceladrns,
may, in their frantic writings and ron.
horizons, throw up and broadcast over Eu.
rnpe the smoke. the ashes, the fires. and
the burning lava Of revolution. The first
great shock las been ftli, anil thrones.
and cloud capped towers, and gorgeous
palaces have passed away and disap-
peared. There is now iroublous and
fearful pause IN This great phenomenon.
The heart Of Europe quakes in The fear
81 The unknown future. MAY God, in
h's kind providence, bring order and u.
heriy out &c this wild chaos Of strug.
gle and Of passionl What may no, he
feared when these down-nodden millions
shall have severed ,heir chains, and burst
from their manacles. feeling a buoyant
sense of enlargement; uniaught ia the
simplest elements of regulated liberty,
feeling Keen singing sense OF revenge
for past oppression: and more, n con.
seriousness uf irresistible phys power,
What may mol be feared, Is there any
satisfactory ground TO believe or 10 hope
that Europe will not. al no distant day
either, be enselepcd in war; In thai
event what should be the policy OF this
country! II has been marked out by the
glea, Washington. Is that policy likely
10 be respected by the proud, the passion
ale. and the reckless progressive DemOe-
rae, Al such crisis is ii safe to tle-
waite 10 the Presidency the one, more than
all others, representing that type of the
Democracy What is the distinctive
character of lha, portion "f the Democra-
cy that Mr.. cass most truly represents !!
What is il as exhibited steadily and uni
! formly during this Administration =
i II is "iealous Of honor aud quick 10 in
suit" II is aggressive, reckless, grasping,
and fear. rapasious. II is addicted 10
quarrel. with strong procli,ines To vio
lrnce aud excess. Bearing it,elG boldly.
haughlily, and Extensively, with eour-
aye that never quails, with ra>hness that
,lclle, danger, and whose maxims scotn
To cuun, the COS, in life, in money, or in
! good Iepute in the world, when slimula-
ted by passion OF impellcd BY popular Gu.
pi,lily. This bold, aggressive spifit hrs'
disclosed in itself the Oregon controversy.
Mr.. Cass was thoroughly identified with
the EXTREMIST views "n that subject. Tie
question bad been under discussion iol
more than twenty years between the Brit
ish and American Governments. THAI
discussion had been conducted with goo,
temper ON both sides. IL was apparent
there were deep and honest convictions
on both sides entne!y in conflict. Com
promise or war between two proud
!. naughty, aud powerful nations was oh'i
nkly the only alternatives. We hal
ncompromised a dispute very simila
a5any nf its features with the sam
tr in spirit Of lnagnammity. justice
ID a sense Of mutual convenience. Al
: Ter this compromise negotiations had bee
/ opened under the auspices Of the Senate
, from South Carolina. MIR. Calhoun an
liz was in progress marked with kin
and friendly spirit @
MIR. Polk comes into power. lie :
once and percmplorily asserts our ciali
), TO the whole OF Oregon as clear and M
questionable. Forestalling all amicabI
settlement, he takes the alternative Of VI
!, conditional concession on the part |
Grea, Britain, or war. Every one kne
the concession was impossible, and, ,her
fore. lin the language Of Mr.. Cass. CIV;
!, was inevitable" Without saving an
thing about the taste, what was the vi
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