The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-05-17

nations should enjoy them and the down -trodden mil
lions OF both hemispheres be exalted by their agency
There is nothing, sir, in the history of that beautiful
country, in the character of its people 10 discourage
the belief that they can IN very short time, be brought
to condition qualifying them for admission INTO TINS
great American family, adjoining and Strengthening II
by commingling and full development OF all those
grand and mighty elements they possess and mus iu
fl her own and cur happy destiny. And, SIT, II 10
the ferven wish and hope of her most eminent culens
and patriots that this may accelerate NJ ana,
coming events cast their shadows peiqe' may ho
be regarded It's certain precursor III my ihusiis
upon this subject Mr. President nave Deen cneeed py
the hone that If did not my children would i've 10 see
that day when institutions shail extend over inc
whole of this portion OF our c1i,tnen a., 20 DC oopiu
rser of honor happiness, and Tenown? And, sir, why
should we be alarmed at this contemplation History IT
is said admonshes us that extension o. DOMINION by ter
pubcs; but sir they fashioned like ours' Were they
not from their very nature incapable OF extension? And
is there no difference OF condition between US and them
They had not the press, nor the compass the
gine-none of those great nsrumentaes which welded
BY reemen, to revolutonze the world They wor-
shipped liberty, and sacrificed TO her as 10 an idol We
regard her active moving spirit penetrating all the
avenues of life and cheering and stimulating his
progress Sir, liberty be preserved only by pro-
gress Being stationary ii sagnates; and in that condi
ton the flame will expire 1t is by action alone-by
ceaseless constant actionwe can preserve it. Let us
expand to true and proper dimensions and our liberty
will be eternal; for, in the process IT will increase in
strength, and the fame grow brighter, whilst lights
more extensive field. Does any senator believe our at
tachmen to liberty would have been any stronger than
is now, or that we would have been more powerful
and happy, had Confederacy been confined within
the Atlantic coast and the range of the Alleganies
Would any Of them willingly restore TO their former
owners Louisiana, Florida, and Texas, or surrender
either without deathly struggle! apprehend not Our
history shows thus far that there is danger IN our
extension Our form of government is peculiarly fitted
for this. 1t has peculiar aptitude for eypanson-a
principle which other government ever did possess
and is one of its greatest excellences Will any sen
ator deny that the States have contributed new vgor
to our system and increased strength TO- our circle
served in any OF them Has any spirit OF msubordina-
ton or of restlessness under the ties which bind them
been manifested by any Of them No sir, is moi
in them where enjoys the largest liberty, only
strained by laws he makes himself, that emeutes RIOTS
and rebelons occur, but it is among crowded popua
no extended field of action their energies and
attainabe objects before them to guide them Alright
Let but Congress conhne itself to its proper func
tions each State exercising its undoubted powers
within its own limits, managing its own Legitimate
Germs in its own way, without the unauthorized Interior
ence of Congress, no reason can be gwen why our mon
should MOI be coextensve with this portion of the Amer
lean continent. We want no rival republics here for
they may become nmical rendering necessary to main
tain standing armies to defend against their aggressions
If all united In one harmonious whole, such defences
would not be required.
By the agency of steam operating upon the boat, the
railroad car, and the press, combined with that great
American inyentOn-the greatest OF the age and OF the
wod-the magnetic telegraph, which can literally almost
"Waft sigh from Indus to the pole,''
we will be compact and in more constant and har
monious intercourse, than the old thirteen States at
the period of the adoption OF our constitution With the
seat of the common general government at some
trail point with railroads and teegaphs radating from
as from the centre of circle to its circumference and
with the press free the air of heaven, matters not
how large the number of States may be.
But said, sir this bringing the nation into debt
and the further we advance the more will 1t be augment
ed and the greater burden do throw upon those who
come after To be sir all wars create debts. The
expenses of not expected to be borne by the ord
nary revenues of peace, but by borrowing money; and II
cannot replace 1t in our generation, the one which
succeeds must do So Arguments OF this kind weigh
equally strong against every effort at national defence and
Welded to- will place nation the mercy of its foes
If we do create large debt of hundred millions,
and above for poserty to pay we will leave
them increased means with which to pay it. What
is such debt to us, to them If the calculations of
the Secretary of the Treasury correctand believe
they are-and the present tariff is not inerfered with,
viii have, in less than ten years. quite fifty millions OF
dollars annually from duties alone, TO say nothing of the
receipts from the public lands, the receipts from which
this fiscal year will fully equal his expectations and,
proper graduation and emptlon law IS enacted, will
penses to twenty or twenty five millions annually, we
may have large sinking fund.- by which, in less than ten
years. the whole debt will be paid off, Our credit was
to continue to be. Our six per cent stocks are above
par; and if enter the market for money, will
find the oanabe capital, far from being exhausted, at
our command in abundance The debt OF the last war;
amounting to near hundred millions Of dollars, was
discharged, without affecting nurously any OF the
great interests oil Inc country; anu SO VIII nls De-
In this view, sir the acquisition of Mexico, with its
unparalleled powers of production, yielding every article
of luxury and necessity, one that ministers to the
wants or pride of man--whose revenues can be made,
under wholesome laws, and with proper management,
to produce annually one hundred millions of dollars and
with mineral wealth from which the world draws
great part of its supply and those TO be fur
ther developed by enterprise and skl-what
not expect when time shall have performed upon her its
gentle yet potent and effective office?
AS believe, sir there but two alternatves-either
to flee the country to hold to acquisitions, the
result of which may be the final absorption of Mexico,
have not hesated to declare for the latter, being well
satisfied that great ultimate good to to her, and to hu
manity is to flow from it.
The honorable senator of South Carolina Mr.. CALHOUN
has sad sir that Mexico is to dead body, and he
is anxious to the cord that binds to the corpse
Sir prefer taking her to SIDE and impartng to her
some of own vitality; and with her fair proportions
and beautiful developments, by its magic influence
she will start again into life and being. If she be dead
if the light is outwe have the Promehean heat that
can that light relume"
Having made, sir these desultory remarks, | will now
conclude, by thanking the Senate for their patient and
polite attention.
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