The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-01-11

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and cruel but far less So as all will acknowledge than
that recently ssctised IN Hungary The Greeks had not
then achieved their liberties is there the least reason
10 suppose that they would have succeeded IN dong
so 6cl Tor The foreign aid after wards supplied 10 them
Listen few paragraphs OF the admirable speech made
al the period referred TO- and under the circumstances
stated by the honorable senator IRON Kentucky;
rhsre Is reason 10 appebend that tremendous storm
Is ready burst upon happy country which may
wise Or rradsnt ia preparing 10 breast the storm, il il
must come 10 talk this nation Of It's incompetency
moral energy aud qualify IL for every conquest and base
submssion II there be reality in the dangers which
people, and adjure them believe, as do. that
ample. aud that we can bring into the field
blood spend the last in the defence
", It's liberty, and i,s inaisonsf Sir, these. i uni
Ted, be conquered by all Europe combinedf All the
pels (Which possibly DO exposed are much less
IN reality than the imagination i disposed 70 paint them
lhemby reducing them =, their true dimensions II COM
basd Europe L 70 p,spas ss upon u.s. gs ssads
think our hearts 70 conceive and our arms
n e ssa ana 1oo,s asea TINE the world in
that conquesis already achieved wncn ~
have ceased 70 esove 70 be free 1--we wish
selves with the best OF all amor t us nor aiscoafe
sh.ir rssoIn,on Iei us proclaim them that feel
they feet; that w Them we are determined 10 live or
.nrely ST. we need no long O. learned lectures about
the nature Of government and The Influence o. properly Or
character Of our own people, and with knowing tha
the interests are conhied % u. o. nation sapaoe o. doing
ia rulers be faithful be nvincibe well remember
o he ave. II not Of her SEX Madams do S,aei Ali his
tory showed she said, that nation was never conquered
No. united nation, that resolves TO be free, can be
conquered. And has il come this 2 Are so hum
bed low debased, that dare our sym
Devastation Of the brutal Of whchshe has been
the bleeding victim, lest we might offend some one or
ismen are afraid rashly such subject, sup
pose Mr. Chairman, thar W. mite IN an humble Pc
that in their gracious eondcscensoa they would allow
Us express feelings ani sympahles. How shall Il
United States Of America huby approach the thrones Of
your imperial and royal maj sizes, and snppcate that 4
your imperial and royal cemency-- cannot gQthrough
the disgusting recital my lips have learned
The q DEGRADED sS s a a,s
express horror inter indignation. Al the most
and sr0c9us war una. eyer stained ear. q
inurated solde snua,ed and urged on BY the clergy Of
OF blood and hatchery the mere details of which
the heart sickens and recos
coolly, whilst all this perpetaed Christian people, in
its own immediate vlciniy, IN Its very presence let US az
ssnsiby Christian wrongs, and capable Of sympathy
for Christian suefnss; that this remote quarter Of the
ior human woes thai can popr their indignant feelings
the oppression Of people endeared TO us by every
recollection aud ,dern tie Sir, attempts
have been made alarm the committee by the dangers
commerce in The Med gfanean; and wre,chsd in
our sensibiles aud eradicate our humanity. All, sir
What - shall po man hs ns whoe %oa aps
the whole Of miserable trade and lose its liberties
III may now be required Of me what interest
have resisting this What is ii IL may
European governments assert RICH, Of interfering
affairs Of their neighbota The thunder i may be said
rolls ut d distance The wide Atlantic is between and
DANGER and however others may suhsr zoe shall remain
safe H..
of ths nations thai have int therefore, IN
the preservation OF that TEN OF national law aad national
which has heretofore subsisted so beneficial TO
ALL Our system government should also be remem
bered throughout ionnded on principles utterly hostile 70
radons shall security either situation or
spirit The enierprsinY character of the our own
iaien place IL he nisrcoarse beween civilized and com
mss. y have s s sa %s wn n the
OBSERVATION q a9ss saYsfs upon which ana,
law individuals have the laws OF society
s-Bar apart from the soundness of the policy the
with this subject which, trust, willing to perform
What do not owe 10 the Of civil and religious lib
that society right partake As
the leading republic of the would, living and breathing in
equard apdy 10 our career shah we give TO
bring them into dssepuse and disgrace Ii is neither
Try in knmsdials prospect great extent and height Of
power. We borne along towards this without effort
Of our motion Circumstances, which never com.
bned before, have co-operaed in our favor and mighty
il would, and which, while would stop TO
make the Al tue
end Of the operation far in advance oil the place where we
commenced IL. Does IL not become us them Is II not
duty imposed give weight TO the SIDE oil 10.
and justice-to let mankind know that tired
OF our institutions protest against the asserted
power Of altering at pleasure the law OF the civilized
world rs
Mr Chairman Is IL that, for these
years. the President OF the United States should
have been freely indulged. only without censure, but
with universal applause, 10 express the feelings which
both the resolution and the amendment proclaim and yet
ii this House unite with him. the awful
consequences ensnet From Maine Gcorgia--rom
the Atlantic Gulf OF Mcxico-he sentiment OF
appreciation has blazed the rapidly OF electricity
Evewhere the interest In the Gfecian Is felt with
the deepest ntensty expressed In orm and icrea
with every day and passing hour and the
resentavcs Of the people alone be insulated from the
common moral atmosphere OF the whole land Shall
shut ourselves In apathy and separate ourselves from
the country from our constituents from our Chief Mags
The measure has been most unreasonably magnifed
Gentlemen speak OF the watchful jealousy OF the Turk
and think the slightest movement OF this body will
DO matter OF serious speculation nj Constanfinope be-
allies attach any such exaggerated imponance 10 the
acts and deibet ations Of this body. The Turk wii
In all probability, never hear OF the names Of the gen
uernsn who either espouse or Oppose the resolution
u certainly 10 not without value but that value Is alto
gctIcf mora-t throws little tribute into the vast
stream OF public opnion. which later mu.t regu
late the physical action upon the great Of the civ
Ized world But rely upon H. be Ouoman Is not about
TO declare against because this uno pdng proPo
ion has been offered by my honorable Trend from Mas
nent he may be In country, has probably
reached the Of the Sublime Porte The allied pow
not going 10 be thrown into OF nsernaion
becsuse We appropriate two three thousand dollars
send an agent 10 Greece.
"fhe question has been argued il tho Greeks would be
exposed still shocking enornities