Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-01-12
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH AUSTRIA.


Mr.. CAss,) as follows;
Resolved That the Committee Foreign Relations be n-
sructed to inquire into the expedency Of suspendng dpo
matte relations with Austria.
Mr.. HALE. Before proceed with my remarks have
amendment which wish offer. move, sir to insert
before the word :" austria" he words "Russa and "
The VICE PRESIDENT stated the question to be on the
amendment
Mr. HALE. When had the honor Friday last to move
postpone the further consideration of this subject nothing
further from my intention than to trouble the Senate
with a heightened address. designed then, and hope
shall adhere that resoluton to say but few words
this resolution but it appeared that the OCCASION
and the in which the subject treated were such
should be suffered by to- pass without the express
of views before the Senate which entertain upon
that subject.
may say on the outset the honorable Senator from
Michigan that do rise for the purpose OF opposing his
resolution will say further that do not remember ever to
have listened to speech delivered within the walls his
chamber with more unaoyed pleasure and satisfaction than
did to the speech Of the honorable Senator from Michigan
And truly say, in the words Of another SENATOR de-
vered another occasion, 81 was more than sasned-i
was graed." And, sir, in the hurry OF that debate,
some Of the sentiments which eoquendy expressed
and which do honor the Senator and TO the Senate have
called forth much approbaion permit me- at the sk OF be-
ing little tedious, to call the attention OF the honorable se
nato and of the Senate in detail Of those emphatic
expressions Of opinion which commanded my most earnest
commendaion, and which commended themselves to my
deepest sympathes.
Saws the honorable Senator desire to be nisun
derstood" hope did not misunderstood him and sim
cerey hope too that the country large has not msunder-
stood him. He says
al desire not to be misunderstood l do that in
all the revolutionary struggles which political contests bring
on would be expedent for other Governments to express
their feelings Of interest sympathy think they shouu
ton and the value of this kind of moral nerposon would
be diminished by its frequent recurrence should De
reserved for great marked by great
expressions the sde and great exertons ana mor
oher and under circumstances which carry WIN
them eympahies Of the world like the partition Of Poland
and the ubugaton of Hungary We can offer public con-
gratuatons have done to people crowned by success
IN their struggle for freedom We can offer our reevs.-
on OF their independence to Others have done while
yet the effort was pending.'
And then the honorable Senator asks with an
which will thrill through the heart of every man who reads
the inquiry
"Have we sympathy only for the unfortunate Or is a
less sacred less dear because it is prostraed in the
dust by the foot Of power?"
No. sir thank God that humanity is not SO constituted
To every liberal and philanthropc heart-to every humane
and generous mind-he cause is all the DEAR all the
more sacred, all the cherished for the very
the foot of power treads its victims in the dust Ave-
sir my sympahies will 60 thus low-down to where The
victim lies beneath the foot of power let be whose foo,
may and while he is down there writing agony that
depth shall my sympathes go; and thank, heartily
thank the honorable Senator for the emphatic question he
has thus put forth to the Senate and the country.
s,r -~"-' aprse with another sentiment which
tered by the honorable Senator os ",haan' de says:
81 freely confess that shall hail the day with peasu,c
when this Government rejecting the true sentiments OF the
people, shall express its sympathy for struggling millions,
seeking in circumstances Of peril and oppression that lib
which given to them by God but which has been
wrested from them by man"
Ave- sir, g God-gven liberty" is that with which the
honorable Senator sympahize but which has been wrest-
ed from him by man." And BOW, sir, let me tell that
honorable Senator that thers have been gone by
aching and hobbng hearts that have been waiting watching,
agonzng praying for just such day this, when this
Government, rejecting the true sentiments of the people,
should express its sympathy with those people in their u-
which "gven by God, but which has been wresed from
them by man."
Again, most cordially agree with that honorable Senator
when he says
"I do any danger the independence of
tons by such courses and indeed am by
tain that the free interchange public in this solemn
manner would not far towards checking the progress OF
oppression and the tendency to war"
Here then have the sanction of the honorable Senator
and he tells that the expression of those liberal opinions
will far towards checking the progress Of oppression
thank the honorable Senator for that expression it is
now and always has been since the first existence Of
nations.
The honorable Senator says
"The very discussion in high places and free Paceso-
adding that here in this Senae is Of them even where
discussion followed by act is itself great element of
done and great element of moral power to restrain when
such deed is contemplated"
And, sir cordially agree with him again when in
the language of another Senator, he says
reserved for the great of mankind" "Segov-
errment is the natural government Of man."
And again. upon another OCCASION when the honorable Sc
nator observed 1T ought to animate to desire the
demption of the minds and bodies of unborn millions from
the bruazng effects of system whose tendency is to
ste the faculties Of the SOUL and degrade man to the
level Of beasts"
Sir thank both of these Senators for these expressions
could have given utterance them myself and
had been able express them with the force and elo
quence it would have been regarded enthusiasm per-
haps anatcism, coming from my mouth. 1t s very differ
ent matter now, sir.
Again. speaking of those discussions which have taken
place. the honorable Senator says There American
the political faith of fathers who does not sim
ceely desire the renovation of the latter and the restoration
of the oppressed the rights and dignity Of human
nature
Now sir that out-spoken There political rights
here spoken of; there conventional rights spoken of
there rights mentioned which spoken of by the
constitution but the honorable Senator takes the higher the
holer vew and looks TO the relation which susans to
his Maker and speaks of those rights which have been "
ferred by God" but wrested from many Of the human
family "by man."
Now, sir in all these sentiments mos, earnestly, most
cordially agree and do hopeha under circumstances
and in emergency will that honorable Senator, for whom
eneran the profound respect and the greatest regard
under circumstances contingency, hope will he ever
permit himself the right the left Of the line which
these sentiments most clearly indicate And, sir if be will
stand by sentiments all extraneous consid
bis fortunes and his truth sustentaon Of those sentiments
confidently predict that he shall procure for himself repu
taion with those "unborn millions" compared with which
his present reputation, high is shall fade away into OBJ
security
WELL sir agreeing with the honorable Senator in the prin-
cipes he has laid down. and being highly gatied the
i'll which they have been avowed let ask what it
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