Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-02-09

calm and aspassonats ressonI ask of sny man from the
South 10 rise and tell me if better for his section Of
the Union that Congress should remain passive on both sides
of ideal ne than that should inerdct slavery on one
of the line and be passive regard 10 on the other side
of the line
Sir am taxing both te physical and intellectual powers
which kind Providence has bestowed upon too much
too much by far-hough beg be permitted il the Senate
will have patience with me, conclude what have say,
do desire espass another day upon your time and
PATIENCE asI approaching though have not yet nearly
arrived at the conclusion.
Sir this Union is threatened with subversion want,
Mr. President 10 take very rapid glance at the of
public measures in this Union presently want however,
before do that to ask the Senate to look back upon the
reer which this country has since the adoption of this con-
stuon down TO the day. Was there nation
upon which the Of heaven has one that has exhibited
much Of prosperity At the Of this Gov
ernment population amounted 10 about four millions;
has now reached upwards of twenty millions Our territory
was limited chiefly and principally to the border upon the
Atlantic and that which includes the southern shores OF
the interior lakes of country. Our country extends
from the northern provinces of Great Britain the Rio Grsnde
and the Gulf Of Mexico sde and from the Atlantic
the Pacific the other sdehe largest extent of
territory under any Government that exists the face OF the
earth with only solitary exceptions Our tonnage from
being nothing in magnitude and amount so as to
rival that of the naon who has been proudly
" the mistress ofthe ocean" We have gone through many
warswars with the very nation from whom we broke of
in l776 weak and feeble colonies and asserted nde
pendence member Of the family Of nations And sir we
at all points, consequence Of just having come out Of
her long struggles with other European nations and
ed were at all points, consequence Of the habits and
nature Of country and its nsttuons-we came say,
out of that without any loss of honor whaeverwe
emerged fromat gorieusly.
In every Indian war-and we have been engaged many
of themour srmes have tumphed and without speaking
at all the of the recent with Mexico whether
right wrong and absaning from any expression Of
opinion to the justice propcty Of the war, when once
commenced all must admit that with respect to the gaianty
nTa rhc
pages of history which records brilliant successes With
respect commander of important portion of
army peed say nothing here praise is necessary in be-
half of who has been elevated by tho voice Of his country
to the highest station she could place him In mainly
count of his gonous military career And of another less
fortunate in many other military command
es must take the opportunity of saying, that for skill for
science for strategy, for ability and daring fghng for CHI
vay Of individuals and Of masses that portion Of the Ameri
army which conducted by the gallant Scott the
chief commander sehds unrvaled either the deeds of
Coez himself by those of any other commander
modern times
Sir, prosperity is unbounded nay, Mr. President,
sometimes fear that is in the wantonness of that prosperity
that Of the threatening ills Of the moment have arisen
Wild and errac schemes have sprung up throughout the
whole country Of which have found their way into
Legislative halls and there resessness existing among
which fear will require the chassement of Heaven to bring
us back to of the mmeasurabe benefits and blessings
which have been bestowed upon by Providence A this
moment-wth the exception of here and there particular
department in the manufacturing business of the county-a
prosperity and peace. and the nation is rich and powerful
Our country has grown to magnitude, TO power and great
ness such command the respect il does not the
aPprehenons of the Powerso the earth with whom we come
in contact.
Sir, do depict with colors lively the prosperity which
has resulted from the operations Of this Union Have
exaggerated in any particular her power, her prosperity
her greatness And now, sir let go little into detail
with respect sway the councils the nation, whether from
the North the South, during the sixty years Of unparalleled
prosperity that have enjoyed. During the first twelve
years OF the administration of the Government Northern
sells rather prevailed and out Of them spang the Bank Of the
United Sates assumption Of the State Debts bounes TO
the fisheries protection domestic manufactures aue
the act Of $780, neutrality in the of of Europe jays
treaty, the alien and sedlion laws, and with France
do not say, sir that these the leading and prominent
which adopted during e administrations Of ash
ington and the elder Adams carried exclusively by
Northern counseshey could have bee-but mainly by
the ascendency which Northern counses had obtained in the
sfsrs of the nation So, sir Of The later peod-or the
last fifty do not say that Southern counsels
alone have caedhe wkich am about to enume-
rate know they could exclusively have carried them
but they have been carried by their prepondeang in
fuenoe, with the cooperation, it is ruehe large co-opea-
lion IN nstsncesof the Northern section Of the
Union. And what those measuresi During that fifty
years. nearly period in which Southern counsels have
prepondeated the embargo and other commercial
of nonnercoui and impnra~ were imposed war
with Great Br. in, dne Bank OF the United States
thrown, protection enlarged and extended domestic manu-
factues aude to the passage Of the of 1915 1885,
the Bank of the United States re-esabishec the bank
put down, eestab shedby Southern counses and put down
by Southern els Louisiana acquired. Florida bought
Texas annexed with Mexico California and other Ter
oes acquired from Mexico by conquest and purchase pro-
lection superseded eetrade established Indians removed
west Of the Mississippi and fifteen new States admitted into
the Union very possible, sir that in this enumeration
may have ored OF the important measures which
have been adopted dur ing this later period Of mehe last
fifty yearsbut these eere be the prominent ones
Now, sir, dc not sduoe sfrom the enumeration Of the
adopted by the the other any Just cause
of reproach either upon side the other though one
side the other has pre- dominated in the periods
which have referred hase were, say the
least the joint work Of boz n parties and neither Of them
have eproa ch Tie other. But, sir must
say, all kindness and sine ey that least Of all ought the
South reproacht the North when look at the long list
Of which, under her sRy in the counses Of the
naton have been adopted wh sss reflect that oppo
site doctrines have been from me &c time advanced BY her
that the establishment ef the Sack of the United States
which done under the adm uiIation of Mr. Madison
net with the cooperation Of the SosthI do not say the
whole SOUTH do not, when pea OF the South the
North speak Of the entire South theeBtire North speak
Of the prominent and larger psopoo no Southern and North
ern men, WAS during Mr.. Maids ons administration that
the Bank of the United States Nshished. My friend,
whose sckness-which very much defIore-prevens US
from having his attendance upon this OcEssion, (Mr CAL
the chairman Of the uuse, and carried the
through Congress voted for sh all my heart
Although had been instrumental with other Southern
in putting down the Bank of the Unite Siaes changed
opinion snd cooperaed in the estabs hns of the bank
of 1916. The bank agaa put iosaE by Southern
counses with Gen. Jackson the head, ats later period
Again, with respect TO the policy of proe aioG The South
in 1851 mean the prominent Southern the lamened
Lowndes, Mr. Calhoun, and ohers-unsdn. utssdag
tain Of protection to domestic Manu scires well
the North. We find few years aerwar dc the South
nterposng most serious objections this pol ey and
member of The South threatening that eccaso adssou