The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-01-16

Honorable Senator srFms 50 drsirous Of
makingl Al. ] AN afraid il j. progress
IN foreign wars. ! an afraid il IS progress
IN fareign eonqnesi-in territorial az
grsndizemenL am afraid il Is progress
as The disInrbers of ihe possessions Of our
neighbors throughout This con;ineni. and
throughout iife islands adJarenl 20 il. II
that be the progress which The honorable
Senator wishes 10 effect. irhsf haiti will
be long before Tins county engages in any
fnch ehjerl ~ thai; silrasi. al The exp nse
OF The peaeeabie potion Of HE world.
Sir. The geniirmxn says-what We all
knoe-ihsf this is . great country. a vast
country; great in fart. and will be still
greater in future. IL we conduct things with
prudence. discretion. and wisllnm; but that
very greatness draws afier il great respon-
sibilnies. and ihnse responsibilities should
incline ns 10 use the vasI power with
which we have been blessed ~ The kind
ness Of Providence. So rs so promote jus
ilte. $40 as IN avoid unnecessary wars.
maintaining our own rights with irmhess.
hui invading The rights Of no Others. We
should be content with The almost limit
lrss extent Of territory whirh we now pos.
sess. stretching from ocean 10 ocean; con
tanning millions upon millions Of acres, as
set urinhabited.
Sir. Is the progress. which the honora-
bic Senator means, Is a progress 10 be nc.
eomplished by fureign wars, and foreign
conquest, and foreign territorial sggran.
dizemeni. thank God that belong 10
the party which is stationary. which is
standing still. II that is not his object,
! would like TO know what he means by
progress. ] should like 10 meet with a de-
6nil,on Of The Kind Of progress whi"h he
thinks il is desirabls for this country 10
make.
Mr.. President. I have risen lsie in The
sssaimg, weakly ins<ndiag 10 ray much Isss
than I have sssi. and I fnuri ronrisde BY
lsxsfsssins the isops slss W Sonata Of lie
tnAs6 Bizifs. whe6shey eome to delibe-
rate seriously npoh the consequences nfihe
adeption 81 surh resolution as this. will
pause; that they will not open a new
feld Of collision, terminating perhaps IN
war. and exposing Ourselves 10 the reac-
ton Of foreign Powers. who. when they
see rs assuming 10 judge oil their conduct,
will undertake in their turn IN judge ofoni
conduct. We ought 10 reeollect thai,
with The sole exception Of france, whose
condhion is yet somewhat obsrnred ia
doubt and uncertainty as 10 the fate oil
republic which she has established. VI
stand solitary and aIne amidst all III,
Powers Of the earth, an example Of a free
Government. and that We should not ven
iufe 10 give TO other nations even n pre-
text, much less cause, TO separate them
selves from US, by undertaking TO judg'
u The conduct, and applying to them rul
according TO which we may denalionaliz
. nation after nat on, according as their con
! duct may be found 10 correspond wit
our notions and judgment Of what Is RICH
and proper in The administration ofhuma
3 affairs. Sir. i, does not become us TO TAX
: such pcrilous and unnecessary grounds
! and trust that we shall not ATOP. sue
. a course. ] see no necessity for referin
! this resolution 10 a committee. | think
!, would be unwise 10 adopt il, and ,ru.
I the Senate will d once negative The resu
luton; OF. ifii should be referred. conG,lin
! in The sound judgment Of The Commute
i on Foreign Affairs IN aniici, .aiion, le,
, perfectly sure of the rejection Of the .,
: solution by the committee.