Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1850-01-29
MR.. HALE,s SPEECH

The Senate proceeded 10 the consideration
Of the special order, the resolution Of the
Senator from Michigan, (Mr. Csss.) as fol-
lows:
Resolved. That the Committee or Foreign
Relations he instructed to inquire into the
expediency ofsuspendIng diplomatic relations
with Austria.
Mr.. HALE Before I proceed with my re-
marks have an amendment which wish TO
offer. / move. sir. TO insert before the word
"Austria" the words "Russis and"
The Vice President stated the question to
be on the amendment.
Ma. HALE's remarks:
When had the honor on Friday last 10
move TO dostpone the further consideration
Of this subject. nothing was further from
my intention than To trouble the Senate
with a heightened address. | designed
ed then. and hope shall now adhere to
that resol luton, to say hut few words on this
resolution; bu' il appeared to me that the
occasion, and the manner 10 which the SUD
ject was treated, were such as should not be
suffered by me to pass without the express
ion of some views before The Senate which
entertain upon that subject.
| may say on the outset TO the honorable
member from Michigan that do not rise for
will say further tha, do not remember ever
to have listened to a speech delivered within
the walls of this chamber with more unalIoy-
ed pleasure and satisfaction than did 10 the
speech Of the honorable Senator from Mich.
gan. And, sir, can truly say, in the words
Of another Senator. delivered on another oc
cssion, Il was more than salishe6-I was
grajIhed." And sir, as in the hurry OF that
debaIe, some Of the sentiments which were
so eoquenlly expressed, and do honor 10 the
4 Senator and 20 the Senate, have called foith
much appreciation, permit me, al the risk oi
being little tedious, TO call the attention OF
/ the honorable Senator and of the Senate in
detail to some Of those emphatic expressions
of opinion whicE commended themselves to
my deepest sympathes.
Saws the honorable Senator: Il esire not
TO be misunderstood" ] hope ] did not
misunderstood him; and | sincerely hope,
too, that the country at large has not mis-
understood him. He says:
al desire not to be misunderstood. / do
not mean that in all the revo IulionaIy strug-
giles which political contests bring on il would
be expedient for other Governments TO ex-
press their feelings of interest or sympathy.
| think they should not for there are obvious
considerations which forbid such action; a1d
the value of this kind of moral interpostion
would be diminished by lis too frequent re-
currence. 1t should be reserved for great
evenls-events marked by great crimes and
expressions on the one side, and great exer-
toDs aud mlSiorluues on the Other, and under
circumstances which carry with them the
sympathes OF the world, like the partition of
Poland and the subjugation Of Hungary
We can offer public congratulations, as we
aA hy in,
their struggle for freedom. We can offer our
recognition of their independence 10 others,
as we have done, while yet the effort was
pending"
And then the honorable Senator asks, with
an emphasis which will thrill through the
heart OF every man who reads the enquiry
"Hsye we sympathy only for the fortunate!
! Or is a cause less scored or less dear because
1t is prostrated ia the dust by the foot OF
pOwerl'
No, sir, thank God that humanity is not
so constituted To every liberal and phan-
throplc heart-to every humane and generous
miud-the cause is all more dear, all the more
sacred, all more cherished, for the very rea.
son that the foot OF power treads its victims
in The dust. Aye, sir; my sympathies will go
! thus low-down where The victim lies be-
meath the foot OF power let IL be whose foot
| ltmay; and while he is down there writhlng
IN agony, to that depth shall my sympsthies
| 60; aud thank, most heartily thank, he hon
orable Senator for the emphatic question he
has thus put forth 10 The Senate and the coun-
Try.
Sir,I equally agree with another sentiment
which was uttered by the honorable Senator
from Michigan. lie says.
81 freely confess that shall hail the dsy
with pleasure when this government, reflect
ing the true sentiments Of the people, shall
express its sympathy for struggling millions,
seeking, 10 circumstances Of peril and OPP
preston, that liberty which was given TO them
by God, but which has been wrested from
them By man"
Aye, sir, "God- given liberty" is that with
which the honorable Senator sympaIhizes--
"but which has been wresteG from him by
man" And now. sir. let me tell that hon.
orable Senator that there have been IN years
gone by, aching and IhIobbing hearts that
have been waiting, watching, sgonizng. pray
ing for just such day as this, ""hen this
Government, iefecling the true sentiments
OF The people, should express its sympathy"
with those people in their situation Of peril
and oppression. seeking, painting alter the
liberty which is "given by God" but which
has been "wrested from them by man."
Again, most cordially agree with that
honorable Senator when he says:
81 do not see any danger to the true inde-
| pendence of nations by such courses and
indeed am by no means certain that the
! free interchange of public views in this sol
emn manner would not 60 far towards check
! ing the PROGRESS Of oppression and tendency
! to wal"
Here. then, we have The sanction OF the
honorable Senator, and he tells us that the
expression OF those liberal opinions will go
iar ''Iowsrds checking the progress OF OPP
pressioo.'
/ thank the honorable Senator for that ex-
| preston: 1t is true now, and always has been
true since the first existencs Of naiions.
The honorable Senator says: