The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-11-25
-. or rs.n. IL. ,. Walker,

6 ss 1891 (pbihed from notes By shorthand
rsp0rter)
The Hon. r. J. Walker date Secretary of the Ameri-
can Treasury rose amid loud pauds, and said: The
agreeable duty assigned TO HIM OF answering the
,oas lust given but be had been long engaged IN
GguIes of nance rather than in figures OF rhetoric. that
he must throw himself on their indugent Kindness as
srng them that his heart was with them however Zee
bic his efforts mig he TO express his sentiments lie re-
audience and upon British SOIL where reposed the ashes
of his foreathers The panorama OF centuries unrolled
itself in rapid review before HIM thousand ecollec
tions OF The PAST came rushing upon his memory; thou
sand remembranees OF the kindred gories which united
his country with their own hlled hs heart to overflow
ing and left him without language 10 express his
lions He reoiced only in being selected to address
Englishmen upon English SOIL but also that the rising
commercial city OF Southampton was the place where
This pri yege had been so kindly rendered him. Hear
hearl The name OF Southampton stranger in
America [Cheers IL was there that frgae bearing
the flag OF his country, and those who commanded her,
received welcome so kind and cordial; it was there
that of the great steam ferries united their port with
the commercial emporium OF his country; il there
that the voice OF the people of England first heard in
friendly Intervention with the Sultan OF Turkey to OBJ
tain the release OF the iustrious Kossuth [Cheegsl 1t
there too, that he had been first received in this
country, aud with a welcome so cordial and sincere
He reioiced also, that their ustrious guest should
have first landed at Southampton, his way to Amer
ca II was an appropriate mark of his respect and graft
tude 10 noble and generous city Tor her first and eth
Gent interference in his behalf 1t proper also,
tina, he should take England his way America, that
ne return MS tuankS IOf Inc anu success
iu interference OF her government in procuring his lib
Grafton from the Sultan OF Turkey, without which inter-
ference Sustained as il was by the American govern
men and the presence of British fleet in the Darda.
nees, prepared TO uphold the Ottoman Porte against the
threats of Austria and Russia, the heroic Kossnh must
have remained captive, or perhaps have sealed with
his blood the scatlold OF an Austrian yIan his de-
voon to liberty and TO his country. Hear hear This
the first joint intervention OF England and America
in favor OF freedom. He hoped il would not be the last
Its success was suspicious of future similar rumphs
1t proved that England and America combined need
scarcely negotiate from the mouths OF Their cannon, but
that their united moral force in the of liberty could
arrest the march OF despots He persuaded that no
jealousy would be felt in the United States growing out
Of the fact that Louis Kossuh on his way TO America,
had visited England there to plead the of his
try, and return his thanks Tor the magnahimous interior
ence of England in obtaining his release from bondage
loud cheers] God be thanked, the shackles
stricken from his limbs, and he stood upon soil which
not polluted by the tread or fear OF despots, and
where their power could never reach him. lCheers.l
Blu, he (Mr WalkeD found himself rambling from the
duty assigned him in responding to the toast in favor of
the constitutional governments OF England and OF the
United States. by constitution, England meant, and
the United States meant, a permanent form OF govern
meni, established by the voice OF the nation. The con-
suilon OF England was reformed in this way upon the
overthrow OF the yannous dynasty OF the Suaf,s, and
It contained many vital principles of free government
Among these were representation in part with progress
sve engagements, OF the people in the House of Com
mons; the immediate change of measures and ministry
resulting from their vote their command the
nue. and taxes OF the country; independent judiciary
the tIal by jury the hdbeds corpus act; the Magma
Charla the liberty OF speech and of the press. Hear,
hear He might enumerate others, but these would
suffice to show that many fundamental principles OF free
government were imboded in the constitution of Eng
land Many OF these principles, enl aget and expanded
were adopted IN forming the constitution of the United
States That instrument was formed by Washington
franklin Madison, Hamilton and the patriots and sages
OF that eveniful period confederate republican
unon Each State assented TO that constitution by
convention elected separately by the people of each
state and i was adopted By the unanimous choice of all
the States OF the Union. 1t government of checks
anu balances. lle power divided bet the
States and the government of the Union--he States
exercising such functions as were local and mum.
cpal and all others not granted by them, and the gen.
eIa government such as apperianed chiefly to inter-
state and International commerce and to foreign rela
eminent for the whole Union. without State and NUM-
cpa institutions, especially with single chamber. even
although IePosed upon the will OF the people. and
administered by their elected delegates, would have
terminated IN anarchy, TO be succeeded by despotsm
lHear, hear However popular il might have been in
form, IT would have been de'poc in practice, for is
not the name that makes free government. A repub.
c, 80 called depressing the liberty OF speech and OF the
PRESS intervening abroad 10 overthrow by force sister
republic, and IeposIng at home upon hall million Of
bayones not to secure the nation against foreign lnya
son. but 10 maintain the against the people
was in ills action military and desPoc. whatever title il
might assume in its constitution Hear, hear
This subject was well discussed by their illustrious
guest, who demonstrated how well the philosophy OF free
government understood by him, and how mpossi bic
II was 10 maintain free government when all power
centralized at one point, and IN single chamber, and
State and municipal institutions were oyerlhrown.
ROVER ulVlueu III America between Inc States
and the general government, ], was distributed there,
well as in all the States, into legislative executive and
judicial. Congress consisted of two chambers-the
House OF Representatives and tie Senate and the
OF majority OF both must precede The passage of any
law. Oi these two chambers, the House OF Representa-
tves chosen by the people in two hundred and thirty
three separate districts each OF equal population, and
the Senate by the legislatures OF the several States,
each State having two senatorsihe State OF Delaware,
with population OF eighty thousand. having great a
voice in the Senate as the State OF New York, with
population exceeding three millions of people. When
an act had passed the Senate and the House by majority
OF the votes OF each must then receive the sanction Of
the President before il could become law. The Pres
dent was elected every four years by electors chosen by
the people and If he placed his veto upon any act il
could not become law, except by the sanction Of
thirds OF both houses and when had passed through all
these FORMS every law, whether sanctioned by the Pres
dent or not, II IT was repugnan to any provision of the
constitution OF the United States fell like dead letter
from the statute book under the judicial action OF the
Supreme Court of the United States Hear, hear ]
The judges OF the Supreme Court of the United States held
their Offices for ie by Independent tenure removable
demeanors; and no member of that high tribunal had
ever been removed That great tribunal, the balance
wheel OF the government, decided. in the last resort
upon the constu,ionalty OF every law OF every State
as well as OF the Union, and upheld by it's DEGREES the
paramount and fundamental law OF the land
Here, then, was government Of checks and balances
IN which power distributed to insure calm and
democratic action so as TO guard against tyranny the
one nahd and popular precipitation the other Hear
nearJ lhs constitution could only be changed by
tnree-iourlbs OF the States and it had worked
fury II was permanent form Of free government, sa.
bic, orderly and well balanced secur,ng l;fo l;ha,y