Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-03

Or pillows foam"
No. is because in that brave little Island the sanctuary
of liberty and law 1t is because have marked that through
out ha, mighty and extended Empire, morality and religion
commerce and civilization sprung up every where side by
side. [Cbeers.
Mere conquest gentlemen, q vulgar thing There were
the Tartar conquerors they swept the EARTH Their
march marked by slaughter, and their trophies
human skulls. [Applause.] There the Roman
querers the mighiest they, of all antiquity but how does
the Latin historian make the ancient Brton subjected to
their sway describe the end and aim Of all their conquess
He says sadly They make Solitude and call that "peace
deep emotion Long will that phrase Of Tacitus brand
the fame Of his countrymen But we, English, instead Of
making sotudes and calling that peace have made wars that
have peoped sotudes. Loud and long applause.l Our
legions have marched through wldernesse and behind
them have sprung up blooming gardens and gallant cities
aud many is the fair land in which, since their passage civi-
zed breathes the prayer of christian mercy over spots
where formerly the savage scaped his foe and the wolf de-
voured bis victim! Immense cheering Gentlemen con-
fess admire great Empire, but admire far the great
Of it. [Applause When take up the map OF Asia,
feel doubtless, some pride in finding hundred millions
Of its inhabitants subjected to the British rules but this
pride is nothing to that which nils my breast as eect
that there not one among that hundred millions who
whether be be Hindoo Mahommedan, warrior OF the
mountain tribes Of Mahraa, subtle inhabant OF the soft
cities Of Bengal, who does not fly to British tribunal as
blessed refuge from the persecution OF his negnoo or from
the fraud and injustice of his or creed Lond
and continued cheers And So gentlemen when take up
the map Of North America and there follow out at its north
ex,remiies that long line which encloses the immense
territory which bears the British nam the exuaon which
fills nv hear, small to that entertain when, inqurng
into the laws and condition OF our colonies in those paris,
find that there not people the face OF the globe more
lightly taxed, literally governed, o. who cam though
say it, be powerfully protected thar our prave dearly
loved and loyal brethren who there acknowledge the bene
fcent sceptre Of Queen Victoria Loud applause.
Gentlemen, long as see things thus, woud not will
ngy consent Great Britain should lose an inch o her
present wide domain particle Of her present mighty cow
er of rendering Justice and dong good. Would that had
been thus! [Cheers
Those who have studied fortunes these countries where
we e are know that ts7 built up by hardy char
acte ont Of our own free h~s but when had raised
them to shat b. ght in which yy furnished forth good and
noble eIisce TO inhab, unfortunately pulled down the
fabric abost our ears ard not altogether undeservedy
stoned from the roins Of our work. Grest applause Yes
gentlemen and in proportion tn tbs hardness Of the materials
which we bad put into that work. the hardness Of the
blows which received [Laughter.l
will say that rejoice at that event. know that
there ocurs who tell you that eye is put out the