The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-01-19

upon il runs thus "Rsader If you seek his monument
iook around ~ So we may say OF our constitution ii
you would estimate lis value. LOOK AROUND
y How many Stufos, -
Aud clustering towns, and monu monts oi lame
audi sl.nTl aE. lreln ~

Aud scene, Of glorious deed. p
Contrast the thirteen col onies OF the revolution with
our 'hlTty,one Slses and then contrast ths Iepuos
empires OF the globe lgive utteTanee only 70 one oil oc
familiar common places when say that whether we re-
gard the increase Of its populations the development OF us
resources the augmentation of it's wealth, its power, and
IT'S Dilueace among the nations, or tue steady progress
its people III all the of refined cvlizaton the his
tory Of this country unexamped in the annals OF our
race Without wishing to chime in with that strain OF
self -complacent defamation which has made so many
Fourth OF July oraons offence TO cultivated ears he
occasion Hot only authorizes but compels me 10 say ha
there people on the earth free we ares none
who possess such auence of all the immunities and
appliances. social and political secular and religious es
and to the greatest good OF the great mass OF the nation
10 prove this would be work OF supererogahon II
any man look around" and doubt he has ms
aken his cou9try, aud should transfer MS aomch 10
more cOngenaj CLINE.
Nor is the sxNsotdnary growth of the United States
in all the eiemen whsch constitute hs nae k,ea'asss ,s
that have been steadily opposed by most OF lhs lead
ing cabinets of Europe. and especially by the whole
nora influence Of the British government and
England has forgiven the Declaration OF nde
pendence Whether II s because this Union ID stand
ng memsnto of her folly and msgovernment, or because
she jealous Of daughter whose ships aud splndles
compete with her own the markets OF the globe GER
lain it is that she has always looked upon us win an
evil eye No maternal pride has ever betrayed her nloa
spontaneous burst of admiration at the enterprise, the
intelligence, and the moral wouh~of her TRANSATLANTIC
Offspring When James the Second. one OF her faith
less kings, whom she drove in indignation from ms
throne, overlooked from The French coast the great
naval action of La Hogue, and saw the British after put
ting TO fight that imposing squadron with when all BIS
hopes embarked pursue their enemy IN boats nio
the very shadows and SET fire TO the ships which would
otherwise have escaped, he could not restrain ms ad-
miraton Of their galanuy. but cried out, An none
but my brave English could do this" But no such par
oyy sm of generosity has overcome our venerable
mother in contemplating this fair country Instead Oh
exclaming, she has marked the gradual transition OF
this vast wilderness into cultivated continent covered
and DIlIpV
nv brave children could have done this she has sys.
ena,icaly detracted from just fame, and dsparaged
achievements. Allowing tor individual excepapns,
the OF her press not to speak OF other ndces OF her
eeng) has been marked with an iberallty ana acerbty
towards us which nothing could justify. Her journal,
lists and tourists have set themselves TO msrepesent ana
deprecjae our institutions From her stately quarteres
down to the humbiest hebdomadal repositories OF pro-
vnca wit and wisdom, they have exerted their ten tai
ens or their talent the might be- 10 cast rld
cue upon public acts and monuments. upon our cyl
franchises our Manners literature, our very roads
and vehicles and the whole working OF our political and
social systems. They have done what they could 10
make the impression in Europe that our great expert
menl" was failures that there no security here Tor
lie and property; ha, anarchy and semi -oaroansm were
already rampant and that the Union must presently tall
to pieces And how has the country needed these un-
worthy demonstrations Precisely as loaded tram
heeds The straws which sporiivc children scatter on the
rails eagle heeds the pellets OF mud cast alter
him as he scars upwards his mighty pinons towards
the sun The country has advanced with constantly
accelerated momentum, which has al least changed the
contemp OF its maIgners into the dignity hatred. And
nrhrr deiama,ory presses nor official decrees neither
standing armies nor dom'ciary espionage, nor al
these combined have been Sble To conceal the truth
from the simple nded peasantry and the degraded
operatives OF Europe. Alike in their pestiferous work.
shops and in their remote mountain oate the name OF
the United States is taiisnan to them The sautaiion,
Il" am an american citizen Is the best passport
stranger can have TO their confidence Often have seen
their eyes sparkle on hearing II and ,he slgh1 made me
Roman that the watchword, 81 am Roman citizen,
would him personal respect throughout The kaown
world Ba, = was the dread 9' ns mT esses
American abroad II not The inspiration OF ear out oi
love, which lights up the counenaDces OF the common
people at his approach lhsy know ls o. Ponucs' anu
could give no very lucid account Of this country but
they have these two ideas about IT. inwrought into Their
are comfortable and conented This makes 1t land OF
hope TO them this makes them long to get here; this
constitutes the subtle, mysterious influence which has
gone out from Union into all the hamlets and all the
mines and foges of Europe, and which is drawing their
tenanry towards with an agency as irresistible as that
which keeps the needle 10 the pole Ih,s II was which
made honest, truthful peasant, who lived In one o
those lofty valleys al the OF Mont Blanc say TO
party of Amercans, year or two since mot less than
two hundred OF my neghbofs have gone IRON ihs small
valley to your country and nothing but the want OF means
keeps me IRON following them" say again, was
proud 10 hear H. These unboughi testimonies to the all
prevadiug and blessed influence ofmy couniry-testmo
MES pic ked up by the and by the coes beah
and the shepherds fold from reapers, and wagone, and
guides and aborers-are worth more inan all The studied
condiments bestowed upon ameUCA Dy COufuy
Jiplomststs 1t is something 10 belong to land which
looms up this way before all nations as land oil peace
and plenty of virtue and salety-as asylum where the
oppressed may find refuge IRON tyranny. and the poor
the ampest and Tor frugal industry
II is something to belong 10 land which is known
wherever the foot Of civilized has fod, not by her
Cxsars and Napoeons not by her bloody and con.
quests but BY her Washingtons and Frankns her civH
and religious liberty her equal laws, and her thriving
populations That such land should draw upon The
Old World is surprising The philosophy OF The TACT
is Sufficiently simple and was set forth by one oi ,he
lustrous orators OF the revolution with iecy wh'cn
ia eluaed only by his Extraordinary prophetic announce
men, OF the itself Immediately after the close OF the
revolution, Patrick Henry delivered speech OF great
power the assembly OF Virginia, IN avor oil liberal
policy the subject OF immigration. Contrasting me
expanse OF territory with The scanty population he oo
served Your grt want, SIR, the want OF men ana
these you have, and will have speedily You are
wise DO you ask, how are you to get Them Open
your DOORS s and they will como IN. The population
Of the Old World full to overAowing that population
j. ground. too. by the oppressons OF the governments
ing on tp-toe upon their native shores and looking
to your coasts with wshfu and longing eye; they
ace here a land blessed with natural and political
advantages-which not eqnaued ny those of any
other country upon eartha land on which gracious
Providence hath empted the horn oil abundance-a land
over which Peace hath now stretched forth her wnne
wings and where Content and Plenty lie down Al every
door Sir they see something still attractive than
all this they landin which Liberty hath taken up beI
abode that Liberty whom they had considered AZ tabled
aoddess existing only in the ancies OF Poen they see
her here real divaily. her affairs rising on every hand
throuS these happy States, her Clones chaned by
three millions OF tongues, and the whole region smiling
uoodess Liberty, stretch forth her fair band towards
A.. ,.ooIo of tha Old World. tell them and