The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-12-25

! ] farther v~ca,i to yoar memory ,dA
INSTRUCTIONS gwen In 1879 10 yoar fn
voys to the coparsss II Panama, Rich.
ard Anderson and John Sergeant.
whc,c IL 10 clearly Sased--tAst the
United States would has. opposed, With
,heir whole force, the in,srfsreacc II
Continental Powers with that stSussls
fos independents.
II 10 true, that this desiarstiea T. 6"
even to war. 10 prx ect The Independence
OF foreign States ssainst fossssa inter
ference. was no, only restricted 10 ,hs
Continent u America. hus rrssidrnt
Monroe declares In his message that
! the United States can have NO concern
/ IN European sirUsHlsa, being dissans
s"d separated hom Europe ty The
great Atlantic Ocess.
| But beg leave to remark ihsi hi,
indifference TO Eavepesn concerns i.
asnio . matter, not sf principle, bo. Of
temporary ssiseacy -- the ssosivss.
which have. by the lapse Of time, entire
ly disarpssr~d--so much that The ba.
lance even is turned 10 The sPposito
side.
President Muuroe mentions distance
s . motive Of the alovs.s,ated DATING
ton We'll, s,nce the prodigIous de-
velopemcni Of your Ful,sn's glotious
in. .cntion. distance 10 blotttd out Of tho
dict'onary,--o rather replaced by the
word time. Distance 10 no more cal.
eulated by miies, bu. BY AosvA And
being 50. Europe b u eosrss les dis.
tant from you than the greater pert of
, tho American Continent. hut, lss even
the word distance be taken in 10 noM-
inal Nnse,--Europe 10 nearer 70 you
than the grea,sst part Of tho American
Continent, yes, even nearer than per-
haps sons parts OF your own territory.
| President Munroc's second motive
is, that you, nre separated from Europe
by the Atlantic. Now. at tLs present
time, and in tho pre.cnt co,sliiion OF
navigation, the Atlantic 10 no separation.
but ralhos q connecting bened,--tho
facilitating source Of tim, commercial
intercourse which brings the interest.
oI Europe home 10 you, connecting you
with ii, with every ,ie Of moral ~ we'll
ne material interest
II is cLiSay in New York that I feel
induced 10 speak so,--bccausc New
York !. Ivy innumcrabls tics connected
with Europe. more connected than
several parts Of Europe itself
! II is the agricultural interest Of thiA
grea. country, which chiefly wants an
outlet. and market Now il 10 far
more Europe than the American Con-
linent 10 which you have to look, In this
respect. This very circumstance can
hot allow you to remain Indifferent 70
the fate Of freedom on the European
Continent. because, be sure. gentlemen.
and let ms have SPOKEN this chiefly 10
the gentlemen VI trade, should Abso.
lutism gain ground In Europe, il will
j. must make every possible obstacle 10
tho commercial Intercourse VI Republic
an America, because commercial inter-
course is the most powerful locomotive
ofprinciplc snd be sure tho victory of
AbsoIotism on the European continent
will in no quarter have more injurious
! national consequences, than in the vast
rst"n. Of your agricultural and coomer-
ciai Interests.
Then, why not prevent i.---whiIe yet
there Is possibility 10 do 50 with none,
OF comparatively small sacrifices, rath-
er Than to abide that fatal ca,astropi,s.
and 10 mourn tho immense sacrifices it
would then costi
Even in political considerations now
a.days, you have stronger motives to
feel interested in the fate Of Europe
.han even in the fate OF the Central or
Southern parts of America. Whxisver
may happen to the institutions Of tbe..
par,t. you are too powerful to see your
own institutions effected by Il. But let
Europe tecome abso!utist,cal--ssw with.
oIt the restoration of Hungary to its
independence, and the freedom VI Italy
30 strongly connected with Hungary. 10
be sure II ~iii--and your children viii
. see those words, which your National
+, Government. spoke in 1897, fulfilling on
: larger scale than they were iaespt.
. ,ha. the atsoluti,m Of Europe will not
! be- app. as.d until every vesiigs oC hu-
: man freedom has been oblhera,sd even
+. here And oh, d. no. rely too fondiy
b upon your power. II is graz. 10 be
J. sure. You have no, to fear whatever
r single power on earth bu, look to hi'.
= tory. Ancient Home has fallen and
!. mighty empires have vanished fsou,
r earth. Let not the enemies Of freedom
% grow 10 strong. Victorious ever VA.
,. rope, and then united. they wossi 10
loo strong even fvr you And he sure.
, they hate you even more than me-
n They consider you ~ their most dan.
~ erous opPOnsnts Absoiolisn, cannot
,e TRANQUILITY sleep while the nspablicnn
g principle has ssch mighty reprsses-
y lat;ve as your country n
l. Ys,, gentlemen II sss lbs fssr from
!. the poi,IicAl Ieasiion of A5ssla,issic
,. principles. which iodseed your great
IN staissmen 10 adopt ihss pr'aciple for
y. Central and Southern America only
., and no, to extend IL 10 Europe also, add
Il, by no mean. the publicly avoSsd fssbls
,. motives. Every manifestation u your
:, public life, out Of ihose ,imss. sLsss
u tina, ] an IjgLt to ssy ~. Europe
:e ns,ion. uere, sLs.ot 1898, Ia socL De.
ri graded sitvsiioa thai Indeed ySv uus
r. have fs.t hxious Dot ~ come into asJ
a. political contract ilh that psstiish,iA