Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-01-16

time. But, depend upon it, she will come
ont right. She will put her head to the
wind. find she wiN obey her helm! We
nave hardly beg"n TO realize the vast i'm
por'ance, on human society and the hs,o-
~ ol the world, of the voyage Of that liz
lie vessel which brought the love Of civil
and religious liberty TO us, and which
brought the Bible, the Word of God, to
us. We have hardly begun TO realize the
consequences of that voyage. Heretofore
the extension of our race, following our
New Eng land ancestry, has crept along
the shore. But now the race has ex.snd.
ed. II has crossed the mountains. II
has ascended not the AIIeghanies only.
but has capped the Rocky Mountains. /,
Is now upon the shores of the Pacific, and
on this day or if not on this dav, then
this day twelvemonlh, descendants of New
England will celebrate there
II roice-"To day, they celebrate TO
day"
Mr. Webster, God bless them for ,ha, ,
Heres to the health and success of the
California Society Of Pilgrims assembled
'hlS day on the shores of the Pacific! -
(Proloneed applause.) And it shall vet
60 hard if the three hundred millions Of
people Of China-if they are intelligent
enough to understand anything about IT,
shall not one day hear and know some
Thing OF this sentiment too! But, gentle.
men, am trespassins too long on your
time. am taking so much time that is
due TO others. My voice is neither new
voice, nor is il the voice OF Young man.
II has l'een heard be!nre in this place. and
the most that have thought or fel, con-
cer"ins New England history and New
England principles, has been before in the
course OF my life, said here and else
where.
"Yonr sentiment, Mr. President calling
me up before this meeting, speaks Of the
constitution under which we lye--of the
Union which Ior sixty years has been
over us and made us associates with those
who settled at the mouth of the Missis-
sippl and their descendants, and now at
last fellow citizens with those who have
come from all corners of the earth and set
tied in California. l confess have had
my doubts whether the republican system
under which we live could be 80 vastly
extended without danger of dissolution.
Thus far, | willingly admit, my appre-
hensions have not been realized. The
distance is vast--the intervening country
is vast. But the Representative system
on which our Government; is established
seems to be indefinitely expansive, and
wherever it does extend, it draws after it
IA love OF the Union under which we exist.
Il believe California and New Mexico
have had new life inspired into the people.
They consider themselves new beings, a
new creation, a new existence.
F. Thy arc not the men hey thought
themselves to be, now tl,at they arc mem
her> OF the great government and hail as
citizens Of the United States of America
l hope in the providence of God as this
system q: States and representative gov
ernment> shall extend, that it will be
strengthened. Social agitstions disturb il
less. II there has been on The Atlantic
coast, somewhere south OF the Potomac,
(and will no. define further where il is J
if there has been di>sa,istac,ion-rhatt dis
satisfaction has not been tel, in California
1T has mol been felt on that side of the
Rocky Mountains. lis locali<m, and
am one of those who believe that our sys-
TEN of government is not TO be DESTROYED
10y locali>ms, north or south! No! We
have our private opinions, Stale prejudice>,
local ideas !; but over all, submerging all.
drowning all, is tha, great sentiment that
always, and nevertheless we are Ameri-
cans is as Americans that we ar known
the whole world over. Who asks what
State you are from in Europe, or in Afri-
ca, or in Asia? l. he all American-is
he of us? Does he belong TO the flag OF
the country? Does that flag protect him?
Does he honor and support it Does he
rest under the eagle and the stars and
stripes? II he does-if he is-all else is
subordinate and worthy Of but little con-
ce,n.
Now, it is our duty, while we live on
The earth TO cherish this sentiment, to make
it prevail even if it should spread over
the whole continent, 1t is our duty to
carry English principles--l mean sir,
(,urning to Sir Henry Bulwer amid much
iaugh'rr,) Anglo Saxon American-Eng-
li>h principles, over the whole continent,
the great principle Of Magma Char!a, of
the English language. Our children will
hear Shakespeare and Milton recited on
the shores OF the Pacific. Nay, before thai,
American ideas, which are essentially
English ideas, will penetrate the Mexica"
the Spanish mind, and they will thank
God that they have been brought TO know
something OF civil liberty, Of the trial by
jury, and of security for personal rights.
As for the rest, let us take courage.-
The Day Spring from on high has visited
us. Light has broke in upon us. There
is no longer imminent danger Of dissolu-
ton of these United States. We shall
live and not die. We shall live as united
Americans; and those who have supposed
that they could sever us, could rend one
American heart from another, and that Sc
cession and metaphysics could tear us
asun,ler, will find themselves egregiously
mistaken. Let the mind Of the sober a.
mericsn people remain sober. Let n"ot
mfame Itself: Let it do justice 10 ALL
The truest course, and the surcst course,
is to leave those who mediate disunion to
themselves, and see what they can make
,f;. M gentlemen. the time is past.