The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-12-11

s"ASc WIG Wages VI Hccf'cs Inc tcfSTot lc
true, as proved by enhanced wages under the
reduced tariff of 1896. Hear. 1t is needless
to remark (for it is known TO all the world
that England stands among the foremast in the
rank OF nations Now, what is one OF the chief
causes OF this II is, gentlemen, in the variety
OF sources from which you sprang. Ii is that
the English blood is fusion OF the blood of ma
! tons.
! There is, gentlemen, the ancient Briton,
whom Caesar failed TO conquer; there is the
Celt, indomitabe in courage, OVERLOOKING in
genius and generosity there are the Scots and
Pcts, majestic even in semi bar barsm there
are the Danes, the noblest offspring of the great
Scandinavian tribe, brave, adventurous, energet-
ic; there is, too, the Industrious, orderly, per
severing, courageous law and liberty.lovng
Saxon and then last, but foremost of them all
the chlvairous the heroic, the conquering the
god-llke Norman, infusing another element of
courage, intellect, and power into the blood
of England. Ii is from this fusion Of the blood
OF these great races sprong the power and glory
OF England. II gave us Shakespeare and Mil.
ton, Bacon. Newton, and Franklin. IL gave "a
Hanpden, Sidney, and RusseI--glorious mar
tyrs OF free !om. II gave us Fox and Chatham,
the early, eloquent, and courageous friends of
my country. IL gave us Peel and Wellington,
and, greatest of all, by the verdict of mankind,
Tor he sprang from the race--it gave us Wash
ington Loud and )ng-continued cheering |
lie would allude briefly to one other topic, out
OF which some apprehended difficulties between
England and America. In the message of the
President of the French republic of the 4th of
this month, will be found the following passage :
=" We have eagerly seized the opportunity to
furnish Spain with proof of the sincerity of
our relations, by joining England in offering the
cabinet OF Madrid the assistance OF our naval
forces, TO repulse the late audacious attack
against Cuba" Now, without having any au.
thority to speak for any British official, ] will
state my own decided conviction, that this
statement of the French President is founded
IN mistake and misrepresentation. Look at the
treaty establishing the boundary between Maine
and Canada. AT the time that treaty was rati-
he'd, was n Senator Of the United States, and
voted for it, chiefly with the view of disposing
for ever Of the right of search. Connected
with that treaty was correspondence between
| your own worthy and excellent minister, Lord
Ashburton, and our own eminent Secretary OF
State, Daniel Webster, in which the right of
search was unequivocally abandoned No one
can suppose that England is disposed to nullify
that treaty. or withdraw that pledge. Now, the
placing OF feets, on or near our coasts, to watch
over and visit vessels sailing from them, would
be either gratuitous and insulting menace, or
1T would involve the principle of the right of
search. What could be the object of such
fleets, unless to watch, visit, search, and seize
our vessels And where were those hostile
fleets to be stationed
| la the very outlet of our American lake, the
Gulf of Mexico, through which passes annual.
ly, our commerce to the amount or hundreds of
millions Of dollars with the valley of the Missis-
| slppl, and also to a great extent with the 18TH
mus and California. Such proceeding would
vex our commerce, and cause an immediate rice
IN the rates of Insurance. This menace proceed
cd, not from England, but from the President of
the French Republic. (iear, hear) II would
have been we'll for him to have remembered that
he had himself but recently set the example in
two unsuccessful Lopez expeditions conducted
| by him against the government of his own
country. The first was from Strausburg; the
second, headed by Louis Napoleon, proceeded
from London, in British registered vessel and
assailed Boulogne, with the avowed object OF
| overthrowing the then existing government OF
France. The expedition was unsuccessful, not
to say ignominious; and now, this Gallo Lopez
makes this unproyoked assault, and Eliminates
this insulting menace against my country. | re
peat the expression of my decided conviction
that England has entered into no such coalition.
| 1t cannot be, that the present f7ee-trade minis
try of England would render Intellectual their
own benefcent measures, by substituting block
AIDES and embargoes for commercial freedom. II
cannot be, that they would exclude the manu-.
facturers Of America, or deprive their own coun-
! try Of our cOttons our breadstuffs and provi-
sions, our rice, our gold or even of our tobacco,
one of the principal sources of their revenue
! 1t cannot be- that Lord Palmerston. your eo.
| quent and enlightened secretary of foreign af-
fairs, at the very time he was uniting with US in
obtaining the liberation Of the illnstrious exile
OF Hungary. was aiming, in combination with
France and Spain, a blow ut America Nor con
believe that your own able, eloquent, and be.
nevolent prime minister, inheriting the name.
principles, and blood Of the immortal Russell.
could have united in such an indpnty to the
American Union. For myself then, hear from
this passing cloud, neither the clap of thunder.
nor see the flash Of lightning. | see rather the
sprinkling Of the gentle and genial drops of
friendship and affection. and the emerging rain
bow Of p ace over-arching the Atlantic, be
tokening brighter day and still more fraternal
intercourse for England and America. Loud
cheering Wherever we look over the globe,
We find the flags Of England and America uni.
ted. Upon the coasts Of all the continents and
all TIE islands Of the mi hty deep, there float
the kindred flags Of England and America. We
find them near, or together, upon the Ice barred
shores OF the newly.dlscovered Antarctic CONT
nent we find them also in common cause of
science and humanity amid the perilous Polar
seas I'd "regions Of thick ribbed ice" search.
ing for your own distinguished navigator, Sir John
Franklin. That expedition in the Arctic ocean
was fitted out and despatched by my own gen.
erous countryman, Mr.. Henry Grnne. name
which deserves TO be enrolled with the Towards
Of the world Our gallant naval officers, with
the countenance and encouragement of our gov
ernmen;, volunteered TO command the expedi.
ton.
Sir John FRANKLIN is not yet found but Mr..
Grinnell has offered his vessels for second ex
petition, determined, II your noble and adven.
turous navigator still survives, TO restore him to
his country and his home, and TO those weeping
eyes that still are strained to behold him In
concluding these remarks, pernit Ise TO quote
the last words Of my last financial report 10 the
American Congress -"For my country and her
confederacy Of sovereign and United States. I
invoke the continued blessings Of heaven Nav
her Union be nrOerpagiyo harmonious al 49,.