The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-12-16

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honor You did BY your oAsi, and BY the bsseh Of
coupling my humble with that esuss which }. The
with emotion BY all Il was my proA.xDss Ios 10 expert
snee since am on your Eot9as shoses that unable Y
ind words sxpssss my feelings and knowing that Ill
ciplss. q oaes ~ bavs 10 fall back 70 my duties.
which are the Issng topics Of my reflections. my sor
rows, and my hopes Jake the present occasion iof
highly important opportunity. take for such ~ Will
poSsbIy decide abcst The failure Of my visiting
The United States must, therefore humby embrace your
indulgence for psy long, Ea1 and no ease sio
that cause which tho citizens Of New York. and you
particularly gentlemen. honor with generous sympathy
/ When consider the sympsthy OF the people OF the
United States for the cause OF Hungary generally Diff
fused as to be almost universal. and 30 resouely pro
nounced as pronounce those feelings which are IN
tended to be followed by noble and great deeds. would
feel inclined 10 take your generous aid for the restoration
oil my native land TO its sovereign Independence already
granted in principle and for me nothing left TO DO but
to enter into negotiation about the arrangement OF the
details my confident hopes not checked by that idea
of interference in foreign chiefly European, affairs.
which, according to the numerous testimonials OF your
most distinguished politicians, we are told TO be one Of
the ruling and lasting principles OF the policy OF the UNI
ted States.
men, This source is your religious attachment to the
doctrines OF those great men who highly proved TO all
poserity their wisdom BY hequeathng to you the i'm
paraeled benefits of Nature has raised you in the short
period Of seventy FIVE years. from the precarious position
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atty What would Be the consequences Of The depart
FORE natural that you feel instructive fear 10 touch.
even with improving hands, the dear legacy oil those
i great men.
can only WISH the interest OF mankind. that
you and your poseriy may yet long conserve TINS Iei
glous attachment to IT'S fundamental PRINCIPLES. WItsn
every citizen Of your great Union thankfully scknowl-
edging the immense benefits Of this constitution may,
even in the moments OF the most passionate irritation
never forget to love that constitution than the mo.
mentary passion OF his heart, the egotstca interest
Of the passing hour. May every citizen Of your glorious
corner in large, sure and comfortable house. may be
well amended without breaking the foundation Of III and
that among all possible OF getting rid q that cor
nes partial discomfort the worst would be 10 burn down
the house with our own hands.
But while | thus acknowledge the wisdom OF your at
tachment the fundamental doctrines OF the founders Of
your united republic beg eave with equal rankness
state that in my opinion there can be scarcely anything
dangerous to the progressive development OF what
take for principle that which is but the convenience
of the passing stuaton,o take for substantial that
which is but accidental to take for constitutional doc
rne that which was but the momentary exgency OF ad
minstrave policy. Such course OF action would be
like 10 that when healthy man would refuse 10 take
der weakness Of stomach his physician ordered him
severe diet to keep The consequences would be con.
sumpton-death.
Let me suppose gentlemen, that yonder doctrine Of
non-inererence really bequeathed to you by your
Washingtonand that it was not will prove TO you af-
terwards-and let suppose that your Washing
Dn wes sii 10 the worlds f CAM Am
my brothers. keeper (Which supposon would be OF
course sacIilege: But suppose all this and believe
that, under such suggestions, may be entitled 10
ask is the dress which we'll suited the child still conye
nient TO the full-grown man-nay TO glant-whch you
Would not be ridiculous to lay the giant in ID
cbd's cradle, and 10 sing him to sleep BY lullaby
In those times of the foundation OF the United States,
you infant people, and the large dress Of your
your puele limbs Ia those times you had Of course.
no wiser thing 10 do but 10 grow-to grow and TO
grow
But now you are so far grown that there no foreign
power earth from which you have anything 10 fear for
your own exisence-for your own security This being
your present condition, you have entered into the second
aadam of political existence the destination of which is
only exist for yourself exclusively but TO exist
member OF the great human family OF nations having
the light TO all claims which due from that family
toward every of its fullgrown members, but also
engaged 10 every duty which that gee, family has
the right to claim from every one OF It's full grown mem
bers
A nation may be in the situaon-either by compar
alive weakness by choice and policy. as japan and
China or by both these motives Paraguay, under Dr.
Fnncia-o live life secluded from the world Indifferent
to the doctrines OF mankind, in which cannot or will
not have any share but then It must be prepared TO be
come also excluded from the benefits OF progress, civil
zation, and national intercourse Such nation may well
say don't care about the fate OF whatever other ma
tons in the world"
But am sure no citizen Of the United States had has
or ever will have, the wish 10 this country degraded
to the ro,,ng vegetation of Paraguay or the mummy
existence OF japan and China The feeling OF self dig
nifty, and the expansive quality OF that en,erprisng spirit
which are congena TO eemen, would revolt against the
very idea OF such degrading national captivity. But if
there will TO live such mummy life. there
were no possibility 10 do
The very existence of your great country, the princi-
pies upon which is founded, its geographical position
Its present state OF civilization, and all its moral and
tera interests would lead your people not only 10
maintain but necessarily more and more 10 develop, your
intercourse with the world Then. OF course. being in so
many respects linked 10 the world connected with the
world you have neither the will be in the posi-
bliiy TO remain Indifferent to the condition OF that out
ward world you in many respects connected with
and you remain Indifferent, you must feel
solved to put your self consistent weigh, into that
balance in which the fate and condition OF the world
weighed
l In word, the glorious republic OF the United
States must feel resolved be po,cr eartha power
among the natons--or else itself would be doomed 10
continual decay and 10 be great glorious and
i free
i You are power on earth you mus, be power
on earth SO, OF course, you must also unhesitangy
accept all the natural consequences OF this situation You
cannot allow that any whatever should dispose OF
the fate Of that great family OF mankind OF which you
such pre-eminent member, else you would resign
your proud position and resign your still prouder future,
! and be power on earth more
Thus hope have sufficiently shown that should
even that doctrine Of noninterercnce have been eslab
.hed by the founders OF your republic, that which would
have been very convenient 10 your infancy would not be
convenient to your manhood
II II ia beautiful word OF Montesquieu that republics
10 be founded virtue And you know that virtue,
sanctioned by Christian religion but the effect
live exercise OF principle "Thon shalt do 10 others