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

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beg leave h dssrs you 10 iemeuher thar ,hi. eelara
ton % President Moarcs vas no, oni, approved aud
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Greet bvssssm A sasa sAs taxed S,~s Ia the declaration
oi tbs d~risson &na ,bss policy
ias,hss recall 90 ,oas memory li.s instructions given
s1c 70 ycar ENJOYS TO The toa.ssss OF Panama, Rch.
ard Anderson and John sergeant, where IL W clearly
stated thai the Nnlssd States would have opposed with
their whole force he inerierssse OF continental powers
with iha, s'Iaxxle for Independence.
t' true that THIS declaration 10 60 TO pro.
sc tbs iaSssAndsaes Of foreign States asans foreign
Interference WAS not only restricted to the continent, Of
America, bat Pfesadent Monroe declares in his message
hs, the United kssses have 10 European
Struggles, being distant and separated from Europe BY the
great Atlantic ocean.
Bat bed leave 10 remark ,hsi this Indifference 10
European concerns 10 again matter not OF pytwcpis, bn,
Of temporary srxsay the motives Of which have BY the
lapse OF time. sn,tsy 6isspy~xred.o much that the
Ia ngr ey~ tNFNS In Iks aaMnux IT, IL
President Monroe mentions dssSSs "a q motive OF the
above stated distinction Well, since the prodgious de.
boiied OF the dictionary rather replaced by the
word siass Distance 10 no more calculated by sss. bu,
by hos; and being Europe OF course, lees distant
But let the VOID distance Be taken in s nominal
sense, Europe 10 nearer To you than the greatest part oil
the American coniinsniyea even than perhaps
some parts Of your own territory.
President Monroes second motive is that you sep
araled from Europe by the Atlantic. Now, at the pre-
sent time. and IN the prcsen, condition OF navigation, the
Atlantic 10 no separation, but rather connecting benefit
the facilitating OF ihs commercial intercourse
which brings The interests Of Europe home you con-
nscing you with u with every s OF moral well
II Is chiefly in New York thar feel induced 10 speak
because New York by innumeable ties connected
with Europe-nose connected than several parts Of Ea
It is the agricultural inetes, OF this great county
which chiefly wants an Quite, and market Now il is
lar more Europe than the American continent 10 which
cannot allow you remain indifferent the fate OF free
dom on the European continent, becaasebe sure gen
ilemen and let have spoken this chiefly TO the gentle
Of ,radeshould absolusm gain ground in Europe,
will il must make every possible obstacle to the
mercia intercourse OF republican America. because
mecial intercourse s The most powerful iocomeirs prn-
epis and be sure the victory OF absoiusn the Euro
Pcan continent will in no quarter have more injurious
national consequences than IN the vast extent OF your
agricultural and commercial interests
Then, why not prevent il while yet there IL possibility
10 do 90 with no or comparliye small sacrifices, rather
than 10 abide that fatal catastrophe, and to the
immense sacrihce i would then cost
Even in political considerations, days you have
stronger motives 10 feel interested the fate oil Europe
than in the fate Of the central southern parts OF
America Whatever may happen in the institutions Of
tations affected by il But le, Europe become absolu
tstical-as without the restoration Of Hungary its
nected with Hungary 10 be sure il wiil-snd your ehii.
dren will those words which your national govern
ment spoke in is27 fulfilled larger scale than they
pssd until sp<ry rs. Of human freedom ksd been obi<,asd
tpsr hrs And. oh do mol rely too fondy upon your
power. 1t 10 great. TO be sure You have not 10 fear
Ancient Rome has fallen, and mighty empires have
Ished from earth Let not the enemies oil freedom grow
too strong. Victorious Europe. and then united.
they haie you with internal hatred They must hate
you even more than me. They consider you ~ their
most dangerous opponent Absouiism. canno, iran.
gully sleep while the republican principle has such
mighty representative your country IL.
Yes, gentlemen il was the fear from the political reac.
ton OF absolutstic principles which induced your great
statesmen not 10 extend 10 Europe aso that principle
which they professed for Central and Southern America,
and by no means the pub!icly-avowed feeble motives
Every manifestation OF your public life out OF those times
shows that am right to cay Europe's nations were,
about 1873, such degraded situation that indeed You
must have felt anxious not to into any political
contact with that presidential atmosphere OF Europe,
when. Mr.. Clay said in sis his speech about The
emancipation OF South America, paris was transferred
TO 81 Petersburg - 49,.
But scarcely has, within year later, the Greek nation
come in its contest 10 important standing, which gave
you hope that the spirit OF freedom waking again. and
a, once you abandoned your principle Of political ndf
ference Tor Europe. You know how yoar Clsys and
your Webs,ers spoke, il really they speaking for
my very case You know how your citizens acted in
behalf of tina, struggle for liberty in that part OF Enope
which is distant than Hungary; and again, when
Poland fell, you know what spirit pervaded the United
States
SO ! have shown you how Washingon's doctrines Of
perfect neutrality your foreign relations has by andby
changed into the declaration TO oppose, with all your
orce absoutIstcal Europe in interfering with the Inde
pendence republican Institutions OF Central and South
ern America. | have shown you why this manly
you the further differences between your present conve
nience and that OF the time OF President Monroenoi
less important than those between Monroes and Wash.
ngtons time. But one mighty difference | must still
commemoraie--hai is that your population has, since
Monroes time, nearly doubled. believe; ri least in
creased by millions. And what sort OF men these
Millions Are they only native. born Americans Mo-
European emlgrants they aremen who, though citizens
Oh tue United Sates by the most sacred ties OF
lsuonshp attached TO Europe's fate. That is consider
hon worthy OF the reflection OF your calmes and wisest
neo VINO, aet calm reflection, must agree with me that
IN your present condition you al least as much In
terested IN the fate OF Europe as your fathers twenty
egn years ago, declared themselves Interested in the