New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-12

take for bdsis that which is rone.-,, t.s s.s
principle ths. which IS but the eonreaieSce Of a.
passing situaiicn,-to take for substantial that 49,
| Is hut accidental, or take for consutut,on., 80
IT re iha, which wasbut the mo ne ntAry exxencx :,
| acminnueiiye poiicy. such a course OF ,e,.s~
wou be like TO that WREN heathy man would -
| fuse 10 tske substantial food. because wien hs ~.
| once laeoItng under weakness Of stomach his NJ
stefan ordered hun severe diet TO keep Tae -.
sequence W. uls be consumpion-desth.
Let me suppose, gentlemen, that yoader to,sy;,.
OF nonr reference Was really bequealhed 10 Va. &c
| your asbington-aRd that IL Was not viii .r.T
To yon a'terward and let me even supuos. 49,,
! your Wa shington Impaired such a mean,ng a .-
| der SUPP osed docIlne-shich were ecas,r,, -
the woics Of CaIn-"Am | my brothers ksens, ~. 70
! which surposrion would be OF course a saerlss.
But suppose all THIS And believe that evsa usfsr
such suppostions, may be entitled 10 All ;s,S.
dress which well sui'ed the child still conysn,.., 40
| the full grown man-nay 20 giaaf which yo, -,
Would II not be ridiculous 10 lay the ei,ns :, 81
child's cradle, and 10 sing him 10 sleep hy I.nss
| In those times OF the foundation Of tAe ~.
States, you were an infant people, and the 49,
oisss OF your then comparatively not large terrs,a,
| hung loose on your puerile limbs la those um..'
you had OF course, wiser thing TO do but 10 sro
Ito grow and 10 grow
But row you are so far grown that there is No a.,
| e'sn power on earth from which you have aay,AIn,
10 fear for your own exlstence,-ior your Own secv
riiy. This being your presen: condition you nav.
entered into the second stadium OF political eri,t
erce the destination of which is not only 10 exist far
yourself exclusively, but TO exist as member Of
|
| to al claims, which are due from that family n,
ward every one OF its full grown members but alsa
engaged TO every duty which that grea. family A,s
the rsht to claim from every one Of It's full grown
| members.
! A nation may be in the situation either by con-
paIstve weakness or by choice and policy, as Japaa
and China, or by both these motives, as Paraguay,
unceI Dr. fTancla. TO live a life secluded from tAs
world indifferent 10 the doctrines OF mankind IA
which il cannot, or will not, have any share be.
then it must be prepared TO become also excluded
from the benefits OF progress, civilization. and ma
tional Intercourse. Such nation may well say 81
dont care about the fate of whatever other ns,oas
| in the world"
But sm sure no citizen Of the United states had.
has, ever will have. the wish to this country
degraded To the rottlng vegetation Of Paraguay o.
| the mummy existence OF Japan and China, rhe
feeling of seli-dgn,iy, and the expansive quality Of
that tneTprSing spirit, which cor genlal 10 fres
men, would revolt against the very idea OF such a
| degrading national captivity. But, II there were
even irIH TO live such mummy ilo, there were 90
| possibility to do so
The very existence OF your great country the
principles upon which /, is founded, its geos aphica
position, its present state OF civilization and all Its
moral and material interests, would lead ON yoar
people not only to MAINTAIN but necessarily more
and more TO develop your intercourse with the world
Then, OF course, being IN SO many respects linked
to tho world connected with the world, you can
have neither the will, nor be in the possibility, 10
remain Indifferent to the condltSo OF that outward
world you are IN so many respects connected with.
Ano If you cannot remain Indifferent, so you must
feel resolved TO put your own seltconsistent weight
into that balance, in which the fate and condition Of
the world is weighed.
In word. the glorious Republic OF the United
States must feel resolved TO be sotoer earh--s
power among the nations or else itself would be
doomed to continual decay, and soon cease 70 be
gleat, glorious and Tree.
You are power on earth. You must be psaey
on earth So of course. you must also unhestatiagy
accept all the natural consequences of this stuatsa
You cannot allow that any power whatever should
dispose Of the fate OF that great family OF mankind
OF which you are sucha pieemlnent member or else
YOU would resign your proud position, and resign
your stIll prouGer future, and DO power on eaIh
Thus, hope, l have sufficiently shown. that.
should even that doctrine OF non-intertefcnce have
been established by the founders Of your Republic,
that which would have been very conys nien 20 your
infancy. would not De convenient to your manhood
Is is a beautiful WORD Of Montesqueu, that repus-
lies are to be founded on virtue. And you know
that virtue, as sanctioned by our Christian religion.
Is but the effective exercise OF principle" Inou
shalt do 10 others as thou desrest others to do to
thee" SO, am confident, that Il we're sufficient for
me 10 rely simpy-f0r the decision Of the question
have the honor now TO treat-upon the vrtaous icsi
IDgs OF your generous republican hearts, ana Tue
consistency of principles But still beg leave to
mention also, In material respects, some essenhh
differences between your present condition ana 'an
OF yOIe.
Then your infant Republic, composed OF thirteen
States as restricted 10 the borders of the Atlantic
Now our giant Republic spreads TO the Gulf Of Mer
ico the Pacific. and your territory is a world. Your
night hand reaches Europe over the waves whlle
your left hand reaches over the Pacific the tst OF
ASIA and then IN the midst of two great continents
there you stand, In proud immensely, world your
,elf
Then you were a small people OF three and a.hM
millions. Now you are mighty nation Of twoniy'
four mill ons And more than Dinsieen millions
out Of these twebty-four, are over yonder immense
territory the richest In the world, employed IN the
cultivation of the soil-that honorable occupatisa,
which IN every age, has proved to Do the most iae1-
hBuslble, the most unfsiteriDg source Of public
welfare ard OF private hspplness-as also tho most
unwavering ally Of the love OF freedom, the most
faithful pfesefyer OF all those straight noble and
generous sentiments which the constant occupation
with ever young, eveT.great ever beneficial Nature
mpsfts 10 Add TO this consideration, that tnB
inmense agricultural interest, which deriving large
markets ano efoTdlng at the same time a most solid
basis also to your msnuiactufa industry aud 10 your
rec, has developed In such an immense proper
ton, makes such bOundless difference bet Seen the
II FAINT Republic OF the time Of w ashlngton and you
present. giant Republic that though you may very
veil be attached 10 your original constitutional pfla'
ciples, because the pTlcipes OF liberty are ever
lsStnRly the same but IN respect TO the exisences
of your policy, II Is impossible not 70 feel tosI,
you are 10 be regulated IN your policy by iBefest
then your country has other interests TO day thanh
had then and n ever you are To be regulated IN
your policy BY the higher consideration OF pfnsi.
Dlss then YOU are are ady sroSg enough to feel ths
The time has come to 60 so. And l, standing more
before you TO plead the cause OF oppressed humtp-
ity-I TesoluieIy declare that there may pemsr
never again come a time when the elevation OF you
policy TO The high level Of principles Identified WIN
Liberty, could prove either more glorious 10 you, %
more beneficial to humanity because we IN Europe
are appsftntly On the eve Of that day when eanst
the hopes or the fears OF oppressed nations VIII ee
crushed for a long lime.
BavIpg stated 30 far the difference OF the s.uas'sn'
| beg leave TO state that is 10 entirely an N
founded sUPposoD, that the doctrine on nonfnse',,
terence in tore Ign matters had BEEN % the people
he UIited states by your grea, Washington, De-
ouealhtd 10 be a Constitutional principle to you.
No that IL lot the case. a..
EyrsfIy MnshInatOu never even TocOUncn1o0
nor indifference or indifference 10 the fate OF otasf
nations, 10 YOU. He has only recommended nsutrst
,fy. AND there is mighty difference between seess
Two ideas -
Neutrality is an idea which has references "
state OF war between two belligeren powers, anu"
10 this case ~hlch Washington coptemoatea wnes
be, IN his Farewell Address. advised the People,.
the United States, not 10 enter into entanklhg An
al ces. Let quaIreliDs po~eTs-iet qusnelins ~
tons var you consider your own concerns, and ~
foreign powers quarrel about ambitious topics, on