The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1852-05-15

The WASHINGTON correspondent of the
Ral,;morc pa,t,o, rYb,p) piyes th- follow
inc synopsis of Mr.. Soule's speech, Ms delv.
| liv.rod IN III. S,naie on In. apd Instant:
/ Nr sonia mad, his expected speech
o.dav and il was the mos, remarkable
an. If the s.,siou--eloouent and solcndid
tbrou,hout. hut. with great respect be i, said,
to NV thinking it was sophlsiical Never
tbeless. /, contained such admirable bursts
nj eloouen,e ,s would be likely to lead
nm, whole ,onulat,on c,ptiye conld il have
be.n h.ord by all Nr Soule il certainly
one Of the most pil,ed orators in the coun.
try.
The Senatorial seats were full. and the
Hobbies and galleries were crowded at an
..,lv h,,r ", R.d,er moved that the
l,di,. h. admitted ON the floor. for th,
o,ca" Ian, IN. motion rcouired unanimous
consent and ma Nr Cl.meus objected. the
,,,.,;o, ,,s l,s, and ,bc Ladies' excluded
from helow Hut they invaded the repor.
,er.' y,ll.ry. and the knights of the quill
war. driven fro, their seats. or rather sur.
rende,ed them in "A shirt of ralantry.
Tbe .uh;.cf wa, Intervention. The oh
ti tI. Il .
show IN the teeth of IN. Farewell address
tina, the noninterven,ion policy ol Washing
ton wn. intended. not AS a pcrnaucm but
iemporarv system tie ransackcd public
and confidential documents Of the time to
de,elop Gen. Washintou's motive in the
celebrated proclams.ion of neutrality in
I-Go |, was n ,.mporary measure. merely
an ii.
mee,inc Of Congress. lie produced letters
which had .lumb.red for half "A century to
,rove this and TO show tina, Washington,
for "A time. even doubted his authority to
issue such a proclamation. But it was
finally issued as a temporary oxpedleut
Ue ,bou a,temo,ed to show. that the procla,
nation of neutralit, failed Of effect aud de
fe,t.d itself At that time England had
combined with certain European powers. to
,r.y.nt neutrnls from trading with France,
and British cruisers were ordered to cap
,u,a montreal ships. without regard to flag.
ard they proved on our commerce merely
becau., il was neutral, and we were too
weak too protect ourselves
jIe read n long and very interesting and
n,troiic letter from Washington to Hamil-
Ion. dated as early as l1g2, in which Gen.
ernl Washington minated his intention to
retire fran puhllc life. aud invited Hamilton
ia advise him AS to the proper time aud
mode of communicating his intentions to
The American people Ia thi, letter, he also
r.onns,.d Hamilton to draft the form and
.,l.,a,cs ,l nm address. He thus at.
,.,,,,.d T., .bo,, that the Farewell Address,
,l,Iap,t, ;.sued n, a later period. was il
fact nranared nt the feeble era OF the GOV.
,rnnent in l-po when our population Was
,h,u, tlr.. millions OF course the rea.
s,nin,, ,,,. ma, ,nnicuble TO onr condition
a, the prasent day. when numbering
,.,o,t, ,breo millions. What misht have
h..p ,d,nt.d IN that time. would not apply
to this.
lie ,dyerted TO certain instructions 10 Nr.
Nonroe ont Minister To France in 1898. in
vhirb tb. Secatnr, of State directed han TO
inform the French Government that the
President sympnthized in the French Rcvo
lu,,ou and that he WAS not CAPABLE of al
lowing any foreign Government to interfere
.;,h ,hs in,.rual affairs of France.
#. mex, adyer,ed to the troubles, in l19s.
with Frame. onJ the armed nautrnli,
Cen W,shinpton WAS invited hv the elder
Adam. Ia command the army. ile would
consent nm one condition only, which was.
that llamin , should be- SECOND m command.
Th.s WAS Reluctantly granted. He then
cited son. letter. of Mr. Hamilton, 10 our
minister in ENGLAND reuucs,ig. him to