The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-01-08
OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS.

L
oquent speech delivered by the Hon. RU
!, rus CuoArE a. the Convention held in Bos
ton TO nominate Mr.. WsBsrEs for the PFss
; idency:
}, "Fellow citizens, before take my leave
ask to say one word, and one onIy, o.
another topic altogether. il has seemed
to me, and lam the more inclined 70 aslI
your indulgence for moment while ! di.
rect your attention TO passage 10 the I'd.
mirable letter OF our friend, Mr.. Everett,
whose absence we 50 much deplore, and
whose heart, we are sure, 10 with ~ al
ways, even unto the end Of this great
lstruggIe-ii has seemed to me that there 10
something 10 the quality end adjustment
Of Mr.. Webster's prudential and intellectual
character and temperament which fl him
ia remarkable degree for conducting tho
foreign relations Of this country With En-
rope, 10 the actual aspects Of the Eoropean
world. What that aspect and state is, how
wholly unsettled! what shadows, clouds,
and darkness appear to rest upon Is, you
entirely appreciate. Il has seemed to mo
a. il the prcrogstives Of crowns and rights
Of men, and the hoaTded-up resenimsnts
and revenges Of thousand yesrs, were .
bout to unsheaih the sword fer = conflict,
Iin which the blood shall How % in tho
IApocalyptic vision, to the brides Of the
horses, and 10 which whole sgs Of mea
shall pass sway-in which the great bell
Of time shall sound out another h0ur-ia
which society itself shall be tried BY fre
and steel-whether il Is Of nature and of
nattre's God or not.
.Now, 10 such conflict AZ this, bavo
We in this country nothing to fear5 ls X
not quite true, without extravagance, that
since George Washington put forth thas
proclamation Of neutrality, which formed
not the Ieas, Of his titles TO glory and hon.
or on esr,h everlasting, that tho whole ex-
panse Of the Atlantic has been, 40 il were,
contracted 10 hands breadth-tbat great
swell, and that great convulsion Of oil tho
winds, through which TINT master pilot.
hand could scarcely steer our ship in SAFE
Wis there nodanger iha: il viii open our
own seams, and start our wood ends, aud
rend Our fore.opsails. and carry our mssts
also by the hoard. Shall anv other, or leo
han the highest seamanship Be entrusted
with the helm on such night and temPe4
as .hiss lApplsuse.] r *As
"Jus, consider for a single moment hov
iifficuIt and yet novel part 10 this new
Republic TO be called upon to act, to OBJ
serve neutrality, ateadfast, impartial, and
yet universal, and At the same time con.
tinue 10 maintain our rank and fulfil oos
mission as the great successful Republic;
10 preserve the peace Of the world, and as
the same time 90 10 let our light shine b.
tore men that others may SEQ With how
much facility, and how much glory. and
how much economy the psopls can govera
themselves, and may be stimulated 70 pss9
ION the torch Of liberty, until its radiane
round encircles the earth; TO mete out 10
largest time and measure the right degree
and right kind Of humanity for the stSug.
Cling and for the oppressed, and at the sane
time break no title in that great code q
public law on which the reposs of the na-
tion is rested.
"TL;nk how hard is every one Of these
duties, and how much harder and slI but
imprsciicabIe 10 union Of them all. 70
seer this ship between Scylla and ChaSyb-
dis would be easy, but to steer her over this
great archipelago Of rocks, seen and unssss
where is the pilot for such I night snd
such tempest AZ that: Does our partiali-
|,y deceive us, or are we quite true that il 10
he--you see that il is he-in whose intel
lect and prudential character the 'antseon-
ism Of conservation aud progress, Of insti-
tuition and reform, Of law and liberty, q
the largest freedom, on the one hand, con-
sist ent with the scheme Of actual things;
and on the other the sacredneas Of society,
to capital and propsi y aud labor, i rscos-
ciled; he who settled the boundary With
England BY his temper aud good nature,
and who has forever put an end to the i'm
pressing Of American ssamea from under
the stars aud stripes by his argument ssd
his spirit; he who rehuked the insolencs of
Austria, and will extend The right band Of
uationnl fellowship to Kssuth; hs who will
greet him with moro than the eloquence of
the East. and vet take care 10 raise 10
casas belli Oh which Hspsburg or tho Cxsr
could stand for three -qusrters Of ~ hoas:
/. not that the pilot for the wind and stormf
Voices in the audience yes"1
Exactly 30; you are all right. eco. Then
pass the word fovo snd aft. and % to ths
quarter deck with him." Long, loud and
rapturous applause.
Book FARMING.-A farmer OF my ae.
qaain.ance rejects all book farming and =
Mt sparing in inveciive against al whs
pretend to advise bv bp,k. By lOae expe.
rience and careful observation 10 hiss b..
come quite successful in ihe culture q
yra pes aud trees. His fields .ars clean.
and fsir and highly produ..iss. His irese
Vigorous. veil adjusted md pr 6tsbts. u
a recen, conversa,ion with him he sslats6
his experience in rnisine grapes and trees,
entering into the minute details, soaa.
times becoming quite eloquent vhss -.
cribing his victories over the sassos
which infes, them. "His knowlsdes, -
said "was gained by dint Of spplicatiss. -
actual experience and h,rd labor; il -
none Of our book knowledge, written ~
,aen who know nothing about fsrming.~
WELL" said 'sif all this vsiuahls i0fosma.
ton, gained bv the assidun0s labor and Oh.
sarv .tiou Of 90 MANY yeara, and which